St Nathy's College

St Nathy's College is a Catholic secondary school in Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is the diocesan college for the Diocese of Achonry. It is one of the oldest secondary schools in Ireland, having been founded in 1810.^[1] The School was located from 1893–96 in Edmundstown House, the former residence of the Bishop. The Diocese purchased Ballaghaderreen Military Barracks from the War Office, and the School moved there in 1896. In 1995 the school ceased to be a boarding school. St. Nathys amalgamated with St. Josephs Convent (Sisters of Charity) becoming a co-educational school, it also amalgamated with the local Ballaghaderreen VEC school

St Nathy's College
Location
Ballaghaderreen , County Roscommon , F45 V122 Ireland
Information
Motto	Robur Nathaei (Strength of Nathy)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	St. Nathy
Principal	Martin Henry
Website	https://www.stnathys.com/

2010 saw the celebration of 200 years of the college, St Nathy’s 1810 to 2010, Reflections and Memories of Past Pupils, edited by Fr. Leo Henry, was published as part of the celebrations.^[2]

Alumni

See also: Category:People educated at St Nathy's College

• Most Rev. Thomas Flynn, Bishop of Achonry and a former teacher at the school^[3]
• Most Rev. Dr. Laurence Gillooly CM, Bishop of Elphin^[4]
• Claire Kerrane, TD for Roscommon-Galway elected 2020^{[citation needed]}
• Prof. Thomas Noel Mitchell, the second Catholic provost of Trinity College Dublin (1991-2001)^[5]
• Patsy McGarry, Irish Times Correspondent^{[citation needed]}
• Most Rev. Thomas McGettrick SPS, missionary priest and Bishop of Abakaliki, Nigeria^[6]
• Frank Feely, former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland^{[citation needed]}
• Ted Nealon, TD and minister of state^[7]
• William O'Dwyer, 100th Mayor of New York City^[8]
• Patrick Joseph Shannon KPM JP, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Singapore)^{[citation needed]}

Presidents of the College

• Canon Hugh O'Donnell (1911-1920)
• Fr. Thomas Curneen
• Fr. Thomas Fleming ( - 1965)
• Fr. Thomas Flynn
• Fr. Robert Flynn (1977 - 1978)
• Fr. James Colleran ( - 1982)
• Fr. Andrew Johnston (1982- )
• Fr. Martin Convey (1996-2011)
• Fr. Tomás Surlis DD (2011-2017), served as Principal and President.
• Mr. Declan Dunne (2017- 2022), first lay Principal of the College.^[9]
• Fr. Martin Henry

Controversy

St. Nathy's was accused by an RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme of falsifying student numbers to inflate food grants. No prosecution was sought due to "insufficient evidence", and St. Nathy's repaid the Department of Social Protection about €646,000.^[10]