C.B.C. Monkstown
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| Motto | Certa Bonum Certamen Latin for Fight the Good Fight |
| Established | 1857 |
| Location | Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Students | 500+ |
| President Principal |
Mr. T. O'Reilly Mr. Patrick Keating |
| Staff Religious order |
47 Teachers, 10 Ancillary Christian Brothers |
| Homepage | http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie |
Christian Brothers College, Monkstown(or C.B.C. Monkstown) is a fee-paying Catholic school, founded in 1857 under the trusteeship of the Christian Brothers in Monkstown, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland.
There is another C.B.C. in Cork also founded by the Christian Brothers.
Rugby and Athletics are C.B.C. Monkstown's two main sports, the school won the Edmund Rice Games title in Athletics the past three years running.
The school's colours are red, black and gold.
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[edit] History
[edit] Eblana School
On January 1. 1857, the Christian Brothers opened a school at Eblana Avenue in Dun Laoghaire. This was just ten years after the Great Famine and emigration was rife. The school at Eblana prospered to an extent that it became impossible to accommodate both primary and secondary departments in the 19th. Century buildings.
[edit] Monkstown Park
Accordingly, in 1949 the Brothers purchased the nearby estate of Monkstown Park, which had been most recently occupied by a Protestant school. At that point the school which had hitherto been known as St. Michael's College split into public and private schools, with the private part (the new CBC Monkstown) moving and the public (now CBS Eblana) remaining on the site.
The secondary department, which the exception of the commercial stream, moved to the house at Monkstown in 1950, and extended the neo-classical house built by Charles Haliday in 1843. In 1987 the school was further extended to include new offices, cafeteria, staff room and technology department. Our latest addition is the Edmund Rice Oratory, opened in 1994.
This was the origin of CBC Monkstown. The school motto is "Certa Bonum Certamen (CBC) or "fight the good fight" and the school colours are red, black and gold.
[edit] Rugby
From the first the boys played Rugby Union as the main competitive team sport of the school and for a small school have achieved relative success, winning the Leinster Schools Senior Cup in 1976 and reaching the finals in 1984 and winning the League Cup at Junior Level in 1998 and 2004.
[edit] Past Pupils
Famous past pupils include:
- John O'Shea - well known in Ireland for the charity which he founded (GOAL)
- Bernard Farrell - playwright
- Frank Mc Cabe - former managing director of Intel in Ireland
- Sean Barrett - former Minister for Defence
- Peter McKenna - former Irish Rugby International
- Daniel Ryan - lead guitarist, The Thrills
- Jim Jim Nugent - radio presenter (2FM)
- Andy Keogh - professional footballer
The school has an active Past Pupils Union which organises annual events.
[edit] Today
[edit] Curriculum
CBC Monkstown today is a fee-paying secondary school with about 500 pupils. Boys study for both the Junior Certificate after the first 3 years, and the Leaving Certificate after 5 or 6 years.
The fourth year is called Transition Year and here the boys study not only the core academic subjects, but such optional subjects and activities as: Japanese, Sailing, Computer science (ECDL), Social work, Tourism, First Aid to name a few. The Comenius project is also offered which is a project linking CBC with other schools around Europe. TY classes won the Comortas Scannan TG4 in 2005 and were finalists in 2006, the 2005 group having their film represent Ireland in Italy in 2005.
Subjects offered to Certificate students at both levels: Latin, Art, Music, Computers, French , German, Physics, Applied Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Home Economics, Maths, Economics, Business, Accounting, Spanish, Geography, History, Technical drawing, Irish Language, Japanese and English.
Facilities include: playing fields, theatre/gymnasium, Science labs, library and computer room.
[edit] Extra-Curriculum
Extra-curricular activities are very important. Each year the school produces a musical in association with Loreto Foxrock which is extremely successful. Rugby is ever popular, with Athletics taking over in the summer. Other sports taken include: Golf, Swimming, Tennis, Orienteering and Badminton. Pupils in the senior cycle of the school are also given the oppertunity to participate in the Zambia Immersion Project where pupils fundraise and travel to Zambia and help in charity work. Others complete An Gaisce(Presidents Award) and the Edmund Rice awards.
[edit] Management
In the 2004 Sunday Times Schools League Table, CBC was listed among the country's top twenty school, while in the Irish Times tables in 2006, the school was the top all boys school in Ireland (3rd overall).
Though the Brothers retain a presence on the Board of Management, as Trustees, CBC is now staffed entirely by lay teachers, and is recognised as one of Ireland's leading educational establishments at secondary level[citation needed].
CBC Monkstown has over 500 students in the secondary college and more than 700 students if one includes the Preparatory School.
The current principal of the school is Mr. Patrick Keating.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- C.B.C. Monkstown - official website
