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'{{short description|Irish co-educational day and boarding school}} {{Infobox school | name = Midleton College//eimear greenes a nonce | native_name = fat cock | image = cook fam | image_size = absolutely gigantic | caption = kratchys gooch | location = knocka | streetaddress = acore | region = 🖕🏼💩 | city = tom dwanes gaff | state = | province = | county = [[County Cork]] | postcode = | country = [[Republic of Ireland]] | coordinates = {{Coord|51|54|55|N|08|10|12|W|display=inline,title}} | school_number = | schoolboard = | district = | authority = Board of Governors | religion = nigger | denomination = [[Church of Ireland]] | oversight = | affiliation = | chair_label = Chairman of Governors | chair = [[Paul Colton]], [[Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]]<ref name=governance/> | founder = [[Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney]]<ref name=fitzg>[[William FitzGerald (bishop)|William Fitzgerald]], Bishop of Killaloe, ed., ''Lectures on ecclesiastical history, ed. by W. Fitzgerald and J. Quarry'' (1885), p. 8: "After some years he was appointed Principal of Midleton College in the county of Cork. Midleton College is an endowed school founded by the Countess of Orkney."</ref> | principal = Dr Edward Gash<ref>[https://churchofirelandcork.com/2014/10/20/new-principal-appointed-for-midleton-college-county-cork/ New Principal Appointed for Midleton College, County Cork] dated October 20, 2014 at churchofirelandcork.com, accessed 22 April 2019</ref> | administrator = | chaplain = Rev. Andrew Orr<ref name=new/> | staff = 45 | ranking = | teaching_staff = | school_roll = | gender = | lower_age = | upper_age = | houses = | schooltype = [[Independent school|independent]] | fundingtype = Fee-paying | type = | system = | fees = | tuition = | revenue = | endowment = | budget = | enrolment = | products = | grades = | age_range = 12–18 | medium_of_language = | language = English | classrooms = | campus = | campus_size = | campus_type = | hours_in_day = 7 | motto = ''Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna''<br>(Thou hast found Sparta, adorn it) | sports = [[Rugby football|Rugby]] (boys)<br>[[Soccer]] (girls)<br>[[Field hockey|Hockey]]<br>[[Cricket]]<br>[[Tennis]]<br>[[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]<br>[[Orienteering]]<br>[[Golf]]<br>[[Equestrianism]] | patron = | team_name = | nickname = | school_colours = | school_colors = | yearbook = | publication = ''Midleton College Magazine'' | newspaper = | opened = | established = 1717 | founded = 1696 | status = | closed = | students = | sixth_form_students = | pupils = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | enrollment = | picture = | homepage = [http://www.midletoncollege.ie Midletoncollege.ie] }} '''Midleton College''' is an independent [[co-educational]] [[boarding school|boarding]] and day school in [[Midleton]], [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]. In past centuries it has also been called '''Midleton School'''. Although founded in 1696, the school did not open until 1717. It went through a period of inactivity early in the 19th century, and by the 1860s had low numbers, but was reinvigorated by a new Principal and by the end of the 1870s was one of Ireland's leading schools. Originally for boys only, it is now co-educational. The school has a strong [[Church of Ireland]] tradition, and its chaplain is also priest-in-charge of the neighbouring [[Youghal]] Union of parishes.<ref name=new>[https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/8358/new-partnership-between-midleton-college New partnership between Midleton College and the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is inaugurated] dated 22 October 2018 at ireland.anglican.org</ref> ==Origins== The college was founded in 1696 by [[Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney]], as a [[grammar school]] for boys, but was not opened until 1717.<ref name=history>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/about/history history] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> Its origin came about when [[William III of England|King William III]] was seeking to pension off his [[favourite]], and former mistress, Elizabeth Villiers, granting her more than 95,000 acres of land in Ireland which had been the personal estates of [[James II of England|King James II]] and later of William III's late wife, [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]]. In November 1695, Elizabeth Villiers married [[George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney|Lord George Hamilton]], who a few weeks later was created [[Earl of Orkney]], but before marrying she put her Irish estates into a trust controlled by her brother [[Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey|Lord Villiers]] and [[Thomas Brodrick (1654–1730)|Thomas Brodrick of Midleton]], the son and heir of [[St John Brodrick (1627–1711)|Sir St John Brodrick]], who in 1653 had been granted the lands of Corabbey, renamed as Midleton by a [[charter]] of 1670.<ref name=midletonwith1d>[https://midletonwith1d.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/midleton-college-a-school-from-scandal/ Midleton College, a school from scandal] dated 27 September 2017 at midletonwith1d.wordpress.com</ref> With part of her new riches, Lady Orkney decided to found a school,<ref>Brendan Lehane, ''The Companion Guide to Ireland'' (Companion Guides, 2001), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tJOV69cOKfUC&pg=PA230 p. 230]</ref> offering to give land in County Cork to trustees "to build a free school and pay the master a salary of £100".<ref>''Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908'', Vol. 22, Part 1 (Great Britain Parliament, House of Commons, 1858), p. 114</ref> In October 1696, her trustees Villiers and Brodrick conveyed some 1,882 acres in the baronies of Kinnelea and [[Carbery East|East]] and [[Carbery West|West Carbery]] to two further trustees, Brodrick's brother [[Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton|Alan Brodrick of Midleton]] and his brother-in-law Laurence Clayton of [[Mallow, County Cork|Mallow]]. Unfortunately for Lady Orkney, in 1700 the [[Parliament of England]] used an Act of Resumption to take back most of her Irish estates, but not the land she had used to endow the school, a gift which was specifically confirmed by another Act of Parliament in 1702. However, Brodrick still did not get on with building a school, claiming that he did not have enough funds in the trust and that time was needed "to accumulate out of the rents and profits a sufficient sum to build a School House". In 1710, the trustees granted leases of the school's land which later proved controversial.<ref name=midletonwith1d/> ==History== [[File:Elizbeth Villiers.jpg|thumb|Lady Orkney, founder of the school]] [[File:Alan Brodrick.jpg|thumb|[[Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton|Alan Brodrick]], the trustee who managed the opening of the school, who was created [[Viscount Midleton]] in 1717]] [[File:Charles Robert Barry, Vanity Fair, 1889-12-21.jpg|thumb|[[Charles Robert Barry]], a distinguished old boy pictured in ''Vanity Fair'', 1889]] [[File:TrevorWest.jpg|thumb|[[Trevor West]], an old boy who wrote a history of the school]] The school finally opened in 1717, in a new purpose-built limestone schoolhouse which is still in use, with the Rev. George Chinnery, a graduate of [[Trinity College, Dublin]], appointed as the first Master in August 1717.<ref name=midletonwith1d/> Chinnery was followed in 1750 by his son, and between them the two men ran the school successfully until 1775.<ref name=history/> The most notable [[Old Boys|old boy]] of the Chinnery years was [[John Philpot Curran]] (1750–1817), a famous orator and wit who became [[Master of the Rolls in Ireland]].<ref name=curran/> However, after 1775 the school's fortunes suffered. Between 1804 and 1830, all teaching came to an end, with a new Master still drawing his salary but living in Dublin.<ref name=history/> According to a committee report published in 1872 {{Quote|Midleton School. — The Countess of Orkney granted, in 1696, over 2,000 acres of land for the foundation of a Free Grammar School at Midleton in the County of Cork, with exhibitions in the University of Dublin. The endowments of this school were shamefully abused, the land having been let on leases, renewable for ever, with small fines, at a rent of 200£, the property now being worth fully 2,000£ a year. An attempt was unsuccessfully made in 1828 by the Commissioners of Education to break the leases. The Endowed Schools Commissioners of 1858 report unfavourably of this school. There are two Exhibitions in Trinity College connected with it, one for 30£, the other for 20£. The subjects of examination, etc., are the same as for the Royal Schools.<ref>''Intermediate and University Education in Ireland, by a Committee of Irish Catholics'' (1872), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wCMCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA129#v=onepage&q&f=false pp. 129–130]</ref>}} In 1829, the Commissioners of Education repaired the school's main building, and in 1830 a new Master was appointed and the College was re-opened.<ref name=history/> Among the new intake of boys were [[Michael Roberts (mathematician)|Michael Roberts]] (1817–1882), later a notable mathematician, and his twin brother, William.<ref name=dnb/> However, the renewal did not last long. In 1863, the school had only one boarder and three day boys, and a new Principal was appointed, the Rev. Thomas Moore. A man of great energy, within a year Moore had increased the numbers to forty boarders and twenty-two day boys, and in 1864 the Commissioners of Education granted the funding for a new three-storey red-brick School House, providing classrooms, a dormitory, rooms for schoolmasters, and a bathroom, which was completed in 1865.<ref name=collett>Nigel Collett, ''The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer'' (London: A. & C. Black, 2006), pp. 17–18</ref> As an Anglican institution, the school's fortunes might have suffered from the rise of [[Irish nationalism]], and it also had new competition in the shape of the [[Midleton CBS Secondary School|Midleton Christian Brothers Secondary School]], opened in 1867,<ref name=history/> but nevertheless it continued to grow, and in 1878 there were sixty boarders and fifty-one day boys. Moore was by now employing three other schoolmasters, including the young [[Standish James O'Grady]], as well as a housemaster to accommodate extra boarders, and the school joined the top flight of Irish schools, gaining scholarships at Dublin, Oxford, and Cambridge.<ref name=collett/> It was a founding member of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]], being listed as a member in the first year of the IRFU, 1879.<ref>Richard M. Peter, ''The Origins and Development of Football in Ireland'' (Ulster Historical Foundation, reprint, 1999), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oeaoZHiDaxoC&pg=PA69 p. 69]</ref> In 1880, the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] appointed commissioners "to Inquire Into the Endowments, Funds, and Actual Condition" of all endowed schools in Ireland, and in a report in 1881 they commented {{Quote|There is no doubt that Midleton school is an important foundation, and ought to fulfil the duty of giving the better middle classes in the county of Cork a good education. But it needs a considerable sum of money expended upon it, and also some increase of endowment.<ref>''Report of the Commissioners Appointed by His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Inquire Into the Endowments, Funds, and Actual Condition of All Schools Endowed for the Purpose of Education in Ireland'' (A. Thom, 1881), p. 239</ref>}} The college became co-educational by first admitting girls in the 1970s. It remains affiliated to the [[Church of Ireland]] and has been called "a school of good tradition, proud of its charter of the reign of William III".<ref name=colvin>Ian Duncan Colvin, Harish Jain ''The Life of General Dyer'' (2006), p. 7</ref> [[Paul Colton]], [[Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]], is the Chairman of Governors, who include Alan Brodrick, the latest [[Viscount Midleton]].<ref name=governance>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/about/governance-structure Governance structure] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 20 April 2019</ref> ==Present-day curriculum== Children usually arrive in the school at the age of twelve, enter the First Form, and stay for six years. The first three years, called the junior cycle, are aimed at the [[Junior Certificate]], a set of public examinations taken at the end of the third year. The subjects taught are [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|English]], [[Mathematics]], [[Religion|Religious Education]], [[French language|French]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[German language|German]], [[History]], [[Geography]], Science (combining [[Physics]], [[Chemistry]] and [[Biology]]), [[Home Economics]], [[Art]], [[Business Studies]], [[Music]], [[Computer science|Computing]], SPHE (Social Personal Health Education), CSPE ([[Civic, Social and Political Education]]), and [[Physical Education]].<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/curriculum/junior-cycle junior cycle] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 20 April 2019</ref> There then follows a "[[Transition Year]]", called the Fourth Form, during which all the subjects available at Leaving Certificate level are taught, so that children experience them all before needing to choose the ones they will take for their [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]]. During this year, guidance is offered on subject choices for the Leaving Certificate programme of the next two academic years and the subject combinations which can be taught at the college.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/curriculum/transition-year transition year] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 20 April 2019</ref> The curriculum in the fifth and sixth years, called the senior cycle, is a selection of the subjects taught for the Leaving Certificate, which largely determines access to higher education. At this level, the college has a maximum class size of twenty. The subjects offered are Classical Studies, Maths and Applied Maths, Irish, English, French, Spanish, German, History, Geography, Business, Economics, Accounting, Home Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science, Art and Art Appreciation, Music, and Politics & Society.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/curriculum/senior-cycle senior cycle] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 20 April 2019</ref> ==Sports== The main school sports are [[rugby union]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[field hockey]], [[cricket]], [[orienteering]], [[golf]], [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], and [[equestrianism]]. Rugby at the school is strong, with some ninety boys playing and eight staff members to coach them. The school's senior and junior teams have had many successes in the Mungret Shield, the Mungret Cup, and the Munster Development League.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/extradashcurricular/rugby Extracurricular/rugby] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> At this school, soccer is a girls' sport.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/extradashcurricular/Soccer Extracurricular/soccer] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> In the [[summer term]], all boys and some girls play cricket.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/extradashcurricular/Cricket Extracurricular/cricket] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> Many boys and girls play hockey, for which there are twelve coaches.<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/extradashcurricular/Hockey Extracurricular/hockey] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> Orienteering is a winter activity for all comers. The school has taken part in the Munster Schools League since 2003, with local victories and with students going on to the European and [[World Orienteering Championships]].<ref>[http://www.midletoncollege.ie/secondary-school-cork/extradashcurricular/Orienteering Extracurricular/orienteering] at midletoncollege.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> ==People educated at the school== :''See also [[:Category:People educated at Midleton College]]'' *[[Charles Robert Barry]] (1823–1897), politician and judge, [[Solicitor-General for Ireland]]<ref>''The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter'', Volume 13 (1868), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4rQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 140]</ref> *[[Isaac Butt]] (1813–1879), barrister and Member of Parliament at Westminster, founder of the [[Home Rule League]]<ref>Alan O'Day, "Butt, Isaac (1813–1879), politician and lawyer" in ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (Oxford University Press, 2004); online edition published 23 September 2004, accessed 22 April 2019 {{subscription}}</ref> *[[Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet]] (1714–1770), member of the [[Irish House of Commons]]<ref name=west>Trevor West, Midleton College, 1696–1996: A Tercentenary History (Midleton, County Cork: Midleton College, 1996)</ref> *[[John Philpot Curran]] (1750–1817), an orator, politician, wit, lawyer and judge, [[Master of the Rolls in Ireland]]<ref name=curran>William Henry Curran, R. Shelton MacKenzie (ed.), ''The Life of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran, Late Master of the Rolls in Ireland'' (Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1881), p. 4</ref> *[[Reginald Dyer]] (1864–1927), Indian Army officer<ref name=colvin/> *[[William FitzGerald (bishop)|William Fitzgerald]] (1814–1883), Church of Ireland bishop of Killaloe<ref>G. C. Boase, revised by David Huddleston, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/9587 "Fitzgerald, William (1814–1883)"] in ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (2004) online, accessed 22 April 2019, {{subscription}}</ref> *[[Edward Hincks]] (1792–1866), clergyman and Assyriologist<ref>M. L. Bierbrier, "Hincks, Edward (1792–1866), orientalist" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004) online, accessed 22 April 2019, {{subscription}}: "After education by his father and some time at Midleton School from 1800, he proceeded on 2 November 1807 to Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected a scholar on 18 June 1810 and graduated BA with the gold medal on 11 February 1812."</ref><ref>Kevin J. Cathcart, ed., ''The Correspondence of Edward Hincks: 1818-1849'' (2007), p. 3: "He received his boyhood education from his father in Cork and at school in Midleton, Co. Cork, where Midleton College exists to this day. In 1807, being fifteen years old, he entered Trinity College, Dublin."</ref> *[[George Green Loane]] (1865–1945), classical scholar and schoolmaster<ref>[[John Archibald Venn]], "Loane, George Green" in ''[[Alumni Cantabrigienses]]'', vol. II. Dabbs-Juxton (Cambridge University Press, 1951), p. 194</ref> *[[Michael McCarthy (Irish lawyer)|Michael McCarthy]] (1864–1928), lawyer and author<ref>"McCarthy, Michael John Fitzgerald" in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary]]'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1908), p. 1,149</ref> *[[Ben Mitchell (rugby footballer)|Ben Mitchell]] (born 1994), rugby footballer<ref>[https://www.the42.ie/ben-mitchell-austin-major-league-rugby-ucc-4022671-May2018/ Cork man Mitchell making big impression in Major League Rugby in the US] dated May 20th 2018 at the42.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> *[[William O'Brien (judge)|William O'Brien]] (1832–1899), judge<ref>''The Accountant'' (Lafferty Publications, 1899), p. 1,208</ref> *[[Dave O'Callaghan]] (born 1990), rugby footballer<ref name=the42.ie>[https://www.the42.ie/clive-ross-ulster-lansdowne-club-rugby-2973106-Sep2016/ "It's definitely not a route I'd recommend. It's quite tough"] dated 10 September 2016 at the42.ie, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> *[[John O'Mahony]] (1815–1877), Gaelic scholar and founding member of the [[Fenian Brotherhood]]<ref>R. V. Comerford, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20751 "O'Mahony, John (1815–1877)"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004) online, accessed 22 April 2019, {{subscription}}</ref> *[[Louis Claude Purser]] (1854–1932), classical scholar<ref>Olive Purser, revised by Richard Smail, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35634 "Purser, Louis Claude (1854–1932)"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004) online, accessed 22 April 2019, {{subscription}}</ref><ref>''The New International Encyclopædia'', Volume 19 (Dodd, Mead, 1922), p. 387</ref> *[[Michael Roberts (mathematician)|Michael Roberts]] (1817–1882), mathematician and academic of Trinity College, Dublin<ref name=dnb>William Fellows Sedgwick "ROBERTS, MICHAEL (1817–1882), mathematician" in ''Dictionary of National Biography'', Volume 48</ref> *[[Clive Ross]] (born 1989), rugby footballer<ref name=the42.ie/> *[[William Russell (bishop of North China)|William Armstrong Russell]] (1821–1879), Anglican Bishop of North China<ref>G. C. Boase, revised by H. C. G. Matthew, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24353 "Russell, William Armstrong (1821–1879)"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' online, accessed 20 April 2019 {{Subscription}}</ref> *[[Francis Spring|Sir Francis Spring]] (1849–1933), civil engineer and member of the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] of [[British India]]<ref name=west/> *[[Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet]] (1822–1885), lawyer and Member of Parliament, Solicitor General for Ireland, Attorney General for Ireland, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]]<ref>C. L. Falkiner, revised by Nathan Wells, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26774 "Sullivan, Sir Edward, first baronet (1822–1885)"] in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004), online edition, {{subscription}}</ref> *[[George Tyrrell]] (1861–1909), Jesuit priest<ref>George Tyrrell, ''Autobiography and Life of George Tyrrell'', Volume 1 (E. Arnold, 1912), pp. 86, 90</ref> *[[Trevor West]] (1938–2012), academic and member of [[Seanad Éireann]] for the [[University of Dublin (constituency)|University of Dublin]]<ref>[http://www.ducac.tcdlife.ie/assets/pdf/2012-13/DUCAC%20General/In%20Memoriam-Timothy%20Trevor%20West%20-%20November%202012.pdf In Memoriam Timothy Trevor West] at tdclife.ie, accessed 20 April 2019</ref> *[[Alan R. White]] (1922–1992), philosopher<ref>Paul Gilbert, "White, Alan Richard (1922–1992), philosopher" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004), online edition, {{subscription}}</ref> *[[Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore]] (1736–1805), politician and judge<ref name=black>''Black's Guide to Ireland'' (Adam and Charles Black , 1912) p. 43</ref> ==Motto== The [[motto]] of the College, ''Spartam nactus es, hanc exorna'', is shared with [[Loretto School]], in [[Scotland]], and means literally "Thou hast found Sparta, adorn it". The [[Latin]] is a mistranslation by [[Erasmus]] of a line from a [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] play, ''[[Telephus]]'' by [[Euripides]]. The words have been interpreted as meaning "You were born with talents, develop them",<ref>[https://www.independentschoolparent.com/school/do-you-know-what-your-school-motto-means/ Do You Know What Your School Motto Means?] at independentschoolparent.com, accessed 21 April 2019</ref> but could just as well mean "You have come into a great nation, be worthy of it". In the late 18th century, the words were quoted by the [[Anglo-Irish]] statesman [[Edmund Burke]] in his pamphlet, ''[[Reflections on the Revolution in France]]''. Burke uses the words in this context:<ref name=burke>Edmund Burke, "Reflections on the Revolution in France" in ''The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke'' Vol. V (London: C. & J. Rivington, 1826), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kN8pAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA285 pp. 284–285]</ref> {{Quote|"There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction, or unreformed existence. ''Spartam nactus es; hanc exorna''. This is, in my opinion, a rule of profound sense, and ought never to depart from the mind of an honest reformer. I cannot conceive how any man can have brought himself to that pitch of presumption, to consider his country as nothing but ''carte blanche'', upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases... a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.<ref name=burke/>}} == References == {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *Trevor West, ''Midleton College, 1696–1996: A Tercentenary History'' (Midleton, County Cork: Midleton College, 1996) *Michael Quane, "Midleton School, County Cork" in ''Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'', vol. 82 (Dublin: 1952), pp. 1–27 {{Private schools in the Republic of Ireland}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Midleton College}} [[Category:Private schools in the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:Midleton, County Cork]] [[Category:Secondary schools in County Cork]] [[Category:People educated at Midleton College|*]]'