Bloomfield Collegiate School is a controlled

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for girls in Ballyhackamore in

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History

Bloomfield was founded in 1905, one of a number of private school foundations of that era. It was originally proprietary (owned by the headmistress),

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al, and accepted boarding students. It discontinued co-education in 1915.

House system

Bloomfield has a house system consisting of four houses named after previous headmistresses: Clarke, Curran, Spencer and Walker. The houses are each represented by four colors: blue (Clarke), red (Curran), green (Spencer) and yellow (Walker)

Notable former pupils

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, television presenter *

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, Miss Great Britain 2008 *

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, novelist *

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References

External links

Bloomfield Collegiate website
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