attended the school from 1877 to 1879 under Headmaster W.T. Kirkpatrick. Albert later became Kirkpatrick's solicitor. When Kirkpatrick retired and began to privately tutor pupils he taught both of Albert's sons, first Warnie Lewis whom he prepared for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, and later C.S. Lewis himself. William "W.T." Kirkpatrick, headmaster of the school in the late 19th century, was a private tutor to C.S. Lewis in the mid-1910s. He was inspiration for the character Digory Kirke (a professor) who was created by C.S. Lewis for the Narnia books a quarter of a century later. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, FRS FRAS, Ph.D. (born as Susan Jocelyn Bell, 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist, who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis advisor Antony Hewish, for which he (but not she) won a Nobel Prize. Some feel Bell Burnell's contribution was deliberately understated. She attended Lurgan College Preparatory Department from 1948 to 1956 and returned to Lurgan College in 2007 while filming the BBC bio-doc 'Northern Star' and then again later that same year as the guest of honour at the school's speech day and prize-giving ceremony. Clubs and societies The School offers the following extra-curricular activities, clubs and societies: Army Cadets Force Art Community Service Computer Debating Drama Duke of Edinburgh's Award Environmental Club First Aid Girls' Hockey Club Geographical Historical, Modern Languages Political Public Speaking Rugby club Boys Hockey Club Scripture Union Skiing Sports Girls' hockey The 1st XI girls hockey team have had notable success in the past number of years. In 2003 they won the Ulster Girls Senior Schools Cup and went on to win the Kate Russell All Irelands in 2003. They repeated this success three times more in 2011, 2013 and 2014. They have been in the final of the Ulster Girls Senior Schools Cup in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. The 2nd XI have also had great success. They reached the final of the McDowell Cup in 2012 and won this trophy in 2013. Notes External links School website Grammar schools in County Armagh Lurgan