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

  1. "St. Wolstan's 50th Anniversary", 2005.
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