School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 07_016
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- Hedge schools were the only means the people had for teaching the children long ago.
The poor children used to be taught in barns, and they used to pay two-pence a week to the masters to teach them.
The rich people used to keep a teacher in their houses for six months at a time.
The school books were very cheap in these days, the same lot of books used to do every family.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
