Gormanston College

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Gormanston College, is a private, fee-paying, coeducational Catholic secondary school under the trusteeship of the Franciscan Province of Ireland. The College is located at Gormanston Castle (built 1786) in County Meath, about 32 kilometres (20 miles) north of Dublin, Ireland.

The student body numbers 604 and enjoys a strong international flavour. There is a mix of boarding and day boarding (day boarding is co-educational).

The College ethos strives to be fair and firm in an atmosphere where students are directed towards the values of mutual respect, social awareness and reverence for Gospel values. Our College Motto is Dei Gloriae, Hiberniae Honori which translates To the glory of God and the honour of Ireland. There are over 600 students enrolled at the College and it accommodates both day boarders (both genders) and boarders (male).

The College was founded in the middle of the twentieth century when Gormanston Castle and demesne was acquired by the Franciscan Order from Mrs. Pamela O'Connor whose husband was the late sixteenth Viscount Gormanston. He held this title from 1914 until his death in 1940, and was a member of the Preston family who were Viscounts Gormanston since the fourteenth century. This longevity means that Viscount Gormanston is the Premier Viscount of Ireland. The foxes of County Meath gather in the precincts of the Castle when a member of the Preston family is about to pass away. The current Viscount Gormanton is Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston who lives in Kensington, London.