St Wolstan's Community School
| St. Wolstan's Community School Pobalscoil Naomh Bholstan | |
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| Location | |
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Clane Road, Celbridge, County Kildare W23 RKA9 | |
| Coordinates | 53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°WCoordinates: 53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°W |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | August 1955 |
| Principal | Maria Barry |
| Staff | 50 teachers |
| Gender | female |
| Number of students | 750 |
| Campus size | 9.5 ha (23 ac) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Nickname | Woolies[1] |
| Website | stwolstans |
St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female Community School, under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and situated in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland.
History[]
St. Wolstan's Priory was founded between 1202 and 1205 by Adam de Hereford and named after Saint Wolstan (also spelled Wulfstan; died 1095). The monastery was dissolved in 1536 and when the Holy Faith Sisters opened a girls' school on the site (located south of Castletown House) in 1955 they revived the name: St. Wolstan's Holy Faith Convent School. The school moved to the present site in Ballymakealy Upper in 1999.[2]
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- Girls' schools in the Republic of Ireland
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