St. Raphaelas is an all-girls primary school and secondary school located in

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and run by the

Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (; ) is a Roman Catholic religious institute that was founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1877 by two sisters, María Dolores and Raphaela Maria Porras y Ayllon. Rafaela Maria became its first superior general i ...

. The schools are named after Saint Raphaela.

History

Saint Raphaela's campus is founded on the original residence for the Pilkington Family called Wesbury House, who were notable glassmakers. They later sold their house to the Devlin family who in the 1940s passed it to the Daughters of Charity.St. Raphaelas primary school website
/ref> The Daughters of Charity founded a boarding school and called the primary school called St. Philomena's and the secondary school called Marillac. In 1971 the Daughters of Charity decided to leave the schools to focus on children with special needs. The Archbishop of Dublin at the time,

John Charles McQuaid John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. (28 July 1895 – 7 April 1973), was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972. He was known for the unusual amount of influence he had over successive gover ...

, invited the

to take over the running of the schools.St. Raphaelas secondary school website
/ref> In 1977 the schools were renamed St. Raphaela's to mark the canonisation of Saint Rafaela Maria of the Sacred Heart (born 1850 - died 1925), the founder of the order of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart. The current Secondary School building was opened in 1986, followed by a new wing in the 1990s. An Astroturf sports pitch was added in 2006.

Sports

The school partakes in the following sporting competitions: * Leinster hockey competitions. * The badminton schools league. * The basketball SSA league. * The Gaelic football junior league. * The Leinster school soccer league

Other facilities

The campus of St. Raphaelas also has some extra facilities * Greenfields Montessori School. * Naíonrá an Irish speaking playschool. * A day centre for St. Michael's House, an organisation that provides services for children and adults with an intellectual disability.St. Michael's House
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References

External links

Secondary school official website

Primary school official website

St. Michael's House official website

St. Raphaelas Badminton Club
Secondary schools in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown {{Ireland-school-stub