School: Collon (roll number 14579)
- Location:
- Collann, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 182
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“A hedge schoolmaster taught at Mosycon at Strinagh.”
(continued from previous page)Sometimes the scholars sat around him on the floor, and sometimes on small three-legged stools.
The scholars wrote in a bold upright fasion and wrote with pens made from goos-quills and the ink was made from elder berries.
He taught French and Greek and Irish to the children.
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“The following are the hedge-schools which were formerly in this district at Balrenny, Slane, Co. Meath, there was a school, a small thatched hut and partitioned of this was a forge.”
The following are the hedge-schools which were formerly in this district at Balrenny, Slane, Co. Meath, there was a school, a small thatched hut and partitioned off this was a forge. They are now in the possession of Peter Boyle, Grangegeeth. The teacher's name was Owen Farrelly, a local man. Spelling is what he mostly taught and then each child had a sheet of paper on which he gave them(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maureen Devine
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Cheallaigh, Co. Lú