The O’Connell School is a secondary and primary school for boys located on North Richmond Street in Dublin, Ireland. The school, named in honour of the leader of Catholic Emancipation, Daniel O’Connell, has the distinction of being the oldest surviving Christian Brothers school in Dublin, having been first established in 1829. It is now under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (May 2008)

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O'Connell Secondary School
Location
North Richmond Street, Dublin 1, D01 Y4A9, Ireland
Coordinates	53.3593°N 6.2515°W / 53.3593; -6.2515
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Motto	"Ciall agus neart" (Sense and strength)
Established	1828; 196 years ago (1828)
Principal	Liam Newell
Staff	Over 30
Gender	Male
Number of students	Over 300
Religious order	Congregation of Christian Brothers
Website	oconnellschool.ie

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The school offers the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes.

A number of significant figures in Irish public life attended O'Connell's School.