Archbishop McHale College is a non-denominational vocational secondary school situated in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.[1] It is run by the Galway/Roscommon Education and Training Board. The school is named after Archbishop John McHale
| Archbishop McHale College Coláiste Ardeaspaigh Mhic Éil | |
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| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Misneach agus Meanna "Courage and Spirit" |
| Established | 1938 |
| Principal | John David Kearney |
| Faculty | 25 |
| Enrollment | approx 300 |
Programmes
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Archbishop McHale College is participating in the Erasmus programme from 2016 to 2019. The school has exchanges with three schools in Ponteareas in Galicia in Spain. Students and staff from Ponteareas visited Tuam in May 2017.[2]
Former teachers
edit- Mick Lally (1945-2010) - stage, film, and television actor
Alumni
edit- Tom Murphy (1935-2018) - playwright
References
edit- ^ "Archbishop McHale College Tuam". archbishopmchalecollege.scoilnet.ie. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Hogge, Jacqueline (24 May 2017). "Schools could profit from Brexit via continental exchange links". The Tuam Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2020.