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Scoil Aireagail

Coordinates: 52°28′44″N 7°12′47″W / 52.4789°N 7.213°W / 52.4789; -7.213
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Scoil Aireagail
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Coordinates52°28′44″N 7°12′47″W / 52.4789°N 7.213°W / 52.4789; -7.213
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Former nameBallyhale Vocational School
TypeSecondary school
Established1959
PrincipalHelen McTighe
GenderCoeducational
EnrollmentApprox. 200[1] (2023)
PatronageKilkenny and Carlow ETB (Education and Training Board)
Websitehttp://scoilaireagail.ie

Scoil Aireagail (formerly Ballyhale Vocational School) is a mixed-gender secondary school in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is in the patronage of the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board.[2]

When it originally opened in 1959,[3] forty students were enrolled and there were just two classrooms. Students were accepted to study for their Group Certificate Examination.[citation needed]

Originally known as Ballyhale Vocational School, the school was opened/reopened, as Scoil Aireagail, in October 1999.[4]

As of 2019, the school had 199 students enrolled and it was offering Junior Cycle, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate programmes.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Scoil Aireagail". gov.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Scoil Aireagail (Report). Department of Education. 14 January 2019. p. 3.
  3. ^ "History - Scoil Aireagail Ballyhale Co.Kilkenny". Scoil Aireagail Ballyhale Co.Kilkenny. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ^ Annual Report 2016 (PDF). kcetb.ie (Report). Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board. p. 35.
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