St Muredach's College

Coordinates: 54°6′53.7″N 9°8′34.8″W / 54.114917°N 9.143000°W / 54.114917; -9.143000

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (February 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

St Muredach's College
St. Muredach's College Crest
Address
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Sligo Road Ballina , County Mayo Republic of Ireland
Information
Funding type	Department of Education and Skills
Motto	Viriliter Agite ('Act in a manly way')
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	St. Muredach
Founded	10 September 1906
Founder	Bishop of Killala
School number	64510J
Principal	Leo Golden
Gender	Male
Age	12 to 19
Number of students	440
Classes offered	First Year to Leaving Certificate
Hours in school day	Monday and Tuesday 6hrs 40 mins, Wednesday to Friday 6hrs
Colour(s)	White and red
Sports	Soccer, Gaelic football, basketball, rugby, golf, athletics
Nickname	Muredach's
Website	www.stmuredachscollege.ie

St Muredach's College is an all-boys secondary school on the banks of the River Moy in Ballina, County Mayo. It was founded in 1906 to provide a Catholic education for boys in the Killala Diocese.

History[]

The development of what would become St. Muredach's College was initially proposed in 1901 the then Bishop of Killala, because there was otherwise no secondary school between Belmullet and Sligo. The school opened on 10 September 1906.

The original school building was designed by W.H. Byrne and built for a sum of £16,000. Originally housing 76 boarding students, the first floor of this building (now known as the 'old building') was used for accommodation. Some teachers and other employees also lived on the college grounds.

The school followed the British curriculum until 1924, when the Free State's Intermediate and Leaving Certificate Examinations were introduced. A new extension was opened in 1937. Numbers increased further, and in 1967, an enrolment increase occurred with the coming of free education nationally. This decision also meant that all Irish secondary schools, including St. Muredachs, had to offer technical subjects to cater for all interests and skills. Mechanical drawing, woodwork, art and other subjects were introduced. Extra classrooms were required, and a further extension was added in the late 1960s. A P.E. hall was added in the 1970s.

By the late 1980s, boarding was phased out, and a new building (incorporating a chemistry lab, woodwork room, art room and other classrooms) came into use in the early 1990s. A computer room, library and canteen were added in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The Very Reverend Cyril Haran taught here.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website