Dundalk Grammar School

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Dundalk Grammar School
Location
Dundalk , Louth Ireland
Coordinates	53°59′51.15″N 6°24′35.41″W / 53.9975417°N 6.4098361°W / 53.9975417; -6.4098361Coordinates: 53°59′51.15″N 6°24′35.41″W / 53.9975417°N 6.4098361°W / 53.9975417; -6.4098361
Information
Type	Primary, Secondary and Boarding School
Motto	Sapere Aude
Religious affiliation(s)	Multi-denominational
Established	1739; 283 years ago (1739)
Local authority	ISHA
Chairman of Governors	Alison Bothwell
Headmaster	Jonathan Graham
Staff	80
Gender	Mixed
Age	4 to 19
Enrolment	600
Houses	4
Colour(s)	White, Navy & Blue
Sports	Rugby, hockey, soccer, athletics, basketball, tennis
Website	www.dgs.ie

Dundalk Grammar School, is an independent school in Dundalk, County Louth. The school is co-educational with both primary and secondary departments. It is one of a small number of schools in Ireland offering students an education from school entry (4 years) until school leaving age (18–19 years). The Junior school offers an 8-year primary programme. Most students enter the secondary school at 12 years old and complete a six-year cycle where Junior Certificate, Transition Year, and Leaving Certificate programs are completed

Background[]

Dundalk Grammar School was founded in 1739 as a Charter School by the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland.^[1] In 1835 it was reorganised, largely by the Rev. Elias Thackeray, as the Dundalk Educational Institution. It was in abeyance during World War I, and in 1921 was revived by a local committee and reconstituted as Dundalk Grammar School. This committee was later enlarged and became the Board of Governors. The Governors are assisted by the school's Board of Management, which has representatives from the Governors, staff and parents.

The school has its roots in the Church of Ireland (Anglican) tradition and now operates under a management body which reflects its Protestant ethos. The school body is multi-denominational. Over the last two decades the number of pupils at secondary level has increased to approximately five hundred and fifty, of whom roughly one hundred are members of the boarding department which offers weekly boarding for students from 11–18 years.

Notable past pupils[]

• Richard Best, politician; Attorney General (NI)
• Sir William Henry Thompson, physician
• Sir Gordon Morgan Holmes, neurologist^[2]
• Canon Rev David Henry Hall, Church of Ireland clergyman and public housing reformer
• Leslie Alexander Montgomery, author (under pseudonym Lynn C. Doyle)
• Lieutenant James Samuel Emerson - Victoria Cross (France 1917)
• Lieutenant William David Kenny - Victoria Cross (India 1920)
• Ian Clarke, computer scientist
• Nigel Cox, artist
• Colin O'Donoghue, actor

References[]

External links[]

• Dundalk Grammar School profile, isbi.com; accessed 27 August 2015.