I have just read a lovely book by my old French Teacher BRIDIE TANNIAN on the Catholic Girls School . MOUNT LOURDES in Enniskillen. It traces back Irish Education to the 'hedge system' in the early 19th century. It is published my Menapia in Enniskillen and is a worthwhile read and of genealogical interest to anyone interested in Fermanagh. The book goes back to 1831 and there is a list of girl's names from 1913 and their place of birth. This was THE SCHOOL IN FERMANAGH for Catholic Girls from all backgrounds, academic ability was the only criteria, be the very poor as most were to the comfortably off . It was run by the Sisters of Mercy and in the early days, during the famine they took girls off the streets of Enniskilen, fed them and taught them the thre R'S. These were the lucky ones, the school eventually became a Grammer Sshool in the early 20th Century . It is all in the Book and I will get round to putting extracts on the Website. The importance of this School cannot be emphacised enough in the life of families in Fermanagh, It was the gateway to a better world, I t was of enormous pride to any family if their daughter gained a place, releasing her from the drudgery of a hard life to the acaedamic world. This book has come to me thanks to my lovely cousin[ Mary Beggan]of in the genes who was Headmistress of this wonderful school. Maureen