Identity Statement
| Title | Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland |
| Archive Reference | IE TCD MS/5281-5808 |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/incorpored-society-promoting-protestant-schools-ireland |
| Creation Dates | 1680-1913 |
| Extent Medium | c 450 volumes and c 170 boxes |
Context
Creator(s): Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland
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Administrative History ↴
The Society was founded by Charter in 1733 with power to receive endowments and to purchase lands, etc. to found schools for poor children. The number of Charter schools grew rapidly from 1734 on, with substantial Parliamentary grants and private endowments. (Bishop Pococke is reported as having visited twenty-six Charter Schools before he founded the Pococke School near Kilkenny in 1763). During the 19th century however the Kildare Place Society (1812-) and the National Board reduced the importance of the Society. It moved away from the field of elementary to that of post-primary education. In 1894 the society was reconstituted under the Educational Endowments (Ireland) Act of 1885. -
Archival History ↴
Presented to the Library of Trinity College Dublin by the Incorporated Society in 1971 and transferred there from Mountjoy School, Malahide Road, Dublin on 5 July 1971. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland ↴
The archives, relating to their schools and estates, of the Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting Protestant (English) Schools in Ireland.
The Board and Committee Books and Papers section contains minutes and agendas and Board and Committee papers (1733-1903); Accounts hold annual and estate accounts (1783-1913); Schools holds papers relating to individual schools, general registers of children (1765-1838), school accounts (1799-1889) and examinations (1783-1900); Estate papers and deeds holds estate accounts and rentals (1830-1913), deeds (1680-1897), maps and plans; the Miscellanea section contains the accounts and estate papers of Rev. Elias Thackeray, the private estate papers of William Pidgeon and the Sermons of Rev. Richard Ardill. -
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
No further accruals are expected -
Arrangement ↴
The collection is arranged as follows:
Board and Committee Books and Papers 5225-5807
Accounts 5316-5418
Schools 5484-5315
Estates Rentals, Papers and Deeds 5496-5845
Miscellanea 5492-5858 – including estate papers of Rev. Elias Thackeray, Private estate papers of William Pidgeon and Sermons of Reverend Richard Ardill
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Please contact mscripts@tcd.ie in advance of your visit |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | Please contact mscripts@tcd.ie for guidance. |
| Creation Dates | 1680-1913 |
| Extent Medium | c 450 volumes and c 170 boxes |
| Material Language Script | English |
| Finding Aids | Item-level descriptions are available to search via the online catalogue. A separate list with index exists for the Papers of the Rev. Elias Thackeray and can be consulted in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library, Trinity College Dublin. Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Notes
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Adapted by Natalie Milne, 2014 |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names. Chippenham: National Council on Archives, 1997. UK Archival Thesaurus (UKAT) |
| Date of Descriptions | 41699 |