placenamesDundalk Upper
Dún Dealgan Uachtarach
Lewis separated the cost of a school building from the annual support for its teachers.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Dún Dealgan Uachtarach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dundalk Upper · English · main form
Place & story
Erasmus Smith’s foundation
Among the schools serving Dundalk parish, in Upper Dundalk barony, Samuel Lewis described an Erasmus Smith foundation with departments for infants, general education and needlework. In 1837 he reported that its building had cost more than £1,700, including £750 from the charity’s trustees. The trustees also paid the master and mistress £30 each annually; charity sermons and subscriptions met other expenses. These figures belong to this school, not to the parish’s entire network of public and private education. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dundalk Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dundalk: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.