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Bandon Endowed School
Scholars of Dr Browne's School, Bandon 1831
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Thomas Holwin |
Richard Meade |
Thomas Meade |
William Cornwall |
John Cornwall |
Jackson Cornwall |
Matthew Belasaigne |
John Heazle |
Joseph Dawson |
John Beamish |
William Fuller |
Stewart Tresillian |
Percival Sullivan |
Thomas Popham |
William A Conner |
Henry Conner |
Nathaniel Conner |
Robert Wiseman |
James Long |
George Allman |
Incil?? Hawkes |
Henry Hawkes |
Edward Hawkes |
Charles Hurley |
M Ottley |
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Henry Ormiston |
John Bowen |
John Sealy |
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College pupils |
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Henry Gillman |
Richard Long |
Thomas Bennett |
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Boarders |
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Adam Meade |
Thomas Quin? |
Robert Heard |
William Browne |
Jonas Stawell |
William Stawell |
Kilnan Wood |
Richard Longfield |
George Longfield |
Robert Davies |
William Taylor |
William McDermott |
Jacob Biggs |
Thomas Biggs |
Daniel Fenes? |
James Carnegie |
Abraham Evanson |
Samuel Penrose? Left |
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Charles B. Bernard, Rector Kilbrogan | Henry Boyle Bernard | Hor. T. Newman, Dean of Cork |
Rev John Stewart, Templetrine | St John Augustus Clerk, Col, JP | Rev Henry P. McClintock, Vicar Ballymodan |
Rev Benjamin Swete, Kilbrittain | Samuel Bernard Beamish JP | Robert Tresilian Belcher JP |
Rev Richard T. Meade, Killowen | Rev John H. Freke, Curate Ballymodan | Rev George C. Nash, Curate, Ringrone |
Rev Thomas G. Bennett | Curate, Innishannon | Rev M. Longfield, Vicar, Desertserges |
Thomas Barter | John T. Barter | J.W. Rogers |
Robert Naylor Rogers | Rev Herbert P. Molesworth, Curate Kilbrogan | James Dawson |
Edward Toole, MRCSL | Henry Belcher | Thomas Kingston Sullivan |
Thomas Cronin AM | William Connor Sullivan | Edward Doherty |
John Wheeler, jun | Henry Baldwin, Mountpleasant | Franklin Baldwin |
Nicholas Cole Bowen | J.V. Monson | James Splaine JP |
Robert Stowards | Nicholas Wrixon, Captain | Samuel Wood, AM, MB |
William Sayers | Michael Patrick England | Rev William Baldwin, Rector, Vicar Kilfaughnabeg |
Godfrey Baldwin | Rev Somers Payne, Ballinadee | B. Swan Harvey |
Thomas Hornibrook Sullivan | George Dowden | Thomas Fuller |
28th December 1826. Rev John Browne. Pupils included O'Brien
snr, Fuller, McDonald, Donovan, Meade sen, Minchin, sen, Long, sen, Browne,
Briscoe, Murphy, Bennett, White, Bernard, Sealy, Sen, Beamish, Beecher,
Hornibrook, Jervois, Sullivan, Sweeny, Scott, Long, Falvey, McCarthy, Ormston,
Ellard, Bennett, Wheeler, Lucas, Robinson, Penrose, Davies, Wren, Sealy, jun.
1st February, 1827. Rev John Browne, AM, Principal. 'The system
of Education, pursued includes selections from the Greek Plays, Demosthenes,
Cicero etc and the science of the two first years after entrance. The
Classics & Sicences are taught by scholars of the College of distinguished merit
& every other department is filled by Masters of approved talents. The
healthfulness of the situation, commodiousness of the houses, School Room, Play
grounds will give unqualified satisfaction to the most anxious parent or
guardian. Terms. Boarders. 40 guineas and day 8 per year. A few
gentlemen who have already entered College and are desirous either to read for
Premiums or to answer respectably to their Quarterly Examinations, can be
accommodated with private apartments - Terms £100 per annum.
3rd April.
1827. Letter to Cork Constitution
to the Rev. John Browne, Devonshire
Square, Bandon
Sir
I beg leave in this public manner to return you my most
SINCERE THANKS for the very great kindness and attention, that my son Robert,
experiences from you and Mrs Browne, in the very severe fit of sickness which he
has had lately at your school.
I am Sir, your very obliged humble Servant, Simon Davies, Rector of Macroom
March 30, 1827
6th November, 1828. George Fuller, educated at Bandon School achieved the
Premium in Classics at Trinity
6th August, 1829. Rev Dr John Browne, AM, Master.
School resumed on 3rd August.
Education comprises Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, English Languages,
Euclid, Logic, Algebra, History, Geography, Drawing, Dancing, Fencing.
'These obviously advantageous arrangements (unparalleled in most schools) are
greatly enhanced by the beautiful situation of the School House, at a convenient
distance from the town, an extensive play ground, spacious and well aired school
room, racket court, and such other facilities for recreation and study as cannot
be surpassed by any School in the United Kingdom. Terms for Boards under
15 ... 40 guineas per year and for day Pupils ... 8 guineas per year.
21st December, 1833 Rev Dr John Browne - School Master and former
Scholar of TCD. Half yearly exams held in Euclid, Algebra, Hebrew, Greek,
Latin, French, History, Geography, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Writing.
The following students participated. Longfield, Mason, sen, Teulon, Meade,
Stawell, Conner, Popham, sen, Carnegie, Scott, Somerville, Mason, jnr,
Tresilian, jnr, Biggs, sen, Biggs, Jnr, Meade, Sealy, Cornwall, Rogers, sen,
Bernard, Longfield, Kenney, Hawkes, Popham jnr, Ottley, Conner, Kingston, sen,
Kingston, jnr, Caulfield, Baldwin, Hornibrook.
24th January,
1835. Rev Dr Browne. 'The arrangements for health and
comfort, dormitories and well ventilated school rooms, play ground, gymnasium,
ball courts. A new Dining Hall and a Private Study for Senior Pupils has
just been added to the accommodations making the establishment as complete as
anything of the kind can possibly be.
11th December, 1834.
Students taking Scripture exams.
Teulon, Meade, Senr, Somerville, Scott, Stawell, Carnegie, Snr, Conner, Popham,
Kenney, Meade, jnr, Sealy, Long, Popham, Mackintosh, Wright, Longfield, jnr,
Crooke, Caulfield, Ottley, Tyner, Ellis, Loane, Baldwin,, Kingston, Snr,
Kingston, Jnr.
13th Dec, 1838. The
following students of the Bandon Endowed School obtained distinctions:
Mr
George Longfield - A first Prize in Science
Mr Hewitt Robert Poole - A first Price in Science & in
Classics
Mr James Gollock - A Prize in Science & in Classics (He
obtained 8 honors during the year, 3 in Science & 3 in Classics, one in Hebrew,
one in Divinity)
Mr William Robert Conner - A Prize in Classics and
Recommended in Science.
Hewitt Poole
was the only student of any class who obtained Double First Honors at each Term
Exam. He also obtained the first Catechetical Premium of the year.
19th Nov, 1839 The following
students of the Bandon School obtained distinctions at Trinity College:
Mr George Longfield - A Senior Moderatorship in Mathematics & Physics & a
Gold Medal
Mr
Hewitt Poole. A First Honor in Science & Second in Classics
Mr James
Gollock. A second Honor in Science & a Second in Classics.26th May, 1841
14th January, 1841. Trinity Term distinctions.
Mr
George Longfield - Hebrew premium
Mr Hewitt Poole - First honor in Science
Mr Becher Fleming - Second honor in Science
Mr Richard William Meade -
Catechetical premium
Mr J. Ruthledge - 2nd place of 113 last October
entrance.
26th May, 1841. At the Trinity College exams, the
pupils of Bandon School obtained the following:
Mr John Rutledge - First rank
Honor in Science & Classics (Double First Honors)
Mr Rd. M. Conner -
First Rank Honor in Science & Honor in Classics
Mr Becher Lionel Fleming -
Honor in Science
Mr Wensley Bond Jennings - Honor in Classics
20th August, 1842.
Mr Stephen Browne took on the role of head master from his brother who moved to Kilkenny College. He obtained a scholarship in Trinity with the highest Classical Prize and the highest prize in Mathematics and Bishop law's Mathematical Premium. At the time he took up his position, he advertised for a resident classical assistant at the school at an annual salary of 40 guineas.1st September, 1842.
Rev Dr Browne, late head master of the Bandon Endowed School has been promoted to the head mastership of the Kilkenny College.2nd July, 1844.
Bandon School. Head Master. Stephen Browne.14th January, 1848. University honors for the
following pupils
Mr John England. Three first Honors in Science & 2nd
Honor in Logics
Mr
William Heazle. A First & Second Class Honor in Classics & Second Honor in
Science
Mr Ferdinand C. Spillar. A Second Honor in Science
Mr
Bartholomew Ring. A Second Honor in Classics
6th January, 1853.
Stephen Browne, LLD, ex Scholar TCD. Pupils obtained university distinctions17th January, 1857.
Stephen Browne, LLD, ex Scholar TCD. 'The pupils of this school are prepared for the universities, the Queen's Mlitary and Naval Colleges, Engineering and Commercial Professions etc. They are taught Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French & German Languages, mathematics, Plane and Analytic Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Arithmetic, Book keeping, Globes, Surveying, History, English in all its branches.