Our School.

A short History.

 

Kinnitty National School was renovated in 1964. There were two entrances on each end of the building, the boys were in one room and the girls in the other, they had seperate entrances, cloakrooms and toilets. Both rooms had fireplaces and turf was used in winter to heat the rooms.

Pupils and Staff of Kinnitty N.S. in 1965.

In 1969 there were three teachers teaching in the school. In 1985 Kinnitty school was enlarged and amalgamated with Cadamstown school and Longford school. The number of teachers increased from three to five. At one stage Kinnitty N.S. had six full time teachers and had almost 200 pupils. A new extension comprising of four large classrooms each with their own toilets were built on as well as a staff-room, staff toilets, office and store room. This is the present lay-out of the school. In 2002 the school required re-roofing and major re-furbishment, the cost of this re-furbishment was estimated at €205,000. The Department of Education & Science provided most of the finance required for this renovation but approximately €25,000 had to be raised by the Parish. A committee was formed to try to raise the necessary funds, a letter was drafted and sent to every houshold in the Parish requesting the household to donate €150 towards the fund and wage earners living at home were requested to donate €50. The whole Parish rallied to the cause and almost every household and most young wage-earners in the Parish donated towards the fund. As a result the necessary money was raised and a complete refurbishment was carried out including a new roof, windows, ceilings, carpets and floorcovering, toilets, painting and blinds.

Our classrooms are big and bright and all have their own toilets within the classroom.

The Parishioners of Kinnitty, including Cadamstown, Roscomroe and Longford deserve the utmost praise for the way in which they contributed towards the cost of the renovations and re-furbishment of the school. Kinnitty National School is one of the best laid out and maintained national schools in the county at the moment. This was borne out by the comments of many members of the public who attended the Offaly Fleadh Cheoil in the school recently.

 

We are fortunate also to have a large hall in our school which can be used for P.E. on wet days. It is also used for our school mass every year as well as plays, displays, book fairs or whatever is going on in the school.