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History:
St. Mark's School started in 1973 as a seven teacher co-educational school. The principal at the time was Diarmuid Mac Mahon. Phase two was completed during the academic year 1974 / 75. The school was divided into St. Mark's Junior and St. Mark's Senior schools. As a senior school it was designed for sixteen teachers . On the same campus is St Mark's Junior National School.. In 1983 an eight classroom extention was built onto each school. Bringing the senior school up to twenty four classrooms. By the middle of the 1980s there were over 1600 children between the ages of 4 and 12 on campus. Since then the numbers attending the schools has decreased as families grew up.Today St. Mark's Senior School is a co-ed Catholic Primary School with pupils ranging in age from 9 -12 years of age in classes third to sixth. . There are four hundred and twenty pupils on roll and twenty one teachers. Mr. Diarmuid Mac Mahon was principal from the school's inception until his retirement on September 6th 1997. Mr. Richard Walsh was appointed Principal on 7th September 1997.
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Break Time
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A Wide Angled View Of St. Mark's S.N.S.
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A View Of St. Mark's S.N.S. from the football pitch
The school opens to receive its pupils at
8.55 am and continues to 2.45pm each school day.
St Mark's is located in Tallaght
in South County Dublin. The school is overlooked by the
Dublin Mountains and is surrounded on the north, east and
south by the housing estates from which our pupils come and
on the west by the many open spaces for the various sports
played in the neighbourhood.
St. Mark's Schools are in the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Mark's which was founded in 1972. The Church of St Mark's is facing our school.
We have had some new things in our school.
Directions to our School
Our school is best approached by taking the M50 motorway southwards to the Tallaght Exit (N81). Turn right off the roundabout and follow the dual carriageway to its end, that is, where it meets the road with two way traffic. Turn right at this traffic light controlled junction (signposted as turning to Brookfield and Fettercairn) on to the Cheeverstown Road. Continue along this road for about 0.5Km to the next right turn. Take this right turn on to the Cookstown Road and follow the road as it bends. Pass the Credit Union building and the Shopping Centre. Continue straight across the T-junction on to Maplewood Road. St Mark's Senior and Junior schools are on your left facing St Mark's RC Church. As you enter the school grounds St Mark's Senior School is the building on your left. The Main Door and Reception Area are at the end of the playground on your left.
