{"id":40698,"date":"2022-10-07T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kilians.com\/news\/2022\/celebrating-70-years-of-st-kilians-deutsche-schule-dublin\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:37:33","slug":"celebrating-70-years-of-st-kilians-deutschen-schule-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilians.com\/de\/news\/2022\/celebrating-70-years-of-st-kilians-deutschen-schule-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"70th anniversary of St Kilian\u2019s German School Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, 6 October 2022, St. Kilian\u2019s German School Dublin celebrated its 70th anniversary with a reception attended by distinguished guests, former pupils (including some of the \u2018Shamrock children\u2019, who were among the first pupils to attend the the German Sunday School), current and former staff members, parents and friends. Also present were the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, Josepha Madigan, the German Ambassador H.E. Cord Meier-Klodt, the French Ambassador H.E. Vincent Gu\u00e9rend and the Austrian Ambassador Dr Thomas Nader, accompanied by Cultural Officer Mariam Diallo and Cultural Attach\u00e9 Robert Henneberg. It was a wonderful and entertaining evening with speeches, music and refreshments. As always on such occasions, our pupils did the school proud. Our primary school choir and the Junior Orff pupils, under the direction of Ms Thielemans, performed a musical interlude on the theme of peace; Dylan McGowan and Thomas O\u2019Grady from Year 12 delighted us with pieces by Haydn, Beethoven and Kreisler; and numerous pupils also helped with the organisation and looking after the guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were also treated to a wonderful song, written and performed especially for the occasion by Ms Barbara Davitt-Lange, a former teacher, and, in the Irish tradition, the evening concluded with a Ceol Agus Caint. Many thanks to all the pupils who acted as ambassadors for the school on the evening, and to everyone who took part in the 70th anniversary celebrations and helped to make the evening so special. Happy 70th Anniversary, St. Kilian\u2019s!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1952, St. Kilian’s school was initially founded as a Sunday school offering German lessons to children who had fled post-war Germany and come to Ireland with the help of the Operation Shamrock initiative. Operation Shamrock was a relief effort organised by the Irish Red Cross, through which almost 500 children were brought from Germany to Ireland after the Second World War. These German language courses were initially offered by the Irish-German Society at 44 Leeson Park and marked the beginnings of St. Kilian\u2019s German School Dublin. Today, seventy years later, St. Kilian\u2019s occupies a unique place in the Irish educational landscape \u2013 it stands for a special partnership between the Irish and German educational systems and cultures.

St. Kilian\u2019s German School Dublin is also a school that fosters connections. Together with the Lyc\u00e9e Fran\u00e7ais International Samuel Beckett (LFI), it forms the Eurocampus Dublin, which was officially established in 2001 following the relocation of the Lyc\u00e9e Fran\u00e7ais International Samuel Beckett (LFI)\u2019s secondary school to the St. Kilian\u2019s Clonskeagh Campus. The Eurocampus is an exciting and innovative educational project in Ireland, offering a truly European education in Dublin. The pupils learn and play together, form friendships and develop a deep understanding of each other\u2019s language and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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