placenamesLisduggan
Lios Dúgáin
Two school foundations mark different chapters in the educational history of Lisduggan.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Lios Dúgáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Lisduggan · English · main form
Place & story
The Presentation convent
The Presentation Sisters moved to a Pugin-designed convent at Lisduggan on 3 May 1848. Its north wing contained a large classroom, with a separate room for adult instruction nearby. Adults could attend on weekdays or Sundays. A secondary school opened within the convent in 1938, teaching its subjects through Irish. [2]
A community centre classroom
Waterford Educate Together secured temporary premises in a new community centre on Church Road, Lisduggan, in 2002. Parents painted, furnished and laid floors in the two rooms allocated to the school. Ballybeg National School supplied spare furniture, while the local GAA contributed money towards the opening. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Lisduggan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Presentation Secondary School, Waterford: school history · CEIST
- History of Waterford Educate Together National School · Waterford Educate Together National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.