| ID | 23185 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Masonic Female Orphan School |
| Collection Description | The fund for the education of the daughters (and, separately, the sons) of deceased freemasons was started in 1792, but the school took another seven or eight years to establish. The school moved several times, but after the Burlington Road site was disapproved by Medical Officers, on grounds of overcrowding, it moved to Merrion Road, near the Royal Dublin Society in 1882. |
| Reference | |
| Description | Committee Minutes, 1968 to the closure of the school in 1975 includes material on old girls, garden fetes, salaries and staff, domestic staff and headmistresses reports |
| Access | Contact Repository |
| Date | 1968-1975 |
| Century | 19th, 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Note | See Dr Brian Bowden, 200 Years of a Future Through Education: A History of the Masonic Girls' Charity [Privately printed, 1992]. |
| Repository Name | Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland |
| Address | Freemasons' Hall 17 Molesworth Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 HK50 |
| Telephone | (01) 676-1337 |
| Email Address | office@freemason.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://freemason.ie/ |
| latitude | 53.34108 |
| longitude | -6.25598 |