miss alice fanning gave her land in mt clear to the sisters of mercy on her death in february 1960. the nuns used the land to farm vegetables and cows. in 1967 the land came to be a school for the year 11 and 12 girls from sacred heart college. the school was named st martin's in the pines. in 1988 boys started at the school. most of the boys were from st paul's technical college.