St Finian's Primary School
Coordinates: 54°35′56″N 5°56′46″W / 54.599°N 5.946°W
St Finian's Primary School (1901 - 1989) (Irish: Bunscoil Naomh Fionán) was a Roman Catholic primary school located in the Falls Road area of West Belfast near Dunville Park. It was run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers.[1]
Due to falling student numbers the school closed in the 1980s.
Since 2004 the building has been occupied by the Irish-language primary school Gaelscoil an Lonnáin. However, the board of governors have proposed that it relocate to the former site of St Comgall's School in Divis Street.[2]
Notable Alumni
Former pupils of St. Finian's include:
- James Joseph Magennis (1919 - 1986), who served on midget submarines in WW2, disabled the battle ship Tirpitz and subsequently won the Victoria Cross[1]
- Professor John Loughlin, Fellow of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge and formerly Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University[3]
- Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician (president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála for Louth since 2011)
- Martin Dillon (b. 1949) - author
- Gerry Kelly, (born 1953) Irish republican politician and former PIRA volunteer, member of Sinn Féin's Ard Chomhairle (National Executive) and MLA for North Belfast
References
- 1 2 George Fleming (1998), "First Day at St Finian's", Magennis VC: the story of Northern Ireland's only winner of the Victoria Cross, p. 23, ISBN 9780953301805
- ↑ [DUP minister's decision to block Irish school move must be quashed, court rules]; accessed 13 October 2017
- ↑ Professor John Loughlin profile, vonhugel.org.uk; accessed 29 March 2015.
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