The Lamert Project - School Involvement

CARNAUN NATIONAL SCHOOL

The Lambert Project in School In the past the Lamberts owned the land in Carnaun School Area. They lived in Castle Lambert (One mile west) and Castle Ellen (one mile east). We often wondered how life was when they lived here and what happened to their families afterwards. Snippets of information came down to us through the 'folklore' of the area. We heard how Thomas Eyre Lambert was attacked during land agitation, 1869, and that there was a famous trial. Walter Eyre Lambert was a founder member of the famous Galway Blazers, 1839. Isabella Lambert was the mother of Sir Edward Carson the great Unionist politician. Walter Peter Lambert ('Watty' as he was affectionately known by the Athenry people) sold Castle Ellen in 1923 to 'The Land Commission' and moved to Oughterard by Lough Corrib with his daughter Doreen.
The Lambert Crest

Now and again we heard that Lamberts came to visit their old homes but they were gone again before those of us who were interested could meet them. "If only they visited the School". Now with the help of I.T. and the Internet, in a time of researching our heritage and in a year of the Peace Process and econciliation in the North of Ireland this project is very important to us.
Imagine our surprise when we surfed the Internet to find Andy Lambert's database on the Lamberts. http://www.familylambert.net/History/index.htm This was a great start. Since then we have found out quite a lot about the Lamberts - and we hope to put it and our research of the locality together in the form of a book very shortly. We will need help with this in many ways but especially through articles from interested people. We also hope to invite all Lambert descendants to Athenry in the near future with a view to re-starting a great friendship. Call us if you think we are doing the right thing! We welcome and need your views, suggestions and constructive criticism!
School Involvement by 6th Class Jan '99

1. The Lamberts were once the owners of the Castle Lambert and Castle Ellen Estates.

2. We contacted their descendants on the Internet. They were very interested in our work and they linked their websites to ours.

3. We did our research in...

A. The School Archives (Our Teachers has loads of stuff on everything),

B. The Internet where we downloaded the Lambert Family Database,

C. Galway County Library Hqs. where we studied

Burkes Landed Gentry...
Journal of Galway Arch and Historical Society,
Land owners of Ireland 1876,
Griffiths land Valuation,
1901 Census

D. Our Teacher spent some days in the National Library.

4. Study of our Townlands.
5. We did some Interviews and gathered information.
6. Started a book in order to publish our research.
7. We invited the Lamberts to our school in June and many of them from

all over the world have promised to come.

8. We invited people from the Community to help us.

Map showing the Landlord's houses in the Athenry Area

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Lambert Project - In the Community.
The Book Being Published - 'The Lamberts of Athenry' - This book is sold out - not available any more!
Research done by teachers & students.
Local Newspaper "Tuam Hearld" praises Lambert Project

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