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| image = St. Patrick's College, Belfast crest.png |
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| name = St Patrick's College |
| name = St Patrick's College |
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| motto = Pro deo et patria (For God and country) |
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| established = 1956 |
| established = 1956 |
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| headmistress = Paula Stuart, B.Sc. M.Sc. D.A.S.E. P.G.C.E. |
| headmistress = Paula Stuart, B.Sc. M.Sc. D.A.S.E. P.G.C.E. |
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| chair_label = Chairman of the Governing Board |
| chair_label = Chairman of the Governing Board |
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| chair = Very Rev. M Sheehan |
| chair = Very Rev. M. Sheehan |
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| type = [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[secondary school|High School]] |
| type = [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[secondary school|High School]] |
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'''St Patrick's College''', Bearnageeha was a Roman Catholic [[High school|secondary school]] for boys aged between 11 and 19 situated on the [[Antrim Road]], [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. |
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The college's catchment area encompassed the [[New Lodge, Belfast|New Lodge]], [[Ardoyne]], the Antrim Road and various other areas of North Belfast. In 2006, St Patrick's celebrated its golden jubilee. St Patrick's was the first Catholic secondary school in Belfast to offer [[A-Levels]]. |
The college's catchment area encompassed the [[New Lodge, Belfast|New Lodge]], [[Ardoyne]], the Antrim Road and various other areas of North Belfast. In 2006, St Patrick's celebrated its golden jubilee. St Patrick's was the first Catholic secondary school in Belfast to offer [[A-Levels]]. |
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The school was amalgamated in 2017 with Little Flower Catholic School to form Trinity College after all legal appeals to the amalgamation were exhausted. |
The school was amalgamated in 2017 with Little Flower Catholic School to form [[Blessed Trinity College]] after all legal appeals to the amalgamation were exhausted.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-mum-fails-to-halt-little-flower-and-st-patricks-college-amalgamation-35393721.html|title=Belfast mum fails to halt Little Flower and St Patrick's College amalgamation|access-date=5 January 2018|website=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk|date=24 January 2017 }}</ref> |
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<ref>https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-mum-fails-to-halt-little-flower-and-st-patricks-college-amalgamation-35393721.html<ref/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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St Patrick's College opened its doors for the first time on 31 August 1955. The school was constructed at a cost of approximately £250,000 and offered places to 450 young men, the school was built on the Antrim Road and has the address number "619". |
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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/history |title=Brief History | St Patrick's College |access-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120190914/http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/history/ |archive-date=2012-01-20 }}</ref> |
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The school inherited its subtitle, "Bearnageeha" from Bearnageeha House, the mansion around which the college is built.<ref name="stpatrickscollege.net">{{cite web |url=http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/history/ |title=Brief History | St Patrick's College |access-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120190914/http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/history/ |archive-date=2012-01-20 }}</ref> The name "Bearnageeha" is phonetically derived from the Gaelic phrase "''bearna gaoithe''", meaning "the windy gap". While little evidence survives as to why Bearnageeha House received its name, it has been suggested that it was related to its isolated location within the original Fortwilliam Estate; surrounded by the Belfast hills.<ref name="stpatrickscollege.net"/> |
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The first headmaster who guided the school through those early years was Mr Paddy O'Neill .Formerly at St Mary's College he and his young staff had considerable success laying the foundations for a successful future. Billy Steele and George Salters were charged with steering the school through difficult and turbulent [[The Troubles|times]] in the north. The modern era began with the arrival of PJ O’Grady as Headmaster in 1997. The Headmaster and his teaching staff set about reinvigorating the school; refurbishing aging wings of the campus and initiating several construction schemes in the process. PJ O’Grady retired from his position as Headmaster in August 2011. Ms Paula Stuart became Principal in September of the same year.<ref>http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/history/</ref> |
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P.J. O'Grady retired from his role as Headmaster of Bearnageeha at the end of the 2010/11 academic year. The Board of Governors of St Patrick's College then appointed Ms Paula Stuart as Principal. Ms Stuart became the first female to hold the position. Ms Stuart was previously a science teacher at the school but then got appointed Head of Science then Vice principal at St Rose's Dominican College, Belfast. |
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==Sports== |
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The school offered sports including [[Gaelic football|football]], [[hurling]], [[soccer]], [[team handball|handball]], [[boxing]], [[cross country running|cross country]] and [[golf]]. |
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Sport plays a central role in day-to-day life at St. Patrick's College. The school offers sports including [[Gaelic football|football]], [[hurling]], [[soccer]], [[team handball|handball]], [[boxing]], [[cross country running|cross country]] and [[golf]]. The local sporting scene has many connections to St Patrick’s College, with students including Olympic medallist [[Paddy Barnes]] and champion boxer Ryan Burnett, both likely to be selected to fight for Ireland at the forthcoming [[London 2012 Olympic Games]]. The sports department makes regular use of local leisure centres, Mallusk Playing Fields, Cliftonville Playing Fields, Barnett’s Park, Cavehill Country Park and the Antrim Forum Athletics Track, along with the school's own sports fields and synthetic grass sports facility. In 2016 the college opened a new state of the art gym facility, it includes male and female changing rooms and a fitness suite. |
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The sports department made use of local leisure centres, Mallusk Playing Fields, Cliftonville Playing Fields, Barnett's Park, Cavehill Country Park and the Antrim Forum Athletics Track, along with the school's own sports fields and synthetic grass sports facility. In 2016 the college opened a new gym facility, it included male and female changing rooms and a fitness suite. |
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| ⚫ | In Gaelic Games, the college joined the ranks of the Ulster Colleges’ in the later part of the 1990s, competing in all age groups in Gaelic football and hurling. St. Patrick's has won a number of Ulster Colleges’ titles in both Gaelic football and hurling. The students that |
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| ⚫ | In Gaelic Games, the college joined the ranks of the Ulster Colleges’ in the later part of the 1990s, competing in all age groups in Gaelic football and hurling. St. Patrick's has won a number of Ulster Colleges’ titles in both Gaelic football and hurling. The students that represented the College on the GAA front were drawn mainly from the three local clubs in north Belfast: Pearse's, Ardoyne Kickhams and St Enda's, Glengormley. |
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| ⚫ | In football, all students who represented the school played in two competitions: the Belfast Schools Cup and Northern Ireland Schools Cup. Many past students played football at amateur, semi-pro and Irish League levels, while others played in England, including [[Tony Kane]] and [[Martin Donnelly (footballer born 1988)|Martin Donnelly]]. |
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| ⚫ | In Cross Country, utilising the nearby Cavehill Country Park for preparation, St |
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| ⚫ | In Cross Country, utilising the nearby Cavehill Country Park for preparation, St Patrick's students competed on an annual basis in the B District Championships; usually held at Ormeau Park or at Queen's University's complex at ‘The Dub’. Students regularly qualified for the Ulster Championships, the most recent achievement being a silver medal, which won by John McKeown in [[Tullamore]], County Offaly. |
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| ⚫ | For many years the College Golf Team |
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==Houses== |
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| ⚫ | The college operates a house system, which was inaugurated in 1998 during the Headmastership of PJ O'Grady. It was at this time that the first three houses were created; Trinity (year 8), Saul (year 9) and Slemish (year 10). Each house has a designated colour and students wear their house badge on their school blazers.<ref>http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/housesystem/</ref> Each class in the Junior School has a rotating position of Prefect and Captain. Both Prefect and Captain wear a badge to show their position within their group <ref |
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| ⚫ | The college operates a house system, which was inaugurated in 1998 during the Headmastership of PJ O'Grady. It was at this time that the first three houses were created; Trinity (year 8), Saul (year 9) and Slemish (year 10). Each house has a designated colour and students wear their house badge on their school blazers.<ref name="stpatrickscollege.net1">{{cite web |url=http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/housesystem/ |title=House System | St Patrick's College |access-date=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120190918/http://stpatrickscollege.net/thecollege/housesystem/ |archive-date=2012-01-20 }}</ref> Each class in the Junior School has a rotating position of Prefect and Captain. Both Prefect and Captain wear a badge to show their position within their group <ref name="stpatrickscollege.net1"/> |
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Former pupils of St Patrick's include stained glass artist [[Walter Francis Clokey]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://minutes3.belfastcity.gov.uk/documents/s4249/NIEA%20Property%20Evaluations.pdf |title=NIEA Property Evaluations |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 August 2015 |website=belfastcity.gov.uk |publisher=Belfast City Council |access-date=2015-12-27 }}</ref> ( this can't be correct as he died in 1930's ) comedian [[John Linehan (entertainer)|John Linehan]], who created the character "May McFetridge",<ref>The Famous Faces of North Belfast, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast 2008</ref> James Mulgrew, who had a successful television career as [[Jimmy Cricket]],<ref>The Famous Faces of North Belfast, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast 2008</ref> playwright '''Martin Lynch''', two-time Olympic medallist [[Paddy Barnes]] and the BBC Radio broadcaster and documentary maker [[Peter Curran (presenter)|Peter Curran]]. There are many famous past pupils who went to St Patrick's . Quite a few pupils became priests, and in the 1st Intake of pupils in 1955 at least 12 became teachers. Two of that intake are now retired professors . |
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==Former students== |
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== College Departments == |
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* [[Martin Dillon]] (born 1949) - author, journalist, and broadcaster. |
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The college offers a wide range of subjects: |
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* [[Sam Millar]] (born 1955) - crime writer and playwright |
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* [[Ryan Burnett]] (born 1992) - boxer |
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==Former staff== |
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=== Key Stage 3/Junior School === |
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* [[Tony McAuley]] (1939-2003) - broadcaster, producer and musician. |
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* English |
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* [[Eamonn O'Kane (trade unionist)|Eamonn O'Kane]] (1945-2004) - trade unionist |
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* Maths |
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* [[Hugh Niblock]] (1949-2022) - [[Gaelic football]]er |
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* Science |
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* Religion |
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* History |
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* Geography |
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* Music |
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* Spanish |
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* French |
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* Irish |
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* Careers |
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* Learning for Life and Work |
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* Art |
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* Home Economics |
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* ICT (information and communication technologies) |
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* Drama |
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* Physical Education |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of secondary schools in Belfast]] |
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All of above + |
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* Business Studies |
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* Media Studies |
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* Leisure & Tourism |
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* Hospitality |
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* Sports Study's |
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* Creative Crafts |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 2 October 2023
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54°37′52″N 5°56′13″W / 54.631°N 5.937°W
| St Patrick's College | |
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116 Antrim Road, Belfast | |
| Information | |
| Type | Catholic High School |
| Motto | Pro deo et patria (For God and country) |
| Established | 1956 |
| Chairman of the Governing Board | Very Rev. M. Sheehan |
| Headmistress | Paula Stuart, B.Sc. M.Sc. D.A.S.E. P.G.C.E. |
| Gender | single gender, all male |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | Approx. 900 |
| Houses | 3 |
| Colour(s) | Gold, Green and Black |
| Website | stpatrickscollege.net |
St Patrick's College, Bearnageeha was a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys aged between 11 and 19 situated on the Antrim Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The college's catchment area encompassed the New Lodge, Ardoyne, the Antrim Road and various other areas of North Belfast. In 2006, St Patrick's celebrated its golden jubilee. St Patrick's was the first Catholic secondary school in Belfast to offer A-Levels.
The school was amalgamated in 2017 with Little Flower Catholic School to form Blessed Trinity College after all legal appeals to the amalgamation were exhausted.[1]
History
[edit]St Patrick's College opened its doors for the first time on 31 August 1955. The school was constructed at a cost of approximately £250,000 and offered places to 450 young men, the school was built on the Antrim Road and has the address number "619". [2]
The school inherited its subtitle, "Bearnageeha" from Bearnageeha House, the mansion around which the college is built.[3] The name "Bearnageeha" is phonetically derived from the Gaelic phrase "bearna gaoithe", meaning "the windy gap". While little evidence survives as to why Bearnageeha House received its name, it has been suggested that it was related to its isolated location within the original Fortwilliam Estate; surrounded by the Belfast hills.[3]
Headmasters and headmistress
[edit]| Patrick O’Neill | 1955–1960 |
| Billy Steele | 1960–1980 |
| George Salters | 1980–1997 |
| PJ O’Grady | 1997–2011 |
| Paula Stuart | 2011–2017 |
Sports
[edit]The school offered sports including football, hurling, soccer, handball, boxing, cross country and golf.
The sports department made use of local leisure centres, Mallusk Playing Fields, Cliftonville Playing Fields, Barnett's Park, Cavehill Country Park and the Antrim Forum Athletics Track, along with the school's own sports fields and synthetic grass sports facility. In 2016 the college opened a new gym facility, it included male and female changing rooms and a fitness suite.
In Gaelic Games, the college joined the ranks of the Ulster Colleges’ in the later part of the 1990s, competing in all age groups in Gaelic football and hurling. St. Patrick's has won a number of Ulster Colleges’ titles in both Gaelic football and hurling. The students that represented the College on the GAA front were drawn mainly from the three local clubs in north Belfast: Pearse's, Ardoyne Kickhams and St Enda's, Glengormley.
In football, all students who represented the school played in two competitions: the Belfast Schools Cup and Northern Ireland Schools Cup. Many past students played football at amateur, semi-pro and Irish League levels, while others played in England, including Tony Kane and Martin Donnelly.
In Cross Country, utilising the nearby Cavehill Country Park for preparation, St Patrick's students competed on an annual basis in the B District Championships; usually held at Ormeau Park or at Queen's University's complex at ‘The Dub’. Students regularly qualified for the Ulster Championships, the most recent achievement being a silver medal, which won by John McKeown in Tullamore, County Offaly.
For many years the College Golf Team participated in the Golfing Union of Ireland's inter-school competitions at Under 14 and Under 18 levels. The competitions are played over 18 holes under both stroke and match play conditions. The college participated in the GUI Winter League Ulster section.
Houses
[edit]The college operates a house system, which was inaugurated in 1998 during the Headmastership of PJ O'Grady. It was at this time that the first three houses were created; Trinity (year 8), Saul (year 9) and Slemish (year 10). Each house has a designated colour and students wear their house badge on their school blazers.[4] Each class in the Junior School has a rotating position of Prefect and Captain. Both Prefect and Captain wear a badge to show their position within their group [4]
Former students
[edit]- Martin Dillon (born 1949) - author, journalist, and broadcaster.
- Sam Millar (born 1955) - crime writer and playwright
- Ryan Burnett (born 1992) - boxer
Former staff
[edit]- Tony McAuley (1939-2003) - broadcaster, producer and musician.
- Eamonn O'Kane (1945-2004) - trade unionist
- Hugh Niblock (1949-2022) - Gaelic footballer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Belfast mum fails to halt Little Flower and St Patrick's College amalgamation". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Brief History | St Patrick's College". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Brief History | St Patrick's College". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ a b "House System | St Patrick's College". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.