St._Benildus_College
St Benildus College
School in Republic of Ireland
St Benildus College is an all-boys, Catholic secondary school located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1966 when free secondary education was introduced in Ireland. The College was named after the De La Salle Saint, Brother Benildus of Clermont-Ferrand, France. As of 2018, over 800 students were recorded as being current pupils at the school. It is located on the Upper Kilmacud Road in South Dublin on a 25-acre site. Most of the school's students live in the surrounding areas such as Ballinteer, Kilmacud, Sandyford, Dundrum, Windy Arbour, Goatstown, Stillorgan, Balally, Leopardstown, Ballyogan andCarrickmines. St. Benildus College has been under the trusteeship of Le Chéile since 2010 but retains its Lasallian ethos. Several De La Salle Brothers reside at St. Benildus monastery on the school grounds. The school is administered by an eight-member Board of Management.
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The school is located in an area of south Dublin which was largely farmland until the 1950s and 1960s, when the area became built up with housing estates. The Luas green line is adjacent to the school, and the Kilmacud stop is at the back of the school. In 2009, a new road was opened, named Benildus Avenue, which runs parallel to the Luas line. The new road aims to ease traffic congestion around Sandyford Business District.
The school motto is "secundum verbum tuum" which means “be a man of your word”.