St MacNissi's College
| St. MacNissi's College | |
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| Location | |
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Carnlough, County Antrim Antrim, BT44 0JS Northern Ireland |
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| Information | |
| Type | Grammar school |
| Motto |
Latin: Et Velle et Perficere (To will and to do) |
| Opened | 1951 |
| Closed | 2010 |
| Colour(s) | Purple and Gold |
Coordinates: 55°02′35″N 5°58′05″W / 55.043°N 5.968°W
St MacNissi's College (now St Killian's College (colloquially known as Garron Tower) was a Roman Catholic grammar school located 5 miles (8 km) to the north of Carnlough.The grounds are situated on a plateau approximately 200 feet (61 m) above the famous Antrim Coast Road at Garron Point and overlook the North Channel) and out towards Scotland (Mull of Kintyre). The current school motto is Caritas et Veritas which means "Love and Truth". Prior to this, St MacNissi's College's motto was Et Velle et Perficere. which means "to be willing and to accomplish"
Garron Tower was built as a summer residence by Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry. She had inherited this part of the Antrim estates from her mother, Anne Katherine MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim who had married Sir Henry Vane-Tempest of County Durham. The Tower and grounds were purchased by McNeill's Hotel in Larne in 1915 and were acquired by the Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor in 1950 for use as a boarding school for boys. The history of Garron Tower dates from 1850, but its life as a school began in September 1951 when the Most Rev. Daniel Mageean D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Down and Connor, officially opened the building as "a diocesan grammar school for boys" and named it St MacNissi's College.
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