Link: The Coombe Dublin

[Christopher]

1853 The Irish Church Missionaries Ragged School opened in the run down Weaver's Hall in the Combe on 24th April 1857 The new Coombe Ragged School, at the corner of Newmarket Street and the Coombe, opened on Wednesday 11th February. The opening ceremony was performed by the founder of the ICM The Rev. Alexander Dallas.
1887 Pupils from the Catholic Ragged School moved from Park Street West to St Brigid's National School
1944 The Coombe Ragged School closed. The children still attending the school were removed to Boley,
a large property in Monkstown. Boley had at one time been the home of Sir Valentine Grace. 

Source: Around the Banks of Pimlico. Máirín Johnston

[Christopher]

Grangegorman Prison (opened 1836) was the first woman only prison in the British Isles. http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/transp7.htm I managed to find a description of Grangegorman Prison which was situated in the area we know today as the North Circular Road. In the 18th century it was known as the Wood of Selcock ......a large stone-fronted building, portion of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum since 1897. ....known in years gone by as Grangegorman Prison. ... M'Gregor's picture of Dublin... the first stone of this building was laid by the Duke of Richmond in 1812, presenting a front of 700 feet to Grangegorman Lane, is in depth about 400, and covers an area of three acres; the estimated cost of its erection was about £40,000. In this prison the humane plans of Howard, the prisoner's friend, for the treatment of prisoners were put in effect, it is said, with satisfactory results www.chapters.eiretek.org/books/OldDub/chapter8.htm

A Google search for "Bridget F Grangegorman" shows a magnificent picture of a woman who, in 1885, received a sentence of five years penal servitude in Grangegorman for robbery.  Bridget had no residence and no next of kin so it may prove difficult to get some details about her if someone thinks she may be an ancestor. 

[Christopher]

Hospitals and Medical Schools

Extracts from "The History of Medicine in Ireland", by John F. Fleetwood, 2nd edition, the Skellig Press, Dublin, 1983. Additional material (including the illustrations) is taken from "A 'Peculiar' Place; the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin 1838-1989" by David Mitchell, Blackwater Press, Dublin, undated.

Places mentioned include ....

The medical school of John Timothy Kirby and Alexander Read which opened 1809. This school changed its name to "The Theatre of Anatomy and School of Surgery" 1810.
Hospital of St Peter and St Bridget opened by J. T. Kirby 1811
Anglesey Lying-In Hospital, 50 Bishop Street, Dublin opened about 1824
"School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery of the Richmond Hospital" opened 1826- changed its name to The Carmichael School 1849. 
"Dublin School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery" opened 1832 and closed 1857.
Adelaide Hospital, initially for Protestants, established at 43 Bride Street in 1839.

Records for a number of Dublin Hospitals are open to inspection.
www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/womens_history/women.html

There are probably many references to Dublin Hospitals in books ... here are a few titles:
"The Irish School of Medicine. Dublin" by D. Coakley. Published by Townhouse, 1988.
"History of the Meath Hospital. Dublin" P. A. Gatenby. Published by Townhouse, 1996.
"A Peculiar Place: a history of the Adelaide Hospital. Dublin" D. Mitchell. Published by  Blackwater Press, 1989.

[Christopher]

Alexandra College was founded by a Quaker, Anne Jellicoe, in 1866. It was named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who attended the formal opening of the school. The school colours, red and white, are those of the Danish flag. The school has a long history in the field of education for women. The College is under Church of Ireland management. The Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough acts as the Chairman of the Council, which is the governing body. Source: Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia.

Five years prior to Alexandra College being founded Anne Jellicoe and Barbara Corlett had founded The Queens Institute, Dublin which was the first technical college for women in Europe. Anne was the wife of a mill-owner and her attempts to educate and train the local girls in useful arts had fallen foul of the Catholic Church. Barbara Corlett was the daughter of a coach-spring manufacturer.

I've just been skimming through a book by Myrtle Hill titled "Women in Ireland - A Century of Change" published by Blackstaff Press, Belfast in 2003. I was surprised to learn that in 1912 the young women of the College purchased several tenement buildings in Dublin and rented them out for renovation. They charged a modest rent and in return the tenants were expected to keep their rooms clean and in good order. 

[Christopher]

St. Gabriel's, a new wing of St Marys, was opened in 1848. It was part of the Dominican Convent.
St. Joseph's School for Deaf Boys, Cabra opened in 1857 and was run by the Christian Brothers.
St Mary's School for Deaf Girls, Cabra was opened in 1846. It was part of the Dominican Convent.

The first school for the deaf in Ireland, the Irish National Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, was founded in 1816. The school, which became Claremount, seems to have been nondenominational and followed the method of instruction then used in England which emphasized speech and lipreading. A school in Cork opened in 1822. "Breaking the Silence: The Education of the Deaf in Ireland 1816-1996" by Edward Crean
The story of the Claremont Institute from the time it opened in 1816 until it closed in 1978 is told in Rachel Pollard's book "The Avenue: A History of the Claremont Institution"

[Christopher]

The Foundling Hospital opened in 1727 and closed in the early 19th century. The building was then used as a workhouse for the poor and became known as the South Dublin Union.
http://www.stjames.ie/AboutUs/History
Around 1922 the name was changed to St. Kevin's Hospital and at a later date was changed to St. James's Hospital. www.stjames.ie/AbouttheHospital/History

[Christopher]

Trinity College receives many requests for genealogical information. There's a page on the University's website which provides signposts to websites and other resources which may be useful to those seeking such information. (The College does not provide courses in genealogy or a general genealogical research service). www.tcd.ie/about/genealogical

The first recorded athletics meeting of the Dublin University Harriers and Athletic Club took place at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1849, followed by Exeter College, Oxford in 1850. www.duhac.tcdlife.ie/History/history.php

[Christopher]

All Hallows, Drumcondra, was founded in 1842 as a missionary college by an Irish priest named John Hand. Since 1892 the college has been under the direction of the Vincentians. www.allhallows.ie

[Christopher]

Smyly Homes

The RCB Library in Dublin hold records for the Smyly Homes which relate to homes for children in Ireland and Canada. The collection consists of almost 100 boxes of minutes, accounts, registers, correspondence, photographs and printed material. The documents contained in the boxes were listed prior to being transferred to the Library. Confidentiality is preserved by allowing access to the lists to members of the staff of the Smyly Homes. When queries are received at the RCB Library their staff then refer the person making the enquiry directly to the Smyly Homes people as they are used to dealing with the sensitive issues of adoption and similar matters.

The address for the Smyly Homes, which are still in existence, is ...
Smyly Homes, 15, Rockhill, Blackrock. Co. Dublin

This link refers to the Smyly Homes which were started in 1852 and also mentions several of the young men from the Coombe who lost their lives fighting in the Great War.
http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/smyly.html