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St Wolstan's Community School

Coordinates: 53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°W / 53.334; -6.562
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St. Wolstan's Community School
Pobalscoil Naomh Bholstan
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W23 RKA9

Coordinates53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°W / 53.334; -6.562
Information
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
EstablishedAugust 1955
PrincipalMaria Barry
Staff50 teachers
Genderfemale
Number of students750
Campus size9.5 ha (23 ac)
Campus typeUrban
NicknameWoolies[1]
Websitestwolstans.ie

St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female Community School, under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board situated in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland.

History

St. Wolstan's Priory was founded between 1202 and 1205 by Adam de Hereford and named after Saint Wolstan (also spelled Wulfstan; died 1095). The monastery was dissolved in 1536 and when the Holy Faith Sisters opened a girls' school on the site (located south of Castletown House) in 1955 they revived the name: St. Wolstan's Holy Faith Convent School. The school moved to the present site in Ballymakealy Upper in 1999.[2]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "St. Wolstan's 50th Anniversary", 2005.

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