Strabane Grammar School was a

grammar school A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school ...

located just outside

Strabane Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...

, Northern Ireland. It was within the

Western Education and Library Board Education in Northern Ireland differs from education systems elsewhere in the United Kingdom (although it is relatively similar to Wales), but is similar to the Republic of Ireland in sharing in the development of the ''national school'' syste ...

area. As part of the 2020 scheme, the school was officially shut down on 30 June 2011 to join with Strabane High School, to create

Strabane Academy Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterke ...

Location

The school was located on of wooded grounds at Milltown House just outside

. It overlooked the River Mourne to the south of the town.

History

The main school building, Milltown House, was built in 1887 and for a time was the residence of hymn-writer and poet Mrs.

Cecil Frances Alexander Cecil Frances Alexander (April 1818 – 12 October 1895) was an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Amongst other works, she wrote "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a green hill far away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's Cit ...

, best known for her hymn "

All Things Bright and Beautiful "All Things Bright and Beautiful" is an Anglican hymn, also sung in many other Christian denominations. The words are by Cecil Frances Alexander and were first published in her ''Hymns for Little Children'' of 1848. The hymn is commonly sung ...

". Milltown House was used as the headmasters study, the reception, a history room, a staff room, an IT suite and two English rooms.

Past Pupils

Daniel McCrossan Daniel Christopher McCrossan (born 20 October 1988) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone since 2016. Education McCrossan attended Liverpool Jo ...

- politician; attended Strabane High School

References

External links

Plaque to Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander at Milltown House
{{authority control Grammar schools in County Tyrone Strabane 1956 establishments in Northern Ireland 2011 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Educational institutions established in 1956 Educational institutions disestablished in 2011 Defunct schools in Northern Ireland