Seán Ó Coileáin (1777-1813), Poet and Teacher of Surveying, Navigation and Science and other Hedge School Masters Myross, West Cork, early 19th century

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Hedge Schols Teachers Myross early 19th century

There is an excellent article in the 2007 Journal of the Skibbereen and District Historical Society by Diarmuid Ó Donnabháin on the Role of Hedge School Masters in the Cultural Life of Caslehaven/Myross parish, early 19th century

He is credited in the folklore od West Cork with the power of banishing rats from Myross Graveyard.

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