Some ‘Scholars’, Durrus district, West Cork, 1720-1890.

Some ‘Scholars’, Durrus District, West Cork, 1720-1890.

Those records (a work in progress) draws on existing reliable records. Until the 1950s pupils at school were normally referred to as scholars. Not everyone on the lists are scholars in the strict sense as some of their descendants in the 1901 census are illiterate.

Schools in Bantry/Skibbereen/Schull area West Cork 19th century School Boycott, Dromore (Bantry) 1880s. Remarkable as a consequence of the Catholic Church dispute with the British Government that for 30 years (c 1845-75) children were taught by untrained teachers. c 1830 Appointment of Master Madden, Ardfield at a Salary of £28 per annum.