Claremont Institution

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The Claremont Institution
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The Claremont Institution around 1820
Location
Glasnevin

Dublin

Ireland
Coordinates 53°22′19.20″N6°16′22.80″W / 53.3720000°N 6.2730000°W / 53.3720000; -6.2730000
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School typeSchool for the deaf
Founder Dr. Charles Orpen

The Claremont Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Glasnevin, Dublin, was the first school for the Deaf in Ireland. It was established in 1816 by Dr. Charles Orpen.

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History

During his work at the Workhouse of the House of Industry in Dublin in 1816, Dr. Orpen found at least twenty-one deaf children. He selected a deaf and dumb boy, Thomas Collins, for tuition. After devoting his leisure hours, for a few months, to the partial education of the boy at his own house, Dr. Orpen gave a few popular lectures at the Rotunda, in which he brought forward the most striking features in the condition of the Deaf, and the principal facts with respect to the history of their education, as a science recently invented, and the establishment of schools in various countries for their relief. Collins' progress in written language, in calculation, and in articulate speech, after only a few months' instruction, was so satisfactory that the cause of the Deaf was immediately taken up by the public.

Workhouse place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment

In England and Wales, a workhouse was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is from 1631, in an account by the mayor of Abingdon reporting that "wee haue erected wthn our borough a workehouse to sett poore people to worke".

The National Institution for Education of the Deaf and Dumb Poor in Ireland was formed shortly afterwards. In 1817 the Committee of this institution hired a small house in Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) for their pupils. [1]

Pearse Street

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In 1819 the Committee purchased a large demesne called Claremont with a house near the village of Glasnevin, just outside Dublin. At this time also female pupils were first admitted. [2]

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from The Dublin penny journal, Volumes 3-4 , a publication from 1835 now in the public domain in the United States.

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  1. ↑ George Newenham Wright, An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin
  2. ↑ Pollard, Rachel (2006). The Avenue: A History of the Claremont Institution. Dublin: Denzille. ISBN   0-9553239-0-8.
  3. ↑ Swan, Geoffrey James (1996). From Segregation to Integration: The Development of Special Education in Queensland (PDF) (PhD). Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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