Loreto College, Foxrock is a voluntary fee paying Catholic Secondary School under the direction of the Sisters of Loreto in Dublin, Ireland. The school was opened in 1941 at the request of the Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid and is situated on the Bray Road in Dublin (parish of Foxrock). The Archbishop asked Mother Pauline Dunne, Superior General of Loreto, to open a Junior and Secondary school in Foxrock. The Sisters arrived in the house on September 8, 1941. School began two days later. The pupil numbers were in single digits for the first few weeks, but had grown to 28 by the following Spring. Work on the construction of the Chapel (now the Staff room) began in January 1942. It must be remembered that these early years of the 1940s marked the end of the World War II, and conditions were difficult for all. When the Architect for the Chapel sought the iron girders needed for the construction, it was found that none could be sourced. He solved the problem by supporting the roof by two rows of pillars, which were considered to add to the dignity of the building.