The Abbey School Scoil na Mainistreach, Tiobraid Árainn | |
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Station Road, Tipperary, County Tipperary E34 PD87 Ireland | |
Coordinates | 52°28′18″N8°09′36″W / 52.471583°N 8.160133°W |
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Motto | A Caring, Learning Community |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian Brothers |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Established | 3 October 1955 (as Father Humphrey's Memorial School) |
Principal | David Sadlier |
Gender | Male |
Number of students | 332 |
Campus size | 9 ha (23 ac) |
Campus type | Urban |
Website | abbeyschool |
The Abbey School (formerly Abbey CBS) is a Christian Brothers Secondary School in the town of Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland. The Abbey is an all-boys school which, as of 2024, had over 320 students. [1]
In recent years,[ when? ]} the school has been extended twice. [2] [3] The first extension is known as the "Edmund Rice Wing" and contains a construction studies room, woodwork room and technology laboratory. The second extension was the complete renovation of an old stable which is now called the "Mary Rice Centre" which houses a special needs area, learning support and one-to-one education and a library.[ citation needed ]
As of 2024, the principal of the school was David Sadlier. [4]
A priory of Augustinian friars operated on the site from c. 1300 before being suppressed in 1539. [5]
After the Cromwellian conquest (1650s) the land came to Erasmus Smith. He established grammar schools in Tipperary, Galway and Drogheda, where the sons of his Protestant tenants were educated.[ citation needed ]
The first building was destroyed during the Williamite War (1688–91). By 1702, there was a new grammar school, which lasted until 1820 when it was rebuilt.[ citation needed ]
The structure that succeeded it burned down in 1941, soon after the Catholic Christian Brothers had assumed control.[ citation needed ]
On 3 October 1955 the school was reopened as Father Humphrey's Memorial School. The school is named after Fr. David Humphr[e]ys (1843–1930) who had campaigned for the education rights of Catholics. [6] [7]