The King's Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, Ireland Phone: 00-353-1-6436500 Fax: 00-353-1-6230349 Email: admissions@kingshospital.ie                      Home    |    About KH    |    Enrolment    |    Pupils    |    Parents    |    Past Pupils    |    Downloads    |    Contacts    |    Search          Pastoral Boarding Academic Sports Extra-Curricular News & Events   Pastoral Introduction House Structure Chapel and Chaplain Pupil Welfare                   You are here:  Home  >>  Pastoral  >>  House Structure        House Structure        To enable the School operate efficiently and effectively and to help nurture a sense of community and homeliness, it is divided into ten ‘Houses’ whose Housemasters or Housemistresses have specific responsibility for the general welfare and development of pupils under their care. The names of the Houses relate to the School’s past history such as:        Bluecoat The School was often referred to as the Bluecoat School because of its early uniform Blackhall an early governor after whom Blackhall Place was named Ivory The noted 18th Century architect Thomas Ivory designed the Blackhall Place building Morgan A small school in Castleknock, endowed by Richard Morgan and taken over by The King’s Hospital in 1957 Mercer Small girls' school endowed by Mary Mercer and taken over in 1966 Desmond Named after the house of Desmond Ormonde James Butler, Duke of Ormonde was the principal founder Swift Dean Jonathan Swift was a governor Stuart Charles II was a member of the Stuart family Grace Named after Grace Tunn, the first girl in the School in 1675, one of three among 60 boys                   The King's Hospital is divided into ten houses - whose Housemasters or Housemistresses have specific responsibility for the general welfare and development of pupils under their care                   The King's Hospital, Palmerstown, Dublin 20, Ireland Phone: 00-353-1-6436500    |    Fax: 00-353-1-6230349    |    email:  admissions@kingshospital.ie    |    powered by  go2web