| Summerhill College | |
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| Coláiste Cnoic an tSamhraidh | |
| Motto | Estote Factores Verbi |
| Established | 1857 |
| Type | voluntary secondary school |
| Gender | Male |
| Patron | The Most Reverend Christopher Jones, DD, Bishop of Elphin |
| Principal | Mr. Thomas McManus |
| Asst. Principal | Ms. Margaret Dowd |
| Founder | The Most Reverend Laurence Gillooly, C.M., Bishop of Elphin |
| Chaplain | Mr. Paul Keogh |
| 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, The Hill |
| 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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The school was founded in 1892 by the then Bishop of Elphin Dr Gillooly in Summerhill, Athlone, County Roscommon. It moved to temporary accommodation in Sligo in 1899 and to a new school building (the present site) in 1901. 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 day boys until the dormitories were closed in the 1980s due to economic circumstances.[1]
The school offers the traditional Junior and Leaving Certificate cycles to its pupils. It also provides other options such as Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) [2], Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP)[3] and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA).[4]
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.. It also offers many other sports to its students, including rugby union, basketball, athletics, swimming and surfing.
In January 2006 it was announced that Summerhill was to get €20 m funding for a new school building. Work was due to begin in 2008,[5] but the Department of Education said later that same year that the project will not be progressed further this year. [6] However, work finally began on the demolition of the 1970s building and construction of a new school in the summer of 2011.