Presentation College, Bray
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Presentation College is a Catholic
secondary school
established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers
in Bray
, County Wicklow
, Ireland
.
There are currently about 600 students in Presentation College. The school's main building was built in the late 1960s. Other facilities on the campus include a study hall (formerly a swimming pool), a gym, changing rooms, several science labs, and a library. Outdoor facilities include a floodlit grass rugby field, a soccer pitch, a basketball court, and several other playing fields.
The school is located on the Putland Road just off the main Vevay Road, next to the Queen of Peace church. It is accessible through the Dublin Bus
45, 84 and 184 routes. One of Presentation College's main feeder schools in Bray is Saint Cronan's Boys' National School
.
Presentation College Bray was established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers. Pres Bray originally served as a primary and secondary school, but the primary school was closed in the late 1980s; the old school building is now the home of the Bray Adult Education Centre. Central to the school's history was its connections to the Presentation Brothers
, however the last resident Brother left the school in 2003 and as of August 2007 the Brothers' house is awaiting demolition. The school was granted a new building in 2005, however the Department of Education
withheld its funding in 2008. The College was given permission to start construction in January 2009. The new building should be completed by January 2011.
and basketball
. They have won the Leinster Schools Junior Cup
on five occasions, making the school the fifth most successful in the competition's history. Their most recent cup success was in 1990, although they reached the final again in 2004. In 2010, the school's junior squad won the Fr. Godfrey Cup, following the 2009 Junior League success.
The predominant colours of the school's sports teams are black, red and yellow. The rugby jerseys and shorts are white, while rugby socks are coloured black.
The Pres Bray school basketball teams compete at schools "A" Level basketball in 4 categories, 1st year boys, 2nd year boys, U 16 Boys and U 19 Boys with over 60 players training and playing with the school teams. The school basketball jerseys are Black for home matches and Red for away matches. The school has made great strides in recent years going from 'C' standard in 2006 all the way to 'A' standard from 2008 on and has had several players selected on the Leinster provincial academy squads and also at U16 International level.
In 2010 the Pres Bray U16 Basketball team won several local and national awards following their U16 All-Ireland Cup Victory including the Evening Herald School Team of the Year, Bray Chamber of Commerce Sporting Achievement of the Year and East Coast FM Sports Star Award for January. On July 9th 2010 Basketball Ireland announced its annual award winners, Presentation College Bray was triumphant in all 3 Boys School categories:
Presentation Bray were also Leinster champions in chess 2 years in a row - 2009 and 2010. They then went on to finish 2nd & 3rd in the All-Ireland Schools Chess Competition.
syllabus for their first three years at the school, and the Leaving Certificate
syllabus for their last two. In between the two courses is an optional extra, Transition Year
, affording students the opportunity to study subjects and topics not present on the exam syllabi. Subjects studied include:
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
secondary school
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...
established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers
Presentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice....
in Bray
Bray
Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...
, County Wicklow
County Wicklow
County Wicklow 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 town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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.
There are currently about 600 students in Presentation College. The school's main building was built in the late 1960s. Other facilities on the campus include a study hall (formerly a swimming pool), a gym, changing rooms, several science labs, and a library. Outdoor facilities include a floodlit grass rugby field, a soccer pitch, a basketball court, and several other playing fields.
The school is located on the Putland Road just off the main Vevay Road, next to the Queen of Peace church. It is accessible through the Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...
45, 84 and 184 routes. One of Presentation College's main feeder schools in Bray is Saint Cronan's Boys' National School
Saint Cronan's Boys' National School
Saint Cronan's Boys' National School is a national school located in Vevay Crescent, just off the Vevay Road in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is the oldest primary school in Bray, having been founded in 1820 as Bray Male School...
.
History
Presentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice....
, however the last resident Brother left the school in 2003 and as of August 2007 the Brothers' house is awaiting demolition. The school was granted a new building in 2005, however the Department of Education
Department of Education and Science (Ireland)
The Department of Education and Skills is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Education and Skills who is assisted by two Ministers of State.-Departmental team:...
withheld its funding in 2008. The College was given permission to start construction in January 2009. The new building should be completed by January 2011.
Sports
Sports are an important part of school life; Pres Bray particularly excel in rugbyRugby 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...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. They have won 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...
on five occasions, making the school the fifth most successful in the competition's history. Their most recent cup success was in 1990, although they reached the final again in 2004. In 2010, the school's junior squad won the Fr. Godfrey Cup, following the 2009 Junior League success.
The predominant colours of the school's sports teams are black, red and yellow. The rugby jerseys and shorts are white, while rugby socks are coloured black.
The Pres Bray school basketball teams compete at schools "A" Level basketball in 4 categories, 1st year boys, 2nd year boys, U 16 Boys and U 19 Boys with over 60 players training and playing with the school teams. The school basketball jerseys are Black for home matches and Red for away matches. The school has made great strides in recent years going from 'C' standard in 2006 all the way to 'A' standard from 2008 on and has had several players selected on the Leinster provincial academy squads and also at U16 International level.
In 2010 the Pres Bray U16 Basketball team won several local and national awards following their U16 All-Ireland Cup Victory including the Evening Herald School Team of the Year, Bray Chamber of Commerce Sporting Achievement of the Year and East Coast FM Sports Star Award for January. On July 9th 2010 Basketball Ireland announced its annual award winners, Presentation College Bray was triumphant in all 3 Boys School categories:
Presentation Bray were also Leinster champions in chess 2 years in a row - 2009 and 2010. They then went on to finish 2nd & 3rd in the All-Ireland Schools Chess Competition.
| Basketball Ireland Awards 2010 |
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| Boys School Player of the Year - Lorcan Murphy |
| Boys School Coach of the Year - Marie O'Toole |
| Boys School of the Year - Presentation College, Bray |
| Basketball Roll of Honour |
|---|
| All-Ireland League Winners Boys U16 'C' - Mar 2003 |
| All-Ireland Cup Winners Boys U16 'C' - Feb 2006 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys U16 'B' - Dec 2007 |
| All-Ireland Cup Runners-Up Boys U16 'B' - Jan 2008 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys 1st Year 'B' - Mar 2008 |
| All-Ireland League Winners Boys 1st Year 'B' - Apr 2008 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys 1st Year 'A' - Mar 2009 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys 2nd Year 'A' - Mar 2009 |
| All-Ireland League Runners-Up Boys 1st Year 'A' - May 2009 |
| All-Ireland League Winners Boys 2nd Year 'A' - May 2009 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys U16 'A' - Dec 2009 |
| Leinster League Runners-Up Boys U19 'A' - Dec 2009 |
| All-Ireland Cup Winners Boys U16 'A' - Jan 2010 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys 2nd Year 'A' - Mar 2010 |
| All-Ireland League Runners-Up Boys U19 'A' - Mar 2010 |
| Leinster League Winners Boys U16 'A' - Dec 2010 |
| Leinster League Runners-Up Boys U19 'A' - Dec 2010 |
| All-Ireland League Runners-Up Boys U16 'A' - Mar 2011 |
| Leinster League Runners-Up Boys 2nd year 'A' - Mar 2011 |
| All-Ireland Plate Winners Boys 1st Year 'A' - May 2011 |
Curricular studies
Boys at Pres Bray sit the Junior CertificateJunior Certificate
The Junior Certificate is an educational qualification awarded in Ireland by the Department of Education to students who have successfully completed the junior cycle of secondary education, and achieved a minimum standard in their Junior Cert. examinations...
syllabus for their first three years at the school, and the Leaving Certificate
Leaving Certificate
The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior...
syllabus for their last two. In between the two courses is an optional extra, Transition Year
Transition Year
Transition Year is an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland and is intended to make the senior cycle a three year programme encompassing both Transition Year and Leaving Certificate...
, affording students the opportunity to study subjects and topics not present on the exam syllabi. Subjects studied include:
Junior Certificate
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Leaving Certificate
Optional subjects (after school hours)
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Extra-curricular activities
- RugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Gaelic footballGaelic footballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
- HurlingHurlingHurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Soccer
- Debating
- ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
- Social justiceSocial justiceSocial justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands and values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being. The term and modern concept of "social justice" was coined by...
Notable past pupils
- Reggie CorriganReggie CorriganReggie Corrigan is a former Irish rugby union footballer, playing at loose-head prop-forward. He attended school in Presentation College, Bray....
; former Irish rugby international and Leinster captain. - Seamus CostelloSeamus CostelloSeamus Costello was a leader of Official Sinn Féin and the Official Irish Republican Army and latterly of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and the Irish National Liberation Army ....
, Irish republican political activist. - Sean FitzPatrickSean FitzPatrickSeán FitzPatrick was chairman of Anglo Irish Bank until he resigned in December 2008 amid mounting revelations over hidden loans...
; Banker associated with Anglo Irish BankAnglo Irish BankAnglo Irish Bank was a bank based in Ireland with its headquarters in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It went into wind-down mode after nationalisation in 2009.... - Ed JoyceEd JoyceEdmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...
; Irish cricketer (plays for England and Middlesex). - Gary O'TooleGary O'TooleGary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn...
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sports pundit and former Olympic swimmer for Ireland. - Darren RandolphDarren RandolphDarren Edward Randolph is an Irish football goalkeeper playing for Scottish Premier League club Motherwell. He is a Republic of Ireland U-21 international and has also been in the senior Republic of Ireland squad. Randolph has also represented Ireland at basketball.-Early career:Randolph was born...
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correspondent. - David Wheatley; poet and critic.