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Summerhill college 2017
Summerhill College (aka The College of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys located in the town of Sligo in northwest Ireland.
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- History
- Curriculum
- Extra curricular activities clubs and sport
- Selected past pupils
- New school building programme
- Controversies
- References
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History
The school was founded in 1857 by the then Bishop of Elphin Dr Laurence Gillooly in Summerhill, Athlone, County Roscommon. It moved to temporary accommodation in Sligo in 1880 (Quay Street) and to a new school building (the present site) in 1892. Although the official name of the school is the College of the Immaculate Conception, it has always been known locally as Summerhill or Summerhill College.
The College has been a Diocesan College—historically an entry school for those wishing to train as priests for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin. The college took in both boarders and day boys until the dormitories were closed in the 1980s due to economic circumstances.
Curriculum
The school offers the traditional Junior and Leaving Certificate cycles to its pupils. It also provides other options such as Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP), Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) and Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA).
Extra-curricular activities, clubs and sport
Summerhill College has a proud sporting tradition in soccer and Gaelic football. During the school year, soccer coaching is run in the school, with the assistance of Sligo Rovers F.C. It also offers many other sports to its students, including rugby union, basketball, athletics, swimming and surfing.
Selected past pupils
Some of Summerhill's more well-known alumni:
New school building programme
In January 2006 it was announced that Summerhill was to get €20 million funding for a new school building. Work was due to begin in 2008, but the Department of Education said later that same year that "the project will not be progressed further this year". However, work finally began on the demolition of the 1970s building and construction of a new school in the summer of 2011. The new three-storey building opened its doors to new students in August 2012 at a reduced cost of €12.5M. There are over 40 new classrooms and many state of the art facilities in the new building, with a new gym and hardcourt playing pitches opened in November 2012.
Controversies
The school received a damning report from the Department of Education in May 2010. The principal at the time of this inspection was Michael Murphy.
In February 2013 a trial in Sligo Circuit Court heard of alleged improper use of Department of Education funds by former school staff during 2008–09.