Castlecuffe N.S.
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Castlecuffe N.S. Timeline
| 1822 | 1855 | 1953 | 1992 | 1999 | 2001 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 |
| Coolagh Hedgeschool begins with Mr. Dowling as teacher |
School first built on Castlecuffe site |
New school constructed on site of previous school |
First past-pupil re-union |
We got a shared learning support teacher |
We became a 3-teacher school and prefab was erected |
2nd past-pupil re-union in July. in November we relocated to old boys' school in Clonaslee until following June |
We moved into extended school |
Mr. O' Sullivan retired. Mrs Butterfield became principal and Ms. Digan was appointed |
Castlecuffe won our first green flag. It was for litter and waste management. Eanna Ni Lamhna raised it for us with the help of the oldest and youngest pupils, both named Brian. |
As you can see on the timeline our school was extended in 2004/2005. The picture on the left of the banner is the school before the extension and the picture on the right of the banner is the extended school.
A school was built in Castlecuffe on the present site in 1855 and officially opened in 1856.It measured 36 feet long and 18 feet wide and was 12 feet high. It had one room only.
Our school was built on 15 May 1953 by Foynes Brothers, Contractors. It wasn’t completed on time, so there were longer holidays, to the delight of the children.
There was no more building done until 2004/2005 when the school was extended. Everything in the school was moved to the boys' school in Clonaslee in November 2004 until we moved back to the extended school in September 2005
The extended school was officially opened in July 2006 by Minister Brian Cowen and was blessed by Bishop Jim Moriarty. The whole community were invited to join with us in celebrating this historic occasion!
Look through the evidence on our slideshow!
