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LOST BUILDINGS OF GREYSTONES

St Patrick’s National School (© Colin Love)

When St Patrick’s National School was opened in the 1970s
in Church Road one of the prefabricated classrooms was moved
to beside St Patrick’s Church. It was used as a Parish Room until
the Parish Centre was built in 2005 at the Church. The Parochial
Hall, St Patrick’s Hall, which was built in 1958, was in Kimberley
Road, at some distance from the Church, so the prefab was used
for small gatherings and was convenient to the Church. The
other prefab classroom remained at La Touche Place and was a
voluntarily-run Parish Thrift Shop, which raised funds for St
Patrick’s for many years.

The Principal of the school in 1871 was Miss Richards. The
first Schoolmaster of the new school was John L. Johnstone and
the Schoolmistress was Rebecca Johnstone. By 1901 Rebecca,
aged sixty, was a widow and a school teacher in Kilbixy,
Westmeath. By 1894 Thomas and Jane Greenaway were Master
and Mistress of the school. Thomas retired between 1901 and
1911. He was from County Armagh. Jane was an organist and
was from County Limerick. The School Principal in 1910 was
James Joseph Hazlett, whose wife Alice was also a national
School Teacher. He was born in County Monaghan. Alice was

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