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| Hamblin and Porter's Grammar School | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Funding type | Private school |
| Established | 1824 |
Hamblin and Porter's School was a private school inSouth Mall,Cork City,Ireland. Its pupils came mainly from merchant classes andChurch of Ireland backgrounds. Students pursued classical subjects, with many students matriculated atTrinity College Dublin.
Daniel Hamblin's school, at 58 George's Street, Cork, was founded in 1824. Hamblin was known as a teacher preparing students for university entrance exams,[citation needed] and he also taught at the Cork Mechanics Institute. Hamblin's school moved in 1826, forming Hamblin and Porter’s boarding and day school, 73 South Mall, Cork. The premises consisted of a school-room, 2 classrooms, library, 2 dormitories, a dressing room and a playground. Sometimes the school's address was listed as Queens Street (now Father Mathew Street), off South Mall. In 1855, the school and pupils moved to 19 South Mall, to become theCollegiate School under Francis William Newell.[1]
Hamblin was made a freeman ofCork City.
Classical subjects were taught. A report card for a pupil grades him in Greek Testament, Lucian, Homer, Xenophon, Latin, Terence, Juvenal, Livy, Virgil, Horace, Exercise, Euclid (Geometry), Algebra, History and Writing.[2]
Notable pupils include, physicianRobert Spencer Dyer Lyons, Home Rule MPJoseph Philip Ronayne, balladeer, writer and nationalistDenny Lane,[2] mathematician, theologian and Trinity provostGeorge Salmon DD, FRS,[3] and surgeon and professorEdward Hallaran Bennett MD.
Victoria Cross winnerJames Adams, archbishop of OntarioJohn Lewis,[4] and clergymen Adam Newman Beamish and Richard Parkes Bennett are among the Church of Ireland clergy who attended the school.[citation needed]