Ashton School

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Ashton School
Location
Ashton School
Cork

Ireland
Coordinates 51°53′35″N8°27′07″W / 51.893°N 8.452°W / 51.893; -8.452
Information
Other nameAshton Comprehensive School
Former nameCork Grammar School, Rochelle School
School type Secondary school
Religious affiliation(s) Church of Ireland
Established1829;195 years ago (1829) (as Rochelle School; girls)
1881 (as Cork Grammar; boys)
1972 (as Ashton School; merger)
Patronage Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cork Education and Training Board [1]
Gender Mixed
Enrollment517 (2017 [1] )
Website ashton.ie
Last updated: 24 May 2021

Ashton School is a co-educational Church of Ireland secondary school situated in Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1972, following the merger of the Cork Grammar School and Rochelle School. [2] As of 2017, Ashton School had over 500 pupils. [1]

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Formation

Cork Grammar School was a Church of Ireland grammar school for boys. Founded in 1881, it was originally based in Sydney Place in Cork city, and intended to offer an alternative to parents "who had been sending their children to England, to educate them". [3] The school ultimately acquired Ashton House (a large 19th-century house on the Blackrock Road) [4] and moved to the new site in 1956. [3]

Rochelle School was a predominantly Church of Ireland preparatory school for girls. Founded in 1829, it was originally based at Cook Street and South Terrace, before moving to Rochelle House (a large house also on the road to Blackrock) in 1863. [5]

Cork Grammar School (boys; 1880s-1970s) and Rochelle School (girls; 1820s-1970s) operated as separate schools until 1972, when they merged. [1] The newly amalgamated co-educational school occupied the Ashton House site, from which its current name was taken. Rochelle House was used for boarding accommodation for a period, before being sold in 1999. [6]

Between 2013 and 2015, additional facilities were developed at the school, and the original Georgian-era building was refurbished. [7] [8] [9]

Alumni

Alumni of Ashton (and, prior to their merger, of Cork Grammar School and Rochelle School) have included:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Subject Inspection Report - Ashton School" (PDF). Department of Education (Ireland). 15 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "RTÉ Archives - Education - First For Cork Schools". rte.ie. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 d’Alton, Ian (2011). "Educating for Ireland? The Urban Protestant Elite and the Early Years of Cork Grammar School, 1880–1914". Éire-Ireland. 46 (3): 201–226. doi:10.1353/eir.2011.0024. S2CID   162889380. Project MUSE   458543.
  4. ↑ "Ashton Grammar School, Blackrock Road, Cork City". Buildings of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rochelle and Cork Grammar School – Education Project". clarehewison.wordpress.com. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ashton - History". Ashton.ie. Ashton School (official website). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Projects - Ashton Comprehensive School, Blackrock Road, Cork". Duggan Brothers. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "New Ashton School block by Callaghan Engineering". The Business Post. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "A History of Ashton School by Alicia St Leger". Ashton.ie. Ashton School. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2018. [a new] three-storey structure [and] refurbished Sports Hall and the Georgian Cork Grammar School building (Ashton House) which was refurbished during the recent building project – completed and officially re-opened on 27th March 2015
  10. ↑ "The Dean who had a profound effect on town's Christian life". portadowntimes.co.uk. JPIMedia Ltd. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "About - Board of Management". ashton.ie. Ashton School. Retrieved 5 July 2019. Bishop [Paul] Colton is a past pupil of the school
  12. ↑ "Meet Mary Elmes: The Irish woman who saved children from the horror of WWII concentration camps". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2019. A talented student from Ballintemple [..] Mary Elmes went to school in Rochelle School in Cork
  13. ↑ "Derry and Raphoe Cof I bishop named". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 6 July 2019. The new bishop [Ken Good] was educated at Cork Grammar School and Midleton College, Co Cork
  14. ↑ "Praise for Cork film 'Young Offenders'". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "The Boxing Parson: Killed in Battle of Rio Jarama". Journal of Olympic History. May 2002. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Olympian John Jermyn visits Ashton and inspires everyone". ashton.ie. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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  18. ↑ "Blasts from the past". thetimes.co.uk. The Times. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019. Pat O'Hara The formidable flanker, educated at the non-rugby Ashton school in Cork, [..] wore the green jersey 15 times in all
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