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.
| Holy Child Killiney | |
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| Coordinates | 53°15′11″N 6°06′51″W / 53.253147°N 6.114202°W |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | September 1947 |
| Number of students | 341 |
| Website | holychildkilliney.ie |
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 edit
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- Maeve Binchy (1939–2012), novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker[3]
- Eavan Boland (1944–2020), poet and academic[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "History". Holy Child Killiney. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Holy Child Secondary School". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Maeve Binchy". Read Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "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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