St. Paul’s Secondary School is a modern co-educational school founded in 1971 as a dioscesan school. It is located on the edge of the town, alongside the church and the canal. The present building, which is equipped with all modern facilities, was opened in 1987.

The humanities, sciences, business and technological areas are all covered in the wide range of subjects offered. Students are prepared for entry into the institutions of third level education. A small number of past pupils have followed a calling to the priesthood and a religious life. Many have excelled in the field of sport, with some representing their country in their respective sports.

St. Paul’s is a Catholic school, which is truly ecumenical in outlook. It is a secondary school of the community, for the community. It is the natural extension of the family with brothers and sisters, neighbours and relations learning, working and sharing together. In such an environment boys and girls develop a respect and a healthy attitude towards each other, which will help them grow into well adjusted men and women.

St. Paul’s Secondary School has a significant spiritual tradition, in which the Sisters of Mercy had, and continue to have, an important role.

Inbuilt structures and procedures in the daily life of the school offer the pupils opportunities to develop personal initiative and responsibility, together with a questioning mind, which will help them assess with a critical eye, the many and varied values of the world they live in today. In school they also learn the importance of personal commitment, punctuality, regular attendance, planning for the future and working as a team.

St. Paul's the way it looked in 1987: