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St Mary's College, Dublin

Field	Value
name	St. Mary's College C.S.Sp.
native_name	Coláiste Naomh Muire
image	St._Mary's_College_C.S.Sp._Rathmines_crest.png
image_size	150
coordinates
motto	Fidelitas in Arduis (Latin)
motto_translation	Faithful in difficulty
type	Voluntary
established
religious_affiliation	Catholic
Congregation of the Holy Spirit
president	Fr. John Flavin C.S.Sp.
principal	Denis Murphy
faculty	47 full time
8 part-time
colours	Blue and White
gender	Boys
age_range	4–18
years	Junior Infants to Sixth Year
enrolment	~700
city	Rathmines, Dublin D06 HP38
country	Ireland
free_label	Religious order
website

Congregation of the Holy Spirit 8 part-time St Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is a voluntary boys' primary and secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, and then reopened in 1926 (from 1917 until 1926 the St. Mary's operated as a House of Philosophy for the Spiritans, before it moved to Blackrock.). The school colours are blue and white.

Notable past pupils

Ireland rugby player Johnny Sexton, St Mary's Rathmines past pupil

Arts and media

Vincent Dowling – Irish-American director

Law

Peter Charleton – Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Nicholas Kearns – Former President of the High Court of Ireland
Tom O'Higgins – Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Politics

Kevin Barry (briefly) – Irish republican (executed in 1920)

Sports

Rodney O'Donnell – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
Paul Dean – Former Ireland and Lions rugby player
Denis Hickie – Former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player
Shane Jennings – Former Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Barbarians and Ireland rugby player
Johnny Sexton – Leinster, Racing 92, Ireland and Lions rugby player
Gareth Delany – Irish cricketer
Terry Kennedy - Former Ireland Rugby 7's Player, World Player of the Year

Other

Peter Boylan – Former Master of the National Maternity Hospital

Notable staff

Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach and former president, taught at St. Mary's for a short time in 1915 as a mathematics professor

Sister schools

The following schools were also founded by the Holy Ghost Fathers in Ireland:

Blackrock College
Rockwell College
St. Michael's College
Templeogue College

St. Mary's College Rugby Club

St. Mary's College R.F.C. in Templeogue.

Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. is directly associated with the St. Mary's College Rugby Club located in Templeogue. The club has been home to some of Leinster and Ireland's greatest rugby players.

References

'A History of St Mary's College Rathmines, Dublin (1890-1990)' by William A. Maher, CSSp, Published by Paraclete Press, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, 1994. ISBN 0 946639 09 4
(18 May 2013). "Actor and director on both sides of Atlantic". The Irish Times.
Stephen Collins. (22 November 2006). "Cabinet approves judicial appointments". The Irish Times.
(9 September 2015). "President of High Court announces decision to retire early". The Irish Times.
(1 March 2003). "From inspirer of 'Just Society' to Chief Justice". The Irish Times.
Michael Parsons. (21 April 2018). "'I go to the gallows an Irishman.' Kevin Barry's pre-execution letter". [[The Irish Times]].
Will Slattery. (11 June 2017). "'I was just so blessed I was able to walk again' - The top Irish fullback who broke his neck on a Lions tour". Irish Independent.
(26 June 2013). "Where are they now? Paul Dean (Dublin 28/6/60)". [[Irish Independent]].
(29 January 1997). "Hickie embellishes family tradition". The Irish Times.
Joy Orpen. (17 October 2016). "Former international Shane Jennings: 'We want rugby players to open up; to take time to reflect, and to act on the issues'". Irish Independent.
Oliver Brown. (28 February 2015). "Ireland v England: How softly-spoken Dubliner Jonathan Sexton became the finest fly-half in the world". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
"Southern Schools Team vs Ulster Schools".
(30 November 2016). "Dr Peter Boylan: A Master Retires". Irish Medical Times.
(23 May 2000). "The Blackrock College Story". The Irish Times.

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