Traces in Dublin
St. Kilian's Deutsche Schule Dublin

St. Kilian´s School in Dublin was founded in 1952 as a Sunday school. It provided language courses for German children living with Irish foster families as part of the Save the German Children Society (see “Operation Shamrock: Post-War Relief for German Children”). The school was dubbed “St. Kilian” in 1954 and was recognized by the Irish Department of Education in 1976.

The school has since moved to Clonskeagh and has been expanded multiple times, allowing students to learn German from kindergarten to the Leaving Certificate. The German Government has supported the school by providing it with a teacher from Germany and continuously funding the teaching and learning of German in primary and secondary schools abroad. Students can take the German Sprachdiplom and Sek1 Examinations as well as the Junior and Leaving Certificate, for which there has been a bilingual course for German Language, Literature and European History since 2006.

Children of all nationalities, religions and beliefs are welcome at the school. The  safe, caring and diverse environment is especially highlighted, as well as its determination to enhance the students’ confidence, their ability to think independently and to be open-minded.