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Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - Irelands poshest school

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A new book tells the story of Headfort



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once a colonial outpost in Co Meath. Kim Bielenberg reports

It is the only primary school in Ireland where children can bring along their ponies.

Headfort School near Kells



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Co Meath



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has its own stables. Ponies are allowed to reside there at a cost of up to 55 per week



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so long as their owners make them available to other children.

The boarding school in a country mansion has adapted and survived



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now welcoming girls



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and mixing boarders with day pupils. The once-Spartan dormitories are now heated



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and duvets have replaced blankets

Lingard Goulding tells the story of this rarefied establishment and some of its notable eccentricities in a new book



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Your Children are Not Your Children.

Read the full article in the Irish Independent



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