The North Monastery (Irish: An Mhainistir Thuaidh), commonly known as The Mon,[1] is a co-educational education campus comprising Scoil Mhuire Fatima Primary School,[2] North Monastery Co-educational Secondary[3] and Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG,[4] located at Our Lady's Mount, Cork, Ireland.
In 1814, a 14-acre sloping site was acquired from a wealthy Catholic businessman, Sir George Goold, Baronet, and a new school was built.
It was shortly after the death of Griffin that Daniel O'Connell visited with the Founder of the Order, Edmund Ignatius Rice.
In 1857, Brother James Burke arrived at the North Monastery and under his guidance the students began the study of natural philosophy (science).
Burke died on 23 March 1904 as the result of an accident and was accorded a public funeral with a procession through the streets of Cork city.
In March 1920, Lord Mayor Tomás Mac Curtain,[6] a past pupil, paid an official visit to the school and addressed the boys in Irish.