Loreto Abbey, Dalkey
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Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a Catholic
secondary school for girls, under the auspices of the Sisters of Loreto
. The school is owned by the Trust Board of the Sisters of Loreto. Adjoined is also Loreto Girls National School.
(1585 - 1645), a pioneer of education for Catholic women, and today it has establishments in five continents.
The Irish branch of the Institute was founded in 1821 by Frances Teresa Ball (1794 - 1861), a native of Dublin. Her first foundation was at Rathfarnham
and was called Loreto Abbey, from which title the sisters became known as Loreto sisters. All subsequent foundations were also called Loreto.
there are about 40 rooms in the school.
When Loreto Abbey Dalkey was founded Dalkey
was a small fishing village, though in earlier times it had been well known as the Port of Dublin. Along its rocky seashore lay a common which Frances Teresa Ball perceived to be an eminently suitable site for her foundation. While negotiating its purchase, she rented Bulloch Castle, opposite Bulloch Harbour
, where she operated a small boarding and day school from 1841 until 1843. In 1842 she succeeded in buying the site at Dalkey.
Frances Teresa Ball was her own architect and her castellated building of Dalkey granite was opened as a boarding and day school on the 17 August 1843. In 1982, the boarding school closed. It has 630 pupils on its rolls today. It also has 70 members of staff.
The principal of the school
is Mr Robert Dunne.
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Catholic
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secondary school for girls, under the auspices of the Sisters of Loreto
Sisters of Loreto
The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, more commonly known as the Loreto Sisters , is a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609 at Saint-Omer in northern France...
. The school is owned by the Trust Board of the Sisters of Loreto. Adjoined is also Loreto Girls National School.
History
Loreto Abbey Dalkey opened as a school in 1843. It is a member house of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM). The Institute was founded in the 17th century by Mary WardMary Ward
Mary Ward may refer to:* Mary Ward , 1585 - 1645, foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an order of Roman Catholic nuns...
(1585 - 1645), a pioneer of education for Catholic women, and today it has establishments in five continents.
The Irish branch of the Institute was founded in 1821 by Frances Teresa Ball (1794 - 1861), a native of Dublin. Her first foundation was at Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham or Rathfarnam is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils.The area of Rathfarnham...
and was called Loreto Abbey, from which title the sisters became known as Loreto sisters. All subsequent foundations were also called Loreto.
there are about 40 rooms in the school.
When Loreto Abbey Dalkey was founded Dalkey
Dalkey
Dalkey is suburb of Dublin and seaside resort in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became an important port during the Middle Ages. According to John Clyn, it was one of the ports through which the plague entered Ireland in the mid-14th century...
was a small fishing village, though in earlier times it had been well known as the Port of Dublin. Along its rocky seashore lay a common which Frances Teresa Ball perceived to be an eminently suitable site for her foundation. While negotiating its purchase, she rented Bulloch Castle, opposite Bulloch Harbour
Bulloch Harbour
Bullock Harbour is a harbour located on the southeast coast of Dublin Bay in Ireland. It is home to many seals and fishermen. It is possible to rent a boat at the harbour to go to Dalkey Island.-References:...
, where she operated a small boarding and day school from 1841 until 1843. In 1842 she succeeded in buying the site at Dalkey.
Frances Teresa Ball was her own architect and her castellated building of Dalkey granite was opened as a boarding and day school on the 17 August 1843. In 1982, the boarding school closed. It has 630 pupils on its rolls today. It also has 70 members of staff.
The principal of the school
School
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is Mr Robert Dunne.
Subjects for First Years
IrishIrish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
English
English language
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Maths
History
History
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Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
Home Economics
Home Economics
Home economics is the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community...
Business Studies
Business studies
Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher level in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, as well as at university level in many countries...
Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
CSPE
Civic, Social and Political Education
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SPHE
Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Science
Science
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Religious Education
Religious Education
Religious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
Notable past pupils
- Hilary Frayne WestonHilary WestonHilary M. Weston , CM, O.Ont was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, serving from 1997 to 2002. During her five year tenure, Mrs...
- 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario