St Wolstan's Community School Explained

St. Wolstan's Community School
Native Name:Pobalscoil Naomh Bholstan
Religion:Roman Catholic
Established:August 1955
Location:Clane Road, Celbridge, County Kildare
Country:Republic of Ireland
Students:750
Principal:Francis Carolan
Gender:female
Campus Type:Urban
Postcode:W23 RKA9
Campus Size:9.5 ha (23 ac)
Staff:50 teachers

St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female community school in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It's under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland.[1]

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 its present site in Ballymakealy Upper in 1999.[2] In 2024 it the school is set to build an extension[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: St Wolstan's Community School, Clane Rd, Co Kildare The Irish Times Feeder Schools . 2024-08-14 . www.irishtimes.com.
  2. "St. Wolstan's 50th Anniversary", 2005.
  3. Web site: St Wolstan's Community School In Celbridge Receives Approval To Build Extension . 2024-08-14 . Kildare's Kfm . en.