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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 186

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    Old Schools
    Long ago there were hedge schools in Ireland. The teacher and the children arranged a dry spot behind a thick hedge or in a wood. The teacher used to teach his pupils all the day. They used to sit on stone's, and on the grass.
    Every Monday morning each pupil had to bring a penny for the teacher's weekly pay and in Winter they had to bring a sod of turf each morning to the school.
    They had no blackboard only slates.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Canavan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    34
    Address
    Woodfield, Co. Roscommon