Edited by Brendan Walsh Essays in the History of Irish Education Brendan W alsh Editor Essays in the History of Irish Education Editor Brendan Walsh School of Education Studies Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland ISBN 978-1-137-51481-3 ISBN 978-1-137-51482-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51482-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016937973 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2 016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identifi ed as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the pub- lisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London To the memory of Sean Griffi n, whose work in the fi elds of special educational needs and history of education did so much to enhance educational studies and provision in Ireland. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam A CKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to acknowledge the kind assistance of the Dublin City University Faculty of Humanities Incorporation Publication Scheme in the prepara- tion of this book. vii C ONTENTS 1 Introduction 1 Brendan Walsh 2 The National System of Education, 1831–2000 7 Tom Walsh 3 ‘An Essential Service’: The National Board and Teacher Education, 1831–1870 45 Susan M. Parkes 4 Forged in the Fire of Persecution: Edmund Rice (1762–1844) and the Counter-R eformationary Character of the Irish Christian Brothers 83 Dáire Keogh 5 Girls at School in Nineteenth-Century Ireland 105 Jane McDermid 6 ‘Injurious to the Best Interests of Education’? Teaching and Learning Under the Intermediate Education System, 1878–1922 129 Brendan Walsh ix