Irish School Uniform: Chronology--Early-20th Century (1900-40)


Figure 1.--The picture was taken in 1927 at the Cahooring National School, Killarney.

HBC has very little information on Irish schoolwear in the early 20th century. We believe that some boys at schools in rural areas wore simple dresses, but we do not know how wide-spread this was. Boys in urban areas were more likely to dress like English school boys. Private schools generally followed English school fashions. The Irish Free State came into being in 1922, following the signing of a Treaty with England in December 1921. In 1926 the School Attendance Act made school attendance compulsory on all school days for children between the ages of six and fourteen. The primary school programme consisted of attendance for five or six hours, five days a week for a minimum of 190 days a year. The subjects studied included, Irish, English, Arithmetic, History, Geography and Music. Girls also received instruction in needlework. In the late 1920s, the Department of Education had introduced the Primary School Certificate examination. This examination was voluntary until 1943 when, despite strong opposition, it became compulsory for all children who had reached sixth class.








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