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Formerly a boarding school, Portora now caters for 490 day students. Originally the school only accepted men, but in the 20th Century females were first admitted to Portora; the school's website states, "the year 1979 saw a break from the tradition of the previous 361 years when a small number of girls were accepted as pupils. The number of girl pupils increased from the original 9 boarders and 2 daygirls of 1979 to a maximum of 31 girls in 1984." No girls currently attend Portora, the last graduated in the early 1990's. In 2008 Portora will celebrate the Quatercentenary of its founding proclamation by King James. Plans are being made to commemorate this occasion jointly with the other Royal Schools. The other Royal Schools that were established under the same proclamation are the Royal School Armagh , Royal School Cavan , Royal School Dungannon and Royal School Raphoe in County Donegal . STATISTICS
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