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The Royal Hibernian Military School was founded to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland.
foundation of the School came about in 1769 when King George III granted a Charter of Incorporation on 15th July, the School Governors holding their inaugural meeting on 6th November in Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle off Dame Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, is a major Republic of Ireland governmental complex, formerly the fortified seat of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland rule in Ireland until 1922....
.

The buildings housing the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 were erected in Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park

The Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed urban public park in Europe located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It measures , with a walled circumference of 16 km that contains large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues....
, overlooking the village of Chapelizod
Chapelizod

Chapelizod is a village in Dublin, Ireland.Chapelizod village is located west of Dublin city. It lies along the River Liffey and is bordered to the west by Palmerstown, to the north-west by the Strawberry Beds, to the south by part of Ballyfermot and the main western thoroughfare out of Dublin city, the N4 road , and to the north by th...
 in the Liffey valley (in full view of Wicklow
Wicklow

Wicklow is the county seat of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census....
 mountains) in Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 first taking in 90 boys and 50 girls as pupils (in the charge of an Inspector and Inspectress, assisted by the Chaplain and an assistant mistress) in March 1770.






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The Royal Hibernian Military School was founded to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland.

General

The foundation of the School came about in 1769 when King George III granted a Charter of Incorporation on 15th July, the School Governors holding their inaugural meeting on 6th November in Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle

Dublin Castle off Dame Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, is a major Republic of Ireland governmental complex, formerly the fortified seat of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland rule in Ireland until 1922....
.

The buildings housing the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 were erected in Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park

The Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed urban public park in Europe located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It measures , with a walled circumference of 16 km that contains large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues....
, overlooking the village of Chapelizod
Chapelizod

Chapelizod is a village in Dublin, Ireland.Chapelizod village is located west of Dublin city. It lies along the River Liffey and is bordered to the west by Palmerstown, to the north-west by the Strawberry Beds, to the south by part of Ballyfermot and the main western thoroughfare out of Dublin city, the N4 road , and to the north by th...
 in the Liffey valley (in full view of Wicklow
Wicklow

Wicklow is the county seat of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census....
 mountains) in Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 first taking in 90 boys and 50 girls as pupils (in the charge of an Inspector and Inspectress, assisted by the Chaplain and an assistant mistress) in March 1770. The site originally occupied but by 1922 its boundary walls enclosed thirty three acres.

By 1808 the system and organisation of the school followed closely that of its sister school, the Duke of York's Royal Military School
Duke of York's Royal Military School

The Duke of York?s Royal Military School was founded in 1803 by Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, son of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army....
 (then at Chelsea, London
Chelsea, London

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, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
). By 1816, when Thomas Le Fanu (father of Sheridan Le Fanu
Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic Literature tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era....
) took over as chaplain, there were 600 children at the school.

In 1853 the school's first "stand of colours" were presented by the then Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom . The current Prince of Wales is Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
 and, in the same year, the girls at the school left to join their own separate establishment, the Drummond School, which was founded for them at Chapelizod.

Closure


In 1922 the Royal Hibernian Military School moved to Shorncliffe, in Folkestone
Folkestone

Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site lay in a stream valley in the cliffs here; and its subsequent development was through fishing and its proximity to the Europe as a landing place and trading port....
, Kent
Kent

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 and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's Royal Military School which last, by then, was in its current location atop 'Lone Tree Hill' above Dover Castle
Dover Castle

Dover Castle is situated at Dover, Kent and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history....
.

To this day, the boy soldier pictured saluting in the stained glass window glinting above the 'minstrel gallery' type balcony of the Duke of York's School Chapel in Dover forever commemorates that incorporation.

See also


The book "SONS OF THE BRAVE" - The Story of Boy Soldiers by A.W. Cockerill (c) 1984. ISBN 0-436-10294-3

The book "PLAY UP DUKIES" compiled by George Shorter and published by The Duke of York's Royal Military School, Old Boys Association in 1987.

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