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HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND CIRCA 1840–1940
Article number
350_46
Pages
295 – 298
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Abstract
Vocational and technical training was available in the Botanic Gardens Dublin, the Albert Agricultural College and at other institutions where horticulture formed part of the syllabus.
School gardens were a feature of many schools in this period.
Horticulture and school gardening formed part of the syllabus at Alexandra College, a girls’ college and St.
Enda’s, a boys school, both in Dublin.
Several gardening schools for women established in Ireland in the early 20th century had closed by the mid 1920’s.
The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, grant-aided some of these schools.
The courses encompassed theoretical and practical instruction and included aspects of botany, soil science, fruit, vegetable and flower production, ornamental gardening and marketing.
Courses for horticultural instructors employed by County Committees of Agriculture were taught from the early 1900’s at the Albert Agricultural College and the Royal College of Science.
In 1920 the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland established a certificate of proficiency in Horticulture.
The Albert Agricultural College became part of University College Dublin in 1926. G.O. Sherrard became the first Professor of Horticulture in these island in 1938. E.J. Clarke was the first horticultural graduate, qualifying in 1936, he succeeded Sherrard as Professor of Horticulture.
School gardens were a feature of many schools in this period.
Horticulture and school gardening formed part of the syllabus at Alexandra College, a girls’ college and St.
Enda’s, a boys school, both in Dublin.
Several gardening schools for women established in Ireland in the early 20th century had closed by the mid 1920’s.
The Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, grant-aided some of these schools.
The courses encompassed theoretical and practical instruction and included aspects of botany, soil science, fruit, vegetable and flower production, ornamental gardening and marketing.
Courses for horticultural instructors employed by County Committees of Agriculture were taught from the early 1900’s at the Albert Agricultural College and the Royal College of Science.
In 1920 the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland established a certificate of proficiency in Horticulture.
The Albert Agricultural College became part of University College Dublin in 1926. G.O. Sherrard became the first Professor of Horticulture in these island in 1938. E.J. Clarke was the first horticultural graduate, qualifying in 1936, he succeeded Sherrard as Professor of Horticulture.
Authors
M. Forrest, V. Ingram
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