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 >> >> >> >> Turtle Bunbury >> >> www.turtlebunbury.com >> www.facebook.com/Wistorical >> >> Turtle's books are available via >> www.amazon.com/Turtle-Bunbury/e/B001ITXQEY >> >> Listen to Turtle's Hidden Histories on Newstalk every Tuesday morning at >> 9:45am. >> >> Vanishing Ireland is on exhibition c/o the Irish Georgian Society HQ at >> the City Assembly House, South William Street, Dublin 2, until 30 Aug. The >> fourth volume will be published in October. >> >> Oldfort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland >> Mob: + 353 (0) 87 6453 486 Office: +353 (0) 5991 80559 Skype: >> turtle1847 www.facebook.com/turtle.bunbury >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >