| Schools before the famine |
| Below are a list of schools that were in the parish in 1827 and 1835 along with the perosn that 'kept' them. Sadly we have no other details about these schools, such as their locations(with the exception of the 1827 list) or pupils. |
| 1827 |
| Edgeworthstown Masters: Christy Cudmore(Protestant) Daniel
Greham (Catholic) Hentietta Thies (Protestant)Good slated house with
playgrounds and ball courts. Lonagrish(Lisnagrish?): John Keary (Catholic) Mud walled thatched house Lacken: Philip Dolan (Catholic) Mud wall cabin, cost 4 shillings to build Curry; John Gaynor (Catholic) Mud walled thatched house |
| 1835 (presumably P stands for Protestant and C for Catholic in brackets below) |
| Day School kept by Henry Robinson (P.) Day School kept by Eliza Robinson (P.) Day School kept by Mary Gahan (?) paid for by Miss Lucy Edgeworth Hedge School kept by John Keary (C.) Hedge School kept by Bernard Gorman (C.) Hedge School kept by John Mulvanny (C.) Hedge School kept by Patrick Kennedy (C.) Hedge School kept by Patrick Keagh (C.) |