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Towards the northern end of the sea-wall, there was a gate, lending access to a twisting path down to the Coast Road but the end of this path, where it met the Coast Road, was out-of-bounds. Just across the road and about 50 yards to the north, the Garron Point Post Office was located and the journey
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between the gate at the Coast Road and the post office was fraught with danger. About 400 yards north of the post office, at the bottom of Dunmaul Hill, is a "water driven" pump house where - in March 1956 - a boarder at the college died.
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A chapel was built in 1955 and a 150-room boarding department (now empty) was opened in 1956. A set of stables, subsequently converted to dormitories, now house music, languages and business studies classrooms.
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In 2019 the school was ranked 5th out of 159 secondary schools in Northern Ireland with 92.0% of its A-level students who entered the exams in 2017/18 being awarded three A*-C grades.
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The school curriculum covers: Key Stage 3 (Years 8, 9 and 10) - located in the main school building, Key Stage 4 (Years 11 and 12) and Sixth Form (Years 13 and 14).
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The college's building history predates the school by over 100 years. Garron Tower was built in 1850 at a cost of £4,000 as a summer residence for
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The school is regularly listed as one of the top performing schools in Northern Ireland and ranked 5th in the A-Level table in the 2019 year.
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The college's main building contains the priests' dining-room, priests' sitting-room, 100 desk study-hall, kitchens, cloakrooms,
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A block used for IT, home economics, art and science is situated on the site of the old tennis courts. There is also a small
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In 2018, 69% of its entrants achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths.
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The college grounds are situated on a plateau approximately 200 feet (61 m) above the Antrim Coast Road (part of the
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area. As part of this amalgamation the college was renamed St Killian's and became an all-ability school.
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St Killian's College, site formerly known as St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower
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for use as a boarding school for boys. The school opened in September 1951.
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facing the sea which are of naval origin from the Napoleonic wars.
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area of Northern Ireland. The eponymous tower was built
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room, classrooms, offices, and a food-storage area.
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Seal of St Killian's College, Ireland
Carnlough
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
55°02′35″N 5°58′05″W / 55.043°N 5.968°W / 55.043; -5.968
www.stkillianscollege.co.uk
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Glens of Antrim
Frances, Marchioness of Londonderry
Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

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