placenamesCarrigtohill
Carraig Thuathail
Lewis recorded separate supervision for boys and girls at a school founded by J. Smith Barry.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Carraig Thuathail · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carrigtohill · English · main form
Place & story
Classrooms with adjoining accommodation
At Foaty in Carrigtohill parish, J. Smith Barry founded a school for boys and girls, according to Samuel Lewis’s account of 1837. The Protestant curate supervised the boys, while Mrs Smith Barry directed the girls. Houses for the master and mistress adjoined the schoolrooms, linking teaching accommodation with the school itself. Lewis also listed two pay schools. His description gives no individual enrolments for these institutions, but preserves the division of responsibilities at the Foaty foundation. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrigtohill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Carrigtohill: 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.