placenamesBooterstown
Baile an Bhóthair
The school’s own history records its nineteenth-century building and later move.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an Bhóthair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Booterstown · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Mary’s school buildings
Saint Mary’s Boys National School traces its first building to 1852, funded through a Board of Education grant and local subscriptions. Its granite premises originally contained one classroom, where children aged three to fourteen were taught together; another room was added later. The school’s account dates its first roll book to 1861, distinguishing that record from the earlier construction. New premises opened in 1968. Further extensions followed after 2013, adding classrooms and rooms for special education teaching. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Booterstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of School, Saint Mary’s Boys National School, Booterstown · Saint Mary’s Boys National School, Booterstown
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.