Our School's Proud History
Killurney School was founded in 1889 in the building that is now used as the local community hall, situated alongside our present school building. Originally, the plan had been to build the school near the Killurney Wood gates but Mr Patrick St John, Killurney [now home of Mrs Mildred Stokes] thought that it would be too long a journey for the pupils from Lisnatubrid, Ballyboe, Ballyknockane etc., so he donated a more suitable site and set up a Board of Trustees of which he was Chairman.
Killurney was different from the other parish schools in that it was built voluntarily by the local people in the Summer of 1889, and it opened its doors in Autumn of that year. Records show that the first teacher was Miss Kate Callinan who operated a one-teacher school, with some of the older pupils acting as classroom assistants. Kate Leary was the first girl enrolled and Pat Mara the first boy. You can see their names on our School Registers which are still in use today.
In 1965 work began on a new school building that would have the modern comforts and necessities of running water, toilets and a paved play area. So it was that in 1966, St Anne’s School was officially opened by Bishop Russell of the Waterford and Lismore Diocese.
Since then, there have been many changes and improvements to the school supported always by the parents, community and parish. In 2011, an extensive building project was undertaken to reconfigure the present structure with an extra classroom, staff room and store rooms for the accommodation and comfort of the enrolled pupils. The community raised over €70,000 towards this project which had an overall costing of €120,000 showing once again the commitment of the locals to our school.
Thus in 2014 we celebrated 125 years of the continuous delivery of a fine education to the pupils of the area.
Killurney School was founded in 1889 in the building that is now used as the local community hall, situated alongside our present school building. Originally, the plan had been to build the school near the Killurney Wood gates but Mr Patrick St John, Killurney [now home of Mrs Mildred Stokes] thought that it would be too long a journey for the pupils from Lisnatubrid, Ballyboe, Ballyknockane etc., so he donated a more suitable site and set up a Board of Trustees of which he was Chairman.
Killurney was different from the other parish schools in that it was built voluntarily by the local people in the Summer of 1889, and it opened its doors in Autumn of that year. Records show that the first teacher was Miss Kate Callinan who operated a one-teacher school, with some of the older pupils acting as classroom assistants. Kate Leary was the first girl enrolled and Pat Mara the first boy. You can see their names on our School Registers which are still in use today.
In 1965 work began on a new school building that would have the modern comforts and necessities of running water, toilets and a paved play area. So it was that in 1966, St Anne’s School was officially opened by Bishop Russell of the Waterford and Lismore Diocese.
Since then, there have been many changes and improvements to the school supported always by the parents, community and parish. In 2011, an extensive building project was undertaken to reconfigure the present structure with an extra classroom, staff room and store rooms for the accommodation and comfort of the enrolled pupils. The community raised over €70,000 towards this project which had an overall costing of €120,000 showing once again the commitment of the locals to our school.
Thus in 2014 we celebrated 125 years of the continuous delivery of a fine education to the pupils of the area.