Identity Statement for Scoil Bridghde

  • Reference code: IE UCDA P86
  • Title: Records of Scoil Bridghde
  • Dates: 1917 - 1949
  • Level of description: Item
  • Extent: 1 item
  • Context
  • Content and Structure
  • Conditions of Access and Use

Institutional History

Scoil Bridghde (Scoil Bhríde) was an Irish speaking school for girls, founded by Louise Gavan Duffy and Annie McHugh in 1917.  The school was originally located in St Stephen's Green, Dublin and moved to Pembroke Road in 1921. It is now in Ranelagh, Dublin 6.

Archival History

The scrapbook was found among LA22 Papers of R. Dudley Edwards, the original was photocopied and returned to Sr Petra on request.

Scope and Content

Photocopy of a scrapbook containing lists of pupils, photographs, programmes for school plays, newspaper cuttings, and letters. Includes two letters from Rev. Thomas Gavan Duffy (1888 - 1942) thanking the school for their contributions to his missionary school in India (29 February 1920, and 6 October 1924)

Access: Available by appointment to holders of a UCD Archives reader's ticket. Produced for consultation in digital format.

Language: Irish and English 

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