School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)
- Location:
- An Drom, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teachers: Pilib Ó Ó Muireadhaigh Pádraig Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 236
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - 2. Long ago schools were different from what we have now, they were called hedge-schools. There was one in a field belonging to John Costello in the townland of Kilvilcorris, in the parish of Drom, Co. Tipperary. It was under a bush in the open air. Mr. Shaughnessy was the teacher's name and there was also another teacher in it whose name was Mr. Cahill. They were both belonging to the parish of Drom. Sometimes the teachers would go around to the farmers' houses and teach there and lodge there. The pupils would give the teacher some money for teaching them. Spelling, Reading, and Arithmetic were the subjects which were taught. The teachers knew nothing about Irish at that time and it was not taught. Spelling books, reading-books, and table-books were the books which were used. The teacher had only one book and it was passed around to the pupils in the class. They used to write with slate-pencils on slate. They also wrote on paper(continues on next page)
