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St MacNissi's College (now St Killian's College and colloquially known as Garron Tower) was a Roman Catholic grammar school located 5 miles (8 km) to the north of Carnlough.
22 dic 2001 · ONE OF Northern Ireland's most distinguished grammar schools is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Past pupils from St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower, are invited to attend a special...
- Marie Foy
St MacNissi’s College was opened as a residential college at Garron Tower (see image) on the north-east Antrim coast in the 1950s and remained a prominent second level college in the diocese until 2010, when it amalgamated with two other Antrim schools to become St Killian’s College.
On September 3, 1951 (the feast day of St. MacNissi) Garron was officially opened as St. MacNissi's College, a diocesan grammar school for boys. It is today known as St. Killian's College, the result of a merger of St. MacNissi's College, St. Comgall's College, and St. Aloysius High School.
The house was built as a summer residence in 1848 on a plateau above the County Antrim coast. There are shelter trees, a noted Eucalyptus globulus of 1857, formal lawns above sham battlements, and a gate lodge. The site is now St. Macnissi's College.
22 ago 2022 · Past pupils gather at Garron Tower to celebrate 70 years of teaching at iconic Glens of Antrim building. Author and former St MacNissi's pupils Denis O'Hara (right) pictured with fellow past...
4 set 2021 · Walter Hemphill who was one of the first pupils through the door of St MacNissi's College when the school opened on September 3 1951 returns the cannonball he taken when he left the school...
