St Mary's College, Galway
The granite and limestone building of 1912 on the west side of the city, faced with the two stones of the county's geology, opened as the junior seminary of the Diocese of Galway, where boys who might become priests were educated. St Mary's stopped taking boarders in 1999, celebrated its centenary in 2012 with about 400 pupils, and in September 2021 joined with Our Lady's College to become Coláiste Muire Máthair, a co-educational school of more than a thousand.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
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Galway Cathedral on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.
Who went to Mary's
The actor Mick Lally, the Fianna Fáil minister Frank Fahey and Bishop James McLoughlin were past pupils, along with the Galway footballers Seamus McHugh, Paul Conroy, Eddie Hoare, Gareth Bradshaw, Dessie Conneely and David Wynne, the hurlers Joe Connolly, Fergal Moore, Cathal Jordan, Tadhg Haran, Dean Higgins and Tony Óg Regan, the soccer players Stephen O'Donnell and Vinny Faherty, and the politicians Seán Kyne, Noel Grealish, Derek Nolan and James Charity.
The merger
The amalgamation with Our Lady's College created Coláiste Muire Máthair in 2021, and enrolment has risen past a thousand. The school retains its status as a diocesan college. The model on this page pins the college with the cathedral and the university nearby.
Questions people ask
Is St Mary's College Galway still open?
When was St Mary's College founded?
Written from Wikipedia, "St Mary's College, Galway" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.