Wexford- education query

[voyager1]

Hello I am a newcomer from NZ. I am interested in education, the 1840's in Wexford. The quote from an encyclopedia in NZ has James Francis Crawford being educated in Barrow Wexford at this time and as I know this to be a river, where is it likely that schooling may have taken place eg the town most likely. Probably the family were English. If anyone can lead me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Currawinya

[nickr90]

Wondering about the source material. Could there be a misreading of handwriting with Bannow - a village - set down as Barrow?

[shellback]

vI agree with Nick it is likely to be Bannow.Do you know if the school had any agricultural connections?

[voyager1]

Through this link I have reference to a Rev Newland who established a private Grammar school in Bannow. I am interested in further info as to the length of time this operated and to which university the young people would have streamed into. Is it possible that pupil lists still exist.

[Sir Crispin Gaylord, Bt.]

Through this link I have reference to a Rev Newland who established a private Grammar school in Bannow. I am interested in further info as to the length of time this operated and to which university the young people would have streamed into. Is it possible that pupil lists still exist.

I am afraid that there is some misconception at work here. What do you mean by "to which university the young people would have streamed into"? I do not understand  "streamed" in this context.
Until 1845 there was only one university in Ireland, Dublin University, though many students chose to attend Oxon or Cantab on the mainland.

Yours, etc.
    Sir Crispin Gaylord, Bt. MA (Oxon)

[shellback]

Welcome to Roots Chat ,Sir Crispin . It has been sometime since I last saw your name on a posting, on another site mind you. Your remarks regarding the only university at the time are correct and should help steer voyager1 in the right direction. I doubt though that many of the pupils at Rev. Newlands school would have gone on to a third level education . I think that this school may have been the one started in Bannow by my illustrious ancestor .the Rev. Hickey (aka Martin Doyle )  but can't be certain. If it is then that school was agriculturally based and as such was more likely to turn out farm workers than university students.

[voyager1]

Thank you  Sir Crispin I used modern language incorrectly to suit an historical situation. I will try Dublin University....if that is Trinity I had already been there. Don't forget I come from a country where we only had 4 universities until some silly politician decided to turn Technical Colleges into Universities