St. Vincent's C.B.S.
| St. Vincent's C.B.S. (Scoil N. Uinsionn) |
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I Trust [in you, O Lord]
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| Location | |
| Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland | |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Irish Christian Brothers) |
| Established | 1856 |
| Principal | Mr John Horan (Secondary) Mr Warrick Sewell (Primary) |
| Teaching staff | c.50 |
| Number of students | c.350 boys (Secondary) c.300 boys (Primary) |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Yellow |
| Trustees | Edmund Rice Schools Trust |
| Secondary School Board Chairman |
Br Michael Heffernan CFC |
| Primary School Board Chairman |
Mr Austin Hughes |
St. Vincent's C.B.S. is a day school located in the district of Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. The Secondary School is a privately owned and managed[1] Voluntary Catholic Secondary School for boys between the ages of 12 and 18,[2] operating as a registered charity under the Trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. An adjacent primary school caters for boys up to the age of 12. A student from the school (Walter Hayes) won the Young Scientist Exhibition in 1967 and the school won the Young Social Innovators Award in 2006.
History
The school was founded in 1856, when the Society of St Vincent de Paul purchased a building in Mountbrown, Kilmainham. Within a year, this building proved to be too small and land was purchased in Glasnevin, at the junction of Finglas Road and Botanic Road. An imposing building[3][4][5] was erected (behind railings which still exist, now the site of Dalcassian Downs residential development), which opened in 1860 as a school with residential accommodation for 150 boy boarders, teaching and classroom facilities, and a farm which supplied provisions including milk and vegetables.
In 1863, the Congregation of Christian Brothers took over the running of the school from the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans). Day boys were enrolled from January 1927, but this put a strain on the accommodation and a new primary school building was opened in 1939. At the centenary in 1956 very little had changed as there were still 140 boarders and the farm was still in operation.
The secondary school continued to operate in the old building until new buildings were opened in 1964. Boarding continued until 1973 when the school became entirely a day-school. The swimming pool was built in 1968 and the sports hall in 1976.
Location
The main school frontage is now on Finglas Road in Glasnevin, Dublin 11, opposite the historic Glasnevin cemetery. Behind the secondary school, and between it and the playing fields, is St. Vincents CBS Primary.
Facilities
In terms of sport, the school is perhaps best known for:
- Basketball [6] (since 1990: 3 Superleague titles (including 2005-06, runners-up in 2011-12), 3 Superleague Northern Conference titles (including 2011-12), 2 National Cup titles, 8 National Championship titles, and 2 National League Division 1 titles), sharing a history with, and feeding into, the DCU Saints [7] men's professional team,
- Swimming (particularly life-saving [8] and water-polo [9] ). The Water-Polo Club is one of the largest and most successful in Ireland - in the 2013/14 season, the Water-Polo Club were the Irish National League Champions for both Ladies and Men, as well as Ladies' Irish Cup & Men's National Knockout Cup holders. At underage level, the Girls and Boys were winners of their respective Irish U/19 Cups.
The School also has active athletics, rugby, soccer, hurling, gaelic football and boxing squads.
The facilities include sports fields of over 10 acres. The school has a 25m swimming pool, but this is not currently in use after winter storm damage and the National Aquatic Centre is used. A large sports hall/gymnasium complex contains a gaelic handball alley, a basketball court where large-scale competitions are held, and other facilities such as specialist classrooms, a canteen and an oratory.
The school was recently refurbished, including with new equipment for its chemistry, physics and computer laboratories. A further initiative currently underway will extend the Arts & Crafts, Construction Technology and Library multimedia facilities.
Some past pupils of note
Sport
- Paul Caffrey - Gaelic Football
- Senator Eamon Coughlan - Olympic and World Champion Athlete
- Kenny Cunningham - Soccer
- Dessie Farrell - Gaelic Football, Hockey and CEO (Gaelic Players Association)
- John Furlong OC OBC - CEO (Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games)
- Dessie Glynn - Soccer
- Con Martin - Soccer and Gaelic Football
- Jason Sherlock - Gaelic Football
- Harry Thuillier - Olympic Fencer and Broadcaster
Business
- Michael Carey - Chairman (Bord Bia, Marketing Institute of Ireland, Company of Food), Non-Exec (Valeo/Jacob Fruitfield), Member of the Clinton Global Initiative[10]
- Frank Monks - Managing Director (Nexgen FS)[11]
- Paul Quinn - Government Chief Procurement Officer and CEO (Office of Government Procurement)
Arts and media
- Patrick Collins HRHA - Painter
- Ronan Collins - RTÉ Broadcaster
- Patrick Cosgrave - Journalist and Writer
- Jack Cruise - Theatre actor and Comedian
- Vincent Doyle - Journalist and Editor of The Evening Herald and The Irish Independent
- Aidan Gillen - Stage and Screen Actor
- Aidan Leonard - RTÉ Broadcaster and 2fm Director of Music
- Pat Liddy - Artist, Historian, Author and Environmental Lobbyist
- Frank McDonald - Environment Editor of The Irish Times
- Kevin Reynolds - Actor and RTÉ radio producer[12]
Politics, diplomacy and education
- Clive Byrne - Director, National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD)[13]
- Frank Cluskey - Politician (TD, MEP, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Leader of the Labour Party, Government Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism)
- Fr John Fogarty CSSp - Superior General, Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers)
- Professor Brian Grogan SJ - Theologian and Philosopher, President of the Milltown Institute[14]
- HE Declan Kelly - Ambassador
- Dr John O'Connell - Politician (TD, Ceann Comhairle, Senator and MEP)
- HE Francis Martin O'Donnell GCMM KC*SG KM KCHS KCMCO - Senior UN Official and Ambassador
- Brian Trevaskis - Student activist
- Jim Tunney - Politician (TD) and Gaelic Football
External links
- Facebook Photograph Album: Facebook Album
- St Vincent's Basketball Club: Website - Facebook
- DCU Saints Men's Superleague Basketball Team: Facebook
- St Vincent's WaterPolo Club: Website - Facebook
- St John Berchmans' Swimming, Lifesaving and Lifeguard Club RLSS: Facebook
- Edmund Rice Schools Trust
- St Vincent's C.B.S. Primary School
References
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- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.374908315993175.1073741837.182650101885665&type=3
- ↑ St Vincent's Basketball Club: Website
- ↑ DCU Saints Men's Superleague Basketball Team: Facebook
- ↑ St John Berchmans' Swimming, Lifesaving and Lifeguard Club RLSS: Facebook
- ↑ St Vincent's WaterPolo Club: Website - Facebook
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