O'Connell School

O'Connell C.B.S.
Location
North Richmond Street, Dublin 1
Ireland
Coordinates 53°21′33″N 6°15′05″W / 53.3593°N 6.2515°W / 53.3593; -6.2515Coordinates: 53°21′33″N 6°15′05″W / 53.3593°N 6.2515°W / 53.3593; -6.2515
Information
Motto ciall agus neart
(power and strength)
Established 1829
Principal Gerry Duffy(secondary) and patay o keffe(primary)
Staff over 400
Gender male
Number of students over 500 including (living certs repeats) secondary 200(primary)
Religious order Congregation of Christian Brothers
Website oconnellschool.ie

The O’Connell School is a secondary and a primary school for boys located on North Richmond Street in Dublin, Ireland. The school, named in honour of the leader of Catholic Emancipation, Daniel O’Connell, has the distinction of being the oldest surviving Christian Brothers school in Dublin, having been first established in 1829. James Joyce attended the school for a time, and it is mentioned in Dubliners in the story Araby. The school was for many years dubbed the "working man's Belvedere College" (in reference to the nearby fee-paying school of that name, and because of its good reputation). James Joyce transferred from O'Connell School to Belvedere after being offered a place there.

Notable staff and past pupils

A number of significant figures in Irish public life attended O'Connell's School.

References

  1. O Muircheartaigh, Micheal (2006-10-29). "Micheal and the Far East connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2012-09-15.

External links

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