Stop 8. Colthurst School
History
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In 1898 Sir George Colthurst, then owner of Blarney Castle, donated the site for the new village school. Built to accommodate 450 boys and girls from the village, it is now a co-ed primary school ‘Scoil Chroí Íosa’.
Come to our next stop and find out how the castle owners kept warm in church.