School: Derryvoney
- Location:
- Doire Mhóna, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mary Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 073
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- There was an old hedge school in our garden. He was a master that taught the children. His name was Mc. Gilligan. They children always wrote with quills. The books were handwritten. The teacher only had ten shillings a week and they did not stay long in the District they would only stay about a month each. At night the teacher would stay in some house.
- There is a hedge school in Quivy. There came a master from Belturbet named Kennedy. They had no pens and they used to write with quills. They had only ten shillings(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christena O Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Fualaí, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mr W. Fimmon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cluain Eithne, Co. an Chabháin
