School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 03_015
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- (continued from previous page)or three years. Any one who wanted to be taught had to bring him to his house and keep him there at night and give him a little money. The books they had were all English. When the children were going home he would put a twine around their necks and a little bit of wood on the twine. He would tell them if they spoke Irish that night to put a nick in the wood. They spoke all Irish before that. They sat where the cows were tied.
- Collector
- Anthony Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowkeel, Co. Roscommon
