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Friends' School Lisburn, Voluntary Grammar School and one of 9 Quaker schools in Britain and Ireland.

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Friends' School
4 years
Dylan Cole from Year 11 has also been making face shields for the NHS - putting a 3-D printer he bought a few weeks ago to unexpected use. Keep up the good work, Dylan!
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8 years
Thank you to everyone for your support over the last few days. Best wishes to BRA in the semi-final! 🏉
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Friends' School
4 years
Great effort from Alan Monteith from @WallaceHigh in making visors for frontline workers, together with our own Head of Technology, Chris Wilson and Mark Patton from @DownHighSchool
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5 years
Glow with the Flow at Friends School Lisburn- a colourful night for great mental health- an amazing fundraiser for CAUSE!
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5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XI who defeated Wallace 3-0 in the McCullough Cup Final at Lisnagarvey today! 🏑 #greatgame
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Friends' School
8 years
Congratulations to the Medallion XV who have reached the final of the Medallion Shield by defeating Portadown College 39-10! 🏉 #FSLrugby
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Friends' School
5 years
Thanks to Mr Robinson & his team for organising the FSL Glow with the Flow event raising money for the mental health charity cause. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves! #glowfsl
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Friends' School
6 years
Burney Cup Champions! 40 years and worth the wait!
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XI Girls who have reached the Schools’ Cup Final with a 2-0 win against Omagh in an exciting game at Stormont! 🇲🇱🏑🇲🇱
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Friends' School
4 years
We wish the legend that is Lesley Rodgers best wishes in her well-deserved retirement! ‘May the butterflies fly in formation’ 🇲🇱🏑🏆🏃‍♀️🦋🇲🇱
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4 years
Joe Wicks has a special message for everyone at Friends’ during our well-being week. Thanks again @thebodycoach #PEwithjoe #HealthyAtHome 💪🏻🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️
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Friends' School
5 years
Wishing Lynn Gamble all the best in her retirement!
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Friends' School
8 years
Former Principal Elizabeth Dickson OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours! Congratulations & well deserved!
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Friends' School
7 years
Friends’ named @thesundaytimes Northern Ireland Secondary School of the Year for the second time! More info this Sunday at
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Friends' School
4 years
Year 8 pupils enjoyed a socially distant team building day today at FSL! 🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱
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Friends' School
5 years
Happy retirement to language teacher Greg Jackson and the principal’s secretary Magaret Johnston. Best wishes! #endofanera
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Friends' School
6 years
After a long wait we have a colour photo of the Burney Cup!
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Friends' School
2 years
Best wishes to Norman Gamble, Heather Scott, Vivien Black, Paula McPoland and Rodney McCrea on their retirement. Farewell and all the best to Claire Kingston and Hannah McKnight who are moving on to different schools.
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Friends' School
8 years
Further details about the Schools' Cup quarter final will follow, but please note that we have not withdrawn from the competition
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Friends' School
5 years
Not to be today in the Schools’ Cup, with RBAI winning 52-12 - two great tries from McEwen and Patterson and a conversion from Malone got the points for FSL. Boys can hold their heads high - they’ve done us proud and have given us some great memories!
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Friends' School
5 years
A tremendous performance from the Boys’ 1st XI defeating Banbridge 7-0.
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Friends' School
4 years
Welcome to our new Year 8 pupils today as they embark on their FSL careers! Although school is very different we have no doubt you will settle in quickly! 🇲🇱😷🇲🇱
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Friends' School
4 years
Best wishes to outgoing Vice Principal Phillip Elliot who leaves us today to take up his role as Principal of Cambridge House Grammar School. ‘Thank you for the music’! 🎼 🎶
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Friends' School
6 years
Great week in hockey - three finals, three cups!
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Friends' School
8 years
Final score FSL 12 MCB 8. Well done boys!
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Friends' School
2 years
Lovely morning here at FSL abut with treacherous conditions on the roads school will be closed today
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Friends' School
2 years
Congratulations to Aoife Fisher who is en route to South Africa as she has been called into the squad for the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup! 🇿🇦🏏🇲🇱
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Friends' School
2 years
Congratulations to the 1st XI who defeated Regent House 3-2 to reach the final of the Burney Cup. Goals scored by Harry Barbour, Jamie Anderson and Mackenzie Connor.
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Friends' School
6 years
FSL 2 Rainey 1. McDowell Cup Champions! Well done girls!
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Friends' School
8 years
An applause will begin our Cup game today in memory of our dedicated supporter Nevin Beckett. Our thoughts and support to all the family
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Ballyclare in the Schools’ Cup 24-22 in a very exciting replay game! Great rugby from both sides and thank you to Ballyclare for two close games! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
3 years
Thank you to the pupils and staff who entertained a large crowd in a wonderful Twilight Christmas Concert tonight in FSL! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎶🎹🎻🥁🎺🎷🪘🎅🏻
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Friends' School
2 years
1st XI heading to the Burney Cup final.
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Friends' School
5 years
A warm welcome to our new Year 8 pupils who started their Friends’ journey today! #7yearstogo #BigSchool
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to all Year 14 pupils and staff who participated in Movember! If you would like to donate please visit the @MovemberUK website! #mobros
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Friends' School
2 years
Today was the last full day of school for our current Year 14 pupils who leave to study for their A Levels. Thank you for all you have added to life at FSL over the last seven years and good luck with your exams! #Classof2022 #OldScholars
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Friends' School
9 months
“We are delighted that the hard work and dedication of teachers and pupils at Friends’ has once again been recognised in the Sunday Times Guide". (Stephen Moore, Principal).
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Friends' School
2 years
Orchestra in full flow at the Ulster Hall!
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Friends' School
4 years
Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to represent Ulster Under 16 and Under 18 Hockey squads. Darcy McGall, Tom Archbold, Ella Latuske, Scott Hosick, Emma Frazer, Jamie Anderson, Sophie Kidd, Mackenzie Connor, Ella Brown and Matthew Aughey! 🏑🇲🇱🏑
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Friends' School
5 years
Amazing HIIT session 🏃‍♂️😀🏃‍♀️with the @thebodycoach on his Northern Ireland Tour! Pupils and staff enjoyed a great session Joe. Thank you! @BBCNewsNI @BelTel @utv @BelfastLive @PicturskewPhoto @LisburnStar
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Friends' School
3 years
Congratulations to Kerry Beattie and the @NorthernIreland squad on their historic win tonight to reach the Euro 2022 finals! ⚽️
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Friends' School
9 years
Wishing Liz Dickson all the best in her retirement! #35years #fslcommunity #ohfsl http://t.co/SrOzjNe9f2
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Friends' School
5 years
What a day of sport at FSL! 🇲🇱 Thank you for all the support and cheering from the sidelines! Hope you are all looking forward to playing your part in the coming weeks! 👏👏👏🇲🇱🏑🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XI who defeated a strong Methody side today in an exciting match, FSL progress to the Semifinals of the Schools Cup. Well done girls!!
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Friends' School
7 years
Final score 3-1. Through to the Burney Cup Final!
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4 years
Well done to past pupil Dessie Eastwood enjoying acting success in Normal People.
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Friends' School
4 years
Hannah McMordie from Year 8 has also been busy and her painting was selected for inclusion on the BBC’s Wonder Gallery
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Friends' School
5 years
Well done to the 1st XI for a great performance today to defeat Strathearn, they now progress to the 1/4 final of the Schools Cup. 👏
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Friends' School
5 years
A few highlights from our recent Glow with the Flow event to raise money for @CAUSECarers . Thank you for all your support with our fundraising efforts! #officalvideocomingsoon
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Friends' School
4 years
We were saddened to hear of the death of Old Scholar Sam McBratney whose work was loved by so many. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
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Friends' School
2 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Rainey in the semi-final of the Schools’ Bowl. In a tense and thrilling cup match Friends’ won 13-8 in a very competitive game! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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7 years
Sunrise at FSL
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5 years
It was an exciting McCullough Final today played in great spirit by both Friends’ and Wallace! An outstanding performance from the whole squad but especially Oliver Kidd who not only scored a hat-trick but was awarded player of the match! 🏑🇲🇱
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Friends' School
3 years
Congratulations to the Friends' Senior Debate team today who won the @Concern All Ireland Debate Shield! The winning team of Beth Eccles, Alice Francey, Eden Wilson and Holly Thompson stormed to victory against Ardscoil Mhuire Limerick!
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Friends' School
5 years
We planted an oak and a beech on front lawn on Monday to replace the copper beech that was taken down in the summer. The trees represent grandparents in the school community. We are grateful to Raymond Lunn for donating funds and to Keith Crawford for sourcing the trees
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6 years
Burney Cup Champions 2018!
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5 years
Congratulations to Friends’ School pupils Emma Greer, Peter McClure and Louise Treacy who have been accepted into Oxford and Cambridge Universities!
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Friends' School
7 years
School will be closed today. Further information to follow
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Friends' School
5 years
This team goes into FSL history with some of the other McCullough Cup Winners!
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8 years
Farewell Harding House!
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6 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV squad who defeated Portadown College 20-22 in an exciting semi-final fixture. They now look forward to the final of the Ulster Schools’ Bowl on Wednesday 6th March v. Coleraine! 🏉
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Friends' School
3 years
Well done to the 1st XI who progress to the semi-final of the Burney Cup following a hard-fought 3-2 victory over RBAI at Shaw’s Bridge today. Mackenzie Connor, Tom Archbold and Harry Archbold got the goals for Friends’.
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Friends' School
5 years
Great to have past pupil @StephenFerris6 back in school today to put the 1st XV through their paces ahead of their Schools’ Cup game v. Ballyclare away on Saturday 8th! All support would be greatly appreciated for a 10:30 kick off!
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Friends' School
4 years
Well done to our boys’ hockey 1st XI defeating a strong Wallace team to reach the Burney Cup final.
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7 years
Calm before the storm
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Friends' School
8 years
FSL defeat Grosvenor 30-0. An exciting game of rugby. A delight to watch. Thanks for all the support. 😉
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Friends' School
7 years
Congratulations to Ben McCaughey who defeated Canada U19 36-3 representing Ulster U19. Ben scored 1 try and 3 conversions in difficult conditions which is a fantastic achievement!
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Friends' School
7 years
Great display from the Friends’ boys today - did us all proud and unlucky not to come home with the cup. Congratulations to Sullivan - great game and great occasion!
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Friends' School
5 years
And another one! The 1st XI defeat Omagh Academy 2-1 to win the Ulster Shield! Darcy McGall and Rachel Kennedy the scorers.
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5 years
Great scenes at the end of the game and looking forward to more support in the quarter-final next week at RBAI! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
6 years
The tradition of Year 14 dressing up in something beginning with FSL remains in full swing!
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5 years
Fsl 24 - Ballyclare 22
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Friends' School
3 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Strabane Academy 29-14 and have now reached the semi-final of the Schools’ Trophy! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
8 years
An emotional day and great performance in memory of Nevin Beckett. 30-0 victory! #FSLrugbyfamily
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9 years
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10 months
Congratulations to the U14 Girls Hockey squad in becoming the first winners of the U14 Super League Cup. They defeated RS Armagh 1-0 in a very close contest in the final. Well done to both teams! 🇲🇱🏑🏆🇲🇱
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Friends' School
3 years
Congratulations to Kerry Beattie who has been selected for the Northern Ireland Senior Women’s team for the Women’s Euro 2022 play-off matches against Ukraine.
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Friends' School
8 years
Year 8 ESafety Social Media Experiment to see how many RTs and furthest location. Please RT. #fsldab #boysVSgirls
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10 months
Congratulations to Rebecca Lowe who was recently awarded the NCU Senior Women’s Player of the Year.
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Rainey 31-17 in an exciting encounter today in the Schools’ Cup! 🏉🇲🇱
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4 years
The winning team from the Burney Cup semi final.
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6 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Grosvenor Grammar 22-14 in an entertaining game to go through to the 3rd Round of the Schools’ Cup! 🏉
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Friends' School
1 year
Congratulations to the 3rd XI Hockey Squad who defeated MCB 2-1 in a closely contested Gibson Cup Final today! 🇲🇱🏑🇲🇱
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5 years
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7 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who won the Gary Clarke Cup tournament last night! 🏉
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3 years
Congratulations to the Medallion XV who defeated Cambridge House in a very competitive match 17-8 in the Medallion Shield today! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
2 years
2-1 win for the 1st XI in the Burney Cup. Harry Barbour and Jack Mulholland with the goals. Good game played in excellent spirit from both teams.
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5 years
Best wishes tomorrow girls from the 1999 winners!
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2 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Belfast High School 29-17 in the Ulster Schools Bowl. 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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2 years
Congratulations to the 1st XV who defeated Grosvenor GS 26-18 in the 1/4 final of the Schools’ Bowl today! 🇲🇱🏉🇲🇱
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Friends' School
4 years
Year 8 enjoying an ice cream treat today. Thank you PTA and Taylor’s Ice Cream 🍦
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1 year
Congratulations to the U14 hockey squad who defeated Royal School Armagh 3-0 to win the Junior Shield! 🇲🇱🏑🇲🇱
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7 years
Final score FSL 6 Armagh 10. Really proud of the team. Well done Armagh. Exciting game.
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3 years
Congratulations to FSL pupil Ruairi Doyle who has been selected for Ulster U18 Clubs Inter-Pro squad to face Leinster this weekend! 🇬🇳🏉🇬🇳
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Friends' School
2 years
Congratulations to 1st XI who defeated Bangor 5-1 in Irish Schools’ match this morning. Harry Archbold x3, Ben Aughey and Harry Barbour with the goals.
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Friends' School
5 years
Congratulations to the 1st XI who have reached the semi-final of the Schools Cup! They will play Omagh Academy on Wednesday 12th February at 2:45pm at Playball-Stormont. All support would be greatly appreciated! 🏑🇲🇱🏑
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2 years
A very warm welcome to our new Year 8 pupils who embark on their Friends’ School careers today as this was their first day at school! 🇲🇱 #FSL 🇲🇱
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5 years
Thanks to the Y13 team for setting up! Glow with the Flow-an amazing fundraiser for CAUSE!
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3 years
Super performance from our 1st Xl in the first round of the Schools Cup this morning. 7-0 win against Victoria College. #FSL
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