Kilroy's College is a
distance learning
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institution based in
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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.
The college is a registered QQI course provider.
History
The school was founded in 1932 by P.J. Kilroy and originally known as the 'Irish Correspondence College'.
The school was taken over by Charles Kilroy in the 1960s. His son Patrick Kilroy took over running of Kilroy's College in 1999.
Courses were initially offered by
correspondence education, and aimed primarily at adult learners. In 1937, the school began teaching
Leaving Certificate
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For each leaving certifica ...
subjects to school leaving students.
See also
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Distance Education
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...
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Education in the Republic of Ireland
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