 This school had a short existence and later with the arrival of Dr. Bowles Daly (LLD), an Irish clergyman and a theosophist, Mahinda College was opened on 1 March 1892 at Pedlar Street in Galle Fort.The school was named after Arhant Mahinda Thero, the Buddhist monk who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka.Daly was a good disciplinarian and a tireless worker.