Raheny Infant School was built in 1838. It was a Church of Ireland parish school. Dick's Charity School was the other Church of Ireland parish school in Raheny at this time.
What is known about Raheny Infant School in 1838?
Measuring Tape
Get together with your friends and measure out the first room of 19 feet by 33 feet and the second room measured 14˝ feet by 15˝ feet. This will give you a visual idea of the size of the rooms in Raheny Infant School in 1838.
Measuring Tape
Measuring Tape
Get together with your friends and measure out the first room of 19 feet by 33 feet and the second room measured 14˝ feet by 15˝ feet. This will give you a visual idea of the size of the rooms in Raheny Infant School in 1838.
Raheny Infant School was built in the corner of field owned by the Earl of Howth. There were two rooms in the school. The first room measured 19 feet by 33 feet and the second room measured 14˝ feet by 15˝ feet. The ceiling in the second room was 14 feet high. The school was used as an unofficial girls school, because the teacher was female. Her name was Mrs. Lowry.
What is known about Raheny Infant School in 1844?
The Dublin and Drogheda railway line.
It opened in May 1844 and part of the railway passed through the field where Raheny Infant School was built.
The Dublin and Drogheda railway line.
The Dublin and Drogheda railway line.
It opened in May 1844 and part of the railway passed through the field where Raheny Infant School was built.
The Dublin and Drogheda railway was opened in May 1844 and part of the railway passed through the field where Raheny Infant School was built. On the day before the official opening of the railway, a special trip was organised for Daniel O'Connell and 600 guests.
Two trains stopped at Raheny station and Daniel and all the guests went to Edenmore House in Raheny. At Edenmore House there was a celebratory feast and the army band played. Today it is St. Joseph's Hospital.
Edenmore House
Edenmore House
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.
A picture of Edenmore House, Raheny. Today we see it as St. Joesph's Hospital, Raheny, Co. Dublin.
Edenmore House
Edenmore House
What is known about Raheny Infant School in 1857?
Raheny Infant School
This is a drawing of Raheny Infant School which opened in 1838 and was built in the corner of a field owned by the Earl of Howth.
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.Raheny Infant School
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.
Raheny Infant School
This is a drawing of Raheny Infant School which opened in 1838 and was built in the corner of a field owned by the Earl of Howth.
Courtesy of Geraldine O' Connor 2006.By 1857 pupils
in Raheny Infant School were being taught to read and write on slates. They studied Geography, Arithmetic, Natural History, Needlework, Knitting, Vocal Music, Scriptures and Church of Ireland pupils studied their Catechism.
School Uniform 1866
Blackrock uniform in 1866: this was the dress worn by pupils of the Holy Ghost fathers when they came to Williamstown from France in 1860.
Courtesy of Maurice Gorham.
Raheny Infant School was built in 1838 to hold approximately 76 pupils, but in 1857 only 17 children attended. 15 of the children were Church of Ireland and 2 were Roman Catholic.