Rathmines School was a

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secondary school in the suburb of

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: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school. The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.

Notable pupils

* Edward Vaughan Boulger (1846– 11 August 1910), Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871 *

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FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin * James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919)

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Rathmines School Rathmines School was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school. The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the ...

1855 establishments in Ireland 1899 disestablishments in Ireland