School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
- Location:
- Baile Haicéid, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 377
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- My grandfather told me a story about a hedge-school. He showed me where these classes used to be held over ninety years ago. I know a boy whose grandmother went to school there. Not many children went to school then as there was no compulsory attendance. It is east of the house and it is three fields away from it.
- Informant
- Nicholas O' Toole
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Albain, Co. Cheatharlach
- Spade making.
Daniel Whelan and his brother William used to make spades. They lived in the Mill Lane. They used to go around and sell them.Nail Making:
Thomas Reilly and his brother Michael used to make nails. They lived in the(continues on next page)
