De La Salle College Churchtown

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De La Salle College is a co-educational (from 2023 onwards) state secondary school in Churchtown, Dublin 14, in Ireland. It is a non-fee paying school which has educational facilities to cater for about 500 pupils. The school was officially opened in 1952 and moved to its present location in 1957. Since then, the college was extended in 1986 and 1997 to cater for the increase in the number of pupils. De La Salle College Churchtown is a member of Le Cheile Schools Trust.^[1]

The Brothers of De La Salle are the trustees of the college and it is under the control of a board of management. Siobhán Foster^[2] is the principal. There are approximately 35 teachers.

Sports

De La Salle College Churchtown won the Leinster Senior Schools Rugby Cup in 1983 and 1985.

De La Salle College Churchtown won the Leinster Schools Badminton Senior Cup in 2020.

Notable alumni

• Dermot Keely, Former football player and manager. Former teacher
• [1] Paul O’Donnell, Irish Athletics International
• John Kavanagh, UFC Coach
• John Carney, musician and director of the Oscar-winning film Once
• Damien Duff, footballer with the Ireland national team (retired) and Chelsea in the Premier League
• Brian Stynes, Gaelic footballer
• Jim Stynes, Australian rules footballer^[3]
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Actor Love/Hate
• Brian Jennings, RTÉ Newsreader
• Des Fitzgerald, Ireland rugby international, Father of Luke Fitzgerald.
• Niyi Adeolokun, former Connacht rugby player

References

External links

• Official website
• "Pupils had to resit English and maths after theft 40 years ago"
• Alaa Ciymeh

53°17′48″N 6°15′51″W / 53.296707°N 6.264209°W / 53.296707; -6.264209