Confey College

Confey College is a co-educational post primary school in Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The school is operated under the auspices of the Kildare VEC. THE BUILDING AND GROWTH OF THE SCHOOL The school began back in September 1986 with just 36 students and using classrooms in Scoil San Carlo (N. S.), with three fulltime staff, Ms. P. Traynor, Ms. A, McKenna and Mr. J. Houlihan., Sr. Camilla as Chaplin and Mr. R. Boland on a part-time basis from Colaiste Chiarain. The Department of Education had given a commitment to build a school but no site was available. Despite this fact a further 76 students enrolled in September 1987. For September/October 1987 students were educated on a part-time basis with 2nd years in the morning and 1st years in the afternoon, 2nd years returning again! when the national school children had finished for the day. After much political wrangling and pressure, the present site was allocated by the Department of Education. The school received its first set of p...