Houses
As the school expanded Kilbreda developed school houses and as more students joined the school the number of houses increased. The housing system was started on 2 May 1934 with the three houses:
- Kilbreda - green - to honour St. Brigid
- Lisieux - red - to honour St. Therese
- Padua - fawn - to honour St. Anthony
In 1945 the house Lourdes was added to the housing system making the houses:
- Kilbreda - green
- Lisieux - red
- Padua - fawn
- Lourdes - gold - to honour Our Lady of Lourdes
1963 saw the addition of two more teams, Alacoque and Delany. So the houses present in 1963 were:
- Kilbreda - green
- Lisieux - red
- Padua - fawn/white
- Lourdes - gold
- Alacoque - light blue - to honour Mother Alacoque Bourke, the founder of the convent school
- Delany - dark blue - to honour Daniel Delany, the founder of the Brigidine Sisters.
These school houses were kept till 2006 when they were changed to:
- Brigid - green - named after one of the patron saints of Ireland St Brigid who hence the name of the brigidine schools
- Kildare - blue - means "place of the oak". It is where Brigid established her first monastery.
- Delany - gold - Bishop Daniel Delany refounded the Brigidine Order in 1887 to help educate the community.
- Tullow - red - where Bishop Daniel Delany refounded the Brigidine order.
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