Townavilly School - 1849, Donegal, Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Donegal Index Donegal Miscellaneous Index Copyright Contributed by James G. Ryan jim.ryan@circa.ie _________________________________________ TOWNAVILLY SCHOOL - 1849, DONEGAL, IRELAND This is a list of 59 boys and 21 girls attending Townavilly (alias Tawnawully or Tawnawilly) tenantry school in 1st May 1849. It is among the papers of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland (National Library of Ireland Ms 17,960). The Commissioners were set up in 1813 to manage 'endowed' schools, i.e. those funded by means of rent from lands they owned. This 'tenantry school' was established by the Commissioners for children of tenants on their lands in 14 townlands in the civil parish of Donegal. There were around 200 households on the estate at this time. Their 1849-50 report states that ... a large number of children continue to receive gratuitous instruction at a school established for us for their benefit. A search of the 1901 census found 13 men with the same names still living in the area. These are listed below with their townland of residence and their age in 1901. It is a reasonable presumption that at least the younger of these are the same people. Based on their ages in 1901, they would have been aged between 9 and 19 when attending the school in 1849. Some of the 59 Boys at Tawnavilly School in May 1849 ========== ========================================= BOYS NAMES PERSONS OF SAME NAME FOUND IN 1901 CENSUS ========== ========================================= Edward SLEAVIN John McANULTY Hugh TUMMONEY FranciS TUMMONY PatricK TUMMONY Patrick Timoney 60 in Goladoo/ also 68 in Goladoo Edward TUMMONY John MARTIN Bryan McLAUGHLIN Owen McLAUGHLIN John GALLAGHER Charles MARTIN Connel MARTIN aged 64 in Garvagh Patrick MARTIN Charles TUMMONEY Connel SLEAVIN Dennis McMULLIN Charles MARTIN George JOHNSTONE Edward SHIELS aged 61 in Goladoo Daniel GALLINAGH aged 68 in Goladoo Patrick McGINTY Michael MARTIN William McGINTY aged 60 in Garvagh Neil MARTIN Patrick MARTIN Francis CASSIDY Charles SHIELS Connel McGINTY aged 71 in Tawnaghorm (too old to be the same person?) William MARTIN Michael MARTIN Michael BRESLAN Mickey Breslin, aged 60 in Tawnaghalahan Matthew CALLAGHAN Thomas GALLAGHER aged 65 in Ardnableask Peter McGINTY William McCALLION John MORROW Alexander MORROW Dennis BOYLE Hugh CasSIDY 63 in Tawnaghorm Charles MARTIN Bryan FlOOD John JOHNSTONE Patrick SHEILS Owen CARLIN aged 65 in Goladoo (Carolan) Patrick GALLINAGH aged 67 in Carracramph (possibly too old to be the same person) Neil McGINTY Charles CALLAGHAN Patrick TUMMONEY Jeremiah SHEILS William FLOOD Robert JOHNSTONE Alex JohNSTONE William JOHNSTONE Robt. McCALLION Con BRESLAN Michael McGINTY aged 64 in Tawnaghorm Charles SLEAVIN John TUMAGHAN aged 57 in Ardinawark Patrick MARTIN Girls on the Townavilly School books 1st May 1849. Mary CALLAGHAN Margaret MARTIN Susan McMULLIN Ellen McGINTY Catherine CUNAGHAN ? Bridget MCGINTY Bridget CARLIN Ellen TUMMONEY Catherine MCGINTY Catherine GALLINAGH Ellen MARTIN Mary McGiNTY Sarah McCALLION Ann MARTIN Mary Ann JOHNSTONE Catherine MARTIN Ann GALLAGHER Ann MARTIN Ann CALLAGHAN Elisabeth PERRY Catherine MCGINTY This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/irfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb