School: Gowran (C.) (roll number 15366)

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   11-4-38 Old Schools There was a man who used to visit the district and he used to come at certain parts of the year and set up a school in the farmers house or barn these were called hedge school. The subject he thaught was reading and writing he would have a bag of books and then the farmers and their children would form a class. There was no Irish thought in those times.

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. scoileanna (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nan Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh

   Informant

   Mrs Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   80

   Address

   Móin an Iarla, Co. Chill Chainnigh

2. Old Schools

   

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   11-4-38 Old Schools
   Long ago know one was alowed to teach school and if they were caught they would be put to death. It was in the fields. There was a hedge school in Dunbell. The teachers used to stay in the farmers houses and they used to

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