St_Mary's_College,_Dublin

St Mary's College, Dublin

St Mary's College, Dublin

Voluntary school in Rathmines, Dublin , Ireland

St Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is a voluntary boys' primary and secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, and then reopened in 1926 (from 1917 until 1926 the St. Mary's operated as a House of Philosophy for the Spiritans, before it moved to Blackrock.).[1] The school colours are blue and white.

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Notable past pupils

Ireland rugby player Johnny Sexton, St Mary's Rathmines past pupil
Ireland rugby player Johnny Sexton, St Mary's Rathmines past pupil
See also: Category:People educated at St Mary's College, Dublin

Arts and media

Law

Politics

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Other

Notable staff

  • Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach and former president, taught at St. Mary's for a short time in 1915 as a mathematics professor[14]

Sister schools

The following schools were also founded by the Holy Ghost Fathers in Ireland:

St. Mary's College R.F.C. in Templeogue.

St. Mary's College Rugby Club

Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. is directly associated with the St. Mary's College Rugby Club located in Templeogue. The club has been home to some of Leinster and Ireland's greatest rugby players.

References

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