Manor House School, Raheny
Encyclopedia
Manor House School is a large Roman Catholic second-level all-girls school in Raheny
, Dublin, Ireland
, attached to a convent, and with significant sporting facilities. The school has an enrolment of around 800 (2006).
and Watermill Road.
asked religious order the Poor Servants of the Mother of God
to open a convent and schools in 1952, and the order, having agreed, bought Manor House in March 1952. The first element, a girls' primary school (National School), opened in 1953, and a fee-charging secondary school began with the new school year in 1956. Although the economy was on the rise, many parents could not afford the bi-annual payment.
The secondary school grew,and the school part of the complex of buildings was extended in 1964 and 1977. By contrast, the primary school was closed.
In 1967, Manor House joined the free education scheme.
The Poor Servants of the Mother of God, while remaining as trustees of the school, have reduced their role in recent decades, creating a Board of Management in 1989, on which their appointees hold four out of eight seats (the school principal attends as Board secretary but does not vote), and appointing the first lay principal in 1995.
In 2007, the school sold the most remote field of its sports grounds, and this has been developed with apartments.
In 2005, a Government-funded new gym hall was commenced, being opened by the Taoiseach
on the 12th of February 2007.
Raheny
Raheny is a northern suburb of Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. It is an old area, centred around an old village, and is referenced back to 570 AD but after years of light settlement, with a main village and a coastal hamlet, grew rapidly in the 20th century, and is now a mid-density...
, Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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, attached to a convent, and with significant sporting facilities. The school has an enrolment of around 800 (2006).
Location
Manor House occupies a complex of red-brick buildings on the road from North Bull Island to Raheny village centre, formerly the site of a "big house," which was demolished in the early days of the school. The school site is bounded by the Santry RiverSantry River
Santry River is a fairly small river on the north side of Dublin city, one of the forty or so watercourses monitored by Dublin City Council.-Course:...
and Watermill Road.
History
The Catholic Parish of RahenyParish of Raheny (Roman Catholic)
The Parish of Raheny is the modern successor in the Roman Catholic Church to an early parish, in Raheny, a district of Dublin, Ireland reputed to be a site of Christian settlement back to at least 570 AD...
asked religious order the Poor Servants of the Mother of God
Poor Servants of the Mother of God
The Poor Servants of the Mother of God are a religious congregation founded in 1808 by Mother Mary Magdalen in conjunction with Lady Georgiana Fullerton.Mother M. Magdalen was the daughter of a Church of England clergyman...
to open a convent and schools in 1952, and the order, having agreed, bought Manor House in March 1952. The first element, a girls' primary school (National School), opened in 1953, and a fee-charging secondary school began with the new school year in 1956. Although the economy was on the rise, many parents could not afford the bi-annual payment.
The secondary school grew,and the school part of the complex of buildings was extended in 1964 and 1977. By contrast, the primary school was closed.
In 1967, Manor House joined the free education scheme.
The Poor Servants of the Mother of God, while remaining as trustees of the school, have reduced their role in recent decades, creating a Board of Management in 1989, on which their appointees hold four out of eight seats (the school principal attends as Board secretary but does not vote), and appointing the first lay principal in 1995.
In 2007, the school sold the most remote field of its sports grounds, and this has been developed with apartments.
Reputation
This school has a reputation for excellent Leaving Certificate results and is ranked 112th in the Sunday Times list of the top 400 secondary schools in Ireland 2010.Sport
The school also achieve in a range of sports, with the volleyball team having reached their second All-Ireland, their Gaelic and camogie teams also reaching the All-Ireland often and their hockey team reaching a Leinster Final. .In 2005, a Government-funded new gym hall was commenced, being opened by the Taoiseach
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
on the 12th of February 2007.
External sources
- Dublin: Garrett, Arthur; 1990: Through Countless Ages
- http://www.manorhouseschool.com