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Irish Institute

For the school in Hermosillo, see Instituto Irlandés Hermosillo.

Irish Institute
Instituto Irlandés
Location
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Naucalpan
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Mexico State

Mexico
Coordinates19°25′32″N 99°14′25″W / 19.4255807°N 99.24014729999999°W / 19.4255807; -99.24014729999999
Information
TypeIndependent, Private
CampusUrban
Websiteirlandesmexico.com

The Irish Institute (Spanish: Instituto Irlandés) is a Catholic private school in Greater Mexico City. Operated by the Legionaries of Christ,[1] the grounds, located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, have separate areas for boys and girls, plus a third one for the coed preschool.[2][3][4] The school levels in total range from preschool to bachillerato,[5] equivalent to the American K-12. The Irish Institute is also present in other cities of Mexico, including: Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey.[6]

History

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The Legionaries of Christ set up the Irish Institute in 1965 as a way to offer a bilingual Catholic education in Spanish and English.[7] The school is taught by members of the Legionaires and includes English speaking Catholic priests being assigned to the Institute.[8]

Students

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Jason Berry and Gerald Renner, the authors of the 2004 book Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, said that the students came from the "superrich of Mexico City".[1] Paul Lennon, a former member of the Legionaries quoted in the book, wrote that "The family names [of the students] were like a Who's Who of Mexican people."[1] Historically many students arrived in cars driven by bodyguards for protection against kidnapping.[1] Every December, the school holds a traditional pilgrimage walk to the Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.[9]

The students of Irish Institute have a rivalry with Cumbres Institute, which is also run by the Legionaries of Christ. In 2017, Irish Institute students and their bodyguards crashed a Cumbres Institute end of term graduation party after a video mocking the school was made, requiring intervention from the Mexico City Police and the Mexico City government.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Berry, Jason and Gerald Renner. Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II. Simon & Schuster, 4 March 2004. ISBN 0743253817, 9780743253819. p. 190.
  2. ^ "Contacto Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Instituto Irlandés Masculino. Retrieved on June 18, 2014. "Dirección: Fuente de Leones No. 107, Lomas Hipódromo, Naucalpan, México. CP. 53950."
  3. ^ "Contacto Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine." Instituto Irlandés Femenino. Retrieved on June 18, 2014. "Fuente de Leones No. 107, Lomas Hipódromo, Naucalpan, México. CP. 53950."
  4. ^ "Contacto Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Irish Preschool. Retrieved on June 18, 2014. "Dirección: Fuente de leones No. 107, Lomas Hipódromo, Huixquilucan, Estado de México, CP 53950."
  5. ^ "Niveles educativos." Instituto Irlandés Masculino. Retrieved on 18 June 2014.
  6. ^ Recio, Kevin (16 August 2021). "Arman frente y piden respeto para niños y clases presenciales". Grupo Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Apostolate of Regnum Christi". Legionaries of Christ. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  8. ^ "One Catholic Priest's story about life in the Legion". culteducation.com. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Instituto Irlandés realiza tradicional peregrinación al Santuario Guadalupano". Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  10. ^ Anduaga, Anabel (19 June 2017). "Lo que se sabe, hasta ahora, del pleito entre alumnos del Irlandés y el Cumbres". Quién (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Alumnos del Irlandés y Cumbres protagonizaron pelea en fiesta de graduación". Caras (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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