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'''Bangor Grammar School''', also known as BGS, is situated in [[Bangor, County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is the main All-Boys School in [[North Down]], and had appox 1,000 boys in [[2005]]/06. It is considered to be one of the better [[Grammar school|Grammar schools]] in Northern Ireland. Many teachers are from other parts of both the country and the world. The school consists of teachers from [[England]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[United States|USA]] among others. The school has been recognised as a first choice for nearly every boy in North Down which limits the grade boundaries from the 11+ transfer test to at minimim a B2.
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{{Infobox school
| name = Bangor Grammar School
| image = Bangor Grammar School Crest.png
| image_size = 200px
| motto = {{langx|la|Justitiae Tenax}}<br /> (Maintain justice)
| established = 1856
| type = Voluntary [[grammar school]]
| religious_affiliation = Interdenominational
| head_label = Principal
| head = S Gilmore <ref name="staff_str">{{cite web |title=Staff Structure |url=https://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk/About/Staff-Structure |website=Bangor Grammar School |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>
| r_head_label = Chaplains
| r_head = Nigel Parker <br />Willis Cordner
| chair_label = Chairman of the Board
| chair = J. Adrain
| founder = [[Robert Ward (1754–1831)|Robert Ward]]
| address = 84 Gransha Road
| city = [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]]
| county = [[County Down|Down]]
| country = Northern Ireland
| postcode = BT19 7QU
| local_authority = [[Education Authority]]
| enrolment = ≈800
| gender = Boys
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Crosby<br /> Dufferin<br /> School<br /> Ward
| colours = {{color box|#2B60DE}}{{color box|Yellow}} Royal blue and yellow
| publication = ''The Gryphon''<br /> ''Gryphitti''
| free_label_1 = Former pupils
| free_1 = ''Grammarians''
| free_label_2 = Chair of the Grammarians
| free_2 = Trevor Gray
| website = http://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk
}}


'''Bangor Grammar School''' ('''The Grammar''' or '''B.G.S.'''), is a [[Northern Irish]] voluntary [[grammar school]] for boys in [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], [[County Down]]. It was founded in 1856 by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Robert Ward (1754–1831)|Robert Ward]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Reports From Commissioners, Inspectors and Others: Thirty Volumes -U- Education (Ireland) | author1=Great Britain Parliament | author2=House of Commons | year=1889 | publisher=HMSO | location=London | volume=XXX | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rG0TAAAAYAAJ | access-date=2 November 2016 | archive-date=23 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923155815/https://books.google.com/books?id=rG0TAAAAYAAJ | url-status=live }} From the Harvard University Collection. See notes 2972-3081</ref> and is one of eight [[Northern Irish]] schools represented on the [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]].
== Subjects ==


[[Alumnus#Related terms|Old boys]] of the school are known as ''Grammarians''.
*English - BGS has one of the best English departments in Northern Ireland and usually brings some of the best [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] results in Northern Ireland.
*Maths - [[Mathematics]] in BGS brings good results in GCSE and [[A-level]], but not matching English. Maths has more teachers than any other department in the school.
*Science - In Year 8 (Northern Ireland) Year 7 (England) you will do [[Science]] but in Year 9+ it will be separated into 3 Sciences.
*Physics - [[Physics]] brings good results in the County Down GCSE results and average results in Northern Ireland.
*Chemistry - A new [[Chemistry]] department was installed into BGS in [[2001]] making the department a much more comfortable place to be in.
*Biology - BGS brings some of the best facilities for [[Biology]] in County Down.
*Drama - Renovation of Crosby House in 2005 made the [[Drama]] Department one of the best in Northern Ireland. The bigger rooms make it easier to work in and easier to act in, and Mr. Cunningham, a former professional actor, has joined the school.
*ICT - In [[2002]] when the RM and the NIEB came together they created a new Education network that BGS got as soon as it was released. This has made the [[Information technology|ICT]] department safer and much more manageable for both pupil and teacher.
*Technology - The new Chemistry block had 3 storys so the new [[technogy]] deparment was moved here as well - it has planning rooms, large workshops and a large facility centre.
*Art and Design - It has had a lot of change on the teacher front.
*Geography - It has been improved over the years and gives out good results at GCSE.
*French - has produced very good GCSE results and A level.
*German - has become a mixed class subject like technology etc. due to the new arrival of Spanish.
*Spanish - New to 2005/06 it only so far has one teacher, limiting the number of classes that it can have.
*History - Is a subject loved by many in the school and produces some of the best results in GCSE.


== History ==
==History==
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Endowment for the school came from the will of local [[Landed gentry|gentleman]] and politician [[Robert Ward (1754–1831)|Robert Ward]] of [[Castle Ward]]. Ward was the fourth son of [[Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor]], and grandson of [[Michael Ward (Irish politician)|Michael Ward]]. Ward bequeathed £1,000 to be "…expended in building and endowing a School-house for the education of boys in Mathematics, Astronomy and Navigation…", in his family home town and parliamentary constituency.
Bangor Grammar School was founded in [[1882]], but it has a history further back than that. The school used to be a school for sailors sons to teach them how to map read etc. and it was situated near the old beach where High Street now is. It was a big school for its time but in the early [[19th century]] sailors schools became less popular. Bangor, being one of the main ports in [[Ireland]], continued on until 1882 until it became an all-boys full education school. It moved to where Bangor Golf Club is now and also founded Connor House in [[1900]]. Bangor Grammar School as it was now known moved to where it is now and John Crosby the Head of BGS built his own house and made it the school. Connor House got the old BGS building and moved in [[1922]] beside BGS where the school had just got bigger. In [[1940]] the Assembly Hall was made, in [[1952]] the Pavillion was made, in [[1960]] the Orcal building was built, in [[1972]] the pavilion was expanded, in [[1988]] the Clarke Hall (PE) was made, in [[1991]] the Wilkonson Centre was made and in [[2001]] the Science block was made.


Initially established as '''Bangor Endowed School''', the school was originally situated on the site of the modern day [[Bank of Ireland]] building on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue. By the turn of the 20th century the school had changed its name to Bangor Grammar School and because of a growth in school population moved from site to site over a number of years. With the help of W.K. Crosby, the school moved to a new site on College Avenue, in the northeast of Bangor in 1906. The facade visible from College Avenue is a combination of two buildings: '''Crosby House''' (known as the '''Crosby Buildings'''), which dates back to 1905 and was named after the school's benefactor; and a later extension to the north, which was added as a Headmaster's residence around the time of the outbreak of [[World War I|The Great War]] (1914–1918).


Despite [[Participants in World War II#Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland not being subject]] to conscription like the [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|rest of the United Kingdom]], a significant number of Grammarians volunteered for the [[British Armed Forces]] and fought in both World Wars, in particular the [[World War II|Second World War]] (1939–1945). The school population was comparatively small at this time, reaching just 200 pupils in 1930 as opposed to 936 pupils in 2008.<ref>Northern Ireland Assembly – Department of Education Interior Correspondence {{cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/researchandlibrary/deposited_papers/2009/dp540.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216041837/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/researchandlibrary/deposited_papers/2009/dp540.pdf |archivedate=2010-12-16 }} See Page 7, Under the list of SEELB voluntary schools. Retrieved 26 August 2010 .</ref>
[[Category:Schools in County Down]]

Two commemorative plaques are erected in the school assembly hall listing the names off all ex-pupils that died whilst serving in the British Armed Forces during both World Wars. The school's Debating Society minutes present a record of motions brought to the house concerning key events of the times, including a motion concerning the [[Munich Agreement]]."

==Clubs and societies==
===Sport===
[[Image:Ballymacormack Playing Fields.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=School Playing Fields.|Former School Playing Fields at Ballymacormack, near [[Groomsport]].]]

Bangor Grammar has won the rugby [[Ulster Schools Cup]] on five occasions and has appeared in nine finals.<ref name="Ulster School's Cup Winners from Antiquity">{{Cite web | title = Ulster School's Cup Previous Winners | url = http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/Tournaments/UlsterSchoolsCup/Cup.asp?Season=Earlier | accessdate = 20 December 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230511/http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/Tournaments/UlsterSchoolsCup/Cup.asp?Season=Earlier | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The school is therefore ranked as seventh in terms of overall success in the competition.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Ulster School's Cup Rankings | url = http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/Tournaments/UlsterSchoolsCup/MainInfo/Rankings.htm | accessdate = 20 December 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201016/http://www.schoolsrugby.co.uk/Tournaments/UlsterSchoolsCup/MainInfo/Rankings.htm | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The late 1980s saw a particularly successful period for the school, appearing in four finals from 1985 to 1988 and winning three of them.<ref name="Ulster School's Cup Winners from Antiquity" /> Bangor Grammar have won the [[Burney Cup]] and [[McCullough Cup]] and [[All Ireland Schools (Boys) Hockey Championship|All Ireland schools]] titles in hockey. In 2005, a badminton double was achieved in the Ulster Finals of the Minors Division 2 and the Seniors Ulster Cup. The Minors beat [[Royal Belfast Academical Institution|RBAI]] in the League Final 4–2 and the Seniors won 4–2. The Seniors were also in the Division 2 final but were beaten by [[Belfast Royal Academy]], a Division 1 team.

==Preparatory school==
The school had a [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory school]] called ''Connor House'' for pupils aged 4–11 until the end of the 2011–12 academic year.

==Associations with other schools==
As is the case for many [[single-sex education|single-sex schools]] Bangor Grammar maintains close links with its sister single-sex school in [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], [[Glenlola Collegiate School|Glenlola Collegiate]]. The two schools regularly participate in joint activities, most notably the [[Combined Cadet Force]], which meets in an [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MoD]]-funded, purpose-built site on Bangor Grammar's campus; the two [[Christian Union (students)|Scripture Union Societies]] which hold joint meetings and activities; and the two drama departments, which collaborate on student productions.

==Notable past pupils==
{{See also|Category:People educated at Bangor Grammar School}}

===Politics===
[[Image:Trimble, David (1944).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[David Trimble]]]]
*[[Leslie Cree]] – [[Ulster Unionist Party]] member of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]
*[[David Trimble|David Trimble, Baron Trimble]] – Leader of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (1995–2005), Northern Ireland's First Minister (1999–2000 and 2000–2002) and [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner in 1998. Attended the school from 1956 to 1963
*[[Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme]] – [[Democratic Unionist Party]] member of the [[House of Lords]] (2022–present), member of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] (2017–2022)
*[[Brian Wilson (Green Party politician)|Brian Wilson]] – Green Party member of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]

===Media and society===
[[Image:Colin Bateman.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Colin Bateman]]]]
*[[Colin Bateman]] – Author and screenwriter, creator of ''[[Murphy's Law (UK TV series)|Murphy's Law]]''
*[[Jason Barlow]] – TV presenter
*[[Wilfrid Merydith Capper]] – Countryside campaigner
*[[Peter Millar (journalist)]]
*[[Mark Hamilton (doctor)|Mark Hamilton]] – BBC and RTÉ TV and radio doctor
*[[Adam Best (actor)|Adam Best]] – Television actor, [[Matt Parker (Holby City)|Matt Parker]] in the [[BBC]] TV drama [[Holby City]]

===Music===
*[[Iain Archer]] – Singer/songwriter and winner of an [[Ivor Novello Award]]
*[[Brian Irvine (composer)|Brian Irvine]] - Composer[[Image:Two door cinema club, Kitsune, bluebird.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Two Door Cinema Club]]]]
*Alex Trimble, Kevin Baird, and Sam Halliday - of indie rock band [[Two Door Cinema Club]]
*Sean Walsh, Sean Arkins and Robert Burch - of pop band [[The Original Rudeboys]]

===Sport===
Former Bangor Grammar students have represented Northern Ireland, Ireland, Great Britain and Europe at international level in a number of sports.

====Rugby union====
;{{flagicon|British and Irish Lions}} [[British and Irish Lions]]
* [[Richard Milliken]]
;{{ru|Ireland}}
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
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* [[Kieron Dawson]]
* [[Kenny Hooks]]
* [[Mark McCall]]
* [[Stuart McCloskey]]
* [[Richard Milliken]]
|}
;{{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} [[Ireland Wolfhounds|Ireland A]]
* [[Bryn Cunningham]]
* [[Paul McKenzie (rugby union)|Paul McKenzie]]

;{{flagicon|Ulster|rugby union}} [[Ulster A]]
* [[Stuart McCloskey]]
* [[Aaron Sexton]]

====Cricket====
;{{cr|IRE}}
* [[John Elder (cricketer)|John Elder]]
* [[Mark Hutchinson (cricketer)|Mark Hutchinson]]
* [[Brian Millar]]
* [[Michael Rea (cricketer)|Michael Rea]]

====Association football====
;{{fb|NIR}}
* [[Keith Gillespie]]
* [[Terry Neill]]

====Field hockey====
;{{fh|Ireland}}
* [[Chris Cargo]]
* [[Stephen Martin (field hockey)|Stephen Martin]]
* David McManus
;{{fh|Great Britain}}
* [[Stephen Martin (field hockey)|Stephen Martin]]

====Olympians====
;{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Ireland at the Olympics|Ireland]]
* [[Chris Cargo]]; field hockey – [[Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
* [[Davey Gray]]; rowing – [[Ireland at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]
* Stephen Milne; sailing – [[Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
* [[Bill O'Hara (sailor)|Bill O'Hara]]; sailing – [[Ireland at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]
* Conrad Simpson; sailing – [[Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
[[Image:David Feherty and Tiger Woods.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[David Feherty]] with [[Tiger Woods]]]]
;{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Great Britain at the Olympics|Great Britain]]
* [[Stephen Martin (field hockey)|Stephen Martin]]; field hockey – [[Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] and [[Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]. Gold medallist in 1988.

====Golf====
* [[David Feherty]]; represented [[Golfing Union of Ireland|Ireland]] in [[Alfred Dunhill Cup|Dunhill Cup]] and [[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] tournaments and Europe at the [[1991 Ryder Cup]]

{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="grammarians220318">{{cite web|url=http://grammarians.co.uk/members/bangor-grammar-school-launches-its-sporting-wall-of-fame/|title=Bangor Grammar School launches its Sporting Wall of Fame|publisher=grammarians.co.uk|date=22 March 2018|accessdate=4 May 2019|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504220520/http://grammarians.co.uk/members/bangor-grammar-school-launches-its-sporting-wall-of-fame/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kenny Hooks">{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/where-are-they-now-kenny-hooks-markethill-1160-119306.html |title=Where are they now? Kenny Hooks (Markethill 1/1/60) |accessdate=2010-12-20 |author1=Ward, Tony |author2=Rooney, Kieran |author3=Kelly, David |date=2006-01-25 |publisher=Irish Independent |archive-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026012824/http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/where-are-they-now-kenny-hooks-markethill-1160-119306.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bangorgrammarschool1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk/newsandevents.php?nid=61&archived=true |title=Bangor Grammar School - News Sesquicentenary Sports Weekend |accessdate=2010-12-20 |date=2007-05-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723141316/http://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk/newsandevents.php?nid=61&archived=true |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}</ref><ref name="Dawson and McCall">{{Cite web | title = Ulster Rugby : News Archive - An Exile Returns Home | url = http://www.ulsterrugby.com/news/1716.php | accessdate = 20 December 2010 | archive-date = 7 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120307143547/http://www.ulsterrugby.com/news/1716.php | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intouchrugby.com/magazine/2010/10/04/bryn-cunnningham-anounces-retirement/ |title=Ulster Rugby Player Has Decided to Retire |accessdate=2010-12-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305061817/http://www.intouchrugby.com/magazine/2010/10/04/bryn-cunnningham-anounces-retirement/ |archivedate=2012-03-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ulsterrugby.com/news/4723.php | title=Ulster Rugby News U21 World Cup | accessdate=2010-12-20 | archive-date=7 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307143559/http://www.ulsterrugby.com/news/4723.php | url-status=live }}</ref>}}

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|notes = Granted 8 July 1954
|escutcheon = Azure within two bendlets as many bendlets dancettee all between two mullets Or a bordure of the last.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours a griffin couchant wings elevated and addorsed Or.
|motto = Justitiae Tenax <ref>{{cite web |title=Bangor Grammar School |publisher=Heraldry of the World |accessdate=11 October 2020 |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Bangor_Grammar_School |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929180104/http://heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Bangor_Grammar_School |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk/ Bangor Grammar School Website]
*[http://grammarians.co.uk/ Bangor Grammarians]
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[[Category:Grammar schools in County Down]]
[[Category:Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]]
[[Category:Bangor, County Down]]
[[Category:Boys' schools in Northern Ireland]]

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Bangor Grammar School
Address
Map
84 Gransha Road

Bangor
,
Down
,
BT19 7QU

Northern Ireland
Information
TypeVoluntary grammar school
MottoLatin: Justitiae Tenax
(Maintain justice)
Religious affiliation(s)Interdenominational
Established1856
FounderRobert Ward
Local authorityEducation Authority
Chairman of the BoardJ. Adrain
PrincipalS Gilmore [1]
ChaplainsNigel Parker
Willis Cordner
GenderBoys
Age11 to 18
Enrolment≈800
HousesCrosby
Dufferin
School
Ward
Colour(s)   Royal blue and yellow
PublicationThe Gryphon
Gryphitti
Former pupilsGrammarians
Chair of the GrammariansTrevor Gray
Websitehttp://www.bangorgrammarschool.org.uk

Bangor Grammar School (The Grammar or B.G.S.), is a Northern Irish voluntary grammar school for boys in Bangor, County Down. It was founded in 1856 by the Conservative politician Robert Ward[2] and is one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

Old boys of the school are known as Grammarians.

History

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Bangor Grammar School Sites
Bank of Ireland Building
Original site on Main Street (1856–1901), now site of a Bank of Ireland building.
Crosby House
College Avenue site (1905–2012), building in foreground is Crosby House.

Endowment for the school came from the will of local gentleman and politician Robert Ward of Castle Ward. Ward was the fourth son of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor, and grandson of Michael Ward. Ward bequeathed £1,000 to be "…expended in building and endowing a School-house for the education of boys in Mathematics, Astronomy and Navigation…", in his family home town and parliamentary constituency.

Initially established as Bangor Endowed School, the school was originally situated on the site of the modern day Bank of Ireland building on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue. By the turn of the 20th century the school had changed its name to Bangor Grammar School and because of a growth in school population moved from site to site over a number of years. With the help of W.K. Crosby, the school moved to a new site on College Avenue, in the northeast of Bangor in 1906. The facade visible from College Avenue is a combination of two buildings: Crosby House (known as the Crosby Buildings), which dates back to 1905 and was named after the school's benefactor; and a later extension to the north, which was added as a Headmaster's residence around the time of the outbreak of The Great War (1914–1918).

Despite Northern Ireland not being subject to conscription like the rest of the United Kingdom, a significant number of Grammarians volunteered for the British Armed Forces and fought in both World Wars, in particular the Second World War (1939–1945). The school population was comparatively small at this time, reaching just 200 pupils in 1930 as opposed to 936 pupils in 2008.[3]

Two commemorative plaques are erected in the school assembly hall listing the names off all ex-pupils that died whilst serving in the British Armed Forces during both World Wars. The school's Debating Society minutes present a record of motions brought to the house concerning key events of the times, including a motion concerning the Munich Agreement."

Clubs and societies

[edit]

Sport

[edit]
School Playing Fields.
Former School Playing Fields at Ballymacormack, near Groomsport.

Bangor Grammar has won the rugby Ulster Schools Cup on five occasions and has appeared in nine finals.[4] The school is therefore ranked as seventh in terms of overall success in the competition.[5] The late 1980s saw a particularly successful period for the school, appearing in four finals from 1985 to 1988 and winning three of them.[4] Bangor Grammar have won the Burney Cup and McCullough Cup and All Ireland schools titles in hockey. In 2005, a badminton double was achieved in the Ulster Finals of the Minors Division 2 and the Seniors Ulster Cup. The Minors beat RBAI in the League Final 4–2 and the Seniors won 4–2. The Seniors were also in the Division 2 final but were beaten by Belfast Royal Academy, a Division 1 team.

Preparatory school

[edit]

The school had a preparatory school called Connor House for pupils aged 4–11 until the end of the 2011–12 academic year.

Associations with other schools

[edit]

As is the case for many single-sex schools Bangor Grammar maintains close links with its sister single-sex school in Bangor, Glenlola Collegiate. The two schools regularly participate in joint activities, most notably the Combined Cadet Force, which meets in an MoD-funded, purpose-built site on Bangor Grammar's campus; the two Scripture Union Societies which hold joint meetings and activities; and the two drama departments, which collaborate on student productions.

Notable past pupils

[edit]
See also: Category:People educated at Bangor Grammar School

Politics

[edit]
David Trimble

Media and society

[edit]
Colin Bateman

Music

[edit]

Sport

[edit]

Former Bangor Grammar students have represented Northern Ireland, Ireland, Great Britain and Europe at international level in a number of sports.

Rugby union

[edit]
British & Irish Lions British and Irish Lions
 Ireland
Ireland Ireland A
Ulster Ulster A

Cricket

[edit]
 Ireland

Association football

[edit]
 Northern Ireland

Field hockey

[edit]
 Ireland
 Great Britain

Olympians

[edit]
Republic of Ireland Ireland
David Feherty with Tiger Woods
United Kingdom Great Britain

Golf

[edit]

Source:[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Bangor Grammar School
Notes
Granted 8 July 1954
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a griffin couchant wings elevated and addorsed Or.
Escutcheon
Azure within two bendlets as many bendlets dancettee all between two mullets Or a bordure of the last.
Motto
Justitiae Tenax [12]

References

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  1. ^ "Staff Structure". Bangor Grammar School. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ Great Britain Parliament; House of Commons (1889). Reports From Commissioners, Inspectors and Others: Thirty Volumes -U- Education (Ireland). Vol. XXX. London: HMSO. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2016. From the Harvard University Collection. See notes 2972-3081
  3. ^ Northern Ireland Assembly – Department of Education Interior Correspondence "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) See Page 7, Under the list of SEELB voluntary schools. Retrieved 26 August 2010 .
  4. ^ a b "Ulster School's Cup Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Ulster School's Cup Rankings". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Bangor Grammar School launches its Sporting Wall of Fame". grammarians.co.uk. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ Ward, Tony; Rooney, Kieran; Kelly, David (25 January 2006). "Where are they now? Kenny Hooks (Markethill 1/1/60)". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Bangor Grammar School - News Sesquicentenary Sports Weekend". 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Ulster Rugby : News Archive - An Exile Returns Home". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Ulster Rugby Player Has Decided to Retire". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  11. ^ "Ulster Rugby News U21 World Cup". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  12. ^ "Bangor Grammar School". Heraldry of the World. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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