Park House School
Park House School was founded in Morehampton Road, Dublin 4, in 1932 by Froebel-trained Lilian Mary Rouviere Fayle. She was the daughter of Methodist leader WK Fayle, who had a hardware shop in Birr, Co. Offaly, and the niece of the suffragist, novelist, and playwright Susanne Rouviere Day.[1] She was educated at Mount Mellick Quaker School and Polam Hall School in Durham.
Park House (named for nearby Herbert Park) was a mixed school, originally set up as a preparatory school for Sandford Park, and its ethos mirrored the very progressive approach of its founder. The school pioneered judo and fencing for girls, and encouraged parents to be involved with the school and with their children's education. Jennifer Johnston was an early pupil, and her performance in the 1936 Christmas play (when she was six) was reported by the Irish Times.[2] Mary Fayle encouraged June Fryer, later June Kuhn, to study modern dance. She introduced June as a student to Erina Brady, German-born pioneer of modern dance. When June Kuhn died in 2011, the Irish Times described her as Ireland's first modern dance performer.[3]
After Miss Fayle's death in 1946 the school was taken over by Esther and Beryl Kennedy, and on their retirement the school was bought by a group of parents of existing pupils.[4] They appointed Mrs Cecile Catt, who had taught in the school for 12 years, as headmistress, and she remained in that role for ten years. Then, in 1973, Park House merged with The Hall School and Hillcourt to form Rathdown School.[5] For several years Rathdown maintained a branch of its junior school in Park House's Morehampton Road buildings, but in 1978 this branch was closed, and the whole operation was moved to the Glenageary site.
References[edit]
- ↑ Raughter, Rosemary (2017). ""Your own for ever, Sis": Letters to Parsonstown, 1898-1901". Methodist History Society of Ireland Bulletin, vol. 22.
- ↑ "Enjoyable Christmas Entertainment". The Irish Times. 18 December 1936.
- ↑ "State's first 'modern dance' performer". The Irish Times. 1 October 2011.
- ↑ "Mary Fayle - An Appreciation". The Irish Times. 24 January 1946.
- ↑ Doran, Beatrice M. (2013). Donnybrook: A History. The History Press. pp. 58–9. ISBN 1845887697. Search this book on
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