Gurteen College
Gurteen College is an agricultural college in County Tipperary, Ireland. Founded as Gurteen Agricultural College by the Methodist Church in Ireland in 1947[1] it provides training courses in agriculture and equine studies for farms and rural enterprises. It is a charity registered in Ireland.[2] The farm covers 380 hectares of land.
Courses
The Equine department opened in 1999. A Higher Certificate and a bachelor's degree are available from Gurteen in conjunction with Athlone Institute of Technology. Also offered in association with Athlone IT is the Bachelor of Science (Veterinary Nursing).[3] FETAC validate a number of the other Agricultural programmes.
Latest developments
Gurteen college students were crowned Annual Colleges Challenge Day Champions on 2 February 2012.[4]
Wood -chip boilers were installed to provide heat in September 2010. Groves of willow will provide fuel for the boilers from 2013.[5]
Met Eireann opened an automatic weather station in 2008 within the grounds of the College.[6]
On 26 January 2010 a 50 kW wind turbine was officially commissioned to provide power to the college.[7]
Past pupils
- Simon Coveney, Irish politician.
- Tom Parlon, Irish lobbyist and former politician
- Noel Treacy, Former Irish politician.
- Ivan Yates, Irish businessman, broadcaster and former politician.
References
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