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The school management is overseen the principal and a board of management. Loreto Trustees are designated legal owners but devolve much of its power to the board. The Loreto Order, parents and teachers elect delegates for a three-year period. A student council represents girls at the school and
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ceased in 1978. Extensions were added in 1972, 1978 and 1986, while an extension (sanctioned by the Department of Education) opened to coincide with the school's 150th anniversary in mid-2004. The first classes began here in September 2005. Noel Ferry became the school's first
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liaises with other students, staff, board and the school's parents' association. A Student Leadership Team is led by the Head and Deputy Head Girl, elected annually from the 6th year group. The school participates in the
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to set up a secondary school for girls in Letterkenny. The day-school opened with 5 pupils on 4 September 1854. From the 1920s until 1976 it was an
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from 2018, taught here before entering national politics. His constituency office is located near the foot of Convent Road.
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A Chinese restaurant, Tin Tai, is located at the bottom of Convent Road, on the turn towards
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Kernan's is a local newsagent which has been in operation since the 1920s. There is also a
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Letterkenny branch of the local technological university
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brought the Order to Ireland in 1821. In 1854, the then
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school. A new wing with a concert hall opened in 1939.
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Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny
Irish
Letterkenny
County Donegal
Conwal and Leck
Ireland
Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba
Cathedral Road
Glencar
Oldtown
Irish
St Eunan's College
Dunnes Stores
Lower Main Street
Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex
Roman Catholic
secondary school
Loreto College Network
St Eunan's College
Scoil Colmcille
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mother Frances Teresa Ball
Bishop of Raphoe
religious sisters
all-Irish
Boarding
lay
European Youth Parliament
Model United Nations
Joe McHugh

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