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Lancastenan system of Education in Ireland / ' The meeting took place , and a society was formed ; and the first resolution entered into was an approval of the
Lancastenan system , on the ground of its affording 46 on the smallest scale of expense the means of a scriptural education , by which the Bible could be read without
invidious commentary ; and children could be instructed without the mischievous influence of sectarian catechisms and controversial tracts /'—The society further
resolved to aid the progress of education by procuring properly qualified school-masters , and furnishing schools with all the articles necessary for their out-fit and establishment on the economical
principle , and they are now in correspondence with Mr . Lancaster for information on those interesting subjects . Thus the society
are proceeding , and such arc their broad , liberal and philanthropic views . Donations for their patriotic purposes are received at the Bank of La Touche and Co . There
can be little doubt of their meeting the warm support of the public at large . Their objects are strikingly national , and admirably
calculated for the adoption of all sects and persuasions . To the community in general , they must render the most important benefits ; and if Mr . Lancaster ' s visit to this
country had been productive of no other advantage than giving life and energy to this society by his presence in Dublin ; this alone would entitle him to the thanks and gratitude of Ireland *
Though constantly employed in Dublin during the intervals of public duty , having among other occupations devoted much time to
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different schools of the city , Mr . Lancaster contrived to find leisure to visit Castiecomer and to superintend in person a school opened there by a teacher of his own
training at the expense of a ludy , whcise name will be long endeared to the youth of that neighbourhood , we mean the Countess Dowager of Ormonde . Mr . Lancaster had
reason to feel much satisfaction at the state in which he found this benevolent institution , and his visit to Castiecomer was further remunerated by learning it was her Ladyship's intention , to still further his views by the establishment of a school for One Thousand
children at the Collieries , The neatness and general appearance of this village exhibit already gratifying specimens of the
benevolence of a most munificent patroness ; but what will it be when the effects of education are fully exemplified in the demeanour of so many hundred children !
Mr . Lancaster ' s attention was next directed to the populous city of Kilkenny- He had not been disappointed in the calculations he made upon the benevolence of Lord Ormonde . His lecture was
attended by the Countess of Ormonde , Lady Carrick , and several persons of the first respectability . It is needless to add , that by Lord Ormonde ' s liberality , a school is to be established at Kilkenny . In this neighbourhood alone , 2 OOO children are likely to be educated .
Tullamore afforded another scene of pleasure to our unwearied traveller , having enabled him to witness a gratifying example of Lord
and Lady Charleville ' s zeal in the advancement of his system * It appears that Lord and LajtJyCharlevflle , who rank araongin * warin-
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Tntelligence , —Lancasterian System in Irelan d * 26 f
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/59/
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