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Gormanston College
Franciscan College Gormanston is a coeducational Catholic secondary school located at Gormanston Castle (built 1789), near Gormanston, County Meath in Ireland. It is located close to the county border with County Dublin and is approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Dublin. The college is managed by the Irish province of the Order of the Friars Minor. It operates under the trusteeship of the Minister Provincial and Definitory of the Franciscan Province of Ireland.
In September 2014, the school moved from being a fee-charging school to the free school scheme.
As of 2018–2019, there were 434 students enrolled in the school (288 boys and 146 girls). As of 2025, there were 349 students.
The college has both boarding and day facilities. Boarding at Gormanston is a mixture of five-day and seven-day boarding options for boys. Girls are admitted to the school as day students.[citation needed]
The college motto is Dei Gloriae, Hiberniae Honori.
The apostolate of education has been a core ministry throughout the 800-year history of the Franciscan Order. Prior to the Reformation schools attached to the local Franciscan abbey/friary were a common feature of Franciscan ministry. With the closure of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII this apostolate came to an abrupt end. The gradual relaxation of the Penal Laws saw a re-structuring of the Order in Ireland and the opening of a number of schools, notably in Clonmel and Athlone.
The ministry of education carried out in Gormanston has its immediate roots in the Seraphic College opened at Capranica 50k North of the city of Rome in 1883. Originally intended as a training college for aspirants to the Franciscan Order it was decided to transfer the college to Multyfarnham Abbey Co. Westmeath in 1896 where it was to evolve into a secondary school. The new college dedicated to St. Louis was opened in 1899. By the 1940s Multyfarnham in size and location was deemed no longer adequate by the Order.
The Order had purchased the Gormanston Estate in 1947 and its proximity to Dublin made it an ideal and accessible location for a modern college. The first boarding students were received in 1954 and the new college was opened in 1957. The first students graduated from the college in 1957, a number of whom returned to become rectors at the college, Pat McSweeney OFM, Bob Doyle OFM, Paddy "Paddy" Timothy OFM.
Gormanston College
Franciscan College Gormanston is a coeducational Catholic secondary school located at Gormanston Castle (built 1789), near Gormanston, County Meath in Ireland. It is located close to the county border with County Dublin and is approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Dublin. The college is managed by the Irish province of the Order of the Friars Minor. It operates under the trusteeship of the Minister Provincial and Definitory of the Franciscan Province of Ireland.
In September 2014, the school moved from being a fee-charging school to the free school scheme.
As of 2018–2019, there were 434 students enrolled in the school (288 boys and 146 girls). As of 2025, there were 349 students.
The college has both boarding and day facilities. Boarding at Gormanston is a mixture of five-day and seven-day boarding options for boys. Girls are admitted to the school as day students.[citation needed]
The college motto is Dei Gloriae, Hiberniae Honori.
The apostolate of education has been a core ministry throughout the 800-year history of the Franciscan Order. Prior to the Reformation schools attached to the local Franciscan abbey/friary were a common feature of Franciscan ministry. With the closure of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII this apostolate came to an abrupt end. The gradual relaxation of the Penal Laws saw a re-structuring of the Order in Ireland and the opening of a number of schools, notably in Clonmel and Athlone.
The ministry of education carried out in Gormanston has its immediate roots in the Seraphic College opened at Capranica 50k North of the city of Rome in 1883. Originally intended as a training college for aspirants to the Franciscan Order it was decided to transfer the college to Multyfarnham Abbey Co. Westmeath in 1896 where it was to evolve into a secondary school. The new college dedicated to St. Louis was opened in 1899. By the 1940s Multyfarnham in size and location was deemed no longer adequate by the Order.
The Order had purchased the Gormanston Estate in 1947 and its proximity to Dublin made it an ideal and accessible location for a modern college. The first boarding students were received in 1954 and the new college was opened in 1957. The first students graduated from the college in 1957, a number of whom returned to become rectors at the college, Pat McSweeney OFM, Bob Doyle OFM, Paddy "Paddy" Timothy OFM.
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