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			{{Short description\|Secondary school in Dublin, Ireland}}
	::''For the school in Washington, D.C., see ]. For the school in Spokane, Washington, see ]''.
			{{About\|the school in Dublin\|the school in Washington, D.C.\|Gonzaga College High School\|the school in Spokane, Washington\|Gonzaga University}}
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			\| motto_translation = Always and everywhere faithful
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			\| city = Ranelagh
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			\| province = Leinster
			\| county = Dublin
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			\| founded = {{Start date and age\| 1950 }}
			\| schoolnumber = +353-1-497-2931
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			\| principal = Damon McCaul
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			\| years = 1st to 6th
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	'''Gonzaga College S.J.''' is a private Catholic boys secondary school in ], ], ], under the trusteeship of the ]. Founded in 1950, the curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including the classics at junior cycle and the opportunity in senior cycle, to study eight subjects for the ]. Gonzaga is one of a number of ].
	The school is named after the early Jesuit St ] and takes its emblem from the coat of arms of the ] family.
	==History==
	The school buildings were bought from the ] family in 1949. Gonzaga tried to be a modern school from its inception. At first students did not take the ] exam but instead did the ] matriculation in fifth year while sixth year was a pre-university philosophy year. Later, the British O-Levels were introduced for fourth years and the ] was introduced for sixth years. The ] was closed in the 1990s.

			'''Gonzaga College SJ''' is a ] ] boys' secondary school in ], ], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gonzaga College, Dublin City 6 on SchoolDays.ie \|url=https://www.schooldays.ie/school/gonzaga-college-rollnumber-60530S \|access-date=2022-07-27 \|website=www.schooldays.ie}}</ref> Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the ] (the Jesuit Order), one of five ]. The curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including ] and ] at Junior Cycle and eight subjects being studied in Senior Cycle for the ].
	==Campus==
	The school is located 3km from Dublin city centre on a large piece of land including a front lawn with cricket crease, rugby pitches and tennis courts. The school buildings include a library, chapel, bell tower, priests' residence and science block. The architecture of the school fuses modern copper roofed buildings with existing period houses. Some sections of the school grounds were sold to developers for residential housing in the 1980s and 1990s.

			The school is named after the early Jesuit ] and takes its emblem from the coat of arms of the ] family. The school has a liberal, intellectual, and ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gonzaga.ie/home/ap06\|title=Gonzaga College SJ}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602002316/http://www.seattleu.edu/uploadedfiles/core/jesuit_education/characteristicsjesuiteducation.pdf \|date=2010-06-02 }}. Seattle University. Retrieved: 2010-09-03.</ref><ref>. World Union of Jesuit Alumni(ae). Retrieved: 2010-09-03.</ref>
	==Academic Performance==

	Gonzaga has a reputation for academic excellence<ref></ref> The use of examinations to select pupils has been discontinued following government intervention<ref></ref> (the state part funds the school by paying some teachers' salaries). In 2005, Gonzaga sent 68% of its leaving cert pupils to ] and 21% to ]. Overall it came fifth in a league table of Dublin schools ranked by percentage of leaving cert students progressing to third level education.<ref></ref>
			The annual fee for the 2019–2020 academic year was €6,605.<ref name="fee">{{cite news \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/fees-for-private-schools-jump-as-enrolments-return-to-boom-time-high-1.4125470 \|title=Fees for private schools jump as enrolments return to boom-time high \|date=28 December 2019 \|newspaper=]}}</ref>

			== Campus ==
	Sensitive to criticism of the school for being elitist in its selection techniques (the admission form still requires applicants' parents to list their job titles and employers' names), the school introduced an 'Assisted Places' scheme<ref></ref>.
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			The school is located {{convert\|4.4\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} from Dublin city centre<ref> Distance measured precisely to G.P.O. as crow flies.</ref> on a large area of land including a front lawn with ], rugby pitches and tennis courts. The school buildings include a library, chapel, clock tower, theatre, priests' residence, science block, and 84 individual classrooms. The architecture of the school mixes modern copper-roofed buildings with older period houses. Some sections of the school grounds were sold to developers for housing estates in 1984.

			In 2007, the school began to work on a major extension project, increasing the size of the school building by 84%. The new building opened to students for the 2009–10 school year.
	Visual arts, theatre and music are still emphasised in the curriculum. Pupils are encouraged to study Latin and Greek.<ref></ref> The school chess team has been particularly successful, winning national and international awards<ref></ref>

			== Academic performance ==
	==Sports==
			Gonzaga College has a reputation for academic excellence.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/front/2005/1121/1630273000HM1FEEDER.html\|title=Irish Times Article:Free schools score highly in third-level feeder list\|newspaper=] }}</ref> The use of examinations to select pupils for admission has been discontinued following government intervention<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925204850/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0524/D.0524.200010170259.html \|date=2012-09-25 }}</ref> (the state part-funds the school by paying most teachers' salaries), although boys and parents are interviewed ("the interview is a sharing of ideas").<ref name="policy">, gonzaga.ie. June 2010. Retrieved: 2010-11-29.</ref> In 2018 it was the top all-boys secondary school in Ireland in terms of the percentage of students who progressed to university, with 85.9% of all students doing so.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.joe.ie/news/top-25-schools-ireland-revealed-641787\|title=The top 25 schools in Ireland have been revealed\|website=JOE.ie\|date=24 September 2018 }}</ref> In 2019, 36.1% of students progressed to ], while 38.1% progressed to ] and 19.6% progressed to ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/feeder-schools/gonzaga-college/60530S\|title=Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin \| The Irish Times Feeder Schools\|website=www.irishtimes.com}}</ref>
	The main school sport is ] followed by Cricket and Tennis. Gaelic games are not played. Chess is. The school does not have a soccer team. The Junior Cup Rugby teams of 1989, 2003 and 2006 reached the final of the ]. The ] team have often reached the quarter finals of the cup.

			Visual arts, theatre, and music are emphasised in the curriculum; pupils are encouraged to study Latin and Greek.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gonzagaunion.ie/news/view-details.asp?NewsID=105\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908080625/http://www.gonzagaunion.ie/news/view-details.asp?NewsID=105\|title=Latin and Greek encouraged by headmaster\|archive-date=8 September 2007}}</ref>
	==Ethos==
	The school has a liberal, intellectual, ] ethos.

	==~~Notable~~ ~~Alumni~~==		==Sports and games==

			=== Sports ===
	*] ] Judge
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	*] Psychiatrist and Broadcaster
	*] Concert Pianist
	*] Green Party TD
	*] Lead Singer from ]
	*] Former Irish Rugby International
	*] ] Judge
	*]
	*] current ] and ]
	*] Actor{{Fact\|date=February 2007}}
	*] Professional Rugby Player{{Fact\|date=February 2007}}
	*] Green Party TD
	*] former ]
	*] Concert Pianist{{Fact\|date=February 2007}}

			The primary sport at Gonzaga College is ], however many other sports such as ], ], ], ], ], and ] are also played within the school.
	==How gay is Andrew King?==

			The Junior Cup Rugby teams of 1989, 2003, and 2006 reached the final of the ]. The ] (SCT) have reached three semi finals and three finals. The SCT of 2019 reached the final of the Senior Cup for the first time in the college's history, losing to ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/rugby/st-michaels-college-win-third-leinster-schools-senior-cup-911562.html\|title=St Michael's College win third Leinster Schools' Senior Cup\|date=17 March 2019}}</ref> The 2023 team won the school's first ever Senior Cup],<ref>{{Cite web
	==References==
			\| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/03/17/gonzaga-win-a-first-senior-cup-after-dethroning-champions-blackrock-in-final-for-the-ages/
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			\| title = Gonzaga win a first Senior Cup after dethroning champions Blackrock in final for the ages
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			\| last = O'Sullivan
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			\| first = John
			\| publisher = The Irish Times
			\| date = 2023-03-17}}</ref> beating holders Blackrock with a score of 35-31 on 17 March, 2023. They have also won the Senior League (for middle-ranking schools) on several occasions. The school has produced a small number of professional rugby players and seven Irish internationals: ], ], ] (who went on to represent the ]), ], ], ], and ].

			The school golf team won Leinster titles in 1999 and 2006. Previously, the team reached the semi-finals of the junior cup. In 2010, the Senior Team won the Leinster Schools Senior Matchplay competition, beating ] 3½ to 1½.<ref> by Shay Keenan, ''The Irish Times'', 2010-02-16. Retrieved: 2010-09-01.</ref> They went on to win the All-Ireland Golf Championship in April 2010.
	===Footnotes===
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			] were not played in the past but, in recent years, a team has been entered in a Gaelic football blitz involving other rugby-playing schools. Hurling has also been introduced in recent years.
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			The school is occasionally represented by a ] team in friendly matches, but association football is not an official sport of the school.
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			The main sports in the college during the summer term are ] and ]. Gonzaga College has a strong tennis tradition, producing many of Ireland's finest tennis players including Barry King, Seán Molloy and Jerry Sheehan. The college has also produced three cricket internationals, most recently bowler ], as well as Ireland internationals in bridge, lawn bowls and fencing. The school also has a rich history of competition in Ultimate Frisbee, winning several Schools Cups and providing the starting point for many players who have gone on to compete internationally at various age levels.
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			=== Chess ===
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			The school has a tradition of strong chess teams which have been victorious in numerous Leinster and national championships. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, they were Leinster and All Ireland champions at minor, junior and senior levels – an unprecedented clean sweep of Irish schools chess. Of the school chess teams' many achievements, most noteworthy was winning the prestigious Millfield International Chess Tournament in England in 1992, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 while also winning the Eton College Rapidplay in 2016. Many school chess players have built on their experiences at the college and after graduating continued to greater success, including ] ] and Mark Quinn.

			Gonazga Chess Club, which includes pupils and adults competes in the Leinster Chess Union leagues, with the club being very successful in recent years, winning the first division ] 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

			== Buildings ==
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			]
			Initially the school consisted of the three ] buildings on the site, one being used for the school, one as a Jesuit house of residence, and one as a lunch room, changing rooms, science laboratories, etc. In the 1950s, ] of Robinson Keefe Devane Architects prepared a masterplan with a school hall between the two main houses and classroom wings extending to the two main houses. The masterplan included a chapel in front of the hall and main entrance. Over the 1950s the classroom wing linked to the school house was built along with the hall and main entrance. In the 1960s the chapel was built. In the 1980s an additional wing of classrooms was constructed. The school's renovation project finished in time for the 2009–10 school year: the first stage was a complete renovation of the science facilities, while the second stage almost doubled the floor area of the school with new buildings. The extension included the new Purdy Dining Hall, the new Coulson Theatre, a gym changing area, and classrooms. The old school hall was completely renovated into a modern library named the Sutherland Library with meeting rooms and study facilities. In 2019-2020 there are tentative plans for a major development of the older section of the school.

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			== Former principal ==
			In 2020, former headmaster Patrick Potts committed suicide several days prior to a court appearance on charges of the sexual abuse of students while he was vice-principal of ], a post he held before becoming headmaster at Gonzaga College.<ref name=allegations>{{Cite news\| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/abuse-allegations-against-ex-principal-of-gonzaga-deeply-disturbing-1.4402719 \|title = Abuse allegations against ex-principal of Gonzaga 'Deeply disturbing' \|last = O'Brien \|first = Carl \|newspaper = The Irish Times \|date = 2020-11-06}}</ref><ref>https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/some-schools-use-restorative-justice-to-deal-with-past-abuse-why-not-others/ {{Bare URL inline\|date=August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/i-feel-cheated-says-francis-nesbitt-as-ex-gonzaga-head-patrick-potts-dies-before-sex-abuse-trial-gz68fzp6z \| title=I feel cheated, says Francis Nesbitt as ex-Gonzaga head Patrick Potts dies before sex abuse trial \| date=24 October 2020 }}</ref> The school commented that it had "never received a complaint directly relating to his tenure at Gonzaga." but that it was aware of one complaint which had been made directly to the ].<ref name=allegations/>

			== Notable past pupils ==
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			===Academia===
			*] — psychiatrist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/may/13/medicalscience.comment\|title=The chair man: the Anthony Clare profile\|date=13 May 2001\|website=the Guardian}}</ref>
			*] — Jean Monnet Professor of European Policy at ] and economic adviser to former ] ]<ref>, ''Sunday Independent'', 2008-06-29. Retrieved: 2010-08-25.</ref>
			*] — Professor of Astronomy, Leiden University<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.fwn.leidenuniv.nl/gs/astronomy/staff/miley.htm\|title=George K. Miley\|access-date=22 March 2008\|archive-date=30 June 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630170328/http://www.fwn.leidenuniv.nl/gs/astronomy/staff/miley.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			*] — Associate Professor, Law, Trinity College Dublin<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tcd.ie/law/people/drphelan\|title=Diarmuid Rossa Phelan}}</ref>

			===Arts and media===
			*] — concert pianist<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pasadenaisd.org/pearlhall/music/Finghin%20Collins.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111040845/http://www.pasadenaisd.org/pearlhall/music/Finghin%20Collins.htm\|title=Finghin Collins ~ Concert Pianist\|archive-date=11 November 2007}}</ref>
			*] — lead singer with ]<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/the-secret-history-of-the-thrills-2675515 \| title=The Secret History of the Thrills }}</ref>
			*] — poet<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.ucd.ie/president/about/universityawards/honorarydegrees/2011/pauldurcan/ \| title=Paul Durcan - UCD President's Office }}</ref>
			*] — actor <ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/first-encounters-jack-gleeson-and-matt-smyth-1.1488351 \| title=First encounters: Jack Gleeson and Matt Smyth \| newspaper=] }}</ref>
			*] - actor{{cn\|date=June 2023}}
			*] — poet, dramatist, novelist.<ref>, Ricorso. Retrieved: 2012-01-06.</ref>
			*] — film producer<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/redmond-morris/26825530.html \| title=Redmond Morris \| date=26 February 2012 }}</ref>
			*] — actor<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://anirishmanabroad.podbean.com/e/fionn-oshea-episode-363/ \| title=Fionn O'Shea: Episode 363 \| an Irishman Abroad }}</ref>
			*] — actor<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778831/bio\|title = Andrew Scott\|website = ]}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=April 2024}}<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.gonzaga.ie/naming-the-library \| title=The CALL }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/great-scott-how-it-all-began-with-a-bowl-of-porridge/30217613.html \| title=Great Scott: How it all began with a bowl of porridge \| date=27 April 2014 }}</ref>
			*] — novelist, short story writer, essayist, and former copyright lawyer<ref>, Ricorso</ref>
			*] — concert pianist<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.finghincollins.com/main.php?type=news&article=gonzaga \|title=News Articles - Gonzaga Golden Jubilee Concert \|date=27 October 2007 \|website= \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027062227/http://www.finghincollins.com/main.php?type=news&article=gonzaga \|archive-date=27 October 2007 }}</ref>

			===Law===
			*] — ] judge<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310152104/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/04/13/story135990641.asp \|date=2007-03-10 }}</ref>
			*] — ] judge<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120538/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2004/12/12/story974.asp \|date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>
			*] — lawyer and obituary writer<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817093543/http://gonzagaunion.ie/gallery/details.asp?ImageID=794 \|date=2011-08-17 }} Gonzaga Union. Retrieved: 2011-11-18.</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=April 2024}}

			===Politics and diplomacy===
			*] — ] TD<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://patrickcostello.ie/\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150216193334/http://patrickcostello.ie/\| archive-date = 2015-02-16\| title = Patrick Costello {{!}} Green Party – Rathgar Rathmines Local Election Candidate}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=April 2024}}
			*] — ] MEP and former ] and Minister of State for Horticulture, Sustainable Travel, and Planning and Heritage<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.greenparty.ie/people/ciaran_cuffe\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217075432/http://www.greenparty.ie/people/ciaran_cuffe\|title=Green Party TD\|archive-date=17 February 2007}}</ref>
			*] — ] TD<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/schools-rugby/gonzaga-past-pupils-were-extremely-drunk-at-match-35497983.html\|title=Gonzaga past pupils were 'extremely drunk' at match\|website=independent\|date=3 March 2017 }}</ref>
			*] — ] ] and ]<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103216/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/11/19/story18977.asp \|date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>
			*] — ] TD and Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ossiansmyth/\|title=Ossian Smyth\|website=Linkedin}}</ref>
			*] — ], former director general of the ], former ], former chairman of ] and chairman of ]<ref>, ''United Nations Press Release'', 2006-01-23. Retrieved: 2010-08-25.</ref>

			===Sports===
			*] — former ] international, ] player and renowned doctor<ref> ''The Telegraph'', 2010-07-26.</ref>
			*] — International Master of chess<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31504\|title=The chess games of Sam E Collins\|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=April 2024}}
			*] — Irish rugby international<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.village.ie/magill_articles/sport/old_dogs_and_new_tricks/ \|title=Old dogs and new tricks \|access-date=19 January 2007 \|archive-date=28 September 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928165530/http://www.village.ie/magill_articles/sport/old_dogs_and_new_tricks/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
			*] - former ] player and ] international<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.the42.ie/matt-healy-connacht-ireland-debut-south-africa-2847591-Jun2016/\|title=Mixed feelings for Connacht's Healy after Ireland debut in defeat to Boks\|first=The42\|last=Team\|website=The42\|date=27 June 2016 }}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=April 2024}}
			*] - ]{{cn\|date=April 2024}}
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			==See also==
			* ]
			* ]

			== References ==
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			==Further reading==
			*{{dead link\|date=September 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}, ''The Sunday Times''.{{subscription required}}
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			*''A Short History of Gonzaga College, 1950–2000'', Christopher J. Finlay, Dublin, September 2000, Eneclann Ltd. {{ISBN\|978-0-9537557-1-4}}.

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Secondary school in Dublin, Ireland This article is about the school in Dublin. For the school in Washington, D.C., see Gonzaga College High School. For the school in Spokane, Washington, see Gonzaga University.

Gonzaga College SJ

Arms of the college, based on those of the House of Gonzaga of Mantua

Location

Sandford Road
Ranelagh, Dublin, Leinster, D06 KF95
Ireland

Coordinates

53°19′0.52″N 6°14′57.58″W / 53.3168111°N 6.2493278°W / 53.3168111; -6.2493278

Information

School type

Voluntary secondary school

Motto

Semper et Ubique Fidelis
(Always and everywhere faithful)

Religious affiliation(s)

Roman Catholic, Jesuit

Founded

1950; 74 years ago (1950)

School number

+353-1-497-2931

Principal

Damon McCaul

Years offered

1st to 6th

Gender

Male

Age range

12-18

Colour(s)

School fees

€6,605 (2019–2022)

Website

www.gonzaga.ie

Gonzaga College SJ is a voluntary Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), one of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ireland. The curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including Latin and Greek at Junior Cycle and eight subjects being studied in Senior Cycle for the Leaving Certificate.

The school is named after the early Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and takes its emblem from the coat of arms of the Gonzaga family. The school has a liberal, intellectual, and Jesuit ethos.

The annual fee for the 2019–2020 academic year was €6,605.

Campus

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Grounds of Gonzaga College in Ranelagh, Dublin

The school is located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) from Dublin city centre on a large area of land including a front lawn with cricket crease, rugby pitches and tennis courts. The school buildings include a library, chapel, clock tower, theatre, priests' residence, science block, and 84 individual classrooms. The architecture of the school mixes modern copper-roofed buildings with older period houses. Some sections of the school grounds were sold to developers for housing estates in 1984.

In 2007, the school began to work on a major extension project, increasing the size of the school building by 84%. The new building opened to students for the 2009–10 school year.

Academic performance

Gonzaga College has a reputation for academic excellence. The use of examinations to select pupils for admission has been discontinued following government intervention (the state part-funds the school by paying most teachers' salaries), although boys and parents are interviewed ("the interview is a sharing of ideas"). In 2018 it was the top all-boys secondary school in Ireland in terms of the percentage of students who progressed to university, with 85.9% of all students doing so. In 2019, 36.1% of students progressed to UCD, while 38.1% progressed to TCD and 19.6% progressed to TUD.

Visual arts, theatre, and music are emphasised in the curriculum; pupils are encouraged to study Latin and Greek.

Sports and games

Sports

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The primary sport at Gonzaga College is rugby, however many other sports such as hurling, tennis, golf, cricket, badminton, and athletics are also played within the school.

The Junior Cup Rugby teams of 1989, 2003, and 2006 reached the final of the Leinster Schools Junior Cup. The Senior Cup Team (SCT) have reached three semi finals and three finals. The SCT of 2019 reached the final of the Senior Cup for the first time in the college's history, losing to Saint Michael's College. The 2023 team won the school's first ever Senior Cup], beating holders Blackrock with a score of 35-31 on 17 March, 2023. They have also won the Senior League (for middle-ranking schools) on several occasions. The school has produced a small number of professional rugby players and seven Irish internationals: Tony Ensor, John Cooney, Barry Bresnihan (who went on to represent the British and Irish Lions), Padraig Kenny, Kevin McLaughlin, Dominic Ryan, and Matt Healy.

The school golf team won Leinster titles in 1999 and 2006. Previously, the team reached the semi-finals of the junior cup. In 2010, the Senior Team won the Leinster Schools Senior Matchplay competition, beating Blackrock College 3½ to 1½. They went on to win the All-Ireland Golf Championship in April 2010.

Gaelic games were not played in the past but, in recent years, a team has been entered in a Gaelic football blitz involving other rugby-playing schools. Hurling has also been introduced in recent years.

The school is occasionally represented by a soccer team in friendly matches, but association football is not an official sport of the school.

The main sports in the college during the summer term are lawn tennis and cricket. Gonzaga College has a strong tennis tradition, producing many of Ireland's finest tennis players including Barry King, Seán Molloy and Jerry Sheehan. The college has also produced three cricket internationals, most recently bowler George Dockrell, as well as Ireland internationals in bridge, lawn bowls and fencing. The school also has a rich history of competition in Ultimate Frisbee, winning several Schools Cups and providing the starting point for many players who have gone on to compete internationally at various age levels.

Chess

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The school has a tradition of strong chess teams which have been victorious in numerous Leinster and national championships. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, they were Leinster and All Ireland champions at minor, junior and senior levels – an unprecedented clean sweep of Irish schools chess. Of the school chess teams' many achievements, most noteworthy was winning the prestigious Millfield International Chess Tournament in England in 1992, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 while also winning the Eton College Rapidplay in 2016. Many school chess players have built on their experiences at the college and after graduating continued to greater success, including International Masters Sam Collins and Mark Quinn.

Gonazga Chess Club, which includes pupils and adults competes in the Leinster Chess Union leagues, with the club being very successful in recent years, winning the first division Armstrong Cup 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Buildings

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Initially the school consisted of the three Bewley buildings on the site, one being used for the school, one as a Jesuit house of residence, and one as a lunch room, changing rooms, science laboratories, etc. In the 1950s, Andrew Devane of Robinson Keefe Devane Architects prepared a masterplan with a school hall between the two main houses and classroom wings extending to the two main houses. The masterplan included a chapel in front of the hall and main entrance. Over the 1950s the classroom wing linked to the school house was built along with the hall and main entrance. In the 1960s the chapel was built. In the 1980s an additional wing of classrooms was constructed. The school's renovation project finished in time for the 2009–10 school year: the first stage was a complete renovation of the science facilities, while the second stage almost doubled the floor area of the school with new buildings. The extension included the new Purdy Dining Hall, the new Coulson Theatre, a gym changing area, and classrooms. The old school hall was completely renovated into a modern library named the Sutherland Library with meeting rooms and study facilities. In 2019-2020 there are tentative plans for a major development of the older section of the school.

Former principal

In 2020, former headmaster Patrick Potts committed suicide several days prior to a court appearance on charges of the sexual abuse of students while he was vice-principal of Greendale Community School, a post he held before becoming headmaster at Gonzaga College. The school commented that it had "never received a complaint directly relating to his tenure at Gonzaga." but that it was aware of one complaint which had been made directly to the Garda Síochana.

Notable past pupils

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Academia

Anthony Clare — psychiatrist and broadcaster
Peter Clinch — Jean Monnet Professor of European Policy at University College Dublin and economic adviser to former Taoiseach Brian Cowen
George K. Miley — Professor of Astronomy, Leiden University
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan — Associate Professor, Law, Trinity College Dublin

Arts and media

Finghin Collins — concert pianist
Conor Deasy — lead singer with The Thrills
Paul Durcan — poet
Jack Gleeson — actor
Patrick Gibson - actor
Aidan Mathews — poet, dramatist, novelist.
Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin — film producer
Fionn O'Shea — actor
Andrew Scott — actor
Ronan Sheehan — novelist, short story writer, essayist, and former copyright lawyer
Hugh Tinney — concert pianist

Law

Paul Carney — Irish High Court judge
Kevin Feeney — Irish High Court judge
Charles Lysaght — lawyer and obituary writer

Politics and diplomacy

Patrick Costello — Green Party TD
Ciarán Cuffe — Green Party MEP and former TD and Minister of State for Horticulture, Sustainable Travel, and Planning and Heritage
Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fail TD
Eamon Ryan — Green Party TD and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Ossian Smyth — Green Party TD and Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment
Peter Sutherland — EU Commissioner, former director general of the World Trade Organization, former attorney general of Ireland, former chairman of BP and chairman of Goldman Sachs

Sports

Barry Bresnihan — former Irish Rugby international, British and Irish Lions player and renowned doctor
Sam Collins — International Master of chess
Tony Ensor — Irish rugby international
Matt Healy - former Connacht Rugby player and Ireland international
George Dockrell - Ireland Cricket Team

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External links

Society of Jesus in Ireland

Education

Primary schools	St Declan's School Scoil Iognáid
Secondary schools	Belvedere College Clongowes Wood College Coláiste Iognáid Crescent College Gonzaga College
Higher education	Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
Former schools	Mungret College St Stanislaus College

Spirituality

Residential centres	Hatch Hall Manresa House Rathfarnham Castle
Media	Messenger of the Sacred Heart Sacred Space

Churches

Parish churches	St Francis Xavier Church, Dublin
Chapel of Ease	St Ignatius Church, Galway

v t e Schools and colleges in County Dublin
Primary	CBS Eblana CBC Monkstown John Scottus School Kildare Place National School Lycée Français International Nord Anglia St Kilian's German School
Secondary	Alexandra College Ardscoil La Salle Ardscoil Rís Belvedere College Blackrock College Castleknock College Castleknock Community College Catholic University School CBC Monkstown Chanel College Clonkeen College Coláiste Éanna Coláiste Eoin Coláiste Íosagáin Coláiste Mhuire Coláiste Phádraig Coolmine Community School De La Salle College Dominican College Drimnagh Castle School Gaelcholáiste Reachrann Gonzaga College Greendale Community School High School Dublin Holy Child Killiney Institute of Education King's Hospital Kylemore College Loreto Dalkey Loreto Foxrock Loreto Swords Lycée Français International Malahide Community School Manor House School Marian College Maryfield College Mercy College Mount Anville Mount Temple Moyle Park College Muckross Park College Newpark Comprehensive School Nord Anglia Oatlands College O'Connell School Portmarnock Community School Pobalscoil Iosolde Pobalscoil Neasáin Rockbrook Park School Sancta Maria College St Columba's College Sandford Park School Sandymount High School St. Aidan's CBS St Andrew's College St Benildus College St Conleth's College St. Fintan's High School St Joseph's, Fairview St Kevin's CBS St Kilian's German School St Mac Dara's Community College St Mary's College St Michael's College St Paul's College St. Vincent's CBS Synge Street CBS Templeogue College Terenure College Wesley College
Tertiary	Ballyfermot College of Further Education Beaumont Hospital Blackrock Further Education Institute Coláiste na hÉireann Collinstown Park Community College Connolly Hospital Dublin City University Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Eye and Ear Hospital Inchicore College of Further Education Institute of Public Administration Kilroy's College King's Inns Liberties College Marino Institute of Education Mater Misericordiae University Hospital National College of Art and Design National College of Ireland National Performing Arts School Ringsend Technical Institute Royal College of Science Royal College of Surgeons St. James's Hospital St. Vincent's University Hospital Tallaght University Hospital Technological University Dublin Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin) University College Dublin

v t e Fee-paying secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland
Connacht	Garbally College Sligo Grammar School Yeats College
Dublin	Alexandra College Ashfield College Belvedere College Blackrock College Castleknock College Catholic University School C.B.C. Monkstown Gonzaga College The High School Holy Child Killiney Institute of Education John Scottus School The King's Hospital Loreto Abbey, Dalkey Loreto College, Foxrock Lycée Français International Samuel Beckett Mount Anville Secondary School Nord Anglia Notre Dames Des Missions (closed) Rathdown School Rockbrook Park School St Andrew's College St Columba's College St Conleth's College St Kilian's German School St Mary's College St Michael's College Sandford Park School Stratford College Sutton Park School Terenure College Wesley College St Gerard's School
Leinster	Cistercian College, Roscrea Clongowes Wood College Drogheda Grammar School Dundalk Grammar School Newbridge College Wilson's Hospital School
Munster	Bandon Grammar School Christian Brothers College, Cork Glenstal Abbey School Midleton College Newtown School, Waterford Presentation Brothers College, Cork Rockwell College Scoil Mhuire, Cork Villiers School
Ulster	Monaghan Collegiate School

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See also

References

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