Bronte Trail Series: Glascar Church and Old Glascar School
Patrick Bronte, father of the Bronte Sisters, was born into a local farming family in 1777. He spent his early life in this area before moving to England to further his education. Patrick taught in this school in the 1790s. He is said to have used enlighted teaching methids to bring out the best in his pupils. He was later dismissed for forming a romantic attachment with one of his pupils. After a brief period of unemployment; Patrick took up a teaching post at Drumballyroney School.
You can easily follow the story of Patrick Bronte and his family through the buildings that survive within the Bronte Homeland. The Bronte Homeland Drive starts at Drumballyoney Church and School and is well sign-posted along a 7.3 mile route.
