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Background

Scoil Moibhi, or Milverton National School as it is known locally, is a small four teacher school in Balcunnin, Skerries, Co. Dublin.  It is built on land which was part of Milverton Demesne.  The school was constructed in 1902 and opened on 23 May 1903, the principal was Mrs. Mary Reilly. The school was formerly Grange National School.

 

Milverton National School has survived two world wars and a civil war.  It has educated pupils through astonishing times from King Edward VII and British rule to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland and the European Union.  From the Wright brothers first flight in 1903 to Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon in 1969.  From the suffragist movement to female Presidents.

 

Milverton School Principals (1903-Present)

Mrs. Mary Reilly1903 - 1904                                                    
Mrs. Anna De Lacy 1904 - 1935
Mr. Joseph Byrne1935 - 1943
Mr. Daniel Hawkins1943 - 1949
Mr. Sean O'Farrell1949 - 1955
Mr. Tom Keane1955 - 1985
Mr. Shay McGuinness1986 - 2009
Mr. Johnny Tyndall2009 - 2019
Mrs. Maria Lynam 2019 - Present

 

Milverton Assistant Teachers (1903-Present)

Ms. Anna Connolly1905 - 1910                                                      
Ms. Johnstone1910 - 1916
Ms. Brereton1917
Ms. McKee1917 - 1926
Ms. Maura Seaver  1927 - 1935
Mrs. Alice Tiernan1935 - 1950
Ms. Tilly McGee1950 - 1962
Ms. Doris Duggan  1962 - 1968
Ms. Hurley1968 - 1970
Ms. Ann Gavin1970 - 1974
Mrs. Bernie Duff 1974 - 2002
Mrs. Mary Whitty1991 - 2017
Mrs. Maria Lynam 2001 - 2004
Mrs. Bernie O'Grady2002 - 2003
Ms. Maria Ferry   2003 - 2019
Ms. Maria Coyle 2005 - 2010
Ms. Miriam Gilroy 2008 - Present
Ms. Deirdre Smith 2010 - Present
Mr. Conor McGuinness2017 - Present
Ms. Nadia Grimes 2019 - Present
Ms. Aoife Hall   2023 - Present
Ms. Roisin O'Callaghan 2023 - Present
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