Gallery: A new era with opening of Scoil Cholmcille in Letterkenny

Former Minister for Education, Mr Joe McHugh TD, offically opened Scoil Cholmcille in Letterkenny on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Reverend Bishop Alan McGuckian officially blessed the new school, with the unveiling of a painting of Colmcille, who the school was named after abbot and missionary traditionally credited with the main role in the conversion of Scotland to Christianity. Please click on the arrows to move through the gallery

Later in the morning, the school invited their long time friend and table tennis coach Paddy Delap to officially unveil their beautiful new sculpture ‘The Tree of Unity’.

Principal Paraig Cannon said on Wednesday, at the official opening: "Today a vision has been realised; a vision that has been promoted and built upon by many past and present Boards of Managements, Parents' Associations and a generation of staff members, many of whom are with us today."

“Scoil Cholmcille's success can be attributed to the way in which changes in society have gone and the way in which education were met and how the school has adapted to meet them,” said Mr Paschal Blake, Chairperson of the Board of Management of Scoil Cholmcille."