Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny is a Roman Catholic voluntary secondary school for girls in

Kilkenny Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...

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. It was founded by the

Sisters of Loreto The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known as the Loreto Sisters, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education founded in Saint-Omer by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward (nun), Mary Ward, i ...

in 1868 as a boarding and day school for girls. Its first home was, for a brief time, in Patrick Street. The

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and school then moved to the building that now is home to the Good Shepherd Centre. A new campus was completed on the Granges Road in 1980 when the school transferred to its present location. In 1984 the boarding section was discontinued.

Teachers

Maureen Hegarty Maureen Hegarty (1 September 1921 14 January 2016), was an Irish local historian and president of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society. Biography Maureen Hegarty was born to Denis and Mary Hegarty (née Gleeson), schoolteachers in Johnswel ...

(1921-2016) - local historian, former vice-principal

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