The Dalkey School Project is a school in

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. It was set up on September 18, 1978The Dalkey School Project, Articles of Association, Certificate of Incorporation No. 67032 by parents in

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who wanted their children to attend a

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.Multi-Denominational Schools in the Republic of Ireland 1975-1995
, paper delivered by Professor Áine Hyland, Professor of Education, University College, Cork, Ireland, at a Conference Education and Religion organised by C.R.E.L.A. at the University of Nice. 21–22 June 1996. At the time the vast majority of

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s were National schools, which had religious patrons. Support for such a school came from

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, then head of

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, the Labour Party and some members of

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. However the then-minister for education, Richard Burke was not sympathetic. During the years 1975-78, the project members were involved in extensive correspondence with the

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and other bodies in order to prove the need for the school. The school opened in 1978 with 90 pupils, largely due to the support of the then newly elected Fianna Fáil government, with

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as the Principal. Opposition came from a group calling itself Council for Social Concern and some but some also came from obstructing of planning permission according to Micheal Johnston, who was chairman of the project.Educate Together now country's fastest growing educational movement

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, 17 September 2008, retrieved 9 February 2009 The school operated from various temporary premises until a dedicated school building was opened in 1983. In 1984,

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was founded, a coordinating committee to coordinate efforts of groups trying to organize multi-denominational schools in the

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* {{coord missing, County Dublin Primary schools in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Educational institutions established in 1978 1978 establishments in Ireland

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