placenamesRochfortbridge
Droichead Chaisleán Loiste
New classrooms and sporting facilities marked successive building projects at Saint Joseph’s.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droichead Chaisleán Loiste · Irish · main form
- Rochfortbridge · English · main form
Place & story
Building for later generations
Saint Joseph’s Secondary School records purchasing an adjoining house and land in 1973 as pupil numbers increased. Fundraising supported a new school building that opened in 1983. The parochial house and gardens were acquired in 1987, followed by a sports hall in 1990. A science laboratory and seven classrooms opened in 1992. The school’s own timeline documents the growth of its campus alongside the widening range of facilities available to its pupils. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Civil parish
- Castlelost
- Coordinates
- 53.41483, -7.31438 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 51562 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rochfortbridge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Our School: history of St Joseph’s Secondary School,Rochfortbridge · St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rochfortbridge
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-11-29. How this page was prepared.