St. Wolstan's Community School

St. Wolstan's Community School Pobalscoil Naomh Bholstan
Location
Clane Road, Celbridge, County Kildare W23 RKA9 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°W / 53.334; -6.562Coordinates: 53°20′02″N 6°33′43″W / 53.334°N 6.562°W / 53.334; -6.562
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	August 1955
Principal	Maria Barry
Staff	60 teachers
Gender	female
Number of students	755
Campus size	9.5 ha (23 ac)
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)
Nickname	Woolies[1]
Website	stwolstans.ie

St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female Community School, under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board situated in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland.

History

St. Wolstan's Priory was founded between 1202 and 1205 by Adam de Hereford and named after Saint Wolstan (also spelled Wulfstan; died 1095). The monastery was dissolved in 1536 and when the Holy Faith Sisters opened a girls' school on the site (located south of Castletown House) in 1955 they revived the name: St. Wolstan's Holy Faith Convent School. The school moved to the present site in Ballymakealy Upper in 1999.^[2]

References

External links

• St. Wolstan's Community School