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

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

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 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