St Patrick's College, Belfast

St Patrick's College, Belfast

Infobox Secondary school
name = St Patrick's College
established = 1956
type = Single-sex Catholic High School
headmaster = P. J. O'Grady B.Sc. M.Sc. D.A.S.E. P.G.C.E.
enrolment = Approx. 900
city = Belfast
country = Northern Ireland
website = [http://www.stpatrickscollege.org/ www.stpatrickscollege.org]

St. Patrick's college (Bearnageeha) is a non-selective, Roman Catholic secondary school for boys aged between 11-18. The college is situated on the Antrim Road, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

St. Patrick's college (or Barney as it is sometimes known as) was the first Catholic secondary school in Belfast to offer A-Levels. Barneys catchment area come from the New Lodge, Ardoyne, and Antrim road areas of North Belfast. Many fathers have grown up having being taught by teachers of this College, to have their sons taught anew by the same teachers that taught them. Mr Timothy O'Prey for example.

Bearnageeha translates as the 'windy gap' in irish.In Autumn 2006, the school celebrated its golden jubilee. The college is one of many schools and college's throughout Ireland that has taken the name "St. Patrick's", after the island's Patron Saint.


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