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Coláiste Mhuire, Dublin

Coordinates: 53°21′58″N 6°18′08″W / 53.3661°N 6.3023°W / 53.3661; -6.3023
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Coláiste Mhuire
The gates to Coláiste Mhuire in 2020
Address
Map
Ratoath Road

Dublin D07 CY97

Ireland
Coordinates53°21′58″N 6°18′08″W / 53.3661°N 6.3023°W / 53.3661; -6.3023
Information
TypeVoluntary secondary school
PrincipalOisín Mac Eoin
GenderMixed
AffiliationCatholic
Websitehttp://colaistemhuire.ie/

Coláiste Mhuire is a mixed-gender Catholic gaelscoil in Dublin, Ireland.

From 1933 to 2002, the school was based at Parnell Square in central Dublin before moving to its new campus in Cabra.

History

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The doors to Coláiste Mhuire at their former location on Parnell Square North

The school was established in Harcourt Street, Dublin 1931 by the Irish Christian Brothers.[1] It moved to Parnell Square, Dublin two years later expanding to other buildings on the north-western corner of the Square.

Originally an all-boys school, in the 1990s the school began to accept girls for the first time.

In 2002, the secondary school relocated to a new campus in Cabra in view of the poor condition of the Parnell Square buildings, while the primary school children moved to 7 Parnell Square East.[2][3]

In 2007, the school began operating under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.[4]

Academics

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The school offers a broad curriculum and a range of extracurricular activities. The school provides the Junior Certificate, an optional Transition Year (TY) programme, the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) and the established Leaving Certificate.[5]

Pupils from the school won the overall prize at the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 1972 and 1977.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "Welcome". Colaiste Mhuire. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Colaiste Mhuire". Dublin City Council. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ Stair na Scoile Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Retrieved: 2023-11-24.
  4. ^ "Colaiste Mhuire". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Whole-School Evaluation", An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna, 2012