Summerhill College

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Summerhill College
Motto Estote Factores Verdi
Established 1857
Type voluntary secondary school
Principal Mr. Michael Murphy
Faculty abt 55
Students abt 700
Location Sligo, County Sligo Ireland
Website http://www.summerhillcollege.net

Summerhill College (aka The College of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys in Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland.

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The school was first founded in 1857 by the then Bishop of Elphin Dr Gillooly in Summerhill, Athlone, County Roscommon. It moved to temporary accommodation in Sligo in 1880 and to a new school building (the present site) in 1892. Although the official name of the school is the College of the Immaculate Conception, it has always been known locally as Summerhill or Summerhill College.

The College is what is sometimes known as a Diocesan College, historically an entry school for those wishing to train as priests for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. The college took in both boarders and dayboys, until the boarding school was closed in the mid 1980s due to economic circumstances.[1]

The school offers the Junior and Leaving Certificate cycles to its pupils. It also provides other options such as Transition Year and Leaving Certificate Applied.

Summerhill College has a proud sporting tradition in soccer and Gaelic football. During the school year, soccer coaching is run in the school, with the assistance of Sligo Rovers F.C..[2] It also offers many other sports to its students, including Rugby, Basketball, Athletics, Swimming and Surfing.

In January 2006 it was announced that Summerhill was to get €20m funding for a new school building, with work to begin in 2008.[3]

  1. ^ "History of Summerhill College" summerhillcollege.net, retreived 23 November 2006
  2. ^ "After School Coaching" summerhillcollege.net, retrieved 23 November, 2006
  3. ^ "Summerhill gets €20m new school" by Gerry McLaughlin, Sligo Weekender, January 18, 2006, retreived 23 November, 2006


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