St Finian's Primary School (1901 - 1989) (Irish: Bunscoil Naomh Fionán) was a Roman Catholic primary school located in the Falls Road area of West Belfast near Dunville Park. It was run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers.
Due to falling student numbers the school closed in the 1980s. Former pupils include:
James Joseph Magennis (1919 - 1986), who served on midget submarines in WW2, disabled the battle ship Tirpitz and subsequently won the Victoria Cross
Professor John Loughlin, Fellow of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge and formerly Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University
Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician (president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála for Louth since 2011)
Martin Dillon (b. 1949) - author
Gerry Kelly, (born 1953) Irish republican politician and former PIRA volunteer, member of Sinn Féin's Ard Chomhairle (National Executive) and MLA for North Belfast
Paul Graham (1954 - 2012) - solicitor and Irish language activist
