St Mirin'S And St Margaret'S High School

School for young reprobates.

St Mirin's Academy was a Catholic senior secondary school for boys founded in 1922 in Paisley, Scotland and dedicated to St Mirin the patron saint of the town and of the Diocese of Paisley. The original buildings were located in East Buchanan Street next to St Mirin's Church. In 1933 the school relocated to new buildings in Renfrew Road. St Mirin's Academy ceased to exist in 1976 when it amalgamated with St Margaret's Senior Secondary (across the road and up the lane! ) to become St Mirin's and St Margaret's High School. The Academy's Latin motto was Fortis et Fidelis ("Brave and Faithful"). The schools closed in 19??, when the St Mirin building became an annexe of reid Kerr College and the St. Margaret building was transformed in to Paisley Sherrif Court, since demolished and turned in to a housing estate. On 24 April 2010 the former St Mirin's Academy building, then part of the Reid Kerr College complex, was badly damaged by a fire. It is believed that the blaze was started deliberately. Estimates of damages run between £250, 000 and £500, 000. The building was eventually demolished in October 2010. RIP.