School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)reader and a Grammar.
The children were taught writing, they made their own ink from the juice of elderberries and made their own pens from goose-quills.
The master had no black-board to show the children how to do sums, he had nothing except a big stone.
- About one hundred years ago there was a "hedge school" in Mr. Bartley's land in the townland of Urcher, it was held out in the open under hedges, there was a master named Mr. William Grey of Urcher who taught the pupils, he was a local man, he also carried on school in farmer's houses, the farmers in their turn kept the teacher, he got no pay for teaching except his keep. The Gaelic language was taught and also how(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dorcas Cox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Cox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
