Dream becomes reality as three schools unite

John Murphy

Tue, 01 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

Education Minister Mary Hanafin performed the honours at the new E12 million Blackwater Community School in Lismore.

The 510-pupil school is a merger of Lismore’s two former secondary schools, the Christian Brothers and Presentation Convent, together with St Anne’s Convent in Cappoquin.

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