School: Presentation Convent, George's Hill, Dublin (roll number 5933)
- Location:
- George's Hill, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 319
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- (continued from previous page)the children assemble from one to two o'clock in the afternoon to receive moral instructions given by the sisters. No 3.The ladies of the Convent being the persons who instruct all of course, are Catholics, and they have been induced to devote themselves to the life they have embraced by merely following the bent of their own religious inclinations. No 4.These ladies are individuals of independent rank, and were educated in various schools corresponding with the sphere in which they would have moved had they remained in the world. No 5.The average number of pupils in attendance for the last three months might amount to 280; and though the school is open for reception of children of every religious persuasion yet none but Catholics frequent them.(continues on next page)
