Category: Education

Cotton Primary School was a co-educational primary school located on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The school aimed to provide a supportive and inclusive environment for children aged four to eleven and followed the Northern Ireland Curriculum.

Lisnamurrican Primary School was situated in Broughshane, just outside Ballymena. Enrolment peaked at 30 pupils before it closed its doors in 2006 due to dwindling numbers.

Local celebrity, James Nesbitt, attended the school as a youngster. His father, James ‘Jim’ Nesbitt was the headmaster.

The school comprised of 2 classrooms, a canteen, restrooms, and a small outbuilding.

Ballykeigle Primary School was a school located on the outskirts of Comber, Northern Ireland. It was in use for almost two centuries before finally being closed down in 2012.

An abandoned agricultural school, located on the outskirts of a village in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1836 as a Quaker School for children who had been disowned from the Quaker society.

Hidden behind a 200-year wall and nestled among one and a half acre of woodland sat this abandoned wildlife rescue centre. For over 30 years, the owner was dedicated to the rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wild animals.

After 147 years of teaching children in the local community, this school closed its doors in May of 2009.

A local village school which educated children from the Tandagree area for over 100 years before closing its doors in 1996