Manor House School, Raheny

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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).

1 Location
2 History
3 Reputation
4 Sport
5 References and footnotes
6 External sources

[edit] 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 River and Watermill Road.

[edit] History

The Catholic Parish of Raheny 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 is now (October 2007 - April 2008, nearing completion) under development for apartments.

[edit] Reputation

This school has a strong reputation, notably for excellent Leaving Certificate results^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Sport

The school also achieve in a range of sports, with the volleyball team having reached their second All-Ireland and their Gaelic and camogie teams also reaching the All-Ireland often^{[citation needed]}.

In 2005, a Government-funded new gym hall was commenced, being opened by the Taoiseach on the 12th of February 2007^[1].