Editing Ardbraccan (section)

==Schools==

In 1747 the first [[Irish Charter Schools|Irish Charter School]] was opened in Ardbraccan. {{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}The Charter Schools admitted only Catholics, under the condition that they be educated as Protestants. These schools were intended, in the words of their programme, "to rescue the souls of thousands of poor children from the dangers of Popish superstition and idolatry, and their bodies from the miseries of idleness and beggary."<ref>William Edward Hartpole Lecky: A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Chapter VII</ref> The Ardbraccan school, like the others, focused on training girls for domestic service in the houses of the gentry and aristocracy, while training boys in agriculture and gardening. As with the other schools, the charter school in Ardbraccan failed and eventually closed down.<ref>Kenneth Milne, ''The Irish Charter School 1730-1830'', Four Courts Press, {{ISBN|1-85182-232-1}} pp.404.</ref>