Summerhill College
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| Motto | Estote Factores Verdi |
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| Established | 1857 |
| Type | voluntary secondary school |
| Gender | Male |
| Patron | The Most Reverend Christopher Jones, DD, Bishop of Elphin |
| Principal | Mr. Michael Murphy |
| Asst. Principal | Mr. Brendan Duggan |
| Founder | The Most Reverend Laurence Gillooly, C.M., Bishop of Elphin |
| Chaplain | Fr. Gerard Cryan |
| Teaching staff | 58 |
| Students | 695 |
| Location | College Road, Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Colours | Navy Blue, Light Blue |
| Athletics | Soccer, Gaelic games, Rugby union, Athletics, Basketball, Swimming, Surfing |
| Nickname | Boys in Blue |
| Website | http://www.summerhillcollege.ie |
 Summerhill College with Sligo Bay and Rosses Point in the background |
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Summerhill College (aka The College of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.
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[edit] History
The school was first founded in 1857 by the then Bishop of Elphin Dr Gillooly in Summerhill, Athlone, County Roscommon. It moved to temporary accommodation in Sligo in 1880 and to a new school building (the present site) in 1892. Although the official name of the school is the College of the Immaculate Conception, it has always been known locally as Summerhill or Summerhill College.
The College is what is sometimes known as a Diocesan College, historically an entry school for those wishing to train as priests for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. The college took in both boarders and dayboys, until the boarding school was closed in the mid 1980s due to economic circumstances.[1]
[edit] Curriculum
The school offers the traditional Junior and Leaving Certificate cycles to its pupils. It also provides other options such as Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP)[2] and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) [3].
[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities, Clubs and Sport
Summerhill College has a proud sporting tradition in soccer and Gaelic football. During the school year, soccer coaching is run in the school, with the assistance of Sligo Rovers F.C..[4] It also offers many other sports to its students, including Rugby union, Basketball, Athletics, Swimming and Surfing.
[edit] Selected Alumni
- Professor Brendan Drumm, CEO of the Health Service Executive
- Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan, three of the four members of boy band, Westlife
- Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town orphanages in USA. (The current Gym in the school is named after him)
- Tommie Gorman, Northern Ireland correspondent with Irish State Broadcaster, RTE
- John McCormack, world-famous tenor
- Joe MacManus, Provisional IRA member, killed in 1992
- Ray MacSharry, former Fianna Fáil TD, Tánaiste and European Commissioner
- Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus
- Albert Reynolds, former Fianna Fáil TD and Taoiseach
- Mark Scanlon, Professional cyclist, former World Junior Cycling Champion
[edit] New School
In January 2006 it was announced that Summerhill was to get €20 m funding for a new school building, with work to begin in 2008.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "History of Summerhill College" summerhillcollege.net, retrieved 23 November 2006
- ^ Schools providing the LCVP www.lcvp.ie, retrieved 21 May 2007
- ^ Schools providing the LCA www.lca.ie, retrieved 21 May 2007
- ^ "After School Coaching" summerhillcollege.net, retrieved 23 November, 2006
- ^ "Summerhill gets €20 m new school" by Gerry McLaughlin, Sligo Weekender, January 18, 2006, retrieved 23 November, 2006
