Coleraine Academical Institution
Coleraine Academical Institution or Coleraine Inst., is an all boys voluntary English-medium grammar school in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
It was founded in 1860 and is still on its original site off Castlerock Road.
Famous past pupils include suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams, TV presenter Mark Carruthers, actor James Nesbitt, James Stewart, and rugby players Jonny Bell and Andrew Trimble.
Other past pupils include current Coleraine FC footballers Davy Patton , Stuart Clanachan. and former Northern Irealnd International Barry Hunter.
The Protestant ethos of Coleraine Inst is reflected in the fact that old boys include a significant number of Unionist politicans including ,the Sir Richard Dawson Bates (1876-1949), first baronet, lawyer and, more recently, Unionist politician and former UUP MP, David Burnside [1]
Coleraine Inst is a nine times winner of the Ulster Schools Cup, the world's second oldest rugby competition having been competed for every year since 1876.