Final chance to walk around much loved Limerick school set for demolition

FORMER students of a city school will get a final chance to have a look around it before its demolition.

The existing single-storey building at Ardscoil Mhuire secondary school in Corbally is to be demolished and replaced with a new state-of-the-art secondary school complex.

On Saturday, May 17, alumni of the school are being invited to revisit the building, take a walk down memory lane and catch up with friends from the past and present.

The all-girls school will open between noon and 3pm to facilitate this.

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Principal Bríd Herbert said: “As a past student, now principal, I’m lucky to have daily reminders of my time as part of this wonderful school community. Therefore, I am proud to open up our current school building one last time, for those who wish to join us in reflecting on their own treasured school memories.”

Ardscoil Mhuire has been serving city students for nearly a century.

While it was initially located in Bishop Street, it relocated to its current location in Corbally in 1977.

For the next academic year, its students will relocate to the former buildings of Gaelcolaiste Luimnigh, at Sir Harry’s Mall in the city centre.

This will allow construction work on its new building to take place.

In place of Ardscoil Mhuire’s existing complex, will be a new building rising up two-storeys in some places, four-storeys in others.

The development will include a new special educational unit, a PE hall, hard play court areas and grass play areas.