It was set up on September 18, 1978[1] by parents in Dublin who wanted their children to attend a Multidenominational school.
Support for such a school came from Jack Lynch, then head of Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party, and some members of Fine Gael.
[2] During the years 1975–78, the project members were involved in extensive correspondence with the Department of Education and other bodies in order to prove the need for the school.
[2] The school opened in 1978 with 90 pupils, largely due to the support of the then newly elected Fianna Fáil government,[2] with Florence Armstrong as the Principal.
[3] Opposition came from a group calling itself Council for Social Concern and some also came from obstructing of planning permission according to Micheal Johnston, who was chairman of the project.