The official opening ceremony was held on November, 1956 and was reported on in the Sligo Champion dated November 17th, 1956. The new school building was completed in May, 1956 and teachers and students moved to the school on June 1st, just prior to the summer holidays. Classes were held there for one year whilst the school was being built. During construction of the present day school building, classes were moved to the neighbouring parish hall where classes recommenced in the Autumn of 1955. By the late 19th Century, there were no less than 5 National Schools in the parish of Riverstown and Sooey school would have been the largest of these.īy the 1950s this school building had fallen into a state of some disrepair – a leaking roof was one of the problems listed – and it finally closed its doors in 1955 and was demolished to make way for the construction of the present school building. It is this building which can be seen on the cover of our school book ‘Sooey National School: A Celebration’. Unfortunately, it was an inauspicious beginning as the roof fell in during a storm in 1881!Ī new school was constructed in 1883 and opened for use on July 9th of that same year. Indeed, the very first school in the area was opened in 1870 and could be found at Sooey crossroads, between the Hennessy and Kearns residences.
Prior to this, the original school building was found to the left of the present entrance to the school.
The present school building was largely constructed in 1956.
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