THE HISTORY OF FERMOY ADAIR SCHOOL
Adair School is the oldest school in Fermoy. It was founded by John Anderson Esq. in 1804. It became known as Adair school on receipt of a generous endowment from Rev. Dr. William Adair.
Originally a boys’ school was located on Ashe Quay by the River Blackwater, it later became co-educational and moved to Oliver Plunkett Hill, and finally to Greenhill, Fermoy in 1977.
John Anderson Esq,was the man responsible for building Fermoy over two centuries ago. He came from Scotland, from a poor background. Once when he was asked by Lord Kingston from Mitchelstown, to what he attributed his rapid success in life,he replied, "To education my Lord...every child in Scotland can easily get the means of learning to read and write. When I was a little boy, my parents sent me to the village school every day, to which I had to walk three miles. Many a cold walk I had in the bitter winter mornings, and I assure you my Lords, that shoes and stockings were extremely scarce in those days."
Recognizing the value of education, this inspiring man built a public, fee paying, boys' school for poor children down on Ashe Quay between 1801 and 1804. Later, it became a co-educational school and moved to Oliver Plunkett Street. In 1977, the school moved to a beautiful sunny site on Greenhill and a new extension was added in 2000.
Originally a boys’ school was located on Ashe Quay by the River Blackwater, it later became co-educational and moved to Oliver Plunkett Hill, and finally to Greenhill, Fermoy in 1977.
John Anderson Esq,was the man responsible for building Fermoy over two centuries ago. He came from Scotland, from a poor background. Once when he was asked by Lord Kingston from Mitchelstown, to what he attributed his rapid success in life,he replied, "To education my Lord...every child in Scotland can easily get the means of learning to read and write. When I was a little boy, my parents sent me to the village school every day, to which I had to walk three miles. Many a cold walk I had in the bitter winter mornings, and I assure you my Lords, that shoes and stockings were extremely scarce in those days."
Recognizing the value of education, this inspiring man built a public, fee paying, boys' school for poor children down on Ashe Quay between 1801 and 1804. Later, it became a co-educational school and moved to Oliver Plunkett Street. In 1977, the school moved to a beautiful sunny site on Greenhill and a new extension was added in 2000.