New School

New Greenmount School

A new, more modern school was built and opened in 1967. It has nine classrooms, two speech and language classrooms, a cookery room, an ICT room, a pre-school, and a large hall with a stage. The building is located close to the former St. Finbarr's.

Scoil Náisiúnta Muire na nGrás, Cork
© Cork City Libraries.

The new school, pictured above, was named Scoil Náisiúnta Muire na nGrás. All the pupils from St. Finbarr's moved to the new school.

Below is a photo of the first class in the new school in 1967. Do you notice anything about the photo?

First Class in New School, 1967
© Scoil Mhuire na nGrás, Greenmount, Cork.

All the students in the photograph are boys. Now the school is co-educational. It caters for boys and girls from infants to sixth class. There are over 250 students attending the school.