St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh

Enrollment at St. Patrick's was expanded to 1250 to facilitate the closure and a £3 million site renovations began in October 2015 to enhance facilities.

The Irish Christian Brothers arrived in Armagh in 1851 at the invitation of Archbishop Cullen, later Ireland's first residential Cardinal.

Within a few years the Christian Brothers acquired the Greenpark site and primary and secondary schools were established.

Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Greenpark, built up a strong academic and sporting tradition.

When the Vincentian Order signified their intention to withdraw from Armagh, the Tomas O' Fiaich requested the Irish Christian Brothers to become joint trustees of the new amalgamated school.

He was ably assisted by James McKeown, Damien Woods, Paul McAvinchey, Seamus Savage and Frank Corvan.Br.

In 1999 the long boarding tradition in St Patrick's ended after the Vincentian Order left Armagh.

Mr. Dominic Clarke of the Sacred Heart College in Omagh and past pupil was appointed the first lay Headmaster in the 180-year history of St Patrick's for the 2016/2017 academic year.

They are taken by professional tutors, assuring that every pupil can leave year 9 able to play an instrument and read music.

Sports include basketball, cross-country running, Gaelic football, golf, handball, hurling, squash and swimming.

It has been traditional for first year students to attend a residential retreat (typically Killowen, Carlingford or Todd's Leap) at the beginning of their academic life at St. Patrick's.

At the end of a student's seven years at St. Patrick's they are invited to attend a religious retreat and the school's annual formal.

School Aid Romania's objectives are to contribute to the development of community relations and mutual understanding between young people in Northern Ireland and to secure, by joint ventures, material assistance to relieve poverty and improve the well-being of young people in Romania.

The SAR group in St. Patrick's has arranged for physiotherapists and teachers of special needs to travel to Brasov and work with children in Timis.

[4] St. Patrick's is now an all-ability school which accepts all young boys from Armagh and surrounding areas regardless of academic ability.

This is to provide students with the best possible education and increase opportunities to study a range of subjects at GCSE to meet the qualification reforms for Northern Ireland.

[5] During summer 2006 exam season students at St. Patrick's achieved exemplary results in their GCSE and A-Level subjects, making it the top all boys grammar school in Northern Ireland and fifth overall.