hedge school

English

Former hedge school building

Noun

hedge school (plural hedge schools)

1. (historical, Ireland) A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.

Translations

a rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland

• Irish: scoil chois claí f, scoil scairte f, scoil ghairid f, scoil ghearr f