St. Andrew's College, Dublin
| Saint Andrew's College Coláiste Naomh Aindriú | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Booterstown, County Dublin Republic of Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 53°18′19″N 6°12′05″W / 53.305416°N 6.201476°WCoordinates: 53°18′19″N 6°12′05″W / 53.305416°N 6.201476°W |
| Information | |
| Motto |
Ardens Sed Virens (Latin for 'Burning Yet Flourishing') |
| Established | 1894 |
| Headmaster | Peter Fraser |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Number of students |
Junior School: 265 [1] Senior School: 988 [2] (2011/2012) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| Website | sac.ie |
St. Andrew's College (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Aindriú) - is a co-educational inter-denominational, international day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dublin, Ireland.
The school colours are blue and white.
History
Foundation
Originally founded as a boys' secondary school at the end of the nineteenth century by members of the Presbyterian community, St. Andrew's College celebrated its centenary in 1994. It was on 8 January 1894 that the College opened its doors at 21 St. Stephen's Green in the centre of Victorian Dublin. This was to be the first of its three locations.
The school grew rapidly from its original intake of 64 students. By the end of 1894 there were 203 boys in the school.
Wellington Place
However, at the beginning of 1937 a move to new premises in Wellington Place, Clyde Road, along with a determined effort by past pupils and parents to stave off closure or amalgamation saw a revival in the fortunes of the College.
Structure
Accreditations
Since 1984, St. Andrew's has been fully accredited by the European Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the only school in Ireland for which this is so.[3][4]
Internationale Baccalaureate
St. Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.[5] A small number (usually around 70) of the school's students are in the IB programme.
Sport
The school's sports facilities consist of two hockey pitches, two rugby pitches, two hard tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, an indoor sports hall, and a fitness centre. The major winter sports are rugby, basketball and hockey; the major summer sports are tennis, athletics and cricket.[6]
Notable pupils
- Leigh Arnold, Irish actress
- Andrew Balbirnie, cricketer
- Wallace Benn, suffragan Bishop of Lewes (1997-2012)
- Robert Briscoe (politician), first Jewish Teachta Dála (TD) and founding member of Fianna Fáil [7] also served as Lord Mayor Dublin
- Tom Dreaper, racehorse trainer
- Zlata Filipović, Bosnian writer
- Charles Franklin, Irish motorcycle racer, naturalised American motorcycle engineer. Enrolled in 1894, the year the college was founded.
- Ruth Gilligan, writer and actress
- Eve Hewson, actress
- Hector Hughes, Scottish former MP
- Herbert Carmichael Irwin, aviator and athlete
- Denis Johnston, writer
- Felix Jones (rugby union), Ireland international
- Alan Lewis, former Ireland cricketer and Rugby Union Referee.
- Katie McGrath, Actress
- Alfred Monahan, Bishop of Monmouth (1940-1945)
- David Norris, independent member of Seanad Éireann
- Molly Sterling, singer/songwriter
- John Lighton Synge, mathematician and physicist
- Cliff Taylor, Editor, Sunday Business Post
- Trevor Williams (bishop), Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe
- Juanita Wilson, director
Notes
- ↑ "Your Child in St Andrew's College 2012". St. Andrew's College.
- ↑ "St. Andrew’s College". schooldays.ie.
- ↑ "St. Andrew’s College profile". European Council of International Schools.
- ↑ "CAISA Directory of Schools". New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
- ↑ "Four Courts". skoool.ie. 2007-11-20.
St Andrew's is the only school in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate
- ↑ "Sport". St. Andrew’s College.
- ↑ White, Lawrence William. "Briscoe, Robert Emmet". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
A founding member of Fianna Fáil (1926), he served on its first executive committee