placenamesDrumachose
Droim an Chuais
Lewis’s account names two women who built and maintained schools, alongside endowed and rector-supported teaching.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droim an Chuais · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Drumachose · English · main form
Place & story
Different forms of educational support
Mrs McCausland built and supported a female school in Drumachose, while Mrs Olpherts did the same for a female work school, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. These were separate institutions within the parish’s eight public schools, which together taught about 360 children. Another school received support from Erasmus Smith’s trustees and an endowment of three acres of glebe; another relied chiefly on the rector. Lewis separately counted seven private schools and four Sunday schools. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumachose. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumachose: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.