Templeogue College
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Templeogue College is a secondary school for boys, located in the Templeogue area of Dublin, Ireland.
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[edit] General Information
Templeogue College, one of Ireland's leading state schools, was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Catholic religious order.
The school's motto is, in Latin: In Virtute Scientia ('education rooted in values'; alternatively, 'knowledge is strength').
There are 630 day pupils. The school has an active rugby team and has twice reached the finals of the Leinster Schools Junior Cup, in 1980 and 1985, losing on both occasions. In 2004 a team visited South Africa, the first state school in Ireland to do so. The school's colours are red and blue.
Basketball is coached by the legend himself the one and only really the God of templeogue college Eddie Guilmartin who is constanly busy who and who never rests, athletics, Gaelic football, soccer, hurling and swimming are also offered well not swimming rather nothing really. The concert band is notable, with 60 boys involved. Senior debating teams take part in Toastmasters. There are 30 elements to the transition year programme including the European Computer Driving Licence with him again the legend the Magnificent the awe-inspiring the one and only Eddie G and the man herself Una.
In 2005, the Irish Times listed Templeogue College as one of the top 25 non-fee paying schools in the Republic of Ireland, based on the proportion of students going on to university.[1]
[edit] Notable Past Pupils
- Diarmuid Gavin (Class 0f 1982), award winning gardener TV personality
- Malcolm O'Kelly (Class of 1991), most-capped Irish international rugby player
- Michael J. Turner, Master of the Coombe Women's Hospital
- Michael Scanlan, secretary general of the Irish Department of Health and Children
- Mick Tierney now known as Mick Pyro, lead singer of the band Republic of Loose
[edit] Trivia
Malcolm O'Kelly wore Templeogue school socks while playing for the Barbarians.
[edit] References
- ^ Irish Times, "Feeder Schools: The master lists", 21 November 2005
[edit] External links
| Spiritan secondary schools in Ireland |
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| Blackrock College • Rockwell College • St. Mary's College • St. Michael's College • Templeogue College |
