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Founded by the Patrician Brothers in 1862 at the request of the Bishop of Galway, St Joseph’s Patrician College has continued to serve the people of Galway for 164 years.

Founded by the Patrician Brothers in 1862 at the request of the Bishop of Galway, St Joseph’s Patrician College has continued to serve the people of Galway for 164 years.

From July 10 to July 12, 42 Bish oarsmen delivered outstanding performances at the Irish National Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Farran, Co. Cork.

Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.

Fianna Fáil Galway West by-election candidate, Cllr Cillian Keane, has backed calls from the St. Joseph’s Patrician College ‘The Bish’ school community for urgent progress on its long-awaited new school building project.

Aontú candidate in Galway West Orla Nugent has pledged her support for the campaign for a long-awaited new school building for St Joseph's College, 'The Bish'.

Kate O’Sullivan, trading as KA Woodcrafts and representing Portumna Community School in Portumna, has taken first prize in the Senior category at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme Galway Finals. The business will now go on to represent Galway at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Mullingar on May 7.

The largest boys school in Galway city has been forced to reject 250 applicants for its autumn 2026 term as it has run out of space.

Two decades of frustration have led the Board of Management, staff, parents and school community of St. Joseph’s Patrician College (The Bish) to express their disappointment at the news that the long-awaited new 1,000 student school campus in Dangan has not been included on the Department of Education and Youth’s list of projects prioritised to proceed to construction in 2026 and 2027.

Specsavers Headford Road has announced its new partnership with St. Joseph’s College (The Bish), becoming the official Optical Partner for the school’s esteemed rugby teams for the 2025-2026 season.