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The first printing press in Ireland was established in 1551, [1] the first Irish-language book was printed in 1571 and Trinity College Dublin was established in 1592. [2] The Education Act 1695 prohibited Irish Catholics from running Catholic schools in Ireland or seeking a Catholic education abroad, until its repeal in 1782. [3]
National schools, established by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland government, post the Stanley Letter of 1831, and were intended to be multi-denominational. [2] [6] The schools were controlled by a state body, the National Board of Education, with a six-member board consisting of two Roman Catholics, two Church of Ireland, and two Presbyterians.
Irish Education, History and Structure (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1981). Dowling, Patrick J. A history of Irish education: a study in conflicting loyalties (Cork, 1971). Dowling, Patrick J. The Hedge Schools of Ireland (1998). Farren, Sean. The politics of Irish education 1920-65 (Belfast, 1995).
The Stanley letter is a letter written in 1831 by Edward Stanley (who later became the 14th Earl of Derby), then Chief Secretary for Ireland.The letter outlined his proposal which helped the UK government to establish the legal basis for national schools in Ireland. [1]
An online system named ePathshala, a joint initiative of NCERT and Ministry of Education, has been developed for broadcasting educational e-schooling resources including textbooks, audio, video, publications, and a variety of other print and non-print elements, [18] ensuring their free access through mobile phones and tablets (as EPUB) and from ...
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In the revolutionary period, the position was first established as the Minister for Irish. [3] [4] This was expanded as the Secretary for Education in the Government of the 2nd Dáil. [5] [6] It was provided a statutory basis by the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, passed soon after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
After the 16th and 17th century dispossession, emigration, and outlawry of the Irish clan chiefs and the loss of their patronage, the teachers and students of the schools that for centuries had trained composers of Irish bardic poetry adapted, according to Daniel Corkery, by becoming teachers at secret and illegal Catholic schools, which doubled as minor seminaries for the increasingly illegal ...