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FROM 1750 - 1830 > GATHERING PLACES |
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Hedge School Poor children depended on the hedge school for their education. The teacher would receive contributions from the families of the ... |
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Schoolmaster Before the development of national schools, schoolmasters could either rent or build a hut which became a school-house. Most of the ... |
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Castlereagh School, 1805 These are the plans for the new school in Castlereagh in 1805. Money had been collected locally for the project. |
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Lock-Keeper’s Cottage Newry had become a very important trading centre by the second half of the 18th century. Much of its prosperity was due to the Newry ... |
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Glens Hotel The Glens Hotel was in the Antrim coast road close to Cushendall. It opened in 1820 and attracted many visitors who were on their way to ... |
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Country Inn This painting shows the scene in a late 18th century kitchen in an Irish country inn. Diners are waiting to be served and there are ... |
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Dancing at a fair Nearly every traveller to Ireland in the late 18th century commented on the popularity of dancing among Ireland’s rural poor. ... |
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Inside a public house Eighteenth century public houses were popular meeting spots for men who had sufficient money to pay for the ales and spirits on offer. ... |
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Mercers’ Arms Hotel The square in Kilrea was laid out in 1750. The square is dominated by the Mercers’ Arms Hotel. It was originally used as the home of the ... |
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Turnly’s Tower, Cushendall Turnly’s Tower is still a well known landmark in Cushendall, Co. Antrim. It was built in 1817 from red sandstone which was quarried ... |
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