Terenure College

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Terenure College is a Carmelites-run secondary school located in the Terenure area of Dublin, Ireland. The College was founded in 1860 and comprises a primary and secondary school.

The school has a strong rugby tradition, winning the Leinster Senior Cup (rugby) 10 times. The school's colours are purple, white and black.

1 History
2 Rugby
3 College run
4 Model United Nations
5 Other activities
6 List of notable alumni
7 External links

[edit] History

Catholic Emancipation was granted in 1829. The Carmelites responded to the need for Catholic educators by establishing schools wherever they had friaries. By 1854 practically all Carmelite friaries had primary schools attached.

In 1860 Terenure House, the former home of the Bourne family, opened as a college with twenty-one pupils on its roll. Since then it has grown into a junior and secondary school with a thousand pupils.

In 1949 a second Carmelite College was begun at Moate in County Westmeath. It is now a co-educational secondary school with three hundred pupils.

[edit] Rugby

Terenure has had a prolific history in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup with 10 wins to date. The winning captains and years are;

2003 David Cazabon, Alex Dunlop,
2001 Donal Dunlop,
1997 David Blaney,
1993 Tom Hennessy,
1992 James Blaney,
1984 Michael Costello,
1980 Kieran Harty,
1979 David Webb,
1958 Gerry Tormey,
1952 John O’Connor.

[edit] College run

The Carmelite College, Moate first held a college run in 1987. Every student in the school participated and the final, which included the fastest runners in the college, was a very competitive event. This became an annual event and a police escort was given for the runners as they made their way through the town, and students lined the route to encourage and cheer on their classmates.

The Terenure College Charity Run was a started as a way to remember a former student and teacher in the school named Fr. Gerry Hipwell O.Carm and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the President’s Award, in which he helped many students to participate. The semi-final including the fastest 2 students in each year and the 15 fastest in the school is held during the first week in May. The fastest 10 students compete in the final and the winner receives the Fr. Gerry Hipwell Memorial Cup.

[edit] Model United Nations

Terenure College have a very strong background in Model United Nations. They have partaken in St. Andrew's International Model United Nations (SAIMUN) and Royal Russel School Model United Nations (RRSMUN).

[edit] Other activities

Terenure College is renowned not only for its schoolboy rugby, but also for badminton,tennis,cricket,athletic,swimming,golf,and numerous other sports teams which have won several regional and national competitions. The college has a strong history of drama as pupils, such as Dave Allen and Donal McCann, therefore it has been a natural tradition to encourage drama in the school, which all year levels are encouraged to participate in, including the senior college play, which is conducted with Our Lady's Girls Secondary School pupils each year. The school also has strong debating and young scientist records, and is generally considered an excellent school for additional out of class activities. The school also has an active GAA team, one of Ireland's oldest in-school teams. Photography, Amnesty International and 4th Year Toastmasters are other notable groups.