Ireland School Records

Online Databases

 * at FamilySearch — for Belfast, Cork, and Galway; index and images
 * Ireland National School Registers, index, ($).
 * Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) School Records, index, ($).

School Websites

 * Boarding Schools
 * National Schools

Dublin

 * 1593-1846 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; free index, images ($)
 * 1593-1846 Alumni Dublinense 1593-1846 at FamilyRelatives ($)

Introduction to School Records
School records, including alumni lists, may contain valuable information about your ancestor. They may include:
 * Name
 * Birthplace
 * Residence
 * Father's name and occupation.

Books
The main Irish college, Trinity College in Dublin, is a Protestant college but was attended by some Catholics. Brief biographies of Trinity College alumni appear in:
 * Burtchaell, George Dames, and Thomas Ulick Sadleir, eds. Alumni Dublinenses 1593-1843. London, England: Williams and Norgate, 1924. (Family History Library.
 * Register of School Registers Held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1987. (Family History Library book Ref )
 * Register of School Registers Held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1987. (Family History Library book Ref )

Most school records remain in local custody, though a small collection of school records for the Republic of Ireland is held at the National Archives.

Northern Ireland school records and their Family History Library call numbers (when applicable) are listed in the following:

National School Roll Books/Registers. Received via the Department of Education. List of schools by county, covering Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Dublin Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow, gives the date they are covered. View the list at www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/ns.html.

If your ancestor received professional training, he or she may have attended school in another country. Many Irish professionals were trained in other countries. For example, Anglican ministers were often trained in England, doctors in Scotland, and Catholic priests in France and Italy. Therefore, if you cannot find Irish school records for your professionally trained ancestor, you may want to check school records of other countries.

The many Irish school records available at the Family History Library are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under the following headings:

IRELAND - SCHOOLS

IRELAND, [COUNTY] - SCHOOLS

IRELAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or CITY] - SCHOOLS