Thank you Michael and Turtle, what a help this list is! Dr Fishbourne emigrated to Australia in 1869 and figures in both the Australian Dictionary of Biography and the Cyclopaedia of Victoria as a pioneer in the field of mental health. The Cyclopaedia was published in 1906 while he was still alive, so has a fair chance of being accurate. As you can tell, I'm beavering away at my book on the Fishbournes - about half way done I think. Incidentally Turtle, if you still want a copy of my Germaine book I've now put it on 3 PDFs, so let me know and I'll send it to you. Thanks again, Kaye > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:13:05 +0100 > From: Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] A school at Cullaghmore? > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAKqwSs6ruQMD3crQ-soABCJ1WSuANTPr+hgnNygeqjkfnOAwew@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Listed under Gentry and Clergy in Slater's Directory 1846 for Tullow. > Rev George B. Dawson, Cullaghmore > > > On 21 August 2013 17:06, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Kaye, Turtle, here is abbreviated extract from Slater's Directory 1881 >> with ref to G.B. Dawson 1828. >> *TULLOW* is a market town and parish, in the barony of Rathvilly county >> of Carlow, 48 miles s. from Dublin, 8 S.E. from Carlow; very pleasantly >> situated on the banks of the Slaney, and close to the borders of Wicklow >> County. There is a spacious and well-built court-house, in which quarter >> sessions for the barony are held, and petty sessions every third >> Saturday. >> The other public institutions are a fever hospital, with a dispensary >> attached, an almshouse for poor women, erected in 1828, by the Rev. G. B. >> Dawson, a Protestant school, a convent and a monastery. The members of >> both >> the latter establishments receive boarders for education, and also >> Superintend gratuitously the instruction of the poorer children of the >> town. >> >> >> On 21 August 2013 15:46, Turtle Bunbury (History) >> <turtlehistory@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Kaye, >>> >>> I think it was probably a Protestant school run by the Dawsons, rectors >>> of Lorum. The Freeman's Journal of Saturday, June 21, 1845 refers to the >>> death of Rebecca, 'relict of the Rev. Richard Dawson, rector of Lourm' >>> who >>> died aged 80 at Cullaghmore, County Carlow. The same paper for Tuesday, >>> January 20, 1846, talks of Mrs Dawson of Cullaghmore, 'the lady of the >>> Rev. >>> G. B. Dawson' having a son - 'her fifteenth child'. The Freeman's >>> Journal >>> of 16 May 1856 notes the death 'at Cullaghmore' on 10 May of Rev. George >>> B >>> Dawson, rector of Aghade. >>> >>> I presume this is your source: >>> http://books.google.ie/books?id=FzsPAAAAYAAJ&q=Cullaghmore+Carlow&dq=Cullaghmore+Carlow&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iskUUtXfIYea7QaT2YD4CA&redir_esc=y >>> >>> Lindwart could be connected to Percy Lindwart, master of a private >>> school >>> in Sutton, County Dublin, in late 1860s. >>> >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> Turtle >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 20 Aug 2013, at 22:30, Kaye Cole wrote: >>> >>> > Hello List, >>> > >>> > Can anyone help me with info about a school at Cullaghmore in Carlow >>> > in >>> the >>> > 1850s? I can't find a townland with that name, only a Cullaghmore >>> > House >>> > near the Wicklow border at Aghade. My printed source says that my >>> relative >>> > Dr John Fishbourne was educated there and when the headmaster died >>> > the >>> > schoolboy John continued his studies with Dr Lindwart (who had been >>> teacher >>> > of modern languages at Cullaghmore) in Kilkenny. I think there's a >>> > fair >>> > chance my source is accurate, as it was printed in 1906 in Dr John's >>> > lifetime. >>> > >>> > Thanks for any help you can give me, >>> > Kaye Cole