placenamesMallow
Mala
School histories record how Mallow found space for growing classes through extensions, conversions and a separate infant school.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Mala · Irish · main form · validated name
- Mallow · English · main form
Place & story
Classrooms between monastery and primary school
The Patrician Academy’s history records the arrival of five Patrician Brothers in Mallow in October 1879. Their premises accommodated local Technical Committee night classes from 1902. In 1904 a new single-storey building linked the monastery and primary school; a partition divided it into two teaching rooms. A separate science and art room followed in 1911. [2]
A hut and new uses for old rooms
Expansion repeatedly changed how the Academy used its buildings. In 1924 an additional storey supplied three classrooms, while a hut bought from the Urban District Council supplied two more. The hut later became bedrooms for the Brothers. In 1962 former primary classrooms became chemistry and biology laboratories; the hut was eventually demolished in 1968. [2]
The infant school opens before the furniture arrives
Scoil Íosagáin grew out of overcrowding in the neighbouring convent school. Its history records 624 pupils against accommodation for 524 in 1960. After plans developed for a separate infant school, classes began on 4 November 1964 while building work continued. Furniture arrived the following January; until then, children sat on the floors of the new classrooms. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mallow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of the Patrician Academy · Patrician Academy, Mallow
- Brief history of Scoil Íosagáin since 1964 · Scoil Íosagáin Infant School, drawing on information from Sister Ita
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.