Paper 312
Lecture – 2015
Author – McQuillan, Dominic
Published in: Time & Tide 10
Report by: Oona Roycroft
Synopsis:
The ending of the Penal Laws in 1782, allowed Catholic second level schools, to be established for the first time in Ireland.
Previously second level schools were run by the Church of Ireland. Subsequent attempts by both churches to establish multi denominational schools failed. From henceforth, Catholic and Protestant children were educated in separate schools.
This paper recounts the story of what developed in Skerries from 1875 to the present day. It described the state/hierarchy conflicts, the grievances of lay teachers and finally, the effects of falling vocations and the State takeover of educational policy.
