St Wolstan's Community School

St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female community school in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. It's under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland.^[1]

St. Wolstan's Community School Pobalscoil Naomh Bholstan
Location
Clane Road, Celbridge, County Kildare W23 RKA9 Republic of Ireland
Coordinates	53.3343°N 6.5621°W / 53.3343; -6.5621
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	August 1955
Principal	Francis Carolan
Staff	50 teachers
Gender	female
Number of students	750
Campus size	9.5 ha (23 ac)
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)	wine, green [citation needed]
Nickname	Wollie Wollie Wolstans
Website	stwolstans.ie

History

St. Wolstan's Priory was founded between 1202 and 1205 by Adam de Hereford and named after Saint Wolstan (also spelled Wulfstan; died 1095). The monastery was dissolved in 1536 and when the Holy Faith Sisters opened a girls' school on the site (located south of Castletown House) in 1955 they revived the name: St. Wolstan's Holy Faith Convent School. The school moved to its present site in Ballymakealy Upper in 1999.^[2] In 2024 it the school is set to build an extension^[3]