Carlow Vocational School

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School in Ireland

Carlow Vocational School

Scoil Naomh Odhran

Location

Carlow

Ireland

Coordinates| 52°49′40″N 6°56′09″W﻿ / ﻿52.8277°N 6.9358°W﻿ / 52.8277; -6.9358
Information
Staff| 75 full time, 25 part time
Years offered| 1st-6th
Gender| co-educational
Number of students| 1100[citation needed]
Colour(s)|    blue and yellow
Website| [1]

Carlow Vocational School was a second-level educational establishment in Carlow, Ireland. The school closed in May 2017, with students transferring to Tyndall College, Carlow.[1][2]

## History

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The school could trace its origins to the nineteenth century when classes commenced at various locations in the town under the Technical Instruction Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 76).[citation needed] Some years later, in 1918, the playwright George Bernard Shaw donated the Assembly Rooms to the people of Carlow for the promotion of technical education. Classes were centralised in these Assembly Rooms on Dublin Street from 1923 onwards.[citation needed]

It was formally established under the Vocational Education Act 1930[3] and continued to be located in the Assembly Rooms. The remodelled and refurbished school premises in Dublin Street was opened on 26 January 1936 by the Minister of Education Mr. Tom Derrig T.D. By the 1960s the school was spread over eight different locations and was providing both a second level educational programme preparing students for the Day Vocational Certificate, the Intermediate Certificate and Leaving Certificate examinations and also education and training for apprentices and technicians.

In 1968, the Department of Education gave sanction for the erection of two purpose built structures on the Kilkenny Road to cater for the expanding vocational school population. One building, opened in 1970, was called Carlow Regional Technical College which later became the Institute of Technology, Carlow. This was assigned for the education and training of apprentices and technicians. In 1972 the second building, designed to accommodate 450 second level students, opened and was called Carlow Vocational School.[citation needed]

## External links

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* http://www.carlowvs.ie/

## References

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1. ^ "CarlowVS". www.carlowvs.ie. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
2. ^ "Tyndall College Annual Report 2017-2018". tyndallcollege.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2019. "Tyndall College opened in August 2017 [..following..] the closure of Carlow Vocational School and the Separation of Carlow VS and Carlow Institute of Further Education"
3. ^ "Vocational Education Act, 1930". Irish Statute Book. Ireland: Office of the Attorney General. Retrieved 14 February 2021.