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O'Connell School

School in Dublin, Ireland

Field	Value
name	O'Connell Secondary School
motto	Ciall agus neart
motto_translation	Sense and strength
established
location	North Richmond Street, Dublin 1, D01 Y4A9,
country	Ireland
coordinates
students	Over 300
staff	Over 30
gender	Male
principal	Liam Newell
free_label	Religious order
free	Congregation of Christian Brothers
homepage

The O’Connell School is a secondary and 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. It is now under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.

The school offers the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes.

Notable staff and past pupils

O'Connell's School from the North Circular Road

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

Arts, journalism and entertainment

Philip Chevron - musician, songwriter and member of the Pogues
Paul Harrington - singer songwriter, Eurovision winner 1994
Michael Holohan – composer, member and former chair of Aosdána.
James Joyce – writer who briefly attended the school;{{cite news
Pat Kenny – radio and television presenter
Barry Keoghan – actor
Thomas Kinsella – poet and playwright
Declan Masterson – multi-instrumentalist, composer, former Musical Director at Riverdance
Colm Meaney – actor
Michael O'Hehir – radio broadcaster and sports commentator
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh – sports commentator who briefly taught at the O'Connell School
Luke Kelly – lead singer of folk group The Dubliners
Brendan Cauldwell - actor

Business and philanthropy

Bill Cullen – Irish businessman, philanthropist and star of The Apprentice

Science, medicine, technology, engineering and mathematics

Peter V. Delaney – Irish colorectal surgeon
John Hooper – first Director of the Statistics Branch of the Department of Industry and Commerce in Ireland
William Mulholland – Irish-American dam civil engineer
Joseph Ó Ruanaidh – scientist

Politics

John A. Costello – Taoiseach
Seán Lemass – Taoiseach
Seán T. O'Kelly – second President of Ireland
Maurice Ahern – Politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin 2000–2001
John Stafford – TD and former Lord Mayor of Dublin
Nial Ring – Politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin 2018–2019
Lorcan Sherlock – Politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin 1912–1915
Brendan Bracken – British Minister of Information during the Second World War
Ray Burke – Fianna Fáil politician
Tom Kettle – Nationalist MP and Irish Volunteer who died in the First World War
P. J. Mara – Fianna Fáil public affairs consultant
Ernie O'Malley -Irish revolutionary and author

Religion

Abraham Brownrigg - Bishop of Ossory (1884–1928)
James Kavanagh – University College Dublin professor and bishop in the Dublin Diocese

Sports

Tom Farquharson - Ireland goalkeeper, dubbed the penalty king
Bertie Kerr – Ireland footballer, bloodstock agent
Paddy Neville – cricketer
Troy Parrott – Ireland footballer
Ronnie Delaney – Olympic Gold Medallist
Stephen Elliott - Ireland footballer
Niall Brophy - athlete and rugby player
Keith Treacy - Ireland footballer

Veterans

Éamonn Ceannt – Irish Nationalist; one of the 1916 Easter Rising signatories
Seán Heuston – a leading member of the 1916 Easter Rising
Con Colbert - a member of the 1916 Easter Rising
Frank Flood – IRA officer executed in 1921 during the War of Independence; one of The Forgotten Ten
Paddy Finucane – World War II top-scoring fighter pilot ace in the RAF

References

O Muircheartaigh, Micheal. (2006-10-29). "Micheal and the Far East connection". Irish Independent.

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