Kilkeel High School

Kilkeel High School is a voluntary controlled Protestant secondary school located in the heart of the Mournes in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.

 | Motto - Creating opportunity 
           Realising potential
           Developing individuals
 | Houses - Donard -     
            Eagle -     
            Binnian -     
 | Established - 1953
 | Enrolment - 800                                                          
 | Religion = protestantism                                                               
 | Board = Education Authority (EA) 
 | Principle = Mr. Coert - BTh(Hons), PGCE,    PQH(NI)
 | Gender = Male/Female
 | Age = 11/18
 | colours =         
 | website = http://www.kilkeelhigh.org.uk/            Kilkeel High School, Kilkeel

Sport

Kilkeel High has a successful hockey team and the school fields teams in competitions from U-13 to an U-18 1st XI. Despite being a comprehensive state school, it competes in the Cup competitions dominated by the powerhouse grammar schools in Ulster, and the school regularly qualifies for the "All-Ireland" schools hockey tournament. In 2001 the boys 1st XI reached the final of the prestigious McCullough Cup and despite a brave performance, they eventually lost in a penalty shoot-out.^[1]

Kilkeel High school also competes at rugby. All age groups in the school also compete locally at football. The rugby team reached the high schools cup semi-final in which they played against 5 mile town. The team was beaten narrowly due to refereeing errors.

Pupils from the school regularly qualify for County and "All-Ireland" athletics events including cross-country which the school has experienced great success in, in recent years.

Other competition

In 2006 a team from Kilkeel High won the Business and Professional Women UK National Public Speaking Championship.^[2] The women's speaking team from Kilkeel has been very successful in recent years, winning various local and national competitions.

Community activity

In 1981 Kilkeel High School students erected a memorial to the victims of the 1916 Carlingford Lough disaster.^[3]

Notable former pupils

Jeffrey Donaldson, Unionist politician, who played the part of the Artful Dodger in a production of the musical Oliver! while attending the school.^[4]

References

↑ "Inst clinch cup victory after penalty shoot-out". The News Letter. 2001-12-20. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
↑ "Public Speaking 2006". Business and Professional Women UK. Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
↑ Patterson, Sean. "The Carlingford Lough Disaster: Fact, folklore and fiction". Down County Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
↑ "Profile: Jeffrey Donaldson". BBC News. 2003-07-24. Retrieved 2008-03-06.

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