Masonic Boys School, Dublin

Masonic Boys School
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Coordinates53°18′41″N 6°14′11″W / 53.3113°N 6.2364°W / 53.3113; -6.2364
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Established1867
GenderMale

The Masonic Boys School (sometimes Masonic Orphan Boys School) was a school in Dublin, Ireland which was originally established for the sons of deceased, or financially distressed, freemasons. It was directly supported by the Brethren of the Masonic Order and was in existence from 1867 until 1981.[1][2]

The school was located at Richview in Clonskeagh for most of its existence from 1885 to 1980 in what is as of 2023 the University College Dublin's School of Architecture.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Masonic Orphans Boys' School Dublin 1867 to 1892". Irish Masonic History and the Jewels of Irish Freemasonry. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Masonic Orphan Boys School, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin, Co. Dublin QO-00412". The Historical Picture Archive. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ School, Masonic Orphan Boys' (1910). "May election, 1910 : Masonic Orphan Boys' School". [s.n.] Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. ^ "In Dublin, the Headquarters of the Irish Freemasons". universitytimes.ie. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Report of the Masonic Orphan Boys' School of Ireland, Richview, Clonskeagh, Dublin: With a List of the Governors of the Institution, Etc., for the Year 1921". Cherry & Smalldridge. 1922. Retrieved 20 January 2023.