Christian Brothers Primary School Armagh
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In 1841 Cardinal Cullen invited the Congregation of Christian Brothers to start a school for boys in Armagh
. The first Christian Brothers Primary School was situated in Irish Street Armagh in 1851 with a school in Greenpark (a 7 acres (28,328 m²) site on eastern outskirts of Armagh) opening in 1854.
In the mid 1990s the primary took over the former grammar school
buildings after it amalgamated with St. Patrick's college renaming it the Br. Rice block. An Irish language primary (An Bunscoil) was also opened around this time.
Armagh
Armagh is a large settlement in Northern Ireland, and the county town of County Armagh. It is a site of historical importance for both Celtic paganism and Christianity and is the seat, for both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland, of the Archbishop of Armagh...
. The first Christian Brothers Primary School was situated in Irish Street Armagh in 1851 with a school in Greenpark (a 7 acres (28,328 m²) site on eastern outskirts of Armagh) opening in 1854.
In the mid 1990s the primary took over the former grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
buildings after it amalgamated with St. Patrick's college renaming it the Br. Rice block. An Irish language primary (An Bunscoil) was also opened around this time.