placenamesPark Hall
Halla na Páirce
Parkhall’s educational institutions document the growth and changing facilities of this part of Antrim.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Halla na Páirce · Irish · main form · validated name
- Park Hall · English · main form
Place & story
The first school years
Parkhall Integrated College’s anniversary history records the school opening in September 1971 with 320 pupils in its first three year groups. John Graham was the first principal, assisted by Morris Jackson and Roberta Hughes. The school initially occupied its teaching block and D block, while other parts of the campus remained under construction. This was the beginning of a substantially larger institution. [2]
An expanding educational landscape
The offices, staffroom, assembly hall, gymnasium and music rooms became fully operational in September 1972. The college’s account also places its opening within the expansion of post-primary education in Antrim. At the start of the decade Antrim Secondary was the only other post-primary school; Antrim Grammar, St Malachy’s and Ardnaveigh had joined the town’s educational provision by the decade’s end. [2]
New buildings in the twenty-first century
The Department of Education records a new £20.7 million Parkhall school opening in January 2018, designed to accommodate 735 pupils. In September 2023 it announced construction of additional sixth-form accommodation, supported by £4.4 million from the Fresh Start Programme. These dated announcements document a further stage in the campus’s development; the 2023 notice marked work beginning rather than confirmation of the extension’s completion. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Antrim Upper
- Civil parish
- Antrim
- Coordinates
- 54.71780, -6.21519 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 61486 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Park Hall. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Parkhall in the past, fiftieth-anniversary history · Parkhall Integrated College
- Construction work begins on £4.4 million sixth form accommodation at Parkhall Integrated College,18September2023 · Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.