St Nathy's College is a Catholic secondary school in

Ballaghaderreen Ballaghaderreen () is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It was part of County Mayo prior to 1898. It is in the north-west of the county, near the borders with counties Mayo and Sligo, just off the N5 road. The population was 2,387 in the 2 ...

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, Ireland. It is the

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for the Diocese of Achonry. It is one of the oldest secondary schools in Ireland, having been founded in 1810. The School was located from 1893–96 in Edmundstown House, the former residence of the Bishop. The Diocese purchased Ballaghaderreen Military Barracks from the War Office, and the School moved there in 1896. In 1995 the school ceased to be a boarding school. St. Nathys amalgamated with St. Josephs Convent (Sisters of Charity) becoming a co-educational school, it also amalgamated with the local Ballaghaderreen VEC school 2010 saw the celebration of 200 years of the college, ''St Nathy’s 1810 to 2010, Reflections and Memories of Past Pupils'', edited by Fr. Leo Henry, was published as part of the celebrations.

Alumni

* Most Rev. Thomas Flynn, Bishop of Achonry and a former teacher at the school * Most Rev. Dr. Laurence Gillooly CM, Bishop of Elphin * Claire Kerrane, TD for Roscommon-Galway elected 2020 * Prof.

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, the second Catholic provost of

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Thomas McGettrick Thomas McGettrick SPS, was an Irish born missionary priest, who served as a Bishop in Nigeria. McGettrick was born on 22 December 1905 at Killavil, Emlegh (Ballymote), Co. Sligo. He was educated at St Nathy's College in Ballaghaderreen, the dioc ...

SPS, missionary priest and Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria *

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, former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland * Ted Nealon, TD and minister of state *

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, 100th Mayor of New York City * Patrick Joseph Shannon KPM JP, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Singapore)

Presidents of the College

* Canon Hugh O'Donnell (1911-1920) * Fr. Thomas Curneen * Fr. Thomas Fleming ( - 1965) * Fr. Thomas Flynn * Fr. Robert Flynn (1977 - 1978) * Fr. James Colleran ( - 1982) * Fr. Andrew Johnston (1982- ) * Fr. Martin Convey (1996-2011) * Fr. Tomás Surlis DD (2011-2017), served as Principal and President. * Mr. Declan Dunne (2017- 2022), first lay Principal of the College. *Fr. Martin Henry

Controversy

St. Nathy's was accused by an

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Prime Time Investigates programme of falsifying student numbers to inflate food grants. No prosecution was sought due to "insufficient evidence", and St. Nathy's repaid the

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about €646,000.

References

External links

*http://stnathys.com/ Educational institutions established in 1810 Catholic secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland 1810 establishments in Ireland Secondary schools in County Roscommon Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry {{Ireland-school-stub