Seeking Truth, Beauty and Goodness

Cnoc Mhuire Classical Academy provides face-to-face education for primary and secondary students in the Connacht region of Ireland.

How we began

In 2023, several families came together with a unified vision of an alternative education for their children. They envisioned a classical education with grammar, logic and rhetoric as its focus. The families also wanted a hands-on approach with their own children, only meeting together three days a week, so they could focus on home learning for the remaining days.

Today

The academy has brought together a team of dedicated teachers from across Connacht. It now provides classes adapted to the ages and interests of all our pupils, from primary through to Leaving Certificate level. Pupils work independently at home, with the active support of their parents on Mondays and Tuesdays. They come to the academy Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Our Ethos

We believe that every student should join in the “Great Conversation” and every teacher should lead the quest towards the True, the Good and the Beautiful, “further up and further in”. As in mainstream schools, we provide the means to enable all our students to fully prepare for the Leaving Certificate. However, at the co-op there is a shift in focus: we teach our students how to learn; we inspire them with the works and wonders of great minds; and we help them to discover and develop their own unique God-given talents.

How you can help

Cnoc Mhuire is currently hiring premises in  Mayo Abbey, a village in County Mayo. It is seeking to raise €200,000 to buy a property in Knock, the spiritual heart of Ireland. Owning its own property would give the academy the stability it needs to grow so that more children can have an alternative to the inadequate and abusive state schooling system. Thank you for your generous donation towards this cause.

“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.” St Thomas Aquinas

Cnoc Mhuire Classical is a Company Limited by Guarantee, registration no. 796579