{"id":167374,"date":"2025-11-30T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/167374\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T09:53:11","slug":"north-longford-school-appoints-new-principal-who-will-bring-wealth-of-experience-to-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/167374\/","title":{"rendered":"North Longford school appoints new principal who will bring wealth of experience to role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer McCabe has been appointed as principal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longfordleader.ie\/search?sortElement=data_pubblicazione,true&amp;q=Cnoc+Mhuire%2C+Granard&amp;idcanale=12&amp;idcanalericerca=12&amp;page=1&amp;sortDefault=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cnoc Mhuire, Granard<\/a> where she will succeed Pauline McBrien who served in the role for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McCabe, who lives in Killoe, will officially commence her tenure as principal from next Monday, September 1.<\/p>\n<p>She joined the teaching staff of Cnoc Mhuire in 2017, having previously worked as an English and Geography teacher in St. Raphaela&#8217;s, Stillorgan, Co Dublin for nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McCabe brings a wealth of experience to her new role and she also has experience working with the SEC, NIPT and the PDST, further broadening and enriching her professional experience.<\/p>\n<p>Ms McCabe paid tribute to recently retired principal, Ms Pauline McBrien. \u201cI would like to sincerely thank Ms McBrien for her dedication to Cnoc Mhuire and I hope to continue her good work in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms McCabe continued, \u201cI am honoured to lead a CEIST school and to continue the proud legacy of the Mercy Sisters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, it is a privilege to work alongside such a dedicated and talented team here at Cnoc Mhuire. Guided by our CEIST ethos, we aim to provide a safe and supportive environment where students mature, build confidence, and show respect for others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage them to reach their academic potential, use their talents to benefit others, and to engage fully in the life of the school \u2014 academically, spiritually, and socially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to the road ahead, particularly in guiding the school\u2019s extension in partnership with the Department of Education and Science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the news, the Board of Management stated, \u201cThe Board of Management is delighted to appoint Ms Jennifer McCabe, B.A, PGCE, M.Ed, to the position of Principal of Cnoc Mhuire Granard from September 1.<\/p>\n<p>She has served as AP1 Programmes Coordinator for the past five years and previously held the role of Digital Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been a positive and enthusiastic role model for her students and prides herself on helping them to develop both academically and personally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board of Management on behalf of the school community wishes Jennifer every success in her new role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longfordleader.ie\/news\/longford-town\/1881884\/disappointment-as-longford-fails-to-make-cut-for-new-family-resource-centre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">READ NEXT:\u00a0\u2018Disappointment\u2019 as Longford fails to make cut for new Family Resource Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longfordleader.ie\/news\/north-longford--colmcille--dromard--abbeylara---mullinalaghta-\/1881687\/absolutely-devastated-longford-garda-remembered-as-cherished-member-of-community.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">READ NEXT:\u00a0&#8216;Absolutely devastated&#8217; &#8211; Longford garda remembered as &#8216;cherished member of community&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer McCabe has been appointed as principal of Cnoc Mhuire, Granard where she will succeed Pauline McBrien who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,92937,3182,61,60,3181],"class_list":{"0":"post-167374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-cnoc-mhuire-granard","10":"tag-granard","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-longford"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}