placenamesRathcormack
Ráth Chormaic
Lewis distinguished a school’s capacity from the number of children attending the parish’s day schools.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Chormaic · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathcormack · English · main form
Place & story
Room for four hundred
A school at Rathcormac had room for four hundred pupils and had cost £250 to build, according to Samuel Lewis in 1837. He also recorded a National Board school at Kildinan. Across the parish’s day schools, he counted 320 children: 197 boys and 123 girls. The four hundred places describe the capacity of one building, while the smaller attendance total concerns the wider day-school network. Parochial schools received support from the rector and a £10 annual subscription from the Honourable George Colley. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathcormack. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathcormac: 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.