The name given to schools established in Ireland by the Charter Society founded in 1733, to provide Protestant education for the Catholic poor. In 1745 a special tax was devoted by parliament to their support.
1763. Dk. Northumb., Sp. Irish Parlt., in Ann. Reg., 197/1. For this purpose your protestant Charter schools were established.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 206. [Galway] has … a charter-school, and an hospital.
1881. Froude, Eng. in Irel., I. 573. The long celebrated Charter Schools so fiercely condemned by the Catholic priests.
1879. Lecky, Hist. 18th Cent., II. 200.
