Sundai Ireland International School Explained

Sundai Ireland International School
Native Name:駿台アイルランド国際学校
Type:Private high school
City:Newbridge
Country:Ireland
Address:Curragh Grange, Green Road, Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Coordinates:53.1594°N -6.809°W
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Homepage:home.att.ne.jp/sun/kseo/index-sundai-irl.htm

Sundai Ireland International School (駿台アイルランド国際学校 Sundai Airurando Kokusai Gakkō) was a Japanese international school in Newbridge, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.[1] It served junior high school and senior high school students,[2] who had Japanese expatriate parents. The school was in operation in the 1990s.[3] This school was an overseas branch of a Japanese private school, or a Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (私立在外教育施設).[4]

Curragh Grange was the main building, and it featured the Lafcadio Hearn Library. Kildare House (キルデア・ハウス Kirudea Hausu) served as a classroom building. The campus also featured dormitory and dining facilities.[5]

The school closed in March 2003,[6] and Gaelscoil Chill Dara moved into its classroom building. The dormitory building was intended to be converted to a school for special needs children,[7] however it was found to be unsuitable for this purpose. It laid vacant for six years until September 2009, when Newbridge Educate Together began occupying the property.[8] The dining hall building lay vacant for seven years until mid 2010, when Gaelscoil Chill Dara repurposed it to provide additional classrooms to the school.

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  1. http://home.att.ne.jp/sun/kseo/index-sundai-irl.htm Home page
  2. "過去に指定・認定していた在外教育施設" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on 1 March 2015. "駿台アイルランド国際学校 (中学部及び高等部)"
  3. "Gala evening’s entertainment for Japanese Tsunami relief fund" (Archive). Leinster Leader. 14 June 2011. Retrieved on 1 March 2015. "During the 1990s, there was a school for the children of Japanese ex-pats, the Sundai Ireland International School, on the Green Road (a site now occupied by Gael Scoil Chill Dara and Newbridge Educate Together)."
  4. "過去に指定・認定していた在外教育施設" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.
  5. "各校舎の紹介" (Archive). Sundai Ireland International School. Retrieved on 1 May 2015.
  6. Web site: 駿台アイルランド/フロントページ . 28 August 2022 . home.att.ne.jp.
  7. Web site: Gaelscoil Chill Dara, established...: 16 May 2006: Dáil debates (KildareStreet.com) . 28 August 2022 . www.kildarestreet.com.
  8. Web site: About Us – Newbridge Educate Together . 28 August 2022 . en-GB.