St Conleth's College

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St. Conleth's College

Motto	Fide et Fortitudine Latin for 'with faith and fortitude'
Established	1939
Location	Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland
Students	260 (senior school)
Headmaster Principal	Mr Peter Gallagher Ms Ann Sheppard
Staff	20 full time teachers
Homepage	http://www.stconleths.com

St. Conleth's College is a small fee-paying Catholic school in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1939, by Bernard Sheppard. Kevin D.Kelleher, (former international rugby referee) was headmaster for over 40 of his 62 years and is still actively involved in the school. Ann Sheppard (his daughter) was school principal from 1988 - 2001 and is now Director of Development. Peter Gallagher is the principal of the secondary school and Pat Murphy the principal of the junior school. The school was named after St. Conleth, a sixth-century Irish monk who was a "moulder of precious metals" and whose feast day is 4 May. The senior school has about 260 pupils (mixed with girls in 5th and 6th year) and a teaching staff of 20. It has grown steadily since it opened its doors and the school building at 28 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 is significantly different from the original building. In 2000 a school hall, canteen and additional classrooms were completed as well as a state-of-the-art computer lab and off-street car-parking facilities.

1 Academics
2 Sport
3 Notable Students
4 External links

[edit] Academics

In recent years, the school has consistently topped the academic league tables in Ireland. These findings are based on the proportion of students that are sent onto Universities in Ireland. The validity of such findings have been questioned by the bigger schools, both fee paying and public, due to the fact that St. Conleths has a significant advantage in that it is considerably smaller then most schools. The facts however are indisputable, St. Conleths College consistently send 97% plus directly onto college, some 30% above the national average. [1]

[edit] Sport

Although a small school, St. Conleth's are a common force in Leinsters "Section A Rugby Schools Cup". Their great rivalry with Sandford park and Marian College, both located in the same area, attracts much attention from local public. Although Sandford and Marian college have won the competition many more times than St. Conleth's, games played between them are extremely close.

While rugby is by far the main sport, St. Conleth's has experienced far more success in individual sports, largely due to the schools small status. St. Conleth's is currently in the top division of schools golf, squash and tennis. The schools basketball team also reached the all-Ireland Under section C final in 2007.In 2008 the schools under 16 team won the all-Ireland Cup in section B.

St. Conleth's is well known among the debating circuit across the world, and invariably has at least one member on the Irish team.