Centenary of Armistice Day – The End of World War 1

Today is the 11th November 2018. On this day one hundred years ago, World War 1 ended. If you use this interactive website AStreetNearYou.org and enter the place where you live, you will find the names of young men who fought and died in World War 1 who came from a street near you. Click HERE to visit the site.

Remembrance Neil Moralee via Compfight

Links for Teachers – Record of Protected Structures – Wicklow County Council Area, 2016

Saorstát Eireann/King George V Irish post wallbox (1910's / 1920’s) - Durrow, County OffalyCreative Commons License Stuart via Compfight

There is a list of protected structures in Greystones on pages 16-23 of the link at the bottom of this page.

 

Among the structures on this link

are a number of post boxes around Greystones

that date from a time when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.

If you see VR on the post box, that stands for Queen Victoria

so it is a postbox put up between 1853-1901.

ER VII on a post box stands for Edward VII (put up between 1901-1910)

GR on a post box stands for George V so it was put up after 1910

and before Ireland became independent in 1922.

These postboxes would originally have been painted red.

 

Record of Protected Structures – Wicklow County Council Area, 2016

Please note the postbox in the photo on this post is not taken in Greystones

however it is an Irish postbox.

 

Questions for Students:

Can you see the letters on this postbox.

From looking at the letters can you tell when this postbox dates from?

 

Keep an eye out for the postboxes in your neighbourhood.

Do they have any markings on them that show when they were put up?

Links for Teachers – Greystones – 1911 Census

Greystones Aaron van Dorn via Compfight

Click HERE to see the 1911 Census for Greystones. Greystones doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the census for 1901 Click on this LINK to a telling census entry from James Joseph Hazlett which may or may not be a ‘sign of the times.’

Tie in with Irish Primary School Curriculum – History – Strand: My Locality – Strand Unit: My Locality throughout the ages

Greystones - County Wicklow [Ireland]Creative Commons License William Murphy via Compfight

Strand: My Locality

Strand Unit: My Locality throughout the ages

study a period or periods in the history of the town, parish or county

become familiar

with important events in the history of the locality,

setting local figures or events

in the national and international context where relevant. In addition to the developments suggested for this unit in third and fourth classes, suitable subjects might include

Exciting Interactive Link – Historic Environment Viewer from Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

211 of 365 - We passed the setting sun. Fearghal via Compfight

Just put the name of your home place in the search box and click on the dots to see places of historic interest. We put in Greystones, Delgany and Charlesland in the search box and were amazed with what we found.

Historic Environment Viewer from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

‘Copyright Government of Ireland. The content of this application is owned and operated by National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence’.

Links for Teachers – The History of Greystones

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  1. Greystones 1864 – 1964 was written by Samuel French (1964).

This is a very informative booklet written

for the centenary of St. Patrick’s Church in Greystones.

It tells how Greystones got its name

and follows the history of Greystones

from when it was a small fishing village,

through to the coming of the railway and the growth of the town.

2. There is a wonderful archive of photos on Greystones Guide.

Many of these were collected by Derek Paine.

They are being added to all the time.

3. Greystones is also very lucky to have an active 

Greystones Archaeological and Historical Society.

In November 2015, Greystones Archaelogicial and Historical Society

sent the schools in Greystones a very useful information pack.

This has proved to be a valuable resource

and reawakened our interest in local history

here in St. Brigid’s National School in Greystones..

There is a lot of information to be found

in the journals produced by this group.

Click on this LINK to see them.

Check out the website.

There is a lot to see.

Please supervise children when they are researching online.

The internet is a portal to the outside world.

Useful Links for Teachers: The Stone Age

Prehistoric Rock PaintingsCreative Commons License David Stanley via Compfight

Archaeology  in the Classroom – It’s About Time! 

lesson plans and resources from Limerick Education Centre

and the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

and Primary Curriculum Support Service (2005)

It’s About Time – Module 4 – The Stone Age Hunters

Interactive Stone Age Tool Kit from PBS

Dorling Kindersley’s FindOut.com – Stone Age Food

Mountsandel.com – An interactive site from Coleraine Borough Council, Northern Ireland

 

Links for Teachers – The Placenames of County Wicklow

Great Sugarloaf Mountain, Co.Wicklow Rona Kelly via Compfight

Click HERE to see ‘The Placenames of Co. Wicklow’

– From A to W –  by Diarmuid O Keeffe.

This information on local placenames

was put together as part of  student work experience 

in the Heritage Office of Wicklow County Council

using “The Placenames of County Wicklow” by Liam Price.