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Mount Anville Secondary School

Mount Anville Secondary School is a Roman Catholic, voluntary all-girls post-primary school in Goatstown, a suburb of Dublin, in Ireland. It was originally an all-boarding school, but due to decreased demand for such schools has since become a day school. It has approximately 659 students, and is attached to Mount Anville Montessori Junior School and Mount Anville Convent.

It was established in 1853 by nuns of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the former home of William Dargan, an influential railway tycoon.


In 1967, the community and school of the Sacred Heart at 18 Lower Leeson Street were subsumed by the school which had earlier moved from Harcourt Street in 1879.[1][2]


Mount Anville was once situated in north Dublin.

Grounds[edit]

The school has its own chapel, featuring a stained-glass window by Irish artist Harry Clarke. The school also has sporting facilities, including a large sports hall, three astroturf playing pitches and tennis courts.

television presenter[3]

Lisa Cannon

social entrepreneur[3]

Caroline Casey

secretary general of the European Commission[3][4]

Catherine Day

actress[3][4]

Alison Doody

political activist

Sheila Humphreys

journalist and novelist

Kathleen MacMahon

current Ambassador of Ireland to the Holy See

Emma Madigan

Irish politician, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Josepha Madigan

journalist[3]

Sybil Mulcahy

28th US Ambassador to the United Nations (attended Mount Anville Montessori)[3]

Samantha Power

the 7th (and first female) President of Ireland, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002)[3][4][5]

Mary Robinson

founder of the first Irish Montessori school

Veronica Ryan

Olympic athlete.

Maria McCambridge

List of Schools of the Sacred Heart

Mount Anville Website

Network of Sacred Heart Schools