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Tullow National School, Co. Carlow |
Tullow New National School, Co. Carlow.
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History of Tullow National School
This being the 113th Anniversary
of the old school we would like to invite you, the readers, down
memory lane. Back to a time of hedge schools, hardship and
hunger. Back to a time of no computers or technology and when
school was a lot harder. There have been many memorable moments
in our school‘s history through the years.
Bishop Daniel Delaney, whose photo is
hanging in our main building, founded the Patrician Brothers on
2nd February 1808 in Tullow. His aim was to educate the people
of Tullow Boys Monastery School first opened in 1806. The
principal was a man by the name of James Connor. He was 28 years
old.
There was a community of eight men in
the Monastery at the time . The school-house was thatched, it
was made of mud and stone and built by the brothers at a cost of
£10. Here are some interesting facts from that time….. School
Attendance: 70 boys Charges:3s 3d for reading, 4s 4d for
writing,5s 5d for arithmetic. Income £30.00.
That time they used shillings and pence
as money! This first school shared a site with a secondary
school in New Chapel Lane. In the early years, Infants,First and
Second class had to go to school with the girls because there
were not enough rooms in the monastery school for them.
But in 1910 a new school was built for
pupils and it still survives to this very day. In fact as I type
this article I am sitting at a computer in one of the
classrooms, now a computer room. This year we are celebrating
the 100th
Anniversary of the school.
And in place of the wooden desks and
inkwells of years ago, we now have a library, computer room,
learning support classes, an art room and a cooking room. In
2008 a past pupil of the school, Paul Doyle, restored and fitted
shelves in our library. It was previously a dreary entrance
hall. Since June 2009 the old school has not been used for
mainstream classes.
However with the numbers of pupils
rising it might be used as a classroom soon. In 1965 a new
school was built beside the 1910 building. The principal at this
time was Bro.Lazerian. Bro.Camillus Regan was the last Patrician
Brother to act as principal, retiring in When he retired the
school got its first female principal, Carmel O’Sullivan.
The school is very big into sports. We
have football, hurling, soccer, basketball, rugby and chess. The
school has many great sporting achievements to its name. With Mr
Fogarty in 1981 came hurls, sliotars and hurling inspiration!
Since then we have won the Division One hurling championship
twice -our first one in 1996 and more recently in June 2008. In
Dublin, on 31st May 2010,
Deane Maher and Jack Timmons won
Taek-Won-Do - 1st place all-Ireland medals. In 2008 Dan and Jim
O’Leary won the all-Ireland handball championship. We have
Mr.Connolly and Mr.Fogarty to train the hurlers and footballers.
Mr.Fogarty has an all-Ireland medal for hurling. He won it in
1985 playing wing-forward for Offaly against Galway.
Mr.Connolly has won a Setanta award for
his years of dedicated sporting work with the town of Tullow.
Miss Dowling won the Carlow GAA award for ladies’ football. The
list still goes on this is only a fraction of the full story. In
1972 the infant building was built for Junior and Senior
Infants. It is still there today along side the other two
schools.
Mrs.Lil Lodge was the first female
teacher appointed in the school. Other rooms in this new
building are the P.E room and the school’s old staff room. This
is now used as a special needs classroom. Life in the school has
changed a lot, even in recent years. On the 8th February2008,
Mary Hannifin ( the previous Minister for Education and Science)
visited our school to acknowledge the major involvement in
education by the Patrician Brothers.
It was also the 200th anniversary of
the Patrician Brother’s foundation. In the last 200 years our
school has moved on from that old thatched building made of mud
and stone to a busy hub of modern technology and activity.
This year our first interactive white
board was installed - the first of many we hope. Indeed on this
very day, June 4th 2010, another minister, Mary White, visited
us to raise our 4th Green Flag. This is to recognise the
school’s awareness and care of our environment. I think Bishop
Daniel Delaney would be proud of his legacy.
By Shane Jackman and Liam
Alexander
There has been a school
in Tullow since 1816. The teachers were John and
Mary Ryan and the attendance was 50 boys and 10
girls. The Patrician Brothers opened a school
here in 1910 and the tradition carries on to
today, even though no Patrician Brother teaches
here now.
In April 1997, Patrician
Superior Bro. Cormac Commins presented a green
sash to the school to symbolise handing on the
Patrician tradition, "Pro Deo et Patria" ( For
God and Country). In February 1884 Pope Leo XIII
granted Bro. Aloysius Howlin permission for the
Patrician Brothers to wear the green sash in
honour of St. Patrick.
Source:
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