About Our School
Staff
Boston N.S is a two teacher school with a Special Education Teacher shared with another school.
The principal teacher is Áine Ní Dhochartaigh and the acting vice-principal is Louise McNicholas.
Heather Lee is the Special Education Teacher. Helen Crowe is our SNA.
Sally Conole is our secretary and Rena O’ Donoghue our cleaner.
Board of Management
The Board of Management consists of:
A Chairperson, the principal, patron’s representative, a teacher’s representative, two community representatives and two parent’s representatives.
The School
The main school building consists of 2 classrooms -the ‘big’ room and the ‘small’ room, SET room, staff room, the office, and toilet facilities. Our new extension was completed in 2023, doubling the size of the school’s footprint and adding greatly to our facilities.
Boston school is one of the few schools that is lucky to be situated in the Burren. The children here in Boston have the opportunity to observe the rare flora of the Burren on their doorstep.
School Origins
Boston National School, situated in the townland of Drumnadeevna has been educating children in the current school building since 1873.
There is evidence showing that education dates back to the mid 19th century. Prior to that, children were educated in four local hedge schools.
In October 2013 the school celebrated it’s 140th anniversary.
In May 2024 we held a belated 150th anniversary celebration to coincide with the grand opening of the new extension.
For more information about the parish and especially Boston National School, please see the following:
The Parish of Kilkeady: A local history compiled by Frank Brew (available from Clare County Library)
Boston N.S. : Celebrating 140 years of education(available from Olivia Keane: olikeane@hotmail.com)
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilkeedy.htm
