Armagh Integrated College

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| motto = Together We Can Make A Difference

| established = 2004

| status = {{ font color | red | Closed }}

| closed = 2009

| type = Integrated

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| principal = Dominic Clark

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| address = 63 Keady Road

| city = Armagh

| county = County Armagh

| country = Northern Ireland

| postcode = BT60 3AS

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| enrolment = 200+

| gender = Co-Educational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

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Armagh Integrated College was an integrated school in Armagh City, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The college began when a group of local parents from both Catholic and Protestant traditions came together to seek integrated second level provision in the Armagh City area. The college was an all-ability, co-educational school and was open to all children.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The school was opened in October 2004 by former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.{{Cite news|title=Mowlam hits out at vested interests in education|work=Irish Examiner|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30170539.html|date=2004-10-11}}{{Cite news|title=Integrated schools hindered, says Mowlam|work=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/integrated-schools-hindered-says-mowlam-1.1161452|date=2004-10-12}} It brought secondary level integrated education to the Armagh area, with many new students coming from the local integrated primary school (Saints and Scholars Integrated) and other schools.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Due to falling enrollment, the school closed in August 2009.{{Cite web|last=McKenna|first=Micheal|title=Mixed-use plans for Keady Road eyesore site would be 'highly beneficial' to Armagh|url=https://www.armaghi.com/news/armagh-news/mixed-use-plans-for-keady-road-eyesore-site-would-be-highly-beneficial-to-armagh/65942|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Armagh I|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Integrated school to shut after five years|work=Irish Examiner|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30365641.html|date=2008-06-11}} Michael Wardlow, the chief executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, said that the council trusts "that parents will consider keeping their children within the integrated family of schools and would encourage them to view Integrated College Dungannon, which has ably served both communities since 1995 as their future integrated option."

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