St Macartan's College
| St. Macartan's College | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Monaghan | |
| Information | |
| Type | Diocesan College |
| Motto | Fortis et Fidelis Strong and faithful |
| Established | 1840 |
| Principal | Raymond Mc Hugh |
| Number of students | 770 |
| Colour(s) | Amber (colour) and Black |
| Website | http://www.stmacartanscollege.ie/ |
St. Macartan's College is the major Roman Catholic boys' Diocesan College in Monaghan, Ireland. It is named after Saint Macartan, follower of St. Patrick and founder and bishop of the Diocese of Clogher. The school educates Catholic boys in County Monaghan and surrounding counties. It is located within the parish of Donagh. The school Feast Day is 24 March. St Macartan's College consistently appears as one of the top fifty post-primary schools in Ireland, in the annual school league tables published by The Irish Times. The school is currently ranked number eleven in its list of the twenty best boys' schools in Ireland.
The foundation stone for St. Macartan's College was laid on 8 July 1840. Eight years later the "Sem" opened its doors to its first students, and for over a century-and-a-half the school has adapted itself to meet the educational needs of boys in the North Monaghan and surrounding areas. The school complex has at its heart a grand seventeen-bay stone building. It is in the Georgian style and was designed by the Newry-born architect Thomas Duff in the 1830s. The building boasts a chapel, a collection of antiquities and a clock tower and includes a large lunch canteen, which was formerly used as a refectory for the school's boarders. In recent years the college has changed from being predominantly a boarding school to a day school catering to its 770 students, and has been sympathetically enlarged to meet the demands of the twenty-first century.
Situated in North Monaghan, on the edge of Monaghan town, St. Macartan's College is a post-primary school for boys.
The school caters for boys from 11 to 18 years old. A wide and varied curriculum is offered. In the Junior Cycle (11–15 years old) the students study Civic, Social and Political Education, English, Geography, History, Irish, Mathematics, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science and Social, Personal and Health Education. The students also choose two subjects from the following five: Art, Technology, Business Studies, Music, Materials Technology and Technical Graphics. Also, each student must pick a third language (apart from Irish and English) to learn during the Junior Cycle. They get the choice of either French or German. The students sit the Junior Certificate Examination at the end of their third year. The Junior Certificate, or 'Junior Cert' as it is widely known, is used as a gauge of students' talents and abilities, which will be taken into account as they progress to the senior cycle.
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