St Joseph's College, Coleraine was a Roman Catholic

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Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

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, Northern Ireland. Named after

St. Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...

, there was a statue of St. Joseph when entering the building. The school opened in 1961 and was closed in 2019 after 58 years. St. Joseph's merged with Loreto College, Coleraine. Pupils from year 10 transferred to either Loreto College or Dominican college, Portstewart two years before the closure. Pupils from years 9, and 12 stayed in the St Joseph's Building until its closure in 2019. The final Principal of the school was Mrs. Mary Miller.

Beresford Campus

Northern Regional College will use the former St Joseph's College building during the refurbishment of their Union Street campus in Coleraine.

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Secondary schools in County Londonderry Catholic secondary schools in Northern Ireland Defunct Catholic schools in Northern Ireland Educational institutions established in 1961 {{NorthernIreland-school-stub