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

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 19_025

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    Hedge School.
    Our Fore-fathers were fond education there were but few schools in their time on account of the Penal-Laws, no Catholic was allowed to educate his child at home or abroad. There were secret school which were called Hedge-schools.
    There was a Hedge-school in James Kean's barn in Currshallia and the children from that district attended that school.
    The teachers were not paid like nowadays they were given no money but they were given lodgings and food and the children had to pay according to their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway