• Staff
  • Board of Management

Board of Management:

The school Board of Management is responsible for the direct government of the school and the appointment of teachers subject to the minister's approval.

The board consists of:

  • Two nominees of the patron, the Galway County Association for Mentally Handicapped Children.
  • Two elected parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in the school, one being a mother, the other a father.
  • One elected teacher.
  • The principal
  • Two further persons nominated by the above six.

The members of the current board, elected in October 2003, will serve until 2006.

They are:


Bill Griffin(chair)
Una O'Connor
Gerry O'Donnell
Mary Loughman
Breda Dolan
Anthony Ryan



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