Holy Child Killiney

School for girls in County Dublin, Ireland

53°15′11″N 6°06′51″W / 53.253147°N 6.114202°W / 53.253147; -6.114202InformationReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicEstablishedSeptember 1947Number of students341Websiteholychildkilliney.ie

Holy Child Killiney is a voluntary fee-paying Catholic secondary school under the direction of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in Killiney, a suburban village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

The school was opened in September 1947, on the premises of the former County Hotel, where it is still located.[1] It initially had 34 pupils,[1] but by 2019 it had 341 pupils.[2]

Notable alumni

Bestselling author Maeve Binchy, past pupil of Holy Child Killiney
Bestselling author Maeve Binchy, past pupil of Holy Child Killiney
  • Maeve Binchy (1939–2012), novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker[3]
  • Eavan Boland (1944–2020), poet and academic[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "History". Holy Child Killiney. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Holy Child Secondary School". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Maeve Binchy". Read Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Eavan Boland obituary: Outstanding Irish poet and academic". Irish Times. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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