placenamesPhilipstown
Baile Philib
Lewis identified different patrons of the parish’s two public schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Philib · Irish · main form · validated name
- Philipstown · English · main form
Place & story
School buildings and support
In Philipstown parish near the Glyde, Samuel Lewis recorded two public schools teaching about seventy children altogether in 1837. G. H. Macartney and the incumbent had built and supported the parochial schoolhouse at Reastown. The incumbent also supported the other public school with Colonel Filgate. Two private schools, separately listed, taught about a hundred children between them. Reastown also contained a large Catholic chapel. The account distinguishes support for the schoolhouse from the different arrangements sustaining the second school, without naming the incumbent. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Philipstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Philipstown, Ardee, Louth, 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.