Mount Anville Secondary School

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox school Mount Anville Secondary School is a Roman Catholic, voluntary all-girls post-primary school in Goatstown, a suburb of Dublin, in Ireland. It was originally an all-boarding school, but due to decreased demand for such schools has since become a day school. It has approximately 659 students, and is attached to Mount Anville Montessori Junior School and Mount Anville Convent.

It was established in 1853 by nuns of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the former home of William Dargan, an influential railway tycoon.

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Mount Anville was once situated in north Dublin.

Grounds

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Notable alumnae

President Mary Robinson, Mount Anville past pupil

President Mary Robinson, Mount Anville past pupil

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• Kathleen MacMahon, journalist and novelist
• Emma Madigan, current Ambassador of Ireland to the Holy See
• Josepha Madigan, Irish politician, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
• Maria McCambridge, Olympic athlete
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• Veronica Ryan, founder of the first Irish Montessori school

See also

• List of Schools of the Sacred Heart

External links

• Mount Anville Website
• Network of Sacred Heart Schools