Irish Institute Instituto Irlandés
Location
Naucalpan , Mexico State Mexico
Coordinates	19°25′32″N 99°14′25″W / 19.4255807°N 99.24014729999999°W / 19.4255807; -99.24014729999999
Information
Type	Independent, Private
Campus	Urban
Website	irlandesmexico.com

The Irish Institute (Spanish: Instituto Irlandés) is a Catholic private school in Greater Mexico City. Operated by the Legionaries of Christ,^[1] the grounds, located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, have separate areas for boys and girls, plus a third one for the coed preschool.^[2][3][4] The school levels in total range from preschool to bachillerato,^[5] equivalent to the American K-12.

The Irish Institute is also present in other cities of Mexico, including: Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey.^{[citation needed]}

Students

Jason Berry and Gerald Renner, the authors of the 2004 book Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II, said that the students came from the "superrich of Mexico City".^[1] Paul Lennon, a former member of the Legionaries quoted in the book, wrote that "The family names [of the students] were like a Who's Who of Mexican people."^[1] Historically many students arrived in cars driven by bodyguards for protection against kidnapping.^[1]