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Portora Royal School
**"P.R.S."**
Portora Royal School; "P.R.S."
Address
	Derrygonnelly Road, BT74 7HA; Enniskillen; Northern Ireland
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Type	Grammar School
Motto	Omnes Honorate (Latin "Honour All Men")
Established	1618
Chairman	Right Reverend Michael St A Jackson, MA MPhil Phd
Headmaster	J.N. Morton, BA, BSSC, DASE, MEd, MA, PQH
Number of students	490 (approx.)
Colour(s)	Black and Old Gold
Affiliations	HMC
Website	School Website

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Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is one of a number of 'free schools' founded by Royal Charter in 1608, by James I.^{[citation needed]} Originally called Enniskillen Royal School, the school was established some ten years after the Royal Decree, in 1618, 15 miles outside Enniskillen at Ballybalfour, before moving to Enniskillen in 1661. It was not until 1778 that the school moved to its present location on Portora Hill, Enniskillen, when the nucleus of the present school was built.^{[citation needed]}

Formerly a boarding school, Portora now caters for 490 day students. Originally the school only accepted male pupils, but in the 20th century females were first admitted to Portora; the school's website states, "the year 1979 saw a break from the tradition of the previous 361 years when a small number of girls were accepted as pupils. The number of girl pupils increased from the original 9 boarders and 2 daygirls of 1979 to a maximum of 31 girls in 1984. As of September 2011, girls can enroll into 6th form."^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Age range: 11 – 18
Day pupils: 490 boys & girls
Annual school fees: £120, though this is just a 'voluntary' contribution as the school is a state grammar school, not a fee-paying private school. Also various 'voluntary' contributions will be expected to be made to the school's sporting teams, even of those who do not play sport.
Total pupils: 490 boys & girls
Including 6th form/FE: 130 boys & girls
Staff numbers: 33 full-time
Method of entry: For entry from September 2010, following the abolition of The Transfer Test from 2009, pupils will be admitted on the basis of performance in the Post Primary Transfer Consortium tests, in English and Mathematics. The Post-Primary Transfer Consortium is made up of 28 Catholic, four non-denominational and two integrated schools.
Professional affiliations: HMC, ISC
Religious affiliation: Non-denominational, historically Irish Anglican
Headmaster: Mr Neil Morton
Vice Principal: Mr Trevor Smith, Mr Glenn McNeill

Famous Old Portorans

Dickie Lloyd, cricketer and rugby union player.
Oscar Wilde, playwright^[1]
William Hearn, legal academic.
Samuel Beckett, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature^[1]
Rev Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican minister and Hymn writer^[2]
Nigel Dodds, politician – MLA and Member of Parliament, Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party ^{[citation needed]}
Neil Hannon, singer and song writer ^{[citation needed]}
His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Lord Archbishop of Dublin (and formerly Lord Bishop of Clogher) ^{[citation needed]}
Harry West, politician (Ulster Unionist Party leader and Stormont Minister) ^{[citation needed]}
Edward Cooney, Cooneyite founder^[1]
Sir Jim Kilfedder, former Unionist MP^[3]
Billy McComb, world famed entertainer and magician ^{[citation needed]}
James David Bourchier, journalist and Bulgarian confidant^[4]
Ken Fleming, civil engineer and foundations specialist ^{[citation needed]}
John Beavor-Webb, yacht Designer and Master of Graceful Line.
Dr E. Charles Nelson – botanist. ^{[citation needed]}
John White – Surgeon General New South Wales ^{[citation needed]}
Desmond Arthur, early 20th century pilot.
James Gamble, founder of Procter & Gamble.
Jimmy Moore, Bishop of Connor
Sir Charles Tegart, Commissioner of the Indian Police and Palestine fort builder.
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Miscellaneous

Former pupil Oscar Wilde won a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, and his name therefore appears on the school's Honours board. ^{[citation needed]} The name shines more brightly than those of his contemporaries and visitors have suggested that it has been deliberately highlighted. ^{[citation needed]} In fact, following his conviction and imprisonment in the 1890s, the name was initially deleted but was reinserted in the 1930s, which accounts for its lustre. ^{[citation needed]}

The house system

A house system was introduced in 1919, whereby pupils were placed into one of four houses, named after the four provinces of Ireland, Ulster, Munster, Leinster or Connacht, irrespective of which part of Ireland they came from.
Pupils in their first year at Portora entered Gloucester House, a separate preparatory department.^{[citation needed]} Today, there is no separate prep school, however the name Gloucester House survives as the name of the Pastoral House for Year 8 pupils. ^{[citation needed]}
The remainder of the school is divided into the four provincial houses. ^{[citation needed]}

However, Houses exist to facilitate a range of extra-curricular provision and the pastoral provision is horizontal with form tutors and Key Stage heads reporting to Vice Principal Student Support.

References

^ ^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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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

External links

[Robinson2005p.34-1] 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

[Geoghegan2009-2] 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

[Maume2011-3] 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

[Quinn2009-4] 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

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 *[[Dickie Lloyd]], cricketer and rugby union player.
 *[[Oscar Wilde]], playwright<ref name="Robinson2005p.34">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</ref>
-* {{William Hearn]], legal academic.
+* [[William Hearn]], legal academic.
 *[[Samuel Beckett]], winner of [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]<ref name="Robinson2005p.34"/>
 *Rev [[Henry Francis Lyte]], [[Anglican]] minister and Hymn writer<ref name="Geoghegan2009">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</ref>