Instituto Santa Brígida
Colegio Santa Brígida
A coeducational, Catholic, bilingual school in Caballito, beside Plaza Irlanda, founded in 1899 by the Asociación Católica Irlandesa and declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 2000.
- Kind
- School
- Where
- Buenos Aires
- Founded
Status
Status: Probably activeLast evidence: Hosted the Embassy's St Patrick's Mass with a visiting Irish minister, March 2024
Instituto Santa Brígida stands at Gaona 2058 in Caballito, beside Plaza Irlanda. It was founded in 1899 by the Asociación Católica Irlandesa, which continued Father Fahy's work from 1883. Its Tudor-style building was designed by Herbert Arthur Inglis and its chapel opened in 1913. Today it is a coeducational, Catholic, bilingual school affiliated to the International Baccalaureate since 1991, and the city declared it a Site of Cultural Interest in 2000. In March 2024 it hosted a St Patrick's Mass and celebration attended by a visiting Irish minister. Westmeath press names it, with Cardenal Newman, as an Irish-founded school still operating.
Where sources disagree
Published sources give different versions. Here is each one with its source, and the wording we use.
The school's origin
Grew from Father Fahy's orphanage for Irish girls
Source: Patrick McKenna, MA thesis, NUI Maynooth (1994), chapter 6, 1994(opens in a new tab)Founded in 1899 by the Asociación Católica Irlandesa
Source: Buenos Aires city, Sitio de Interés Cultural: Instituto Santa Brígida (read 11 Oct 2026), 11 October 2026(opens in a new tab)
We say: Opened in 1899 by the Irish Catholic Association
Sources
- Source: Buenos Aires city, Sitio de Interés Cultural: Instituto Santa Brígida (read 11 Oct 2026), 11 October 2026(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Buenos Aires Times, Irish Embassy celebrates St Patrick's Day with minister's visit (18 Mar 2024), 18 March 2024(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Westmeath Examiner (6 Jul 2023), 6 July 2023(opens in a new tab)