Figure 1.--This ia s group at the Christian Brothers Synge Street School in Dublin during 1940. All the boys except ome wear suits, although the colors seem to vary. They mave been grey. Only one boy does not wear a suit, but a zip jacket. Ties apparently were optional. Notice the knee socks with varied patterned tops. We are guessing this was a ckass grop. With only 17 boys the classes seem small. The boys look to be about 13 or 14 years old.

Ireland during the 19th century was dominated by the English imposed Protestant accendancy. Many Catholics were uspicious of the developing state school system. And it at first pursued prostelization, alouth the more overt forms of this gradually declined. There wa no law against private schools, although the economic consition of the Catholic majority did not permit many Catholics to pay school fees and the Church did not have the resources to support a large school system. Butbthere were some Catholic schools. One of the most important was Synge Street School in Dublin. It was a drcondary school founded by the Christian Brothers (1864). The Christian brothers were a teaching brotherhppd. The first pupil enrolled was Paul McSwiney, son of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Peter Paul McSwiney. The school had 600 pupils taught by 10 Christian Brothers teachers - a rather high student teacher ratio. The school steadily expanded with new buildings. An associated primary school was opened nearby (1930). The associated Scoil Iosagáin Primary School was opened (1954). A new secondary school is now officially known as St Paul's Secondary School, Heytesbury Street. The current buildings replaced the row of houses, used for class-rooms, was opened (late--1960s). It was further extended (1980s.)

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