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An Scrín
A church rebuilt in 1901 and a school opened in 1965 mark two stages in Screen’s community history.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Scrín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Screen · English · main form
Place & story
Rebuilding Saint Cyprian’s
Saint Cyprian’s Catholic Church was rebuilt in 1901 to a design by Joseph Kelly Freeman of Dublin. The architectural inventory suggests that the work may have incorporated parts of an earlier chapel shown on the first Ordnance Survey map. Its single rectangular interior and bellcote give the church a compact village scale, while granite buttresses and dressed stone around the roofline provide more elaborate detail. [2]
A window and older memorials
Inside Saint Cyprian’s, a Trinity window records the gift of Patrick Byrne of the Bull Ring in Wexford in 1901. Older memorials commemorate the curates Matthias Brennan, who died in 1871, and Patrick Parker, who died in 1882. Their presence in the rebuilt church carries traces of the earlier congregation into the later building. The exposed timber roof is another notable feature of its interior. [2]
The school building of 1965
Screen National School moved into its present building in 1965, when Mr and Mrs Cowman taught together as its two teachers. The school had previously occupied another site in the village. Growing pupil numbers later required more space, and an extension opened in 2011. The school’s own history records these changes as successive stages in the development of village education. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Screen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Cyprian’s Catholic Church, NIAH 15703317 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Our School History · Screen National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-11-11. How this page was prepared.