Rathmines School
Rathmines School was a secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school. Notable pupils * Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871 * Henry Horatio Dixon Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (May 19, 1869, Dublin – December 20, 1953, Dublin) plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. * Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 - 18 March 1980)Deaths The Times Monday, Mar 24, 1980; pg. 28; Issue 60583; col B Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943 to 1960 and died on 18 March 1980. * James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)Bishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919 * Sep Lambert, Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert (3 August 1876 in Dublin, Ireland – 21 April 1959 in Dublin) cricketer. * Jackson Lawlor, Hugh Jackson Lawlor (11 December 1860 - 26 December 1938) priest and author * Arthur ...
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Rathmines
Rathmines () is an affluent inner suburb on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It lies three kilometres south of the city centre. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranelagh to the east, and Harold's Cross to the west. It is situated in the city's D06 postal district. Rathmines is a commercial and social hub and is well known across Ireland as "flatland"—an area that has provided rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third-level students from outside the city since the 1930s. In more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many houses have been gentrified. Rathmines gained a reputation as a "Dublin Belgravia" in the 19th Century. Name Rathmines is an Anglicisation of the Irish , meaning "ringfort of Maonas"/"fort of Maonas". The name Maonas is perhaps derived from Maoghnes or the Norman name de Meones, after the de Meones family who settled ...
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