St Benedict's College is a

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Randalstown Randalstown () is a small town and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. The town, which contains a prominent disused railway viaduct, lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. Randalstown is bypas ...

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. It is an 11-16 Catholic, all ability, co-educational college which mainly serves families from the parishes of

and Antrim.

History

The college is a result of the amalgamation of St Malachy's High School, Antrim and

St Olcan's High School St Olcan's High School ( Irish: ''Ardscoil Naomh Olcán'') was a Roman Catholic secondary school in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the ...

in Randalstown. This was agreed in March 2006. The combined school was renamed as ''St Benedict's College''. St Malachy's High School was demolished and a rebuilding programme began on the St Olcan's site around the same time to develop new facilities.

References

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