Carlow Vocational School was a second-level educational establishment in

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...

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. The school closed in May 2017, with students transferring to Tyndall College, Carlow.

History

The school could trace its origins to the nineteenth century when classes commenced at various locations in the town under the Technical Instruction Act 1889 ( 52 & 53 Vict. c. 76). Some years later, in 1918, the playwright

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donated the Assembly Rooms to the people of Carlow for the promotion of technical education. Classes were centralised in these Assembly Rooms on Dublin Street from 1923 onwards. It was formally established under the Vocational Education Act 1930 and continued to be located in the Assembly Rooms. The remodelled and refurbished school premises in Dublin Street was opened on 26 January 1936 by the Minister of Education Mr. Tom Derrig T.D. By the 1960s the school was spread over eight different locations and was providing both a second level educational programme preparing students for the Day Vocational Certificate, the Intermediate Certificate and

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examinations and also education and training for apprentices and technicians. In 1968, the

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gave sanction for the erection of two purpose built structures on the Kilkenny Road to cater for the expanding vocational school population. One building, opened in 1970, was called Carlow Regional Technical College which later became the

Institute of Technology, Carlow The Institute of Technology, Carlow (IT Carlow; ) was an institute of technology, located in Carlow, Ireland. The institute had campuses in Carlow, Wexford, and Wicklow, as well as a part-time provision elsewhere in Ireland. Along with the Wate ...

. This was assigned for the education and training of apprentices and technicians. In 1972 the second building, designed to accommodate 450 second level students, opened and was called Carlow Vocational School.

External links

* http://www.carlowvs.ie/

References

{{Reflist Schools in Carlow (town) Secondary schools in County Carlow