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School History & Location

St. laurence o'toole

Lorcán Ua Tuathail, known in English as Laurence O'Toole, was born in 1128 and died in 1180. He was Archbishop of Dublin when the Normans invaded from 1169 until 1171. He was a peacemaker between both sides. His feast day is on November 14th.

The building

St. Laurence O'Toole's National School was founded in 1846 in a building adjacent to the Church of St. Laurence O'Toole. The location of the school remains unchanged since that date. Many well-known Dubliners have attended the school, from Luke Kelly to Jim Sheridan.

The interior and exterior of the building underwent a major transformation between the years 2020 and 2022. It is now a brilliant mix of old and new, with state of the art facilities and technology tastefully set within centuries old stone walls.

amalgamation

The school currently facilitates boys and girls from Junior Infants to 1st Class, and girls only from 2nd to 6th class. This is as a result of the amalgamation of St. Laurence O'Toole's Junior National School and St. Laurence O'Toole's Girls National School.

The north wall parish & archdiocese

This map denotes the Parish Boundaries for North Wall. On the southern end of the Parish, the boundary follows the north side of the River Liffey. From the Customs House, the boundary line moves north, following Amiens Street as far as the Five lamps. At the Five Lamps, the boundary moves South West behind the buildings to the North side of Seville place, as far as the train/DART tracks. The boundary follows the train/DART track as far as Ossary Road. At Ossary Road, the boundary moves westerly along the Port-bound train tracks as far as Branch Road North, where it then turns southerly towards the Alexandra Basin, along 1 Branch Road South. At the meeting point of 1 Branch Road South, and the Alexandra Basin, the boundary moves South Westerly towards the the tip of the North Quay Extension, where it rejoins the River Liffey.

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