School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 445
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- During the penal laws no Catholic children were allowed to go to school. As a result some Irishmen had to teach the children in the fields. These schools were known as Hedge Schools.
In Ballywilliam, there is a field in which some hundreds of years ago, a man named Mr. Buckley taught the children. In the bad weather they had no place to go out of the cold. Children used to bring a sod of turf and light a fire.
There was also another in Ballywilliam churchyard where a man named Páidin O' Brien taught latin to Bishop Fogarty and the remains of the churchyard are to be seen yet.
- Collector
- Madeline Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Lisbunny, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary
