Indeed, official records were made of hedge schools by census makers.

Joyce was a native Irish speaker who started his education at a hedge school.

Hedge schools declined from the foundation of the National School system by government in the 1830s.

A national school is to open in the town, replacing the existing hedge school.

As his father moved from one small farm to another, he attended various hedge schools, which used to be a notable feature of Irish life.

Mangan was the son of a former hedge school teacher who took over a grocery business and eventually became bankrupt.

Daniel received his early education at a Hedge School, near his home.

He is also known to have taught the hedge school nearby in the townland of Kilclaren.

The theme of emigration is key throughout the whole play, as Manus plans to leave after being offered a job in another hedge school.

Carleton was educated at hedge schools and spent much of his youth surrounded by extreme poverty.

While the hedge schools were unfunded, the national school system set up from 1831 was ahead of school provision in England at that time.

In 1731, there were two priests, no Mass house, many wandering friars and hedge schools abounded.

Hedge school kept by Thomas Toomey, payment by the children, from 1s.

He learned Latin at a hedge school and was ordained for the diocese of Killala.

Another poem, "Hedge School," moves the story further.

In this environment, hedge schools proliferated.

Hedge schools existed in most villages of Achill in various periods of history.

Born in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, and received education in the local hedge school.

Each neighborhood - mahalla unit of local self-government-of Bukhara had a hedge school, while prosperous families provided home education to their children.

The clergy were the only source of education apart from the 'hedge school' teachers (Dowling 1968) and provided a significant moral and organizational resource.

In particular Bishop James Doyle was an early proponent, seeking to improve on the informal hedge school system.

While the "hedge school" label suggests the classes always took place outdoors (next to a hedgerow), classes were sometimes held in a house or barn.

Edmund Burke, parliamentarian and philosopher, received some of his early education in a hedge school in Killavullen.

A Gaelic poet and one of the finest products of, and teachers in, the hedge schools before the introduction of formal education.

Duffy was educated at a hedge school and began his business as a bookseller through purchasing Protestant bibles given to Catholics.