Coordinates: 54°35′56″N 5°56′46″W / 54.599°N 5.946°W / 54.599; -5.946
St. Finian's Primary School was a Roman Catholic primary school located in the Falls Road area of West Belfast. It was run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. In view of its high educational standards it attracted pupils not only from the Falls Road but other Catholic districts in Belfast.
Due to falling student numbers the school closed in the 1980s. Former pupils include:
- Professor John Loughlin Fellow of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge and formerly Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University
- Gerry Adams
- Gerry Kelly
- James Joseph Magennis (VC)
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