Portadown College Fortiter et Humaniter
Portadown College HOUSE SYSTEM Some facts Portadown College has always been a mixed school The school premises' transferred from Bann House to its present site in 1962 There have been 6 Headmasters / Head teachers and they are…
Headmasters / Principals Mr W J Warren Mr D W J Woodman, 1947 - 1972 Mr T H Armstrong Mr T W Flannagan Mrs D O’Hare Mr S Harper
The Houses Donald Woodman BEM Mr Woodman (headmaster of Portadown College, 1947 - 1972) Encouraged sport through the House system. This gave everyone the opportunity to participate in competitive sport There are three Houses in Portadown College
MacCallum SEALE SHILLINGTON
Portadown College School Crest – Blazer Badge This Badge incorporates your House Colour This badge belongs to a member of MacCallum
Portadown College War Memorial
MacCallum Group Captain J Evelyn MacCallum, RAF Portadown College 1st XV captain 1922/23 Killed in action 16/10/1943 Buried in Bangor Cemetery Remembered on Bangor War Memorial and Portadown College War Memorial
Dame Mary Peters, Munich 1972 Olympic Games Gold medallist, belonged to MacCallum House
SEALE Squadron Leader W Terry Seale RAF Named in Honour of brothers… Squadron Leader W Terry Seale RAF Portadown College 1st XV 1934 /35 Killed in Action 30/6/41 Lieutenant Theo J Seale, Royal Irish Fusiliers Portadown College 1st XV Captain 1937 /38 Killed in action 1/6/1944
Theo and Terry Seale are both remembered on Portadown War Memorial and Portadown College War Memorial
British Lion, Ulster and Irish Rugby player belonged to Seale House Rory Best British Lion, Ulster and Irish Rugby player belonged to Seale House
SHILLINGTON Named after Major David Graham Shillington, in 1947 From a highly regarded Portadown Methodist (Thomas Street) family David Graham Shillington served as a Major in the Royal Irish Fusiliers during WW1 and was an Ulster Unionist MP 2 members of the Shillington family, Tom Shillington and Geoffrey (St George Shillington) Cather VC, were members of the 36th Ulster Division and killed in action at the Somme and on the Western Front (1916)
Shillington's Quay Portadown
Lt Col Colin Weir 1st Btn Royal Irish Regiment belonged to Shillington House
THERE ARE HOUSE COMPETITIONS IN… SPORT MUSIC DEBATING