Belvedere Protestant Children's Orphanage or Belvedere Home was a Protestant-run children's orphanage in
Tyrrellspass
Tyrrellspass (, IPA: bʲaləxˈanˠˈtʲɪɾʲiəliː is a Georgian village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is from Dublin, in the south of the county on the R446 (formerly the N6) road. Tyrrellspass won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition i ...
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Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the secon ...
ethos.
The Orphanage was founded as a charitable institution at the bequest of Jane, the Countess of Belvedere, who left 6000 pounds to set up a girls orphanage.
Built in 1842 in the Tudor revival style, off the Mullingar road, the orphanage was set up in 1843 by the established Protestant church in Ireland to cater for orphans from Protestant families.
Anne Somerville (née Armstrong) was Matron, of the orphanage and was succeeded by her daughter-in-law also Anne.
In 1943 the Orphanage closed and the remaining children transferred to another Church of Ireland run home,
Kirwan House
Kirwan House or The Female Orphan House was a Church of Ireland-run female orphanage initially at 42 Prussia Street (1790-93), next on Dublin's North Circular Road (1793-1959) and latterly at 134 Sandford Road in Ranelagh (1959-87).
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, in Dublin.
The buildings were sold to Westmeath County Council in 1986, but have fallen into decay in recent times.{{when, date=May 2020 There is also calls for the former orphanage to be developed for some civic use.
The Cottages which formed the orphanage, the matrons house, wall and gateway are protected structures.
The Cottages were developed into energy efficient ''social housing'' and completed in 2006.
Renewed Efforts
www.psssivehouseplus.ie
See also
* Bethany Home
Bethany Home (sometimes called Bethany House or Bethany Mother and Child Home) was a residential home in Dublin, Ireland, mainly for women of the Protestant faith, who were convicted of petty theft, prostitution, infanticide, as well as women who ...
* Kirwan House
Kirwan House or The Female Orphan House was a Church of Ireland-run female orphanage initially at 42 Prussia Street (1790-93), next on Dublin's North Circular Road (1793-1959) and latterly at 134 Sandford Road in Ranelagh (1959-87).
Since 19 ...
* Westbank Orphanage
Westbank Orphanage (sometimes called Westbank Protestant Orphanage or Westbank Children's Home) was a privately run Protestant orphanage in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, which closed in the 1990s. Westbank was originally founded as the ''Pro ...
* Smyly Homes Smyly is a surname, and may refer to:
* Drew Smyly (born 1989), American baseball player
* Ellen Smyly (1815–1901), Irish charity worker
* Sir Philip Crampton Smyly (d. 1904), Surgeon-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria and to successive Lords-Lieuten ...
References
1843 establishments in Ireland
Church of Ireland buildings and structures in Ireland