The management of the Kildare Place School system 1811–1831

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• Committee minutes, 31 May, 6 July, 29 July and 5 October, 1816 KPS I/Ms. 101, Research Area, Church of Ireland College of Education.
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• Cf. the following printed annual reports from various Lancastrian or monitorial schools: KPS I/Mss. 712, 713, 715, 719, 724(1), 771, 832.
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• General report on schools in northern (no.2) area for the year 1826 by W.V. Griffith, 6 Feb. 1827, KPS I/Ms. 398, pp.2–4. see also for example T. Duffy to Secretary, 12 Nov. 1821, KPS III/Ms. 850/882(1) and (2); Convoy School, KPS I/Ms. 346 f.42, 347 f.32 and 352 f.65.
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• It should be noted that the data in Table 1 refers only to schools which, for the purposes of the study, were termed “schools in active connection,” i.e. schools which became operational so as to make a genuine contribution to the effective working of the Society. Schools which came onto the books of the Society but which did not become operational or were not operational at 31 December on at least two successive occasions were excluded. Cf. Hislop, Op.cit. pp.959–60.
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• Jackson , J.D. 1 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 1 Dec. , 420 1825 (400) xii
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• 1813 . First report of the Society 5
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• 1814 . Second report of the Society 22 – 5 .
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• 1815 . Third report of the Society 21 – 5 .
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• Sankey: see Kildare Place ledger entries for schools at Billis, Magherdown and Enagh, KPS I/Mss. 346–8; Magrath: ledger entries for Drumkeeran, Lakeville and Moherlube, KPS I/Mss. 346, 352 and 353; Connolly: ledger entries for : Corlea, Cormullen, Laghey, Rock Bundoran, Rossnowlagh, Trower's Mountain, Tullyhurk and Castletown, KPS I/Mss. 346–8 and 358–9. Dowshire : General report on schools in the northeast area by W.V. Griffith, 1827, KPS I/Ms. 399, pp.11–15.
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• Jackson , J.D. 1 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 1 Dec. , 423 Committee minutes, 20 Feb.1819, KPS I/Ms.101 and 18 Mar. 1820, KPS I/Ms. 102; Evidence of
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• Mason , H.J. 1815 . Address to the nobility and gentry upon the necessity of using every exertion at the present to promote the education of the poor of Ireland 26 – 7 . Dublin Mason was a prominent member of the KPS Committee in its early years
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• Quarterly reports of correspondence sub‐committee, Sept 1816, Mar.1817, June 1817, Dec.1817, and June 1818, KPS II/11/1, 3, 4, 6, and 7.
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• The growth of the school system may be reconstructed using the Society's ledger entries for each school (KPS I/Ms. 346–359) and surviving incoming correspondence (KPS I/Ms. 838–858). The ecclesiastical careers of clerical managers of the established church were traced mainly through J.B. Leslie's biographical succession lists (partly printed) and accompanying index, RCB Library, Rathgar.
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• For example, the Rev.George Kirkpatrick whose primary interest was in the implementation of monitorial methods, ledger entries for Killiclare and Druitimon (Cavan) KPS I/Mss.347–8.
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• 1826 . “A statement of subscriptions reçeived 1822–5” . In The report of the Association for Discountenancing Vice 69 – 149 . Dublin At least eleven established church clerics who acted as sole or joint correspondents for twenty‐eight Kildare Place schools in Co. Wicklow are known to have links with the Association for Discountenancing Vice. Cf. Ledger entries for Wicklow schools, KPS I/Ms. 358–9,
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• 1829 . The report of the Association for Discountenancing Vice 169 – 234 . Dublin and Appendix No.XV to
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• 1826–27 . Appendix (No.22) to second report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry xii The following schools were in joint connection with the Association for Discountenancing Vice (and/or the Erasmus Smith charity) and the Kildare Place Society : Castlemacadam (attendance in 1824 : 75 EC, 75 RC); Tinahely (do.110 EC, 40 RC); Shillelagh (do.67 EC, 33 RC); Carnew (do.123 EC, 61 RC; Coolkenno (do.90 EC, 25 RC); Kiltegan (do.57 EC, 0 RC). Cf. (12),
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• Jackson , J.D. 1 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report for the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 1 Dec. , 427 First report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry, p.58
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• Compare ledger entries for Kildare Place schools, KPS I/Ms. 346–359; Annual reports of the London Hibernian Society and Appendix (No.22) to second report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry.
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• For joint connection of Galway schools cf. Appendix (No.22) to second report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry, pp.1212–5. Breaches of the Society's rules were found in each Galway school at Eyrecourt (1822 and 1823), Lisnagearach (1825) and Lawrencetown (1822, 1823), cf. ledger entries, KPS I/Ms. 355–6. For joint connection of Sligo's schools cf. Appendix (No.22) to second report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry, pp.1308–15.
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• Griffith , W.V. 20 Jan. 1825 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 20 Jan. , 59 Ledger entries for schools, KPS I/Ms. 353–4. Evidence of
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• Foster, J.L. to (Secretary), 6 April 1824, KPS 11/2/74.
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• 1824 . Twelfth report of the Society 35 – 6 .
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• 1825 . Thirteenth report of the Society 19
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• 1826 . Fourteenth report of the Society 73
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• Roman Catholic clerics acted as sole or joint correspondent for only 26 of the 463 schools which came into active connection between 1816 and 1831 in the eight counties under study.
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• Bowen . Souperism 55 – 64 . For Everard's support of the Society's work see Committee minutes and resolutions, 14 Feb.1818, KPS I/Ms.101; Everard to J. Humphreys (KPS), 26 Mar.1818, KPS 11/1/149; Thomas Phelps to J.D. Jackson, 22 Aug.1817, KPS III/Ms.838/162. Everard's liberal attitudes were valued by British administrations in Ireland, see e.g. Lord Sidmouth (Home Secretary) to Lord Lieutenant, 8 Apr.1821, London, PRO, H.O. 100/200 f.229
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• First report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry, pp.55–6.
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• Cf. ledger entries for schools at Ballinacor No.2 (1820), Newbridge/Avoca (1826), Bray M and F (1825), and Wicklow Free (1826) Co. Wicklow; Balyna (1825), Co. Kildare; Breafy (1825–6), Corronla (1825) and Templevanny (1825) Co. Sligo; Dunmore No.1 (1824–5), and Dangan No.2 (1825), Co. Galway; Shannagh (1823), Co. Donegal; Sharon Poor (1825), Co. Clare; Largy (1831), Co. Cavan; KPS I/Mss.346–359.
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• 1832 . Twentieth report of the Society 43
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• Cf. e.g. ledger entries for schools at Dromoland, Newmarket‐on‐Fergus Adult Female, Aughnish and Annacarriga, Co. Clare; Newtown Anner and Emily Free (Co. Tipperary) all of which were closed for periods by opposition. Roman Catholic pupils were withdrawn from schools at Kilmurray and Doonas Female (Co. Clare). Opposition destroyed schools at Cooraclare and Knopogue (Co. Clare); Nenagh, Riverstown, Nelson Street (Tipperary town) and Ballina (Co. Tipperary) KPS I/Mss.353–4.
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• Donelan , M. (inspector) . 8 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 8 Dec. , 485 – 6 .
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• KPS . The Schoolmaster's Manual 81 – 7 . Report of sub‐committee appointed to take into consideration the subject of affording aid to country schools in Committee minutes, 5 Oct.1816, KPS I/Ms.101
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• For example, the school at Whitechurch, Co. Dublin, the design of which was similar to the most elaborate of the recommended designs, cost £430 to build. The Society's exceptionally generous grant of £100 represented less than one‐quarter of the total cost. (KPS) Schoolmaster's Manual, plate 2 and ledger entries for Whitechurch school, KPS I/Mss.358–9.
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• Hislop . Kildare Place Society 530 – 1 . 550 For details of capital aid to schools and the values of schoolhouses as reported by the clergy in 1824, see
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• 1806 . Annual report of the Association for Discountenancing Vice 19 Dublin First report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry, p.32; General report on schools in the Northern No.2 area for the year 1826 by W.V. Griffith, 6 Feb.1827, KPS I/Ms.398
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• Hislop . Kildare Place Society 551 – 7 . For salary levels as reported by the Education Commissioners in 1824, and the level of gratuities paid by the Society in 8 sample counties, see
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• 1817 . Fifth report of the Society 23 For details of payment of gratuities on the results of inspection see
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• John Kane (master) to D. Litton (KPS), 24 Feb.1820, KPS III/Ms.847/179(l);Pat Edwards to Committee, 24 Mar.1818, KPS III/Ms.839/50; R.Neal to J.D. Jackson, 19 June, 1820, KPS III/Ms.843/539. Cf. also KPS III/Ms.842/284; KPS III/Ms.844/572; KPS III/Ms.849/518.
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• W.V. Griffith to I. Topham, 29 Aug.1825, KPS II/16/118. The following refer to cases in which teachers in the Society's schools were encouraged to accept salaries from other societies because of the inadequate Kildare Place gratuities; KPS III/Ms.840/220, KPS III/Ms.841/9, 42 and 61; KPS III/Ms.842/248; KPS III/Ms.843/523 and 370; KPS III/Ms.846/1005; KPS III/Ms.847/198; KPS Ill/Ms.848/222; KPS III/Ms.849/541; KPS III/Ms.851/1146; KPS III/Ms.852/42.
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• Donelan , M. 8 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 8 Dec. , 485 – 6 . Inspectors’ reports, as recorded in the Kildare Place ledgers, detail instance showing that if managers were to secure the attendance of catholic pupils they had to employ Roman Catholic masters and tolerate the exclusion of scriptures for catholics and the use of Roman Catholic catechisms in the schools : Harvest Lodge, Kilcarren, Drumbane, Congar, Kilmoyler, Dundrum, Outrath, Ballina and Kilboy (Co. Tipperary; Dromoland and Rockforest (Co. Clare); Cloonty‐Meenagh, Merlin Park, Portumna and Ardrahan (Co. Galway); Templevanny, Mounttemple and Cliffoney (Co. Sligo); Foyah, Carntullagh, Carrigamohill, Dysart and Fortstewart (Co. Donegal); Murmod, Corduff and Ballinagh (Co. Cavan), KPS I/Mss.346–356
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• 1826 . Fourteenth report of the Society 60 “Observations of Mr. Bewley on the commissioners’ report, 1825, KPS II/8/27; Committee minutes 10 Sept. and 5 Nov.1825, KPS I/Ms.103. The Society never received the sums necessary for the payment of teachers’ salaries
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• Committee minutes 27 Mar., 1 May, 18 Sept., 2 Oct., and 6 Nov.1824, KPS I/Ms. 103; Committee minutes 4 Mar., 3 June and 8 July, 1826, KPS I/Ms.104.
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• Daly , M. 13 Dec. 1824 . Appendix to first report of the Commissioners of Irish Education inquiry 13 Dec. , 485 – 6 . 535 Evidence of M. Donelan, 8 Dec.1824 and evidence of
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• Malachy Daly, Cf. Committee minutes, 1 Nov.1828, KPS I/Ms.104.
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