School: Paulstown Convent (roll number 1915)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mother Benignus
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0861, Page 381
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Paulstown Convent
- XML Page 381
- XML “Old Schools - Courleigh”
- XML “Old Schools - Lahard, Shankill”
- XML “Old Schools - Cross Roads, Bornafea, Castlehill”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)of the Christian Doctrine, 1 Charles Grandeson, 36 Rational and Universal Spelling Books, 4 Reading Made Easys, 18 Primers, 16 Catechisms, all purchased by the parents.
- School opened here by Matthew Walsh 1818, who was educated in Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow.
Income £20 per annum paid by parents.
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic were taught.
School room 16' x 10' thatched, 2 windows unglaized, board for seats, 1 table, 1 room for accomanodation of Master.
Average attendance 61.
Books - 1 Spiritual Cobal, 1 Asop's Fables, 1 Letter Book, 24 Universal Spelling Books, 26 Primers, 8 Reading Made Easys, 12 Catechisms all purchased by parents. - Patrick Kelly opened school here in 1824.
He was educated in Waterford.
Taught Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Income £12 paid by parents.
School-room 29½ x 9½ thatched and in very(continues on next page)
