A collection of mainly legal and financial papers relating to St. Enda’s School (Scoil Éanna), an Irish language college established by Patrick Pearse in Cullenswood House on Oakley Road in Ranelagh, Dublin, in 1908. The school moved to the Hermitage, a former country house in Rathfarnham, in 1910. Pearse founded St. Ita’s School for girls along the same general lines as St. Enda’s in Cullenswood House in 1910, when he moved St. Enda's boys' school to Rathfarnham. Some of the records refer to the precarious financial state of St. Enda’s and to Pearse’s efforts to raise funds to keep the school solvent. The section also contains some miscellaneous notes by Pearse on education-related subjects. Some of the documents listed below are in either Pearse’s hand or are endorsed with his signature.
Notice for rates for Cullenswood House, Oakley Road in the district of Rathmines and Rathgar to be paid by George Paterson.
Copy requisitions on title to premises on the west side of Cullenswood Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin, from George Patterson to Patrick Pearse. The requisitions were compiled by French & French, solicitors, St. Stephen’s Green North, Dublin, for W.A. McMullen, solicitor for the purchaser (Pearse), 3 South Frederick Street, Dublin.
Receipt for rates for Cullenswood House, Oakley Road, in the district of Rathmines and Rathgar paid by Patrick Pearse on 14 Aug. 1908.
A note re deductions from the purchase money paid by Patrick Pearse to George Paterson for Cullenswood House. The note was prepared by French & French, solicitors, St. Stephen’s Green North, Dublin.
Two studio portraits of a young boy in Gaelic dress. The photographs show ‘Frank Dowling in his costume for a production of “The Boy Deeds of Cuchulainn” by Patrick Pearse in June 1909. The prints are credited to M. Glover Limited, 124 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
A monthly account note. The provenance and authorship of the note are not given, although reference is made to an address in Rathgar, Dublin.
Copies of the prospectus for St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
List of subscriptions (and amounts) from American benefactors to the St. Enda’s School building fund. The subscriptions were taken while Patrick Pearse was touring the United States.
Income tax receipt for £12 13s 2d on St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, paid by Patrick Pearse in March 1915.