Coleraine Academical Institution, also known as CAI or Coleraine Inst, is an all boys voluntary grammar school in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Coleraine Borough UK Parliament: East Londonderry European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: 028, +44 28 Post Town: Coleraine Postal District(s): BT51, BT52 Population (2001) 24,042 Coleraine (from the Irish: Cúil Raithin meaning Ferny corner) is a large town... For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

Coleriane Inst was founded in 1860, and is still on its original site just off the Castlerock Road. Enrollment peaked at 1,100 in the 1970s, but currently stands at around 700. It was originally a boarding school until the department closed in 1999.^[1] The school's grounds run to the west bank of the River Bann, which facilitates a successful school rowing team. The current headmaster (as of September 2007) is Dr. David Carruthers BSc PhD, previously Vice-Principal of Royal Belfast Academical Institution. A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... The River Bann is the largest river in Northern Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Coleraine Inst is a nine times winner of the Ulster Schools Cup, the world's second oldest rugby competition. The school have competed in every year since 1876. The Ulster Schools Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. ...

Team FUGA from the school competed in the F1 In Schools competition, and won the international finals in 2007. F1 is short for Formula One. ...

Past pupils

• Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams
• TV presenter Mark Carruthers
• Actor James Nesbitt
• Celebrity divorce lawyer James Stewart
• Railway historian J.R.L. (Russell) Currie
• Rugby union players Jonny Bell and Andrew Trimble.
• Politicians Sir Richard Dawson Bates and former Ulster Unionist Party MP, David Burnside.
• Coleraine FC footballers Davy Patton and Stuart Clanachan, as well as former Northern Ireland International Barry Hunter.
• 2004 Olympian rower Alan Campbell^[2] and 2007 world champion Richard Chambers.^[3]

Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... John Bodkin Adams, (January 21, 1899–July 4, 1983) was a general practitioner in Eastbourne cleared of murdering one of his patients. ... Journalist with BBC Northern Ireland, he presents Lets Talk, an audience-and-panel format programme pitched at the NI television region. ... James Nesbitt (born January 15, 1965) is a Northern Irish actor who is best known for his roles in ITVs Cold Feet and the BBCs Murphys Law as well as many television advertisements. ... James Stewart (born 1964 in Strabane, Northern Ireland), is a solicitor, who acts for celebrities in high-profile/high value divorce cases. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... Andrew Trimble (born 20 October 1984) is an Irish rugby union footballer from Coleraine, County Derry in Northern Ireland. ... Sir Richard Dawson Bates, 1st Baronet, JP, DL, OBE, known as Sir Dawson Bates [1], (23rd Nov 1876 - 10th June 1949) was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland. ... David Wilson Boyd Burnside MLA (born 24 August 1951) is a Northern Ireland politician, and was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for South Antrim. ... Coleraine FC is a Northern Ireland football club playing in the Irish Football League. ... Barry Hunter is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and is the current manager of Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Statistics Position: Defender (now manager) Place of Birth: Coleraine Date Of Birth: 18 November 1968 Height: 6ft 3in Weight: 13st 2lb Previous clubs Crusaders Wrexham (signed August 1993) Reading (signed July... Alan Campbell (born 9 May 1983, Coleraine, Northern Ireland) is a British sculler Campbell started rowing for his school, Coleraine Academical Institution for Boys, in Northern Ireland before moving to London and joining the Tideway Scullers School. ...

References

External links

• Official Website
• COBRA Rowing