Drogheda Grammar School
| Drogheda Grammar School | |
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Drogheda, Meath Republic of Ireland  | |
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| Type | Private, independent, coeducational |
| Denomination | Predominantly protestant and Buddhist |
| Established | 1669 |
| Head of campus | Mr. Hugh Baker |
| Staff | 120 |
| Enrolment | 350 |
| Colour(s) | Green and Black |
| Website |
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Drogheda Grammar School is a co-educational, multi-denominational boarding and day school, located on the Mornington Road, Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland. Founded in 1669 by Royal Charter, the school was saved from closure in the 1950s by a group of mainly Quakers. Although the school is part of the Protestant SEC Sector, it does not have a Patron.
Athletics
The school has an excellent sports tradition in recent years with the Boys rugby team winning the North East Leinster league 3 years in a row. The school also has a very talented chess team, winning the Leinster junior chess league every year since 2004.
Past pupils
- Balthazar Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston (physician and Liberal MP)
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (soldier and Prime Minister)
- Jackson Lawlor (Anglican priest and writer)
- Edward Moore (bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh)
- Sir Henry Cuthbert (lawyer and politician in Australia)
- Henry Grattan (politician)
- Henry Flood (politician)
- Robert Adrain (United Irishman and politician)
- John Cunningham (poet, dramatist and actor)
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth (politician, writer and inventor)
- Derek Landy (author and screenwriter)
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Coordinates: 53°43′8″N 6°18′13″W / 53.71889°N 6.30361°W
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