Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the public schools founded by the royal charter in 1608, by James I, making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure.[1][2][self-published source][3] Originally called Enniskillen Royal School, the school was established some ten years after the Royal Decree, in 1618, 15 miles outside Enniskillen at Ballybalfour under the direction of Sir William Cole, before moving to Enniskillen in 1661. It was not until 1778 that the school moved to its final location on Portora Hill, Enniskillen, where the nucleus of the later all boys school was built.[4] The school admitted a mixture of boarders and day pupils for much of its history, but became a day school in the 1990s.
On 28 June 2016, Portora Royal School closed. Portora Royal School amalgamated with Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School which launched the mixed Enniskillen Royal Grammar School on 1 September 2016, which is partially based on the original site of Portora Hill and the site of Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School.
Former pupil Oscar Wilde won a scholarship to Trinity College Dublin, and his name appears on the school's Honours board. There is also an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque on the school building commemorating him.[14]
Wilde's name was painted over in 1895 following his imprisonment for homosexuality, which was criminalised in the United Kingdom. Additionally, initials he had carved into the window casement of a classroom as a student there were removed. His name was later reinstated on the Honours board.[15]
Formation of Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
A proposal by the Department of Education to merge Portora Royal School with the Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School to form "Enniskillen Royal Grammar School" was approved by the Minister of Education, John O'Dowd, in June 2015 but the matter was taken to the High Court in October 2015 due to much local opposition. The High Court bid to stop the amalgamation of the two Enniskillen grammar schools failed.[16]
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External links
Portora Royal School official web page
BBC article
May 05, 2023
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Coordinates 54 21 04 N 7 39 18 W 54 351 N 7 655 W 54 351 7 655 Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen County Fermanagh Northern Ireland was one of the public schools founded by the royal charter in 1608 by James I making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure 1 2 self published source 3 Originally called Enniskillen Royal School the school was established some ten years after the Royal Decree in 1618 15 miles outside Enniskillen at Ballybalfour under the direction of Sir William Cole before moving to Enniskillen in 1661 It was not until 1778 that the school moved to its final location on Portora Hill Enniskillen where the nucleus of the later all boys school was built 4 The school admitted a mixture of boarders and day pupils for much of its history but became a day school in the 1990s Portora Royal SchoolAddress1 Lough Shore Road BT74 7HAEnniskillen UlsterNorthern IrelandInformationTypeGrammar school Public SchoolMottoOmnes HonorateEstablished1618FounderJames IStatusClosedClosed28 June 2016ChairmanJohn McDowellLast principalJ N MortonLast vice principalTrevor SmithChaplainKenny HallEnrolment491 2013 14 HousesUlster Munster Connaught LeinsterColour s Black and gold NicknameWaspsAffiliationsHMCWebsitewww wbr portoraroyal wbr co wbr ukOn 28 June 2016 Portora Royal School closed Portora Royal School amalgamated with Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School which launched the mixed Enniskillen Royal Grammar School on 1 September 2016 which is partially based on the original site of Portora Hill and the site of Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School Contents 1 Notable headmasters 2 Old Portorans 3 Oscar Wilde 4 Formation of Enniskillen Royal Grammar School 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksNotable headmasters Edit1935 1945 I M B Stuart Ireland rugby footballer 5 Old Portorans EditSee also Category People educated at Portora Royal School Desmond Arthur early 20th century pilot Samuel Beckett winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 6 and the only winner of the Nobel Prize to have played first class cricket James David Bourchier journalist and Bulgarian confidant 7 Denis Parsons Burkitt surgeon Sir Andrew Clarke Governor of the Straits Settlements Edward Cooney Cooneyite founder 6 Nigel Dodds politician MLA and Member of Parliament Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Charles Duff writer and polyglot Gordon Dunne MLA 8 circular reference Cyril Falls World War 1 military historian Ken Fleming civil engineer and foundations specialist James Gamble founder of Procter amp Gamble Neil Hannon singer and songwriter William Hearn legal academic George Hegarty World War 1 flying ace Michael Jackson Church of Ireland Lord Archbishop of Dublin and formerly Lord Bishop of Clogher Sir Jim Kilfedder former Unionist MP 9 Dickie Lloyd cricketer and rugby union player Henry Francis Lyte Anglican minister and Hymn writer 10 Billy McComb world famed entertainer and magician Leo McKinstry journalist and author Donald Burgess McNeill physics academic transport author keen rower and first Esquire Bedale of Southampton University Sir Roy McNulty businessman Vivian Mercier literary critic E Charles Nelson botanist Sir Edward Sullivan 1st Baronet Lord Chancellor of Ireland John Sullivan Jesuit priest 11 Sir Charles Tegart Commissioner of the Indian Police and Palestine fort builder Emily Valentine 1st known woman to play rugby Brian Goold Verschoyle British Communist Spanish Civil War veteran died a victim of Stalin s Great Purge in a Soviet gulag Leslie Waddington art dealer 12 Peter Webb cricketer and business executive Harry West politician Ulster Unionist Party leader and Stormont Minister Oscar Wilde playwright 6 H M French artist and latinist 13 Oscar Wilde EditFormer pupil Oscar Wilde won a scholarship to Trinity College Dublin and his name appears on the school s Honours board There is also an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque on the school building commemorating him 14 Wilde s name was painted over in 1895 following his imprisonment for homosexuality which was criminalised in the United Kingdom Additionally initials he had carved into the window casement of a classroom as a student there were removed His name was later reinstated on the Honours board 15 Formation of Enniskillen Royal Grammar School EditA proposal by the Department of Education to merge Portora Royal School with the Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School to form Enniskillen Royal Grammar School was approved by the Minister of Education John O Dowd in June 2015 but the matter was taken to the High Court in October 2015 due to much local opposition The High Court bid to stop the amalgamation of the two Enniskillen grammar schools failed 16 See also EditPortora CastleReferences Edit Andrew Gibson 1 November 2009 Samuel Beckett Reaktion Books pp 26 ISBN 978 1 86189 713 8 Desmond Keenan 7 February 2013 Ireland 1603 1702 Society and History Xlibris Corporation pp 367 ISBN 978 1 4797 7921 5 John P Wilson 16 December 2013 The Routledge Encyclopaedia of UK Education Training and Employment From the Earliest Statutes to the Present Day Routledge pp 257 ISBN 978 1 317 79652 7 Portora Royal www portoraroyal co uk STUART Ian Malcolm Bowen in Who Was Who A amp C Black online edition by Oxford University Press December 2007 accessed 18 February 2014 subscription site a b c Robinson James 2005 Pentecostal Origins Early Pentecostalism in Ireland in the Context of the British Isles Studies in Evangelical History and Thought Milton Keynes United Kingdom Paternoster pp 34 35 ISBN 978 1 84227 329 6 James Quinn 2009 Bourchier James David In James McGuire James Quinn ed Dictionary of Irish Biography Cambridge United Kingdom Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 63331 4 Gordon Dunne Patrick Maume 2011 Kilfedder Sir James In James McGuire James Quinn ed Dictionary of Irish Biography Cambridge United Kingdom Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 63331 4 Patrick M Geoghegan 2009 Lyte Henry Francis In James McGuire James Quinn ed Dictionary of Irish Biography Cambridge United Kingdom Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 63331 4 Loobey John 2017 Blessed John Sullivan A Man Sent By God Dublin Messenger Publications ISBN 978 1910248 40 9 Leslie WADDINGTON Debrett s People of Today Debrett s Archived from the original on 5 May 2014 Retrieved 5 May 2014 Smith William 1855 A Smaller Latin English Dictionary London William Clowes and sons pp i ii Oscar Wilde blue plaque in Enniskillen Blue Plaque Places Archived from the original on 16 October 2017 Ellmann Richard 1988 Oscar Wilde Vintage Books p 26 ISBN 9780394759845 Bid to stop schools amalgamation fails 3 February 2016 via www bbc co uk External links EditPortora Royal School official web page BBC article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Portora Royal School amp oldid 1140307996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
