ERASMUS SMITH HOUSE COLLEGE ROAD, ENNIS, CO. CLARE
By Damian Murphy Erasmus Smith (1611–91) was granted extensive lands under the Settlement of Ireland Act of 1652 as repayment for his support for the suppression of the 1641 Rebellion, and he proposed in December 1655 that some of the profits from those lands be used to endow ‘five school-houses for the teaching of grammar … Read more