54°21′04″N 7°39′18″W / 54.351°N 7.655°W
| Portora Royal School | |
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1 Lough Shore Road, BT74 7HA | |
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| Type | Grammar school, Public School |
| Motto | Omnes Honorate |
| Established | 1618 |
| Founder | James I |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | 28 June 2016 |
| Chairman | John McDowell |
| Last principal | J.N. Morton |
| Last vice principal | Trevor Smith |
| Chaplain | Kenny Hall |
| Enrolment | 491 (2013/14) |
| Houses | Ulster, Munster, Connaught, Leinster |
| Colour(s) | Black and gold |
| Nickname | Wasps |
| Affiliations | HMC |
| Website | www |
Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the 'free schools' founded by the royal charter in 1608, by James I, making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure.[1][2][self-published source][3] Originally called Enniskillen Royal School, the school was established some ten years after the Royal Decree, in 1618, 15 miles outside Enniskillen at Ballybalfour under the direction of Sir William Cole, before moving to Enniskillen in 1661. It was not until 1778 that the school moved to its final location on Portora Hill, Enniskillen, where the nucleus of the later all boys school was built.[4] The school admitted a mixture of boarders and day pupils for much of its history, but became a day school in the 1990s.
On 28 June 2016, Portora Royal School closed. Portora Royal School amalgamated with Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School which launched the mixed Enniskillen Royal Grammar School on 1 September 2016, which is partially based on the original site of Portora Hill and the site of Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School.
- ^ Andrew Gibson (1 November 2009). Samuel Beckett. Reaktion Books. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-86189-713-8.
- ^ Desmond Keenan (7 February 2013). Ireland 1603-1702, Society and History. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 367–. ISBN 978-1-4797-7921-5.
- ^ John P. Wilson (16 December 2013). The Routledge Encyclopaedia of UK Education, Training and Employment: From the Earliest Statutes to the Present Day. Routledge. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-1-317-79652-7.
- ^ "Portora Royal". www.portoraroyal.co.uk.