St Finian's Primary School
Coordinates: 54°35′56″N 5°56′46″W / 54.599°N 5.946°W
St Finian's Primary School (Irish: Bunscoil Naomh Fionán) was a Roman Catholic primary school located in the Falls Road area of West Belfast near Dunville Park. It was run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers.[1]
Due to falling student numbers the school closed in the 1980s. Former pupils include:
- Gerry Adams (1953-1960), Irish republican politician (president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála for Louth since 2011)
- Gerry Kelly, Irish republican politician and former PIRA volunteer, member of Sinn Féin's Ard Chomhairle (National Executive) and MLA for North Belfast
- Professor John Loughlin, Fellow of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge and formerly Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University[2]
- James Joseph Magennis, who served on midget submarines in WW2, disabled the battle ship Tirpitz and subsequently won the Victoria Cross[1]
References
- 1 2 George Fleming (1998), "First Day at St Finian's", Magennis VC: the story of Northern Ireland's only winner of the Victoria Cross, p. 23, ISBN 9780953301805
- ↑ Professor John Loughlin profile, vonhugel.org.uk; accessed 29 March 2015.
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