placenamesBlessington
Baile Coimín
Lewis describes different rooms for girls and boys, with an older land endowment contributing to the mistress’s pay.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Coimín · Irish · main form
- Blessington · English · main form
Place & story
Classrooms and a courtroom
Samuel Lewis recorded an £800 building erected by the Marquess of Downshire in Blessington. Its upper floor served as a girls’ school and the lower floor accommodated petty sessions; accommodation for the master and mistress was also provided. About 30 girls were taught there, while approximately 20 boys used a separate schoolroom a short distance away. [2]
An endowment supporting teaching
The Marquess paid the master £20 annually and the mistress £10. The mistress also received £5 payable by the incumbent under an endowment made in 1736. Lewis separately listed five hedge schools across Blessington and Burgage, teaching nearly 150 children together. These figures describe the provision recorded in 1837. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Talbotstown Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.15758, -6.43366
- Mapped area
- 63.88 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2673 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Blessington. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Blessington: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.