Lurgan College
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| Mottoes | Meliora Sequor |
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| Established | 1873 |
| Type | Selective Grammar school |
| Religion | Christian |
| Headmaster | Mr T.D. Robinson |
| Chairman | Mr. S Abraham |
| Founder | Samuel Watts Esq. |
| Location |
College Walk Craigavon County Armagh BT66 6JW Northern Ireland (+44) 28 38 322 083 |
| Staff | 45 |
| Students | 420 students |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 14–19 |
| Houses | Boulger , Cowan , Harper , Kirkpatrick |
| Colours | Navy, Red, White |
| Board of Governors | 16 members |
| School Board | Southern Education and Library Board |
info lurgancollege.lurgan.ni.sch.uk |
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| Website | lurgancollege |
Coordinates: 54°28′19″N 6°20′53″W / 54.47194°N 6.34806°W
Lurgan College is a Christian, co-educational , 14–19 age selective grammar school situated in the town of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
In lieu of the establishment of Lurgan Model primary school in 1863, the town of Lurgan required a secondary education school which met the educational needs of the growing industrial town. The owner of a local brewery, Samuel Watts, set out plans for an endowment fund in his will for the formation of a middle class, secondary school which provided education to boys in Agriculture, Classics and English. After Watt's death in February 1850, a Trustee Committee was formed to ensure the £9000 in Watt's will would contribute towards creating a new school. However, it was not until December 1872 that the Trustee Committee had gathered enough funds to commence construction of the school.
The school was established at a residence on Market Hill, Lurgan in March 1873. The first headmaster was Mr E. Vaughan Boulger of Dublin. The construction of the school buildings in the township of Brownlowsderry was completed in August 1873 and the school accepted its first cohort of students in October of the same year.
Boulger left the school in 1875 and was replaced by Mr William T. Kirkpatrick of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Kirkpatrick oversaw the student population grow numerically and was responsible for the growth in academics at the College. Kirkpatrick retired in 1899 and Mr James Cowan of Manchester Grammar School assumed principality of the College. Cowan was responsible for the introduction of Science education in the College in 1905 and the further integration of female student admission in 1918. Cowan retired in 1922 having failed to rectify the school's dwindling numbers with under 30 pupils enrolled when he retired.
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