St Columba's College, Largs

History

St Columba's College was an independent preparatory Marist college. It served as a (boarding and fee-paying) preparatory school feeder for Catholic boarding schools throughout the United Kingdom with links to St. Joseph's College, Dumfries and Ampleforth College. Emphasis was on religious instruction and character building. There was much insistence on discipline .Achievement and academic standards were high. There were various headmasters in charge including Brother Ralph who was followed by Brother David Germanus as a wonderful headmaster .In succession there then was Brother Nicholas, who is mentioned as part of a 'holy fourball' of golfers, given his golfing skills, in the autiobiography of Sam Torrance on pages 9 and 15 of 'Sam', who was the famous golfer and team captain in 2002 for Europe in the Ryder Cup. Sam was a member, as was his father, of Routenburn Golf Club, Largs situated above and adjacent to the school. The various headmasters kept up the wonderful traditions of devotion to the Marist cause for the love of the Blessed Virgin,Mary, whose statute was to be found on the steep upwards walkway towards the golf course and hills above Largs. All the Brothers, one must remember, sacrificed all or a large portion of their lives to the education of Scottish & other youngsters and for that they deserve great credit.These included Brothers Charles, Daniel and Nilus.

Campus

The school building originally named "Landour" is a category B listed building which has since been converted into apartments. The school building's name "Landour" was lost with the closure of the school. The school playing fields have been lost to developers and are now overlaid by a dwelling house estate on what is now Boathouse Drive.

Former headmasters