Clare Journal, Mon 8 Jul 1858:Advertisement: The Tulla Classical School, conducted by Mr. Patt Lynch, is deserving of special notice; and, though yet only in its infancy, bids fair to rank among those Educational Establishments which may be regarded as the greatest advantages to our county, and which, as such, we have ever considered it our duty as public journalists to sustain. Those who visited the Seminary, previous to the Christmas recess, were astonished at the accuracy and ease with which some of the Pupils, not twelve months at Classics, had translated, and otherwise accounted for certain passages of the advanced Authors. The zeal and attention bestowed by the Principal on the moral as well as intellectual training of those entrusted to his care will, it is hoped, induce the inhabitants of the locality to give him that encouragement and support to which he is so eminently entitled. Business was resumed on the 7th inst.
Clare Journal, Mon 3 Jan 1859:The pupils of the Tulla Classical School, under the care and superintendence of Mr. P. Lynch, principal, have been lately submitted to the list of public examination, in the course of which the relative duties of master and pupils were strictly investigated by gentlemen distinguished for classical knowledge and literary acquirements. The examiners, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald, Doctor Nihill, Mr. Thomas McGrath and Mr. Michael McGrath, Kilbarron, and Mr. P. White, were much pleased with the progress and proficiency of the pupils, and expressed their unqualified approbation of the course of instruction pursued in this establishment. Business will be resumed, (D. V.), the 15th inst
Clare Journal, Thur 16 Aug 1866:On the 20th ultimo, the half-yearly examinations of the Tulla Classical School, Mr. P. Lynch, Principal, were carried on as usual by some of the neighbouring Clergy and Gentry, who were unanimous in pronouncing the proficiency of the pupils to be such as to reflect the greatest credit on the zeal and efficiency of the teacher. We have before taken an opportunity of directing the attention of our readers to this seminary as a fit preparatory educational establishment, and are now happy to find that the character then given in our columns of its probable usefulness and advantage to the locality has been so fully realized on this occasion. At the termination of the proceedings a dejeuner was given by the hospitable proprietor, and it was arranged that business is to be resumed on the 10th instant.
It’s not clear if Mr. Foley taught at the classical school, or if the classical school was still in existence in 1866.Ball at Tulla. A well attended ball took place in the Court House, Tulla, on Monday evening last. It was given by the pupils of Mr Foley, as a token of the high esteem in which that gentleman’s services were held during his temporary stay amongst them. The Tulla Amateur Band was in attendance, and played an admirable selection of popular airs. From a Correspondent.
Sheila