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St Patrick's School, Cork

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opening the school manager, Rev. Patrick William Coffey, described the new building as having two floors, with the boys using the upper floor and entering the building from the Ballyhooly Road (just above where the pedestrian crossing is now) and the girls using the lower floor and entering from Alexandra Road. Coffey described the interior as having been kitted out with desks, blackboards, lockers, and two fireplaces.
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In 1863, St. Patrick's Infants' School was opened in a newly built schoolroom, using a donation from the estate of J. Murphy of Clifton, Montenotte. The school had 85 students (34 boys and 51 girls), most of whom had transferred from the existing Boys' and Girls' Schools. By 1873 the Infants' School
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The girls remained at St Lukes until 1955 when they moved to their a new purpose-built school (designed by James Barrett) in the site adjoining the boys school. The new building also housed St. Patrick's Infants' School and allowed for a post-primary level school for girls, St Patrick's College, to
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The school began operations in October 1822 as Brickfields Male and Female Free School in rented premises in two private homes in Lower Glanmire Road, Cork. Students were not charged tuition, and funding for the school was provided by charitable donations and an annual fundraiser. The school became
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In 1840, Brickfields Free School held its last lessons and in September 1841, its pupils and staff moved to a new purpose-built premises at Saint Luke’s Cross. The new school, which had space for many more students was called St. Patrick's School and in a fundraising letter written at the time of
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In 1886, an evening school for adults was opened in St. Patrick's Male School. It operated from 19:00 to 21:00, Monday to Thursday. When the District Inspector from the Board of Education visited the night school, he found thirty students being taught (all male) and a further 47 on the books, he
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At the time of its opening Saint Patrick's School had 300 pupils on the books, 174 boys and 126 girls. Most of the pupils paid 1d a month for their schooling but around 100 pupils paid no tuition. The founding school manager, Fr. Coffey died of typhus in June 1847 at the age of 42. A plaque was
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Saint Patrick’s School remained at Saint Luke’s for almost a hundred years. By the late 1930s however the site had become inadequate and it was decided to move to a new purpose-built school that would be built in the fields between the Ballyhooly Road and Gardiners Hill.
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In 1995, a new purpose-built school was built on the campus for St Patrick's College. St. Patrick's Infants' School and St. Patrick's Girls National School remained in the 1955 building.
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On 29 November 1937 the 261 boys walked the few hundred yards to the new site on Gardiner's Hill. The new school was officially opened by the then Lord Mayor Jim Hickey.
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is a campus of schools (St Patrick's infants school, St Patrick's Girls Primary, St Patrick's Boys Primary and Saint Patrick's College) in
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was a teacher in Saint Patricks. He introduced Gaelic Games to the school in 1917. His pupils at the school included the sculptor
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In 2007, an all-Polish weekend school was launched at Saint Patrick’s, based in the Boys National School (1937) building.
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in 1833. At that point the school had two teachers and 100 students (60 boys and 40 girls).
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Daniel Corkery
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Frank O’Connor
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Seamus Murphy
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Jackie O'Driscoll
Joe Kelly
Donie O'Donovan
Seán O'Brien
Michael Davitt
Johnny Buckley
Donal Lenihan
David Corkery
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