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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 10_023

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    The schools that were in Ireland long ago were called hedge schools. The children had to bring two sods of turf for seats. They had no boarded floors but clay ones. There were no trained teachers, no books, and the children were glad to be taught anything. The teachers used not get paid like now. The children used to bring a shilling a week and the teachers used to buy their lunch with it. The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dodie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon