placenamesSaint Peter's
Paróiste Pheadair
Lewis distinguished the parochial school from an Erasmus Smith classical school north of the Boyne.
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
- Paróiste Pheadair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Saint Peter's · English · main form
Place & story
Different sources of school support
Saint Peter’s parish lay north of the Boyne in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Drogheda. Its parochial school received contributions that included £10 10s annually from the corporation and £10 from the vicar. A separate classical school received £280 a year from the trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity. Lewis also listed other schools, including one connected with the Presentation convent. About a thousand children attended the parish’s day schools collectively; that figure was not the attendance of either supported school alone. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Saint Peter's. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drogheda: churches and parishes, 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.