Friends’ School Lisburn was founded – as The Ulster Provincial School – on the basis of a bequest in 1764 of a prosperous linen merchant, John Hancock, who left £1,000 for the purchase of land in or near Lisburn on which to build a school for the children of Quakers. Twenty acres (8 ha) at Prospect Hill were purchased from the Earl of Hertford. In 1774, the first headmaster, John Gough, took up his post. In 1794 The Ulster Provincial School became the responsibility of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting, the body representing the Religious Society of Friends in Ulster.
Pupils going to school in c. the 1920s
Friends' is one of two remaining Quaker schools in Ireland, the other being Newtown School, Waterford. Previously a quaker boarding school existed at Ballitore for much of the 18th and 19th century.[1] There are eight in the United Kingdom.
The school has been named by The Sunday Times as Northern Ireland Secondary School of the Year[2] on two occasions: first in 2011 and then in 2017.
Principalsedit
No.
Name
Tenure
1
John Gough
1774-1791
2
Thomas Barrington
1796–1800
3
William Crothers
1802
4
Samuel Douglas
1804-1817
4
Henry Bragg
1817-1822
5
George Greer
1822-1837
6
Bedford Gilkes
1837-1840
7
William Bellows
1840-1841
8
Henry Beale
1841-1843
9
Seth Gill
1844-1848
10
Joseph Black
1848-1850
11
William Groom
1850-1854
12
John Ward
1856-1860
13
Samuel Evans
1860-1862
14
John Wardall
1862-1863
15
Frank Dymond
1864-1869
16
Thomas Robson
1870-1874
17
Joseph Radley
1874-1899
18
William Braithwaite
1900-1911
19
John Ridges
1911-1921
21
Cyril Spencer-Smith
1921-1929
22
John Douglas
1929-1952
23
Ivan Gray
1952-1961
24
Neville Newhouse
1961-1970
25
Arthur Chapman
1970-1989
26
Trevor Green
1989-2001
27
Elizabeth Dickson
2001-2015
28
Stephen Moore
2015-present
Compositionedit
The school consists of a fee-paying preparatory department, Prospect House, and a grammar school, the latter of which had, until the early 2000s, a boarding department attracting pupils from abroad (mostly Hong Kong). Friends' now only accepts day pupils, and has had an admissions number of 140 a year, with 5 "collect" groups in each year contributing to a full enrolment of 970 for the grammar school.[citation needed]However, starting in 2022, a new system was introduced for Year 8 Pupils in which there are now 6 collects with a total of around 160 in the year.[citation needed]
The original school house is no longer standing, but the date stone from it is displayed in Middle House, a building dating from 1880, which was refurbished in 2015. The latest addition to the school was the East Suite, a teaching building containing Maths and Music classes, which was opened in 2016. It stands in place of the old basketball court, which was previously the location of the swimming pool. The swimming pool was reputed to be the oldest heated pool in Ireland (1901), and used to stand beside Harding House, a temporary teaching building which was demolished to make space for the East Suite. The school has five tennis courts and three rugby pitches. A sports hall was opened in 2000 and two floodlit, sand-dressed hockey pitches were laid in 2013. As well as hosting school fixtures, these pitches are home to South Antrim Hockey Club.
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friends, school, lisburn, locationlisburn, county, antrim, northern, irelandinformationtypevoluntary, grammar, with, preparatory, departmentmottoquae, sursum, sunt, quaerite, seek, things, that, abovereligious, affiliation, religious, society, friends, quaker,. 54 31 05 N 6 02 42 W 54 518 N 6 045 W 54 518 6 045 Friends School LisburnLocationLisburn County Antrim Northern IrelandInformationTypeVoluntary grammar with preparatory departmentMottoQuae sursum sunt quaerite Seek the things that are aboveReligious affiliation s Religious Society of Friends Quaker Established1774PrincipalStephen MooreEnrolment1000ColoursGreen Red and Yellow Age range4 to 18DenominationQuakerWebsitewww friendsschoollisburn org uk Friends School Lisburn is a Quaker voluntary grammar school in the city of Lisburn Northern Ireland founded in 1774 Contents 1 History 2 Principals 3 Composition 4 Notable former pupils 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editFriends School Lisburn was founded as The Ulster Provincial School on the basis of a bequest in 1764 of a prosperous linen merchant John Hancock who left 1 000 for the purchase of land in or near Lisburn on which to build a school for the children of Quakers Twenty acres 8 ha at Prospect Hill were purchased from the Earl of Hertford In 1774 the first headmaster John Gough took up his post In 1794 The Ulster Provincial School became the responsibility of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting the body representing the Religious Society of Friends in Ulster nbsp Pupils going to school in c the 1920sFriends is one of two remaining Quaker schools in Ireland the other being Newtown School Waterford Previously a quaker boarding school existed at Ballitore for much of the 18th and 19th century 1 There are eight in the United Kingdom The school has been named by The Sunday Times as Northern Ireland Secondary School of the Year 2 on two occasions first in 2011 and then in 2017 Principals editNo Name Tenure1 John Gough 1774 17912 Thomas Barrington 1796 18003 William Crothers 18024 Samuel Douglas 1804 18174 Henry Bragg 1817 18225 George Greer 1822 18376 Bedford Gilkes 1837 18407 William Bellows 1840 18418 Henry Beale 1841 18439 Seth Gill 1844 184810 Joseph Black 1848 185011 William Groom 1850 185412 John Ward 1856 186013 Samuel Evans 1860 186214 John Wardall 1862 186315 Frank Dymond 1864 186916 Thomas Robson 1870 187417 Joseph Radley 1874 189918 William Braithwaite 1900 191119 John Ridges 1911 192121 Cyril Spencer Smith 1921 192922 John Douglas 1929 195223 Ivan Gray 1952 196124 Neville Newhouse 1961 197025 Arthur Chapman 1970 198926 Trevor Green 1989 200127 Elizabeth Dickson 2001 201528 Stephen Moore 2015 presentComposition editThe school consists of a fee paying preparatory department Prospect House and a grammar school the latter of which had until the early 2000s a boarding department attracting pupils from abroad mostly Hong Kong Friends now only accepts day pupils and has had an admissions number of 140 a year with 5 collect groups in each year contributing to a full enrolment of 970 for the grammar school citation needed However starting in 2022 a new system was introduced for Year 8 Pupils in which there are now 6 collects with a total of around 160 in the year citation needed The original school house is no longer standing but the date stone from it is displayed in Middle House a building dating from 1880 which was refurbished in 2015 The latest addition to the school was the East Suite a teaching building containing Maths and Music classes which was opened in 2016 It stands in place of the old basketball court which was previously the location of the swimming pool The swimming pool was reputed to be the oldest heated pool in Ireland 1901 and used to stand beside Harding House a temporary teaching building which was demolished to make space for the East Suite The school has five tennis courts and three rugby pitches A sports hall was opened in 2000 and two floodlit sand dressed hockey pitches were laid in 2013 As well as hosting school fixtures these pitches are home to South Antrim Hockey Club Notable former pupils editSee also Category People educated at Friends School Lisburn Wallace Arthur biologist and author Michael Dibdin author 3 Stephen Ferris rugby player for Ulster Ireland British and Irish Lions 4 Keith Getty musician and hymn writer 5 Bulmer Hobson leading member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Brotherhood 6 Florence Fulton Hobson first licensed female architect in Ireland 7 Jimmy Kirkwood Gold medal winning Olympic hockey player Team GB Seoul 1988 8 9 Robert Moore first class cricketer 10 Gareth Murdock musician and current bass guitarist of Alestorm Frank Pantridge CBE cardiologist inventor of the portable defibrillator 11 Alastair Ross former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly 2007 2017 former Northern Ireland Executive Office Minister Theo Snoddy art historian 12 Sir William Tyrrell 1885 1968 physician and athlete 13 See also editList of Friends schoolsReferences edit Brannigan Cyril 1985 Ballitore Quaker School and its unique curriculum 1726 1836 Irish Educational Studies 5 2 302 314 doi 10 1080 0332331850050218 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Ian Kirk Smith 24 November 2011 Quaker school best in Northern Ireland The Friend Retrieved 23 May 2017 Sylvia Roger 17 September 2003 Class act The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 13 August 2020 Niall Crozier 3 June 2014 Ulster Rugby ace Stephen Ferris could have been one of the world s best Belfast Telegraph Retrieved 20 September 2020 Alf McCreary 17 September 2003 Keith Getty I regret that we didn t do more for the innocent unborn children in Northern Ireland who will never see the light Belfast Telegraph Retrieved 13 August 2020 Charles Townshend Easter 1916 The Irish Rebellion pp 18 19 Penguin Books 2005 ISBN 978 0 14 101216 2 Hobson Florence Fulton Dictionary of Irish Biography Biography James William Kirkwood CricketEurope Archived from the original on 16 June 2019 Retrieved 13 June 2019 GB Olympic Champions 1896 2014 Hockey gbolympics co uk 19 February 2014 Archived from the original on 10 October 2017 Retrieved 14 June 2019 Player profile Robert William Moore CricketEurope Retrieved 7 November 2018 Remembering Frank Pantridge eminent Queen s graduate Queen s University Belfast 19 October 2015 Retrieved 13 August 2020 Eminent critic and author of classic dictionary of artists The Irish Times 21 June 2008 Retrieved 15 May 2021 http www newulsterbiography co uk index php home printPerson 2127External links editFriends School Lisburn website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Friends 27 School Lisburn amp oldid 1178727419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
