Where is Saint Pius X College?

Saint Pius X College is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7500°, -6.6150°.

When was Saint Pius X College built?

Saint Pius X College dates to 1964.

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Saint Pius X College

Saint Pius X College in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Saint Pius X College is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Saint Pius X College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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History

St Pius X Voluntary Intermediate School began in 1960 with the purchase of 6 acre of land, at a cost of £5,000, by Canon Mark Quinn, parish priest of Magherafelt. The building of the school commenced in 1962 and opened for three hundred pupils in September 1964. The official opening by Cardinal Conway took place in June 1965. Edward Quinn, supported by the vice principal, Sister Immaculata Quinn, assumed the role of the school's first principal. Initially the pupils pursued courses leading to the Junior Certificate examination level only. However, with the appointment of Mr. J. Murphy, who succeeded Mr. Quinn as principal in 1967, many new courses and programmes of study were soon on offer.…

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Coordinates: 54.7500, -6.6150
Address: 59 Moneymore Road,
Established: 1964
Official site: www.stpiusxcollege.org

Sources

wikidata: Q7402110 (CC0)
wikipedia: St Pius X College, Magherafelt (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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