St Mary's College, Dublin
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp. Coláiste Naomh Muire
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| Coordinates | 53.32736°N 6.26722°W / 53.32736; -6.26722 |
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| Type | Voluntary |
| Motto |
Fidelitas in Arduis (Latin) (Faithful in difficulty) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Catholic Congregation of the Holy Spirit |
| Established | 1890 |
| President | Fr. John Flavin C.S.Sp. |
| Principal | Mr Denis Murphy |
| Faculty | 47 full time 8 part-time |
| Years offered | Junior Infants to Sixth Year |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 4–18 |
| Enrolment | ~700 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Website | stmarys.ie |
Saint 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
Arts and media
- Vincent Dowling – Irish-American director
- Frank Fitzgibbon - editor of The Sunday Times Irish edition
- Larry Gogan – broadcaster
- Ulick O'Connor — writer, historian and critic
- Conor McKenna – Irish comedian, member of Foil Arms and Hog
- Diyu Daniel Wu - lead actor in Yu Ming is Ainm Dom
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
- Brian O'Moore — Judge of the High Court
Politics
- Kevin Barry (briefly) – Irish republican (executed in 1920)
- Eoin Ryan – former MEP for Dublin
Sports
- Paul Dean – Former Irish and Lions rugby player
- Gareth Delany — Irish cricketer
- Denis Hickie – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
- Shane Jennings – Former Leinster, Leicester tigers, barbarians and Irish rugby player
- Kieran Lewis – Former leinster, Munster and irish Rugby player
- Darragh MacAnthony – Chairman of Peterborough United FC
- Ronan McCormack – Former Leinster and UCD Rugby player
- Jack McGrath – Leinster, Ulster, Irish and lions Rugby player
- Rodney O'Donnell – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
- Johnny Sexton – Leinster, racing 92, Irish and Lions rugby player
- Tony Ward – Former Irish and Lions rugby player and League of Ireland footballer. Only person to play international rugby and win the FAI Cup.
- Darragh Fanning — Former Leinster and Connaught Rugby player
- Declan Fanning — Former Leinster Rugby Player
- Sean Lynch – Former Leinster, Irish & BILs rugby player
Other
- Peter Boylan — Former Master of the National Maternity Hospital
- Frs. Tom and Ernest Farrell – Founders of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in 1927
- Fergal Keane - news correspondent and author
- Thomas Lynch (psychiatrist) – first professor of psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- David O'Sullivan — Former Ambassador of the European Union to the United States of America
- John Mark Redmond – cardiothoracic surgeon and businessperson
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:
St. Mary's College Rugby Club
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.