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Ireland Resources / National School Teachers in Ireland
« on: Saturday 10 July 10 00:52 BST (UK) »
It is often difficult to find information re 19th and early 20th c school teachers in Ireland. And once found, it takes a lot of patience to piece together a picture of your teacher forbear as the records are often scattered, worn and torn. Nevertheless, it is well worth the effort as it is possible to paint quite a picture of what life was like for these old educators.
******TheNational Archives Ireland does offer a list of their holdings at
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/natschs.html
******The PRO of Northern Ireland...
http://www.proni.gov.uk/local_history_series_-_05_-_national_education_records.pdf
******A book that describes the process of how to research as well as some actual records and transcriptions of names and schools....
Researching a National School Teacher in Ireland
"This work offers a detailed account of the extant records as well as an in-depth description of how to trace the career of a teacher AND some students in nineteenth century Ireland. Although the focus is on the Republic, transcripts cover Northern Ireland as well. Paid pupil monitors, who were actually young students, are also examined. These records are a bonus as this 'occupation' would not have been noted in any of the coventional records as the monitors would have been listed only as 'scholars' or 'pupils' (ie:in a census); thus, an important work even if your forbear was not known to have been a teacher. Research examples as well as transcriptions of monitor's records are included."
See here:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/researching-a-national-school-teacher-in-ireland/2417984
******TheNational Archives Ireland does offer a list of their holdings at
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/natschs.html
******The PRO of Northern Ireland...
http://www.proni.gov.uk/local_history_series_-_05_-_national_education_records.pdf
******A book that describes the process of how to research as well as some actual records and transcriptions of names and schools....
Researching a National School Teacher in Ireland
"This work offers a detailed account of the extant records as well as an in-depth description of how to trace the career of a teacher AND some students in nineteenth century Ireland. Although the focus is on the Republic, transcripts cover Northern Ireland as well. Paid pupil monitors, who were actually young students, are also examined. These records are a bonus as this 'occupation' would not have been noted in any of the coventional records as the monitors would have been listed only as 'scholars' or 'pupils' (ie:in a census); thus, an important work even if your forbear was not known to have been a teacher. Research examples as well as transcriptions of monitor's records are included."
See here:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/researching-a-national-school-teacher-in-ireland/2417984
