What is recorded here
James Booth is a birthplace in Lavagh, County Sligo, Ireland. Perhaps the boy who would become an Irish cleric, mathematician and educationist first watched rain strike that ground. Maybe he learned to count drops before he learned to teach men. Imagine the small house holding a mind large enough to reshape schools.
Why this person is known: Irish cleric, mathematician and educationist (1806–1878)
- Birthplace
- Lavagh
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 408 yd
Abbey CourtReligious house, Franciscan friars · 743 yd
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heartchurch/chapel · 779 yd
Enclosure in Knocknashee CommonEnclosure · 1090 yd
KnocknasheeMountain / peak · 1277 yd
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.3 mi
Muckelty HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 3.4 mi
ElderElder · 3.7 mi
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 4.6 mi
The Turf Stack RockNamed rock · 5.2 mi
Old Cave Burial GroundArchaeological place · 8.4 miOther information
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain