Castleknock College
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Castleknock College is a private (fee-paying)
, secondary
school for boys
aged between 13 and 18, which is situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock
, 8 km west of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland
.
, priests from the Vincentian Community
(Congregation of the Mission, C.M.) in Maynooth College obtained permission to open a day school under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin
. On the 28 August 1833
a day school at 24 Usher's Quay Dublin was opened.
On 28 August 1835, St. Vincent's Ecclesiastical Seminary was opened in Castleknock
, a boarding school catering for just 47 boys. The first student to arrive in 1835 was John Lynch of Clones
, Co. Monaghan
. He would later enter the Vincentian order and become Archbishop of Toronto. A contemporary of John Lynch was Patrick Moran
who would also be ordained as a Vincentian priest and become Bishop
of Cape Town
before being appointed as the first Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand
) in 1869. The College's position at the forefront of Irish Catholic education was affirmed on 22 April 1900, when Queen Victoria
and her royal party visited the College.
In 1987 the College started to accept day pupils
. This provided for easy transition to boarding for some 5th- and 6th-year day students. Since its founding new buildings have been added. The students of the College are known in the area by their navy blazers; the teaching staff wear black cloaks.
The college ethos is distinctly Vincentian in character; the mission statement
is
'To have a College which is concerned with the development of the Whole person in a Christian atmosphere Which encourages involvement in a balance of Religious, Intellectual, Cultural and Sporting Activities And which promotes the growth of Self-worth and Respect for Others
In the spirit of St Vincent de Paul.'
Each year on Union Day the College Medal (Vincentian Medal) is awarded to the Sixth Year student who has best embodied and exemplified the ethos and charisma of the College.
The governing body of Castleknock College implements an admission policy which conforms with the Education Act 1998, the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and the Equal Status Act 2000.
The teacher/pupil ratio is 1:14. The college has up-to-date computers and state-of-the-art general science, physics, chemistry and biology laboratories. The humanities emphasise written and oral English and foster communication skills and public speaking. Each year is looked after by at least one year head (Form Teacher) and four tutors. All members of staff are continuously available for consultation by parents.
The main timetable at Castleknock College Dublin operates on a five-day week basis. Class begins at 8:40am and finishes at 3:45pm. Then follows a wide range of co-curricular activities including sport, language clubs, debating and music. Teachers and specialist coaches co-ordinate these activities. Wednesday is an academic half-day with classes finishing at 12:55 p.m. Both Wednesday afternoon and Saturday involve a wide range of sporting activities for all pupils.
Career guidance is provided to support students in their studies and guide them towards third-level education. This programme is under the direction of the College's full-time Guidance Counsellor. Each year, pastmen conduct a workshop on various career options. This enables the boys to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a particular career with someone who has recently set out on the career in question.
The College Counsellor is available for personal counselling to pupils in difficulty or crisis.
The college's Alton reference and lending library is the largest second level library in Ireland. Computers with Internet connections are available.
Young Scientist Competition in Helsinki
in September 2011.
Sport has been played at Castleknock since its foundation of the College. Throughout the mid-nineteenth century a game peculiar to Castleknock known as 'Stilts' was played by the entire student body on a gravel patch in College grounds. Owing to the often over-zealous efforts of the participants this game was discouraged by the College Fathers in favour of Association Football (soccer), which was the game of choice among students of Castleknock until 1909 when it was replaced by rugby
as the College's primary sport.
on eight occasions since first entering (and winning) the competition in 1913. Castleknock
teams have been runners-up in the competition on fifteen occasions, contesting more finals than any other school except Blackrock College
. The Leinster Schools Junior Cup
has also been won on eight occasions, the last time in 1966.
Members are involved in helping the impoverished through a variety of means such as visiting local centres for people with special needs. The SVP conferences also raise funds and collect food for the sister conferences in the Dublin 15 area.
expenses, and events are organised within and without the College to raise funds. This Development Programme has enabled the construction of expanded education facilities and the provision of medical and food supplied.
.
which dates from the early thirteenth century, when it was founded by the Norman knight Hugh Tyrrell, who was later created Baron of Castleknock. He chose this location near the end of the esker which stretches from Galway to Dublin. Built on two mounds of the esker, it commanded the route into Dublin from the west. Castleknock was the final rallying point for the forces of the last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor. He failed to drive the Cambro-Normans from the area around Dublin in 1171.
The college is set on landscaped gardens with nine rugby pitches, a cricket crease and pavilion, a soccer pitch, an athletics and running track, six state of the art tennis courts, stables, a private grave yard for members of the college, a vegetable garden and acres of land in which cows graze and wildlife such as pheasants,rabbits and squirrels are in abundance. There is car parking for students and others. The college is close to Castleknock village and is located beside Farmleigh Estate and the Phoenix Park.
officially opened the newly restored buildings on 29 September 2008.
The main events held each year by the Union are the Annual Dinner, the Business Lunch, the golf outings, the Past-men's Retreat on Good Friday and Union Day. Union Day is the prize-giving and sports day in the College. The first official Sports Day was held in the College on April 4, 1872. It is always held on the second last Sunday before public examinations commence and is celebrated outdoors, weather permitting. The Graduation Mass is held in the College Chapel for the sixth year students on Union Day. The President of the Union addresses the College graduates at this Mass and welcomes them as new members of the Castleknock College Union.
The objects of the Union are:to bring together pastmen of the College and to facilitate contact between them; to provide members with continuity of contact with the College and its staff, and to actively encourage co-operation and practical assistance in support of the College's objectives, and in particular to support worthy activities in which alumni or the College are involved. .
The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members, Life Members and Honorary Life Members. The management of the Union affairs are vested in the Union Committee.
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Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, secondary
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
school for boys
Single-sex education
Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly in secondary education and...
aged between 13 and 18, which is situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock
Castleknock
Castleknock is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the west of the modern administrative county of Fingal within the traditional county of Dublin. It is located west of the centre of Dublin....
, 8 km west of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
History
In 1830, a year after the passing of Catholic EmancipationCatholic Emancipation
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws...
, priests from the Vincentian Community
Vincentian Family
Vincentian Family refers to organizations that are inspired by the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul, a 17th century priest who "transformed the face of France."...
(Congregation of the Mission, C.M.) in Maynooth College obtained permission to open a day school under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)
The Archbishop of Dublin is the title of the senior cleric who presides over the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Church of Ireland has a similar role, heading the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. In both cases, the Archbishop is also Primate of Ireland...
. On the 28 August 1833
1833 in Ireland
-Events:* The school which would eventually be called Castleknock College was opened in Dublin by the Vincentian community.-Births:*21 January - Joseph Prosser, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sevastopol, Crimea ....
a day school at 24 Usher's Quay Dublin was opened.
On 28 August 1835, St. Vincent's Ecclesiastical Seminary was opened in Castleknock
Castleknock
Castleknock is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the west of the modern administrative county of Fingal within the traditional county of Dublin. It is located west of the centre of Dublin....
, a boarding school catering for just 47 boys. The first student to arrive in 1835 was John Lynch of Clones
Clones
Clones is a small town in western County Monaghan, in the 'border area' of the Republic of Ireland. The area is part of the Border Region, earmarked for economic development by the Irish Government due to its currently below-average economic situation...
, Co. Monaghan
Monaghan
Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811 . The town is located on the main road, the N2 road, from Dublin north to both Derry and Letterkenny.-Toponym:...
. He would later enter the Vincentian order and become Archbishop of Toronto. A contemporary of John Lynch was Patrick Moran
Patrick Moran (bishop)
Patrick Moran was Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Province of Cape Colony in South Africa and the first Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand .-Early life:...
who would also be ordained as a Vincentian priest and become Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
before being appointed as the first Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) in 1869. The College's position at the forefront of Irish Catholic education was affirmed on 22 April 1900, when Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
and her royal party visited the College.
In 1987 the College started to accept day pupils
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
. This provided for easy transition to boarding for some 5th- and 6th-year day students. Since its founding new buildings have been added. The students of the College are known in the area by their navy blazers; the teaching staff wear black cloaks.
Ethos
The College Motto is 'Nos Autem In Nomine Domimi' ('We, however, in the name of the Lord'), which comes from Psalms xx 7. The text in the psalm is "Hi in curribus et hi en equis; nos autem in nomine Domini Dei nostri invocabimus" ('Some trust in chariots or horses; we, however, [trust]in the Name of the Lord.')The college ethos is distinctly Vincentian in character; the mission statement
Mission statement
A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company or organization. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making...
is
'To have a College which is concerned with the development of the Whole person in a Christian atmosphere Which encourages involvement in a balance of Religious, Intellectual, Cultural and Sporting Activities And which promotes the growth of Self-worth and Respect for Others
In the spirit of St Vincent de Paul.'
Each year on Union Day the College Medal (Vincentian Medal) is awarded to the Sixth Year student who has best embodied and exemplified the ethos and charisma of the College.
The governing body of Castleknock College implements an admission policy which conforms with the Education Act 1998, the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and the Equal Status Act 2000.
Academic life
The main timetable at Castleknock College Dublin operates on a five-day week basis. Class begins at 8:40am and finishes at 3:45pm. Then follows a wide range of co-curricular activities including sport, language clubs, debating and music. Teachers and specialist coaches co-ordinate these activities. Wednesday is an academic half-day with classes finishing at 12:55 p.m. Both Wednesday afternoon and Saturday involve a wide range of sporting activities for all pupils.
Career guidance is provided to support students in their studies and guide them towards third-level education. This programme is under the direction of the College's full-time Guidance Counsellor. Each year, pastmen conduct a workshop on various career options. This enables the boys to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a particular career with someone who has recently set out on the career in question.
The College Counsellor is available for personal counselling to pupils in difficulty or crisis.
The college's Alton reference and lending library is the largest second level library in Ireland. Computers with Internet connections are available.
BT Young Scientist Exhibition
Students participate in the annual BT Young Scientist Exhibition; over the years many have received awards and commendations for their projects. In January 2011 Alexander Amini, a student in Fourth Year, won the BT Young Scientist and Technologist of the Year 2011 award for his project entitled Tennis Sensor Data Analysis and was chosen to represent Ireland at the 22nd European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Young Scientist Competition in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
in September 2011.
Sporting tradition
Sporting facilities at the college include nine rugby pitches, one soccer pitch, a cricket crease with pavilion, a sports arena, a swimming pool, state of the art tennis courts, a table tennis room, a fully equipped weights room and an athletics and running track.Sport has been played at Castleknock since its foundation of the College. Throughout the mid-nineteenth century a game peculiar to Castleknock known as 'Stilts' was played by the entire student body on a gravel patch in College grounds. Owing to the often over-zealous efforts of the participants this game was discouraged by the College Fathers in favour of Association Football (soccer), which was the game of choice among students of Castleknock until 1909 when it was replaced by rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
as the College's primary sport.
Rugby
Rugby posts were first erected in the College in November 1909. The College has won the Leinster Schools Senior CupLeinster Schools Senior Cup
The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. First held in 1887, the Cup celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007....
on eight occasions since first entering (and winning) the competition in 1913. Castleknock
Castleknock
Castleknock is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the west of the modern administrative county of Fingal within the traditional county of Dublin. It is located west of the centre of Dublin....
teams have been runners-up in the competition on fifteen occasions, contesting more finals than any other school except Blackrock College
Blackrock College
Blackrock College is a Catholic voluntary secondary school for boys aged 14–18, located in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. The College was founded by French missionaries in 1860, to act as a school and civil service training centre. Set in of grounds, it has an illustrious...
. The Leinster Schools Junior Cup
Leinster Schools Junior Cup
The Leinster Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU.Competition is confined to students under the age of 15. The cup is held every January - March with the final in late March. It is usually seen as a good...
has also been won on eight occasions, the last time in 1966.
Athletics
Castleknock College has a Minor Athletics team which competes for, and has won, the West Leinster Championship.Others sports
Castleknock College competes in a variety of other sports including fencing, cricket, tennis, golf, hockey, show-jumping, swimming and soccer. The College won the 1918 Schools Hurling Cup in Leinster. Gaelic Football is played for recreation during the summer term.Spiritual life
The College chaplain and members of the Vincentian Community are available for guidance and counselling. The College has always encouraged pupils to become involved in caring for the less-well-off members of society.Castleknock College Chapel
An annual Family Mass for each Year is celebrated at which boys of that Year and their families participate together with the Community and teachers. Masses are held at regular times in the Chapel (e.g. Lent, Advent, Exam Time). Year and Class Masses, Benediction, scripture/prayer group meetings are held regularly throughout the year. Opportunity to attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available during the school week and also after Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday nights.SVP - St. Vincent de Paul Society
Castleknock College was established by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), the religious order founded by St. Vincent de Paul; the college follows the ethos and traditions of the Vincentian order. The most popular student society within the College is the St. Vincent de Paul Society; charity work undertaken by the school community is organised through the St Vincent de Paul Society.Members are involved in helping the impoverished through a variety of means such as visiting local centres for people with special needs. The SVP conferences also raise funds and collect food for the sister conferences in the Dublin 15 area.
Young Vincentian Mission
Inaugurated in 2008 and expected to continue indefinitely, the Young Vincentian Mission sends Fifth Year students (four in 2008, with two teachers) to work and live with the Vincentian community in Ambo, Ethipia, for two to three weeks each July, overseen by the VLM - Vincentian Lay Missionaries http://www.vlm.ie. Successful applicants are trained and engage in a range of voluntary work for those struck by extreme poverty in Ambo, including teaching in the local Vincentian school, working in the Vincentian Food Programme, the Vincentian School for the Deaf, a leprosy village befriending members of the community and coaching Ambo United Football Club. Students are required to raise sufficient funds to meet their travel and subsistenceTravel and subsistence
Travel and subsistence expenses describe the cost of spending on business travel, meals, hotels, sundry items such as laundry and similar ad hoc expenditures....
expenses, and events are organised within and without the College to raise funds. This Development Programme has enabled the construction of expanded education facilities and the provision of medical and food supplied.
Extra–curricular activities
Extra–curricular activities offered include membership of the Painting Society, the Chess Club, Irish literature - Ceardlann Litríocht na Gaeilge, the Cumann Gaeilge, the Maths Society, the Prefect Mentoring System, Debating, Band, Music, Language societies (French, Spanish, German and Chinese), Book Club, student enterprise, SVP - St Vincent de Paul Society, Speech and Drama, charity work, the History Society and Picasso's Left ear (Student Intellectual Publication).Chess
In 2007 the Under-16 Chess team won the Leinster Championship and finished Runners Up in the All-Ireland Championship. Sixth Year student, Anthony Bourached, recently won the Leinster Under-18 Chess Championship.Debating
The school's debating society has contributed to the Irish World Schools Debating Team, with 5 students representing Ireland since the competition's beginning in 1988. In 2007 and 2008 the College team of 4th students won the Leinster Schools Senior Debating Championships.Castleknock Chronicle
The Castleknock Chronicle has been published every year since 1888; it is a record of the main events in the College, and is a valuable historical source. It records the students in each year group and the members of every team and society in the college. In has photographs and articles written by staff and students about events in the college. it was being digitisedDigital image
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.
Grounds
There are two hills in the grounds: the Windmill Hill and the hill of the castle. The former is reputed to be the burial mound of Cumhal, father of Fionn mac Cumhail, a legendary Irish warrior. According to legend, Cumhal was interred here following his death at the Battle of Cnucha. An archaeological dig of this hill carried out in June 2007 revealed the remains of four human skeletons probably dating from the Early Christian period. The second hill is topped with the remains of Castleknock CastleCastleknock Castle
Castleknock Castle is a ruined Norman castle located on the grounds of present-day Castleknock College, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland.-Description:...
which dates from the early thirteenth century, when it was founded by the Norman knight Hugh Tyrrell, who was later created Baron of Castleknock. He chose this location near the end of the esker which stretches from Galway to Dublin. Built on two mounds of the esker, it commanded the route into Dublin from the west. Castleknock was the final rallying point for the forces of the last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor. He failed to drive the Cambro-Normans from the area around Dublin in 1171.
The college is set on landscaped gardens with nine rugby pitches, a cricket crease and pavilion, a soccer pitch, an athletics and running track, six state of the art tennis courts, stables, a private grave yard for members of the college, a vegetable garden and acres of land in which cows graze and wildlife such as pheasants,rabbits and squirrels are in abundance. There is car parking for students and others. The college is close to Castleknock village and is located beside Farmleigh Estate and the Phoenix Park.
Building works 2005-2009
From 2005 the College was renewed, at a cost in the region of €16 million. A 'Link Building' was built, and existing buildings expanded and refurbished; Irish President Mary McAleeseMary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese served as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the second female president and was first elected in 1997 succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was re-elected unopposed for a second term in...
officially opened the newly restored buildings on 29 September 2008.
Castleknock College Past Pupils Union
In 1896 the Castleknock College Union was founded by alumni of the college; it claims to be the oldest such society in Ireland. The first President of the Castleknock Union was Lord Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (the first Roman Catholic to hold that office since the Reformation).The main events held each year by the Union are the Annual Dinner, the Business Lunch, the golf outings, the Past-men's Retreat on Good Friday and Union Day. Union Day is the prize-giving and sports day in the College. The first official Sports Day was held in the College on April 4, 1872. It is always held on the second last Sunday before public examinations commence and is celebrated outdoors, weather permitting. The Graduation Mass is held in the College Chapel for the sixth year students on Union Day. The President of the Union addresses the College graduates at this Mass and welcomes them as new members of the Castleknock College Union.
The objects of the Union are:to bring together pastmen of the College and to facilitate contact between them; to provide members with continuity of contact with the College and its staff, and to actively encourage co-operation and practical assistance in support of the College's objectives, and in particular to support worthy activities in which alumni or the College are involved. .
The Union consists of Ordinary Members, Honorary Members, Life Members and Honorary Life Members. The management of the Union affairs are vested in the Union Committee.
Notable alumni
A- Jack ArighoJack ArighoJohn "Jack" Edward Arigho was an International Rugby player for Ireland. He played 16 caps between 1928–1931 and scored 6 international tries playing on the wing. He also played for the Lansdowne Football Club.-References:...
, rugby, won 16 caps for IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
between 1928-31
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- Francis Browne, Jesuit priest and RMS Titanic photographer
- Vincent BrowneVincent BrowneVincent Browne is an Irish print and broadcast journalist. He is a columnist with The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and a part time barrister....
, journalist & broadcaster
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- Charles CaseyCharles CaseyCharles Casey was an Irish lawyer and judge.He was born in Dunlin in 1895 and educated at Castleknock College. During World War I he served in the 16th Division. He was called to the Bar in 1923 and made a Senior Counsel in 1941. John A. Costello chose him as Attorney General in 1950 to replace...
, High Court judge named Attorney General in 1951 - William Francis CaseyWilliam Francis CaseyWilliam Francis Casey was a journalist and editor of The TimesHe was born in Cape Town, the son of Patrick Joseph Casey, theatre proprietor, of Glenageary, and was educated at Castleknock College and Trinity College, Dublin....
, writer and journalist, editor of The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
1948-52 - Patrick CooneyPatrick CooneyPatrick Cooney is a former Irish politician of the Fine Gael party. Most notable as Minister for Justice from 1973 to 1977, he was a Teachta Dála for 15 years, a senator for four years, and Member of the European Parliament for five years.Cooney was born in 1931 and was educated at Castleknock...
, Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
politician, government minister, Member of the European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world... - Liam CosgraveLiam CosgraveLiam Cosgrave is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach and as Leader of Fine Gael . He was a Teachta Dála from 1943 to 1981....
, Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
politician; former TaoiseachTaoiseachThe Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
(Prime Minister of Ireland), minister and Irish ambassador to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... - Liam T. CosgraveLiam T. CosgraveLiam Thomas Cosgrave is a former Fine Gael politician in the Republic of Ireland.Coming from a political family, he is the son of former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and grandson of the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State W. T...
, former Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
Senator
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- Éamon de ValeraÉamon de ValeraÉamon de Valera was one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, serving as head of government of the Irish Free State and head of government and head of state of Ireland...
, member of the teaching staff, 1910-11; Fianna FáilFianna FáilFianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
politician and former TaoiseachTaoiseachThe Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
and President of IrelandPresident of IrelandThe President of Ireland is the head of state of Ireland. The President is usually directly elected by the people for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the President does exercise certain limited powers with absolute... - Paddy DoneganPaddy DoneganPatrick Sarsfield "Paddy" Donegan was an Irish Fine Gael Party politician.He was educated at a Christian Brothers School in Drogheda and at the Vincentian Castleknock College. Donegan was first elected as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála at the 1954 general election. He lost his seat at the following...
, Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
politician, government minister - Most Rev. Nicholas DonnellyNicholas DonnellyMost Rev. Dr. Nicholas Donnelly, DD, MRIA, was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Dublin. He was Dublin, 23 November 1837, and educated at Castleknock College, before going on the Irish College in Rome. He was ordained a priest in 1860 and held various positions in the Dublin diocese, and in 1883...
, DD, titular bishop of Canea and auxiliary bishop of Dublin
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- Frank FahyFrank FahyFrancis Patrick Fahy was an Irish teacher, barrister, and politician. He served for nearly 35 years as a Teachta Dála , first for Sinn Féin and later as a member of Fianna Fáil, before becoming Ceann Comhairle for over 19 years.- Early life :Fahy was born in Kilchreest, County Galway, a son of...
, politician, veteran of the Easter RisingEaster RisingThe Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
and War of IndependenceIrish War of IndependenceThe Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
, elected TD in the first Dáil 1919, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil ÉireannDáil ÉireannDáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...
(1932-50) and Fianna FáilFianna FáilFianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
TD for Meath - Colin FarrellColin FarrellColin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
, actor - Most Rev. Patrick FeehanPatrick FeehanArchbishop Patrick Augustine Feehan , was a U.S. Catholic bishop. He served as the fifth Bishop and first Archbishop of Chicago between 1880 and 1902, during which the church in Chicago was elevated to an archdiocese. Prior to moving to Chicago, Feehan served as the third bishop of the Diocese of...
, Archbishop of Chicago - Most Rev. Thomas Fennelly, Archbishop of CashelArchbishop of CashelThe Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....
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- Roger GarlandRoger GarlandRoger Garland is an environmental activist and a former Irish Green Party politician. He was the Green Party's first candidate to be elected to Dáil Éireann, representing Dublin South from 1989 to 1992....
, Green PartyGreen Party (Ireland)The Green Party is a green political party in Ireland. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title in English...
politician and environmental campaigner, first member of the Green Party to be elected to Dáil ÉireannDáil ÉireannDáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote... - Conor GeartyConor GeartyConor A. Gearty is the Rausling Professor of Human Rights Law and Director, Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.-Background:...
, barrister-at-law, author; Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights; winner of the Irish Times National Debating Championship (in 1978) - Desmond GoverneyDesmond GoverneyDesmond Governey represented Fine Gael as a TD for Carlow–Kilkenny from 1969–1977 and from 1981–1982.After his defeat in the 1977 general election, Governey was elected to the 14th Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel, where he served from 1977–1981...
, politician.
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- Alexander J. "AJ" Hannigan, Squadron Leader in the RAF, killed in action over the Ruhr in 1941
- Denis HurleyDenis Hurley (rugby player)Denis Hurley is an Irish rugby union player for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup. He plays as a Fullback and Wing.-Munster:...
, rugby player, current member of the Munster RugbyMunster RugbyMunster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...
team, Irish rugby international
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- Bobby KerrBobby Kerr (businessman)Bobby Kerr is an Irish entrepreneur and businessman. He is the Chairman of Insomnia Coffee Company. Recently he was a dragon on the Irish version of Dragons' Den produced by Raidió Teilifís Éireann.- Career :...
, CEO Insomnia Coffee & Dragon on the Irish Dragons' DenDragons' DenDragons' Den is a series of reality television programmes featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas in order to secure investment finance from a panel of venture capitalists. The show originated in Japan as "Manē no Tora"...
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- Cecil LaveryCecil LaveryCecil Patrick Lavery was an Irish lawyer, Fine Gael Party politician and judge. He was elected as a TD and then as a Senator, and served as Attorney General before being appointed as a Supreme Court judge.-Early life:...
, lawyer, politician (TD and Senator), Attorney General of IrelandAttorney General of IrelandThe Attorney General is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law. He is in effect the chief law officer in Ireland. The Attorney General is not a member of the Government but does participate in cabinet meetings when invited and attends...
, Supreme Court JudgeSupreme Court (Ireland)The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland. It is a court of final appeal and exercises, in conjunction with the High Court, judicial review over Acts of the Oireachtas . The Court also has jurisdiction to ensure compliance with the Constitution of... - Timothy LinehanTimothy LinehanTimothy Linehan was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A solicitor, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for the Cork North constituency at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at the 1938 and 1943 general elections. He lost his seat at the 1944 general election.-References:...
, former Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
TD - J. B. Lyons, medical historian, writer and professor
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- Air Chief Marshal Sir William MacDonald, GCB, CBE, the first person to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in February 1940
- Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharryMarc MacSharry is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a member of Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel since September 2002. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2007. He was educated in Sligo and at Castleknock College in Dublin...
, politician - Barry McGovernBarry McGovernBarry McGovern is an Irish stage, film and television actor. He was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin.-Background:McGovern is a former member of the RTÉ Players and the Abbey Theatre Company. He has worked in theatre, film, radio and television, as well as written music for many shows, and...
, actor - Arthur Matthews, Cumann na nGaedheal TD (1927-32)
- Arthur MathewsArthur Mathews (writer)Arthur Mathews is an Irish comedy writer and actor who, often with writing partner Graham Linehan, has either written or contributed to a number of popular television comedies, most notably Father Ted. He is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology...
, writer (Father TedFather TedFather Ted is a comedy series set in Ireland that was produced by Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4. Written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May...
and The Fast ShowThe Fast ShowThe Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...
) - D.P. Moran, Irish nationalist writer and literary critic
- Most Rev. Patrick MoranPatrick Moran (bishop)Patrick Moran was Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Province of Cape Colony in South Africa and the first Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand .-Early life:...
(1823–1895), First Bishop of Dunedin, New ZealandRoman Catholic Diocese of DunedinThe Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Dunedin is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. It was formed on 26 November 1869 from a portion of the territory in the Diocese of Wellington, before it was elevated to an archdiocese....
(1869–1895) - J. X. MurphyJoseph Murphy (Irish politician)Joseph Xavier Murphy was an Irish politician and company director. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála for the Dublin County constituency at the September 1927 general election. He lost his seat at the 1932 general election....
, governor of the Bank of Ireland, independent TD, 1927-32 - Jerome Murphy-O'ConnorJerome Murphy-O'ConnorReverend Dr Jerome Murphy-O'Connor O.P., is a Dominican priest, a leading authority on St...
Professor of New TestamentNew TestamentThe New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
at the Ecole BibliqueÉcole BibliqueThe École Biblique, strictly the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, is a respected French academic establishment in Jerusalem, founded by Dominicans, and specialising in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.-Foundation:...
in Jerusalem
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- Matthew O'ReillyMatthew O'ReillyMatthew O'Reilly was an Irish politician and farmer. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Meath constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until lost his seat at the 1954 general election.-References:...
, Fianna FáilFianna FáilFianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
TD, 1927-54
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- Lieut.-Col. James Henry ReynoldsJames Henry ReynoldsLieutenant-Colonel James Henry Reynolds VC , born Kingstown , County Dublin, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth...
, V.C., Surgeon Reynolds of Rorkes Drift - Charles Russell, Baron Russell of KillowenCharles Russell, Baron Russell of KillowenCharles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, GCMG, PC, was an Irish statesman of the 19th century, and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.-Early life:...
, Lord Chief Justice of England and WalesLord Chief Justice of England and WalesThe Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. Historically, he was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, but that changed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...
(1894–1900)
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- P. W. ShawPatrick ShawPatrick Walter Shaw was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1923 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he retired from politics at the 1933 general...
, Cumann na nGaedheal TD, 1923-33 - Timothy SheehyTimothy Sheehy (Cork politician)Timothy Sheehy was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for the Cork West constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the September 1927 general election but lost his seat at the 1932 general election.-References:...
, politician, Cumann na nGaedheal TD for Cork WestCork West (Dáil Éireann constituency)Cork West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1961...
1927-32 - Gerry Stembridge, writer, director and actor; co-creator of the radio programme Scrap SaturdayScrap SaturdayScrap Saturday was a satirical radio sketch show created by Dermot Morgan, who was also the main performer on the show, and Gerry Stembridge, which ran on RTÉ Radio 1 on Saturday mornings from 1989 until 1991. Pauline McLynn and Owen Roe participated as performers.The half-hour show lampooned...
(with Dermot MorganDermot MorganDermot John Morgan was an Irish comedian, actor and former schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his roles as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and a strip club MC in Taffin....
) - Jeremy SwanJeremy SwanH.J.C. "Jeremy" Swan was an Irish cardiologist, originally from Sligo, who co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with William Ganz at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 1970....
, physician and cardiologist; co-inventor of the Swan-Ganz catheter
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- Devin TonerDevin TonerDevin Toner is a professional rugby player. Educated at Castleknock College, Dublin, he plays in the second-row for Ireland and the Irish province Leinster...
, rugby player (current member of the Ireland Rugby and Leinster RugbyLeinster RugbyLeinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
teams)
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- Most Rev. Michael VerdonMichael VerdonMichael Verdon was the 2nd Catholic Bishop of Dunedin .-Early life:Verdon was born in Liverpool, England on 19 December 1838 His father came from County Louth, Ireland and his mother came from County Kildare. He was a nephew of Cardinal Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, and a first cousin of Cardinal...
(1838–1918), Second Bishop of Dunedin, New ZealandRoman Catholic Diocese of DunedinThe Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Dunedin is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. It was formed on 26 November 1869 from a portion of the territory in the Diocese of Wellington, before it was elevated to an archdiocese....
(1896–1918)
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- Mark WardMark Ward (Meath GAA footballer born 1985)Mark Ward is a football player from Ireland. He currently plays with Navan O'Mahonys GAA. He holds a county medal which he won playing Sigerson football for University College Dublin A.F.C. He is a current member of the Meath senior football team. He is the inaugural member of the "Copper Face...
, Gaelic footballer (MeathCounty MeathCounty Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...
Gaelic Football team)