Mount St. Michael Secondary School is an all-girls

voluntary secondary school In education in the Republic of Ireland, education in Ireland, a voluntary secondary school (or privately-owned secondary school; ) is a secondary education, post-primary school that is Private school, privately owned and managed. Most are Denomin ...

, under the trusteeship of the

Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust Catholic Education, an Irish Schools Trust (CEIST) is the trustee body for 107 Catholic Voluntary Secondary Schools in Ireland. CEIST provides the moral and legal framework that enable its schools to offer second level Catholic education in Ire ...

(CEIST), on the outskirts of

Claremorris Claremorris (; ) is a town in County Mayo in the west of Ireland, at the junction of the N17 and the N60 national routes. As of the 2017, it was the fastest growing town in the county, having seen a 31% increase in population between 2006 and ...

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

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. Located on what was the estate of Denis Browne (local landlord), it was founded in 1906 and began as a 'Secondary Top' in 1924. It developed into a full

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

in 1940. Until 2000, the school accommodated both residential and day pupils. Boarders were first admitted in 1906 and the annual intake numbered 15 between 1906 and 1940. This number increased to 90 until 1996 when the phasing out of the

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...

began.Catholic Education Irish Schools Trust website, ''Mount St. Michael Secondary School, Claremorris''
/ref> The 1999-2000 academic year was the final year in which the school accommodated boarding (residential) students. As of 2018, school had an enrollment of approximately 450 students. In 1987, a board of management was set up, comprising representatives of trustees, teachers and parents. In 1990 a lay principal was appointed. Mount St. Michael operates a 6-year program covering the

Junior Cycle The Junior Cycle () is the first stage of the education programme for post-primary education within the Republic of Ireland. It is overseen by the Department of Education (Ireland), Department of Education and the National Council for Curriculu ...

and Senior (Leaving Certificate) Cycle. In 2023, the school became the first school in Ireland to be funded by the mdeducation foundation for student well-being. The three-year project was aimed at the 200 Senior Cycle students. In 2024, pupils from the school won six out of seven prizes at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Mayo News website, ''Mayo schools receive several awards at BT Young Scientist Exhibition'', article by Ava Keady dated January 15, 2024
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