Clare students offered final chance to walk down memory lane ahead of school demolition

Former students of Ardscoil Mhuire school, which caters for students in South East Clare, are being offered a final chance to have a look around it, this weekend, 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.

While the school is located in the Limerick suburb, the Clare parishes of Clonlara and Parteen are located within its catchment area.

From 12pm this Saturday, alumni of the school - from Clare and Limerick - 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 students from Limerick and Clare 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 Limerick city centre.

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

In place of Ardscoil Mhuire’s existing complex, there 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.