Education in Tipperary 2020 The Workhouse Schools 1839 – c.1914 The Poor Law Union system in Ireland was set up in in 1838 and workhouse... Read More Facebook Twitter 1922 – Present : National schools (post Independence) The national school system continued after Independence but with some changes. Irish was added to... Read More Facebook Twitter Quaker Schools in Clonmel 1789-1864 While a meeting in Knockgraffon in 1701 mentions getting an English schoolmaster to teach the... Read More Facebook Twitter National Schools (pre- Independence) 1831- 1922 Free primary education supported by government grants was introduced in Ireland in 1831. The grant... Read More Facebook Twitter Hedge Schools in Tipperary Early 1700’s – 1860’s In 1695 under the penal laws a ban on all education not through the established... Read More Facebook Twitter Clonmel Charter School 1748-1824 Silver Spring House in Clonmel has an interesting history. Originally built at a cost of... Read More Facebook Twitter The Clonmel Grammar School 1653-1922 The Clonmel Grammar School grew from a Jesuit school set up after the dissolution of... Read More Facebook Twitter The Abbey School, Tipperary 1657-Present Founded in 1657 by Cromwellian merchant Erasmus Smith on the site of an Augustinian abbey,... Read More Facebook Twitter