1673 – Blue Coat School, Dublin
In Oxmantown Green, the King’s Hospital or Bluecoat School, was erected between 1669 and 1673 as a free school for boys and an alms house for unprivileged.
1715 – Green Coat School, Cork
In March 1715, construction started on two schools adjacent to the Green Coat Hospital for children of the Protestant faith. Boys were to be taught reading,
1737 – Collegiate School, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Thomas Burgh
Designed by Chief Surveyor Thomas Burgh, who died before completion, the former Collegiate School is a shallow U-shape in plan,
1737 – Royal & Prior School, Raphoe, Co. Donegal
In 1608, King Charles I granted a charter which founded the Royal Schools across Ulster. By 1618, As part of this charter,
1748 – Royal Charter School, Clontarf, Co. Dublin
In 1733 King George III granted a charter that provided protestant education for the poor. The chartered school system attempted to educate children in the scriptures as well as teaching them about industry,
1761 – Wilson’s Hospital School, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath
Architect: John Pentland
Wilson’s Hospital School was founded in 1761 by Andrew Wilson as a school for young Protestant boys and also as a hospital for old men.
1766 – Royal Hibernian Military School, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: Francis Johnston
Formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School, for children of deceased soldiers, it originally may have been designed by Thomas Cooley who did the school chapel in the grounds.
1773 – Hibernian Marine School, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Cooley
The Hibernian Marine School was founded in 1766 and the primary aim of the school was free education for the sons of seafarers that lost their lives or suffered disabilities at sea.
1782 – Kilkenny College, Kilkenny
Architect: Charles Vierpyl
A long established school, opened in 1667 under the auspices of James Ormonde, first Duke of Ormonde,
1814 – Former Foyle College, Derry
Architect: John Bowden
Foyle College traces its origins to 1617 and the establishment of the Free Grammar School at Society Street within the city walls of Derry by Mathias Springham of the Merchant Taylors’
