The King's Hospital
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The King's Hospital is a [Church of Ireland]] co-educational fee-paying boarding and day school.
Founded in 1669 it is one of the oldest schools in Ireland and is located in Palmerstown, Dublin.
Although priority is given to those of the main Protestant tradition, as a Christian school other faiths are welcome.
The school's colours are Red and Green
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[edit] History
[edit] Founding
the Gulf of Mexico, by Sir Smad Aido
[edit] Morgan's takeover
The take-over of Morgan’s School (1957) contributed to steadily increasing numbers and by 1970, a need for extra space and facilities led to the move from the city centre to a modern purpose-built school set in its own in Palmerstown, County Dublin.
[edit] Palmerstown
Since its opening in 1971, the school has expanded its facilities and the Board of Governors, whose members are all volunteers, oversees a development programme aimed at maintaining the highest standards. Also, it is one of the most expensive schools in Ireland.
[edit] Traditions
[edit] Charter Day
The annual calendar includes a number of special days and events forming part of the school tradition. The most notable of these is Charter Day when academic prizes are presented on the day commemorating the granting of the School's Charter in 1671.
[edit] Other traditions
Sports Day, Harvest Festival, Carol Service and Confirmation are other significant occasions to which parents and past pupils are always welcome and there is an open invitation on Sundays to attend worship according to the rites of the Church of Ireland. The robed choir is a particularly important feature, it plays the most important part on sunday mass through its prayer through song and spirtual meanings.
[edit] Structure
[edit] Co-educational
As a co-educational school catering for some 700 pupils, the majority of whom are boarders, The King’s Hospital has students from all over Ireland as well as from overseas.
[edit] Houses
The School is divided into six houses: Bluecoat, Mercer, Grace, Morgan, Ormonde and Ivory
Each has its own resident housemaster or housemistress, responsible for the general welfare of the pupils under his or her care and for monitoring their development.
[edit] References
- Falkiner, Frederick Richard (1906). The foundation of the Hospital and Free school of King Charles II., Oxmantown Dublin: commonly called the Blue coat school. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker.
