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Lurgan and District Schools 1862

Old School

NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND IN OPERATION ON 31 DECEMBER 1862.

RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 8 March 1864 ;- for,

ABSTRACT RETURN, by Counties and Parishes, of the Names of all the SCHOOLS in connection with the BOARD of NATIONAL EDUCATION in Ireland (distinguishing Vested from Non-vested) in operation on the 31st of December 1862; Name, Profession, and Religious Denominations of the Patron of each School, Name, Religion, Class, and Year of Training of Head and Assistant Literary Teachers, Workmistresses, and paid Monitors of each School; Days and Hours set apart for all Religious Instructions given in the School, and Number of Pupils on Roll of each School, classified by Creed, and Names of the Persons who impart it.

Denomination and number of pupils: R.C. = Roman Catholic. E.C. = Established Church, Pres.= Presbyterian, Diss.= Dissenter

PARISH & SCHOOL PRINCIPLE EC RC PRES DISS
           
DRUMCREE          
           
Richmount Robert Anderson 72 33 21 1
Richmount (Evening) Robert Anderson 44 11 7
Breagh James Lennon 91 9 7
Maghon John Montgomery 95 20 10
Maghon (Evening) John Montgomery 54 6 4
Derrycaw Andrew Carolan 14 52 9 -
Portadown (Male) Eugene Lennon 1 159
Portadown (Evening) Eugene Lennon 9 116 1
Portadown (Female) Caroline Simpson 147
Portadown Presb William English 126 3 17 29
Portadown (Infant) Mary Cooke 249 7 4 6
Portadown Pres (Female) Martha Dowling 95 14 16 18
Portadown Pres (Evening) Martha Dowling 76 22 30 14
Thomas Street (Male) Richard Ferguson 51 4 3 163
           
MONTIAGHS          
           
Derrytrasna Patrick Austin 33 105 2
           
SHANKILL          
           
Tannaghmore William Loughlin 27 33 25 7
Dougher (Male) William Cullen 9 237 1
Dougher (Female) Mary A. McKeown 1 260
Lurgan (Male) Thomas Donaldson 104 17 107 13
Lurgan (Male Evening) Thomas Donaldson 31 12 47 3
Lurgan (Female) Jane Lowry 64 15 75 12
Lurgan (Female Evening) Sarah Ginn 28 13 18 2
Hill Street, Lurgan Andrew Morrisson 124 10 67 1
Halftown (Male) Patrick Carroll 18 71
Halftown (Female) Ellen Larkin 11 81
Queen’s Street Matilda Logan 62 42 61 1
Knocknashane Eliza McMullan 40 16 27 3
           
TARTARAGHAN          
           
Maghery Daniel Campbell 11 110
Eglish (RC) Thomas McNamee 49 64 5
Cloncore Samuel Bowden 144 38 13 11
Eglish James Cooke 25 1 3 14
           
           

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