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| St Vincent's Castleknock College Coláiste Chaisleán Cnucha | |
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Castleknock, Dublin Ireland | |
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| Type | Independent, All-Boys, Private School |
| Motto | Nos Autem in Nomine Domini ("We however, (put our trust) in the Name of the Lord") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Vincentian |
| Patron saint(s) | Saint Vincent de Paul |
| Established | 1835 |
| Founder | Fr. Phillip Dowley CM |
| President | Very Revd Peter J. Slevin CM |
| Headmaster | Mr Chris Kinder |
| Chaplain | Fr John Gallagher CM |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 12–19 |
| Number of students | 644 |
| Houses | St Malachy, St Laurence, St Declan, St Kevin |
| Colour(s) | Navy and Sky Blue |
| Song | Nos Autem, Abide With Me |
| Alumni | Pastmen |
| Website | castleknockcollege.ie |
Castleknock College (Irish: Coláiste Caisleán Cnucha) is an independent Vincentian secondary school for boys. Ages of the pupils vary from usually 12 to in and around 18/19. The school is situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, 8 km west of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland.
Founded in 1835, it is one of the oldest boys schools in Ireland. Although priority is given to those of the main Catholic tradition, as a Christian school, it is attended by students of other denominations and faiths. The school's colours are navy and sky blue. The school crest is a book, symbolising education, a cross, symbolising the success of Catholicism and the Irish shamrock, symbolising the success of the Vincentians in Ireland. The school has a liberal, intellectual, and Vincentian ethos.
Contents
1 History
2 Ethos
3 Academic life
3.1 BT Young Scientist Exhibition
4 Sporting tradition
4.1 Rugby
4.2 Athletics
4.3 Others sports
5 Music Life
6 Spiritual life
6.1 Castleknock College Chapel
6.2 SVP - Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
6.3 Castleknock Ambo Partnership
7 Extra–curricular activities
7.1 Chess
7.2 Debating
8 Castleknock Chronicle
9 Grounds
10 Building works 2005–2009
11 Cultural associations
12 Partially filmed at Castleknock
13 Notable past pupils
14 Notable past teachers
15 See also
16 References
17 External links
History
In 1830, a year after the passing of Catholic Emancipation, priests from the Vincentian Community (Congregation of the Mission; CM) in Maynooth College obtained permission to open a day school under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin. On the 28 August 1833 a day school at 24 Usher's Quay Dublin was opened.
On 28 August 1835, St. Vincent's Ecclesiastical Seminary was opened in Castleknock, a boarding school catering for just 47 boys.[1] The first student to enrol in 1835 was John Lynch of Clones, County Monaghan. He would later enter the Vincentian order and become Archbishop of Toronto. A contemporary of John Lynch was Patrick Moran who would also be ordained as a Vincentian priest and become Bishop of Cape Town before being appointed as the first Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (New Zealand) in 1869. Fr. Philip Dowley a former Dean of Maynooth and Provincial for the Vincentians was the first President of the College. The College's position at the forefront of Irish Catholic education was affirmed on 22 April 1900, when Queen Victoria and her royal party visited the College.
Before the foundation of Clonliffe College in 1861, seminarians for the Dublin Diocese would study in Castleknock before completing their studies in Maynooth College.[2]
Ethos
The College Motto is 'Nos Autem In Nomine Domini' ('We, however, in the name of the Lord'), which comes from Psalms xx 7. The text in the psalm is "Hi in curribus et hi en equis; nos autem in nomine Domini Dei nostri invocabimus" ('Some trust in chariots or horses; we, however, [trust]in the Name of the Lord.')
The college ethos is distinctly Vincentian in character; the mission statement is
'To have a College which is concerned with the development of the Whole person in a Christian atmosphere Which encourages involvement in a balance of Religious, Intellectual, Cultural and Sporting Activities And which promotes the growth of Self-worth and Respect for Others
In the spirit of St Vincent de Paul.'[3]
Each year on Union Day the College Medal (Vincentian Medal) is awarded to the Sixth Year student who has best embodied and exemplified the ethos and charisma of the College.
The Board of Management of Castleknock College implements an admission policy that conforms with the Education Act 1998, the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and the Equal Status Act 2000.
Academic life
Menu from celebration dinner.
The school aims for a low teacher/pupil ratio, and has a range of computing and science laboratories. Each year is looked after by at least one year head (Form Teacher) and four tutors. A wide range of extra-curricular activities including sport, language clubs, debating and music are offered, as is career guidance. The college's Alton reference and lending library is the largest second level library in Ireland. Computers with Internet connections are available.
BT Young Scientist Exhibition
Students participate in the annual BT Young Scientist Exhibition; over the years many have received awards and commendations for their projects. In January 2011 Alexander Amini, a student in Fourth Year, won the BT Young Scientist and Technologist of the Year 2011 award for his project entitled Tennis Sensor Data Analysis. Alexander was chosen to represent Ireland at the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Helsinki, Finland in September 2011, where he also claimed the top prize against 38 countries.
Sporting tradition
Sporting facilities at the college include nine rugby pitches, one soccer pitch, a cricket crease with pavilion, table tennis room, a state of the art tennis courts, a fully equipped weights room and an athletics and running track.
Sport has been played at Castleknock since the foundation of the College. Throughout the mid-nineteenth century a game peculiar to Castleknock known as 'Stilts' was played by the entire student body on a gravel patch in College grounds. Owing to the often over-zealous efforts of the participants this game was discouraged by the College Fathers in favour of Association Football (soccer), which was the game of choice among students of Castleknock until 1909 when it was replaced by rugby as the College's primary sport.[citation needed] In 1918 the College won the Leinster Colleges Senior hurling championship. Shortly afterwards the playing of gaelic games was prohibited in the College and this ban has remained in place ever since.
Rugby
Rugby posts were first erected in the College in November 1909. The College has won the Leinster Schools Senior Cup on eight occasions since first entering (and winning) the competition in 1913. Castleknock teams have been runners-up in the competition on fifteen occasions, contesting more finals than any other school apart from Belvedere College and Blackrock College. The Leinster Schools Junior Cup has also been won on eight occasions, the last time in 1966.
Twenty six past men have represented Ireland at full international level, the most recent being Leinster Rugby's Devin Toner (Class of 2004) who has been capped on three occasions. Toner is one of two past men to have won the Heineken Cup (2009, 2011, 2012) with Denis Hurley of Munster Rugby lifting the trophy in 2008.
Past men, James Leo Farrell and Michael Dunne were part of the British and Irish Lions touring squad to New Zealand and Australia. Farrell had also played for the Lions on the 1927 tour to Argentina.
Athletics
Castleknock College has Minor, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Athletics teams which compete for, and have won, the West Leinster Championship.
Others sports
Castleknock College competes in a variety of other sports including cricket, athletics, tennis, golf, show-jumping, soccer.
Music Life
Beginning in 2011, the music department within the school began to grow as a result of new staff within the College. Where the music department were previously limited to musicals and music as a leaving certificate subject, there now exists an award-winning Concert Orchestra, a Soul Band, a Junior Concert Band, a Barbershop Ensemble and an award-winning Choir.[citation needed]
Spiritual life
The College chaplain and members of the Vincentian Community are available for guidance and counselling. The College has always encouraged pupils to become involved in caring for the less-well-off members of society.[citation needed]
Castleknock College Chapel
An annual Family Mass for each Year is celebrated at which boys of that Year and their families participate together with the Community and teachers. Masses are held at regular times in the Chapel (e.g. Lent, Advent, Exam Time). Year and Class Masses, Benediction, scripture/prayer group meetings are held regularly throughout the year. Opportunity to attend the Sacrament of Reconciliation is available during the school week and also after Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday nights.
SVP - Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Castleknock College was established by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), the religious order founded by St. Vincent de Paul; the college follows the ethos and traditions of the Vincentian order. The most popular student society within the College is the St. Vincent de Paul Society; charity work undertaken by the school community is organised through the St Vincent de Paul Society.
Members are involved in helping the impoverished through a variety of means such as visiting local centres for people with special needs. The SVP conferences also raise funds and collect food for the sister conferences in the Dublin 15 area.
Castleknock Ambo Partnership
Inaugurated in 2008 and expected to continue indefinitely, the Young Vincentian Mission sends a small group of Fifth Year students to work and live with the Vincentian community in Ethiopia, for two to three weeks each summer, overseen by the VLM - Vincentian Lay Missionaries [1]. The first group in 2008 traveled to Mekelle in Northern Ethiopia and since 2009 the students have traveled to Ambo, Ethiopia. Successful applicants are trained and engage in a range of voluntary work for those struck by extreme poverty in Ambo, including teaching in the local Vincentian school, working in the Vincentian Food Programme, the Vincentian School for the Deaf, a leprosy village befriending members of the community and coaching Ambo United Football Club. Students are required to raise sufficient funds to meet their travel and subsistence expenses, and events are organised within and without the College to raise funds. This Development Programme has enabled the construction of expanded education facilities and the provision of medical and food supplies.[citation needed]
Extra–curricular activities
Extra–curricular activities offered include membership of the Painting Society, the Chess Club, Irish literature - Ceardlann Litríocht na Gaeilge, the Cumann Gaeilge, the Maths Society, the Prefect Mentoring System, Debating, Band, Music, Language societies (French, Spanish, German and Chinese), Book Club, student enterprise, SVP - Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Speech and Drama, charity work, the History Society and Picasso's Left Ear (Student Intellectual Publication).
Chess
In 2007 the Under-16 Chess team won the Leinster Championship and finished Runners Up in the All-Ireland Championship. Sixth Year student, Anthony Bourached, recently won the Leinster Under-18 Chess Championship.
Debating
The school's debating society has contributed to the Irish World Schools Debating Team, with 5 students representing Ireland since the competition's beginning in 1988. In both 2007 (Alan Henry & Liam O'Connell) and 2008 (Adam Noonan & Killian Breen) the College won the Leinster Schools Senior Debating Championships.
Castleknock Chronicle
The Castleknock Chronicle has been published every year since 1888; it is a record of the main events in the College, and is a valuable historical source. It records the students in each year group and the members of every team and society in the college. In has photographs and articles written by staff and students about events in the college. The Chronicle also holds the distinction of being the publisher of the last-known photograph of the RMS Titanic.[4] As of 2011[update] it was being digitised.
Grounds
There are two hills in the grounds: the Windmill Hill and the hill of the castle. The former is reputed to be the burial mound of Cumhal, father of Fionn mac Cumhail, a legendary Irish warrior. According to legend, Cumhal was interred here following his death at the Battle of Cnucha. An archaeological dig of this hill carried out in June 2007 revealed the remains of four human skeletons probably dating from the Early Christian period. The second hill is topped with the remains of Castleknock Castle which dates from the early thirteenth century, when it was founded by the Norman knight Hugh Tyrrell, who was later created Baron of Castleknock. He chose this location near the end of the esker which stretches from Galway to Dublin. Built on two mounds of the esker, it commanded the route into Dublin from the west. Castleknock was the final rallying point for the forces of the last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor. He failed to drive the Cambro-Normans from the area around Dublin in 1171.[citation needed]
The college is set on landscaped parkland estate with nine rugby pitches, a cricket crease and pavilion, a soccer pitch, an athletics and running track, six state of the art tennis courts and acres of land in which cows graze and wildlife such as pheasants, rabbits and squirrels are in abundance. There is car parking for students and others. The college is close to Castleknock village and is located beside Farmleigh Estate and the Phoenix Park.
Building works 2005–2009
From 2005 the College was renewed, at a cost in the region of €16 million. A 'Link Building' was built, and existing buildings expanded and refurbished; Irish President Mary McAleese officially opened the newly restored buildings on 29 September 2008. A state-of-the-art multi purpose sports and tennis ground was recently built, allowing for students and others to enjoy various activities.
Cultural associations
The school featured prominently in Gerard Siggins' series of novels Rugby Rebel as Castlerock College (a portmanteau of Castleknock College and Blackrock College). The boarding school of which the protagonist Eoin attends. The popular fictional series of Ross O'Carroll Kelly has mentioned Castleknock on a number of occasions in the book and Irish Times column. The name of the fictional school the character Ross O'Carroll Kelly attends is also called Castlerock College.
Partially filmed at Castleknock
The 2016 Irish comedy-drama film Handsome Devil directed by John Butler was predominantly filmed at Castleknock and featured as the fictional all boys boarding school 'Woodhill College'. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
It centres on an ostracised teenager (Fionn O'Shea) at an elite rugby-obsessed all boys boarding school in Ireland whose new roommate (Nicholas Galitzine) is the school's new rugby star-player. The two form an unlikely friendship until it is tested by those around them. Handsome Devil has received critical acclaim, winning the award for Best Irish Feature of 2017 from the Dublin Film Critics' Circle;four nominations at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards, including Best Feature Film; and the Best Single Drama Award at the annual Celtic Media Festival in 2018.
Notable past pupils
Former pupils of Castleknock College are known as Pastmen.
Academia, Science & Medicine
Robert Farnan, member of Seanad Éireann, gynaecologist, member of the Council of State and founder member of Fianna Fáil
J. B. Lyons, medical historian, writer and professor
Jerome Murphy-O'Connor Professor of New Testament at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem- Father Joseph Patrick Slattery, C.M., physicist, radiologist, Catholic priest, pioneer in the field of radiography in Australia (1877–1886)
Jeremy Swan, physician and cardiologist; co-inventor of the Swan-Ganz catheter
Alexander Amini, American scientist and Inventor
Gerald Molloy, Irish catholic priest, theologian and scientist
Arts & Media
Vincent Browne, journalist & broadcaster, former Fine Gael politician
William Francis Casey, writer and journalist, editor of The Times 1948–1952
Colin Farrell, actor
Ciaran Hope, Fulbright Scholar and Irish composer of orchestral, choral, and film music
Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio broadcaster and actor
Barry McGovern, actor
Arthur Mathews, writer (Father Ted and The Fast Show)
D.P. Moran, Irish nationalist writer and literary critic
Gerry Stembridge, writer, director and actor; co-creator of the radio programme Scrap Saturday (with Dermot Morgan)
Bill Shipsey, Irish human rights activist
Business
Bobby Kerr, CEO Insomnia Coffee & Dragon on the Irish Dragons' Den
Johnny Ronan, Businessman and property developer
Law
Charles Casey, High Court judge named Attorney General in 1951
John A. Edwards, judge of the Court of Appeal and former judge of the High Court
Paul Gallagher SC, Attorney General of Ireland 2007–2011
Conor Gearty, barrister-at-law, author; Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics and Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights; winner of the Irish Times National Debating Championship - (Team: 1978, 1979)
Anthony J. Hederman, Attorney General of Ireland 1977–1981; judge of the Supreme Court 1981–1993.
Cecil Lavery, former Fine Gael TD and Senator lawyer, politician (TD and Senator), Attorney General of Ireland, Supreme Court Judge
Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (1894–1900)
Peter Smithwick, former President of the District Court and Chairman of the Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry.[citation needed]
Joseph Alfred Sheridan, Irish lawyer and administrator
Military
Air Chief Marshal Sir William MacDonald, GCB, CBE, the first person to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in February 1940- Lieut.-Col. James Henry Reynolds VC, Surgeon Reynolds of Rorkes Drift
- Admiral Sir Henry Coey Kane KCB, Royal Navy Admiral
Politics & Diplomacy
Patrick Cooney, Fine Gael politician, government minister, Member of the European Parliament
Liam Cosgrave, Fine Gael politician; former Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland), minister and Irish ambassador to the United Nations
Liam T. Cosgrave, former Fine Gael Senator
Paddy Donegan, Fine Gael politician, government minister
Roger Garland, Green Party politician and environmental campaigner, first member of the Green Party to be elected to Dáil Éireann
Desmond Governey, former Fine Gael TD.[clarification needed]
Timothy Linehan, former Fine Gael TD
Marc MacSharry, politician
Oisín Quinn, former Lord Mayor of Dublin
Arthur Matthews, Cumann na nGaedheal TD (1927–32)
J. X. Murphy, governor of the Bank of Ireland, independent TD, 1927–32
Matthew O'Reilly, Fianna Fáil TD, 1927–54
P. W. Shaw, Cumann na nGaedheal TD, 1923–33
Timothy Sheehy, politician, Cumann na nGaedheal TD for Cork West 1927–1932
Edward Harney, Australian parliamentarian
Edward Barry, Irish nationalist politician
P.J. Brady, Irish nationalist politician
Henry Joseph Gill, Irish Parliamentarian
Edward Kelly, lawyer and politician, Nationalist MP for South Donegal 1910 - 1918.
Religious
John Bannon SJ,(1829–1913) Confederate army chaplain, student (1844–46)
Francis Browne, Jesuit priest and RMS Titanic photographer- Most Rev. Nicholas Donnelly, DD, titular bishop of Canea and auxiliary bishop of Dublin
- Most Rev. Patrick Feehan, Archbishop of Chicago
- Most Rev. Patrick Moran (1823–1895), First Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand (1869–1895)
Most Rev. Michael Verdon (1838–1918), Second Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand (1896–1918)
Michael Prior CM, Theologian
Most Rev. John Joseph Lynch CM, former Archbishop of Toronto- Most Rev. Stephen Fennelly, Archbishop of Madras.
- Most Rev. Thomas Grimley, Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town.
Sports
Jack Arigho, rugby, won 16 caps for Ireland between 1928–31
James Leo Farrell, rugby player; Ireland (1926–32), British and Irish Lions 1927 and 1930
Denis Hurley, rugby player, current member of the Munster Rugby team, Irish rugby international
Marty Moore, rugby player (current member of the Wasps RFC team)
Ruaidhri Murphy plays Super 15 rugby with the ACT Brumbies
Devin Toner, rugby player (current member of the Ireland Rugby and Leinster Rugby teams)
Mark Ward, Gaelic footballer (Meath Gaelic Football team)
Aidan McCullen, retired Irish international rugby player
Tom Farrell, rugby union player
Thos Foley, skier, member of the Ireland Olympic Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
In Fiction
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, a fictional wealthy Dublin 4 rugby union jock who attends the fictional Castlerock College (a portmanteau of Castleknock College and Blackrock College).
Notable past teachers
Éamon de Valera, member of the teaching staff, 1910–11; Fianna Fáil politician and former Taoiseach and President of Ireland
Frank Fahy, member of the teaching staff, 1906–21; politician, veteran of the Easter Rising and War of Independence, elected TD in the first Dáil 1919, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (1932–50) and Fianna Fáil TD for Meath
Mary Harney (briefly) and also interim moderator of the college debating society.
Jeremy Staunton, former rugby player for Munster and Ireland, current mathematics teacher.
See also
Lazarists - Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)
References
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^ "Vincentian Ethos - Castleknock College". castleknockcollege.ie. Retrieved 05/04/2018. Check date values in:|accessdate=(help)
^ "Titanic: The Last Photograph?". 23 April 2004.
External links
- Official Castleknock College website
- Official Castleknock College Union website
Coordinates: 53°22′07″N 6°22′06″W / 53.3685°N 6.3683°W / 53.3685; -6.3683
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