Welcome To St. Vincent's High And Technical School
Our Founder
Edmund Rice Was born to a farming family on 1st June 1762 at Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. After receiving elementary education at the local 'hedge school', he attended a commercial academy in Kilkenny city. In 1779 Edmund went to Waterford and was apprenticed to his uncle, Michael Rice, in the business of supplying all the needs of ships that plied their trade across the Atlantic ocean. He earned enough money to make himself and his family comfortable for life.
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