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St Vincent's Secondary School, or St Vincent's CBS, is an independent Catholic Voluntary Secondary School in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. It operates as a registered charity under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. As of 2017, St Vincent's CBS secondary school had an enrollment of 375 boys.

History

The school was founded in 1856, when the Society of St Vincent de Paul purchased a building in Mountbrown, Kilmainham. Within a year, this building proved to be too small and land was purchased at the junction of Finglas Road and Botanic Road in Glasnevin. A building was erected on the site of what later became the Dalcassian Downs residential development. This school opened in 1860 and had residential accommodation for 150 boy boarders, teaching facilities, and a farm which supplied milk and vegetables.

Initially run by the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans), in 1863 the Congregation of Christian Brothers took over. Day boys were enrolled from January 1927, and a new primary school building was opened in 1939.

At the centenary in 1956, there were still 140 boarders and the farm was still in operation.

The secondary school continued to operate in the old building until new buildings were opened in 1964. Boarding continued until 1973 when the school became entirely a day school. A swimming pool was built in 1968 and a sports hall in 1976. (The pool closed in late 2009, due to "lack of funds needed for repairs").

The main school frontage is now on Finglas Road in Glasnevin, Dublin 11, opposite Glasnevin cemetery. Behind the secondary school, and between it and the playing fields, is St Vincent's primary school.

The former principal of St. Vincent's secondary school, John Horan, served as president of the GAA from 2018 to 2021.

Facilities

The school was recently refurbished, including with new equipment for its chemistry, physics and computer laboratories, and the extension of the Arts & Crafts, Construction Technology and Library multimedia facilities were completed in 2017.

The school has over 10 acres of sports fields. A large sports hall/gymnasium complex contains a gaelic handball alley, a basketball court where large-scale competitions are held, and other facilities such as specialist classrooms, a canteen and an oratory.

Achievements

A student from the school (Walter Hayes) won the Young Scientist Exhibition in 1967 and the school won the Young Social Innovators Award in 2006.

In terms of sport, the school is known for:

• Basketball; a long-established club: from academy level ("Little Saints") to Superleague (since 1990: 3 Superleague titles (including 2005–06, runners-up in 2011–12), 3 Superleague Northern Conference titles (including 2011–12), 2 National Cup titles, 8 National Championship titles, and 2 National League Division 1 titles), sharing a history with, and feeding into, the DCU Saints men's professional team.
• Swimming; particularly life-saving and water polo. The Water-Polo Club is one of the largest in Ireland. In the 2013/14 season, the Water-Polo Club were the Irish National League Champions for both Ladies and Men, as well as Ladies' Irish Cup & Men's National Knockout Cup holders. At underage level, the Girls and Boys were winners of their respective Irish U/19 Cups. They won the men's All Ireland championship in 2023 and 2024

The school also has athletics, rugby, soccer, hurling, gaelic football and boxing squads.

Alumni

Arts and media

• Patrick Collins - Painter
• Ronan Collins - RTÉ broadcaster
• Patrick Cosgrave - Journalist and writer
• Jack Cruise - Theatre actor and comedian
• Vincent Doyle - Journalist and newspaper editor
• Aidan Gillen - Stage and screen actor
• Pat Liddy - Artist, historian, author and lobbyist
• Alan Moore - Sports journalist and administrator
• Frank McDonald - Environment editor of The Irish Times
• Simon Young - RTÉ presenter

Politics and administration

• Frank Cluskey - Labour Party leader, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism
• Fr John Fogarty - Superior General, Congregation of the Holy Spirit
• Declan Kelly - Ambassador
• John O'Connell - Politician (TD, Ceann Comhairle, Senator and MEP)
• Francis Martin O'Donnell - Senior UN official and ambassador
• Jim Tunney - Politician and Gaelic footballer

Sport

• Paul Caffrey - Gaelic footballer
• Eamonn Coghlan - Olympian, senator and world champion athlete
• Kenny Cunningham - Republic of Ireland international soccer player
• Dessie Farrell - Dublin Gaelic football men's senior manager
• John Furlong - CEO of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee
• Dessie Glynn - Republic of Ireland international soccer
• Pat Hickey - Olympic Council of Ireland, International Olympic Committee
• John Horan - President of GAA
• Con Martin - Soccer and Gaelic footballer
• Mick Martin - Soccer player
• Jason Sherlock - Gaelic footballer
• Harry Thuillier - Olympic fencer and broadcaster

References

1. "An Average Irish Secondary School (1971)". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
2. "St Vincents, Glasnevin, Dublin City 11 on SchoolDays.ie". Schooldays.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
3. ^ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Saint Vincent's C.B.S. Glasnevin" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 11 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021. Saint Vincent's C.B.S, Glasnevin is a voluntary Catholic secondary school under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST). The school has a current enrolment of 375 boys
4. ^ "School History". vincentsprimary.com. St. Vincent's Primary School. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
5. "Image: L_ROY_01131.jpg". Catalogue.nli.ie. 1865. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
6. "Image: L_ROY_01130.jpg". Catalogue.nli.ie. 1880. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
7. "Education Costs Money". Rte.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
8. "St Vincents Water Polo Club". Stvincentswaterpolo.club. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
9. https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2024/0511/1448655-all-ireland-water-polo-championships/
10. "Obituary: First rate brain that loved to provoke". The Irish Times. 22 September 2001. p. 16. Retrieved 23 August 2021. Patrick attended St Vincent's CBS in Glasnevin
11. "Architecture Foundation: Biographies" (PDF). architecturefoundation.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2006. Frank McDonald was born in Dublin in 1950 and Educated at St Vincent's CBS Glasnevin and UCD
12. White, Lawrence William; Dempsey, Pauric J. (2009). "Cluskey, Frank (Francis)". dib.ie. Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.001768.v1. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
13. "Captain Cunningham". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
14. "Statesman in Dublin constituency". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 4 August 2001. Retrieved 23 August 2021. Dessie went to St Vincent's CBS in Glasnevin
15. "Chris Selley on the John Furlong affair: How to ruin a reputation". National Post. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
16. "Dessie Farrell: the making of a Dublin manager". The42.ie. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
17. "Harry Thuillier". irishrollcall.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Harry Thuillier was educated at St Patrick's national school, Drumcondra, and St Vincent's secondary school, Glasnevin.

External links

• Official website
• St Vincent's C.B.S. Primary School

• Educational institutions established in 1856
• Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland
• Glasnevin
• Secondary schools in Dublin (city)
• 1856 establishments in Ireland