placenamesNewcastle Lower
An Caisleán Nua Íochtarach
Lewis’s account distinguishes the lower civil division from the wider Newcastle parish and records local provision for teaching and relief.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Caisleán Nua Íochtarach · Irish · main form
- Newcastle Lower · English · main form
Place & story
A school built through several subscriptions
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Newcastle account places both Newcastle villages within the lower civil division, alongside Leabeg. He records a village parish school costing £350, with accommodation for its master and mistress. Funding came partly from the Association for Discountenancing Vice, partly from the lord-lieutenant’s school fund and partly from subscriptions. He also describes a charitable fund raised through annual sermons, averaging about £50, distributed among destitute people without a stated restriction to one category. These are accounts of school construction and recurring relief collections, rather than a single permanent endowment. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newcastle Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Newcastle, County Wicklow — 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.