placenamesTempleshanbo
Teampall Seanbhoth
A nineteenth-century extension brought girls’ teaching into the parish’s Erasmus Smith school.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Seanbhoth · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Templeshanbo · English · main form
Place & story
The wing added in 1829
Samuel Lewis recorded that Templeshanbo’s rector added a wing with a girls’ schoolroom to the Erasmus Smith school in 1829. Support for this part of the school came jointly from the rector, the governors of the Foundling Hospital and the London Ladies’ Hibernian Society. His account also distinguished the eight private schools operating during summer, documenting seasonal teaching alongside an endowed school with dedicated premises. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Coordinates
- 52.57310, -6.68825
- Mapped area
- 86.23 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2630 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templeshanbo. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templeshanbo: 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.