Model School to model court in Cork city

FOR 125 years, the Model School situated on Anglesea St in Cork was — as its name suggests — a model for primary education, seeing thousands of children of various religious denominations and social backgrounds go through its doors.

It was not just a model for a new approach to education but one designed to make its architectural form fit its function.

“To each schoolroom are attached large, airy sheds, with spacious playgrounds and every necessary accommodation,” wrote the Illustrated London News in 1865.