St Clare's School, Tully

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Tully was originally part of the Innisfail Parish. The earliest Masses were celebrated in private homes by Reverend Father Clancy OSA. St Clare’s Church was built and opened in 1927 and Tully became a separate parish in 1935, the church has since been extended on all four sides.

A community of Good Samaritan Sisters arrived in Tully in January 1928 in response to an appeal by Father Clancy and the Catholics of Tully. They opened a school on  3 February 1928 with an enrolment of 35 pupils, but by the end of the year this enrolment had risen to 106 pupils. The first classes were held in the church and in an old cottage which was modified for use as a school.
 

On 10 December 1933 the foundation stone for St Clare’s Convent School was laid. The first building consisted of three classrooms and was opened in 1934.

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