Status
Status: ActiveInstituto Fahy is at Av. Francisco Piovano 4400, Moreno, in Buenos Aires province. It is a coeducational, full-day Catholic agrarian technical school with kindergarten, primary and secondary levels, owned and founded by the Asociación de Señoras de San José. The school's own site dates its founding to 1927, while a SILAS schools chronology dates the Fahy Institute for orphan boys to 14 May 1891, in the wake of the City of Dresden arrivals, with a move to a farm school at Moreno on 16 December 1929. The Teresian Association says it took over management of the school in 2016. The school's website was live in October 2026.
Published sources give different versions. Here is each one with its source, and the wording we use.
When the Instituto Fahy was founded
Founded on 14 May 1891, moved to Moreno on 16 December 1929
Source: María José Roger, Irish Schools and Educators in Argentina, SILAS (2003/2005), 2005(opens in a new tab)Founded in 1927 by the Asociación de Señoras de San José
Source: Instituto Fahy, home page (read 11 Oct 2026), 11 October 2026(opens in a new tab)Founded in the late nineteenth century
Source: Institución Teresiana archive, The TA in Argentina has assumed the management of Fahy School (search summary; page restricted), 2016(opens in a new tab)We say: Founded in 1891 for orphan boys after the City of Dresden arrivals; now at Moreno
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