Calasanctius College
On 23 May 1861 four Presentation Sisters came out from the convent in Galway to found a new one in Oranmore, at the request of Bishop John McEvilly. Their first home was a building the village called the Hotel, and an outbuilding of it was soon a school. In July 1869 they moved into the house of the parish priest, Fr R. Quinn, bought by the order for 600 pounds. Calasanctius College, the secondary school that serves Oranmore and the villages around it, descends from that convent school.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
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Calasanctius College, Oranmore Castle on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.
The school today
Calasanctius takes pupils from twelve to nineteen from Oranmore, Carnmore, Claregalway, Clarinbridge, Kilcolgan and the south side of the city, and runs the Junior Certificate, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate. The model on this page pins the college with the castle and the church; Oranmore's other guides cover the castle, the station and the brewery.
Questions people ask
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When did the Presentation Sisters come to Oranmore?
Written from Wikipedia, "Calasanctius College" (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.