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Each pupil is assigned to a house – Darcy, Rokeby, Beresford or Armstrong – which are named after former Church of Ireland archbishops. Successive archbishops have chaired the board of governors for over four centuries. In 2008, the school celebrated its quatercentenary along with the four other 1608
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after three replays. They won it again the next year and continued to dominate the early years of the competition, winning it seven times in the first ten years. Fortunes waned after this, with only three finals contested between the victories in 1885 and 1977, none of which was won by the school.
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The Old Armachians is a social organisation consisting of former pupils of the Royal School. Although at one time the Royal School educated politicians and novelists, its most recent notable exports have been rugby players.
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in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, 2023 and were beaten finalists in 2005. They also obtained the title of the best youth hockey team in Europe in 2008. In 2004/2005, the school was described in
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for results at A level and GCSE combined. In May 2014, an inspection by the Education and Training Inspectorate found the leadership and management of the school to be 'outstanding'.
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at the time led to a move to the relative safety of Armagh city. Despite this, an early headmaster of the school, John Starkey, and his family, were drowned by insurgents during the
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in the final. John McCall, the captain of that team, died 10 days after the final while playing for the Ireland U19 rugby team in the
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However, the school did not compete in the competition for around fifty years following the death of a pupil during a match in 1928.
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At the age of eight Robert was sent to the Royal School Armagh, a well-known Anglican grammar school ...
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1st XI were beaten semi-finalists in their equivalent competition. The girls' hockey team won the
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in 1936 – and only the second school ever – simultaneously to hold the schools cups for rugby and
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all-Ireland hockey trophy on the day that John McCall died.
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and a serving Officer in the Royal Marine Commandos
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Church of Ireland
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co-educational
grammar school
Armagh
Northern Ireland
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
James I of England
Ireland
plantation of Ulster
Royal School Dungannon
Dungannon
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
Enniskillen
Royal School Cavan
Cavan
Royal and Prior School
Raphoe
The Sunday Times
Mountnorris
Ulster
1641 Rebellion
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
rugby union

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