Would there be an y referance to the PIM family please. Cheers, Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kae Lewis" <kae@chartertn.net> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:37 AM Subject: Re Becher, Leslie and Hedge schools >I have acquired two books lately, both of which have numerous > references to the Becher family. These are: > > Protestant Society and Politics in Cork 1812 - 1844 by Ian d'Alton 1980 > > Old World Colony Cork and South Munster 1630 - 1830 by David Dickson > 2005 > > Both published by the Cork University Press. > > In the later book, the name is spelt Beecher. > > Someone was asking about the Leslie family the other day. The > Dickson book has a reference in the index to Charles Leslie and > another to Leslie's Bank. Rev Charles Leslie is mentioned in the > D'Alton book too. > > Also a reference to Hedge schools in the Dickson book where it says, > "The evidence for schooling in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne is > particularly rich: Bishop McKenna found 117 informal schools > operating at the time of his 1775 visitation. These were 'hedge > schools' in the sense that they were outside the strict terms of the > law, that the master charged a fee and that they often moved > location. The teacher usually operated with the direct patronage of > the parish priest and included catechesis in the basic syllabus but > some teachers were it seems a law unto themselves...." There is much > more about the rapid development of RC schools from then on. > > Kae > > > > On Sep 25, 2006, at 9:39 PM, irl-cork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> >>> I am still hoping that I can find someone with information about the >> Becher family in Ireland. I am seeking in particular baptism >> records of >> the children of the marriage of Lionel Becher of Sherkin b 1686 d >> 1772 and >> Catherine Dunscombe. Many thanks. Eileen. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >