New Buildings at Portora

New Buildings at Portora

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Location

Enniskillen

Year

1964

Date

Production 30/10/1964

Length

28sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

An expansion at Portora with the opening of Gloucester House, the prepatory department of the school.

Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the 'Public Schools' founded by the Royal Charter in 1608, by James I, making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure. In 2016, Portora Royal School amalgamated with Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School and became the mixed Enniskillen Royal Grammar School. 

There are quite a few famous alumni of Portora including Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and Neil Hannon.  

Notes

While the preparatory department of Portora closed its doors for the last time in 1983, the award-winning building that housed its classrooms was used by Erne Special School. When Erne merged with Elbrook it became Willowbridge School. 

In June 2021, Willowbridge School announced the old Gloucester House building would be demolished to make way for a car park.  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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