West Cork school to accept first male pupils in its 200-year history

Coláiste na Toirbhirte in Bandon has been an all-female school since its foundation by the Presentation Sisters in 1829

Colaiste na Toirbhirte is aiming to provide an extension on part of its 12-acre campus to cater for a student body of 1,000 within a few years.

A famous ‘convent’ secondary school in west Cork is set to accept its first male students in its near 200-year-history.

Coláiste na Toirbhirte in Bandon, which has been an all-female school since its foundation by the Presentation Sisters in 1829, is now accepting enrolment as a co-education status school from next September when the first male students will take classes there.