It started as a school founded in 1847 during the Great Famine at the instigation of the parish priest and local residents.[1] Five members of the Sisters of Mercy order arrived from Dublin to start the school, which was based in Seatown Place.[1]
It was first certified as an industrial school in 1881.[2] It was a girls school until boys were first admitted in 1965, though formal admission was first given in 1971.[3]
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