About Us

Our School

St. Patrick’s Boys’ National School, Mallow, is a vibrant primary school dedicated to providing a caring, inclusive and supportive learning environment for every pupil. We are committed to fostering academic achievement, personal development and mutual respect, while promoting the wellbeing of our school community. Working in partnership with parents and the wider community, we aim to help each child reach their full potential in a positive and nurturing atmosphere. We cater for boys from 1 st class to 6 th class and have two ASD special classes.

School Mission Statement:

1. To enable the child to live a full life as a child and to realise his potential as a unique individual.

2. To enable the child to develop as a social being through living and co-operating with others and so contribute to the good of society.

3. To prepare the child for further education and lifelong learning.

School Facilities:

• Interactive Whiteboards in every classroom
• P.E. Hall / Concert Hall
• Large tarmacadamed play areas/tennis court
• Two grass pitches
• Computer Room: networked for classes/groups using the internet, data projectors
• Classroom based computers
• School Library (recently renovated & restocked)
• Cookery Room
• Art Room
• Learning Support Room/
• Resource Rooms
• Retreat / Prayer Room
• School Garden

Dearcadh Na Scoile I Leith Na Gaeilge:

Se aidhm atá againn i Scoil Phádraig ná go mbeadh atmaisfear  na scoile fabhrach don  Ghaeilge agus taimid ar aon intinn faoi chur chuige na scoile  i leith na Gaeilge.  Usaidfaimid straiteisí  eagsula chun na paisti a chur ag usaid na Gaeilge. Fearas  nua aimseartha agus gniomhaíochta eagsula comh maith le sceimeanna foilsithe chun na ceithre scil  teanga a chothu: eisteacht, labhairt, leitheoireacht, scríbhneoireacht.

Beidh an teanga le feiceail  ar fhograí scoile agus usaidfidh na hoidí an Ghaeilge mar mhean- chumarsaide ina measc fein. Beidh na scolairí spreagtha chun an meid Ghaeilge atá acu a usaid ar theachtaireachtaí , ag cur gnath ceisteasna na seomraí ranga ar an gclos srl. Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge againn timpeall La Fhéile Padraig agus beidh cuid de na paidreacha i nGaeilge gach maidin ag Tionol. Tugann an scoil tacaiocht d’imeachtai Gaeilge an cheantair – Mor Shiúil La Fhéile Padraig, Dramaí agus Ceolchoirm an Nollag, cursaí Scór na nÓg agus Scor na bPáistí srl

History of St. Patrick’s Boys National School Mallow:

The Patrician Brothers were invited to Mallow by Bishop Mc Carthy in 1879, to establish a school for the instruction of Catholic boys. Four Patrician Brothers arrived to set up school in what is now the Patrician Academy. The site and limestone building, still extant, had been purpose built for the Christian Brothers who had been invited to the town in the 1860’s, but left in the late 1870’s as a result of a dispute with the local parish priest on the question of the cost of maintaining the Christian Brothers in the town. The arrival of the Patricians ( Order of St. Patrick, established by Bishop Delaney in 1808) in late 1879 was a compromise brokered to replace the Christian Brothers. The Patrician Brothers established a very successful National School ( wages for teachers and materials provided by the government) and soon had over 200 boys enrolled. They also set up a small secondary school- the Patrician Academy – still on the same site today. The National School, continued to grow and had outgrown the Academy site by the early !950’s. It was known as ‘ Mallow Monastery National School’, the official name of the school from 1879 until the new National School, ( present building) was built and opened in !954…. Scoil Phadraig , St. Patrick’s Boys’ N.S. Roll No 17887S The land upon which this school is built was given by his Mother in memory of Arthur Desmond Mountenay Jephson-Norreys (Born 11.5.1905 – Died 17.5.1938)

St Patrick’s School

Beidh an teanga le feiceail  ar fhograí scoile agus usaidfidh na hoidí an Ghaeilge mar mhean- chumarsaide ina measc fein. Beidh na scolairí spreagtha chun an meid Ghaeilge atá acu a usaid ar theachtaireachtaí , ag cur gnath ceisteasna na seomraí ranga ar an gclos srl. Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge againn timpeall La Fhéile Padraig agus beidh cuid de na paidreacha i nGaeilge gach maidin ag Tionol. Tugann an scoil tacaiocht d’imeachtai Gaeilge an cheantair – Mor Shiúil La Fhéile Padraig, Dramaí agus Ceolchoirm an Nollag, cursaí Scór na nÓg agus Scor na bPáistí srl

Building of the school began in September 1952 and finished in June 1954. The architect was Boyd-Barett of Cork and the Contractors were Messrs. Aherne of Waterford. The total cost of the building was £64,1918 from the Department of Education and a local contribution of £10,856, provided half and half by the Parish and the Patrician Brothers.

On the 1st July, the school was blessed by the Bishop of Cloyne, John Roche, whose encouragement had led to the decision to build a new school. An official opening ceremony was performed by the Secretary of the Department , Mr. Murray. A special guest that day was Sean Moylan, TD for North Cork and until a few weeks previously, Minister for Education. As Minister, Mr. Moylan, had given every assistance in approving the school and in providing an Assembly Hall. He also encouraged the buying of the adjacent field as a school field.

Teaching began in the school and on Monday 18th October 1954 the enrolment was 581 pupils. There were twelve teachers.

The School-Field

The two fields – the Fairfield and the Horse-fair field had been the property of Mallow Castle. The site of the school given as a donation formed about one quarter of the horse-fair field. Later in the 1950’s the remainder of the horse-fair field was bought as a school field. It was paid for with Parish funds. In 1959 the Castle authorities sold the fair-field and the Market Place to Ballyclough Co-Op Society who established Mallow Mart and Springmount Dairy. (Originally, Springmount Dairy had been a private enterprise at Springmount farm on the Old Cork Road).