St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S., Fairview
Saint Joseph's Secondary Christian Brothers' School, Fairview is a boys' secondary school in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland.[1][2][3][4] The school is in the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.
St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S., Fairview Scoil Iosaif na mBráithre Chríostaí, Fionnradharc | |
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Merville Avenue, Fairview, Dublin 3 D03 H524 | |
Coordinates | 53.363940°N 6.233727°W |
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Motto | Deo Duce (Latin: "God [as our] guide") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | Saint Joseph |
Established | 1888 |
Principal | Seán Stack |
Gender | boys |
Age range | 12–19 |
Number of students | 300 |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | blue, white, gold |
Nickname | Joeys |
School roll | 60390F |
Website | stjosephsfairview |
History
St. Joseph's Secondary Christian Brothers', Fairview was founded in 1888.[5] It was originally a training school where Christian Brothers learned to teach before moving on to other schools. At this time, it contained only three classrooms and taught Junior classes.
In 1890, one of the classes was given over to Intermediate Cert level. Br. J.M. Costen became the first headmaster of the school. By 1906, two extensions led to the original building having two storeys, including a woodwork room and a chemistry lab.
At least seventeen past pupils of the school participated in the 1916 Rising.
Despite the addition of partitions to classrooms in 1935 and the first extension in forty years in 1946 to the original building, numbers of pupils continued to rise. It was decided in the mid-fifties that a new Secondary school building was required, which was completed in 1958. The primary school then occupied the original building.
In 1938, Br. T.M. Ó'Catháin arrived at the school and he established the Leaving Certificate. The first Leaving Cert Class graduated in 1942.
The Past Pupils' Union was established in 1956, with attendants of the first dinner including Harry Boland, Br. A.P. Caombhánach and Br. Ó'Catháin.
By 1957, Irish was no longer the only language used to teach in the school and English was used for certain subjects. A new primary school building was constructed in 1964 and blessed by Archbishop McQuaid in 1965. The two other buildings were used by the secondary school, which continues to the present.
In 1966, the school celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Br. Caombhánach oversaw the production of a souvenir publication and research into the former pupils who took part in the Rising.
In 1986, the first lay principal, Mr. Michael Foster, was appointed. Two years later, the school celebrated its centenary by producing an anniversary yearbook (under the direction of Mr. Seamus McGann).
The Repeat Leaving Certificate Programme was introduced in 1996 to tackle declining student numbers. From 1998, permission was received to accept girls in the Repeat Programme. Pupil numbers today are around 300.
In 2013, the school celebrated its 125th Anniversary by producing an anniversary yearbook, officially opening new classrooms, launching a new website and launching a fund for a new development.
Notable alumni
- Norman Allen, Gaelic footballer and hurler
- Harry Boland, Olympian (basketball) [6]
- Kevin Boland, politician and minister (several portfolios)
- Cyprian Brady, politician
- Royston Brady, politician
- Pat Canavan, Gaelic footballer
- George Colley, politician [6]
- Sean Connolly, captain in the Irish Citizen Army, and Abbey Theatre actor.
- Fr. Tony Coote, priest, fundraiser for Motor Neuron Disease, for which he was suffering.
- Michael Joe Cosgrave, politician
- John A. Costello, Irish Taoiseach
- Kevin Doherty, professional footballer [7]
- Liam Donnelly, Captain of A Company at the Siege of Jadotville, Gaelic footballer and hurler
- Noel Drumgoole, hurler
- Des Ferguson, Gaelic footballer
- Curtis Fleming, professional footballer
- Des Foley, politician, Gaelic footballer and hurler [8]
- Lar Foley, Gaelic footballer and hurler
- Brendan Gleeson, film and television actor
- Tony Hanahoe, Gaelic footballer and manager
- Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach[9][10][11]
- Pádraig Haughey, Gaelic footballer
- Eamon Heery, Gaelic footballer[12]
- Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer [6]
- Frank Henderson, captain in the Irish Volunteers.[13]
- Tom Humphries, sportswriter and convicted child sex offender
- Peadar Kearney, Irish composer of numerous rebel songs (best known for The Soldier's Song)
- Jimmy Keaveney, Gaelic footballer
- Johnny Joyce, Gaelic footballer [6]
- John Lawlor, Olympian (track and field)
- Ian Macpherson, comedian
- Conor McAnally, television director and writer
- Colm McCarthy, economist
- Brian Mooney, professional footballer
- Ken O'Doherty, professional footballer
- Gay O'Driscoll, Gaelic footballer.
- Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, physicist
- Liam Ó Rinn, Irish-language writer and translator (best known for Amhrán na bhFiann)
- George Redmond, convicted public official
- Eugene Timmons, TD and Lord Mayor
Notable faculty
- Cyril Farrell, hurling manager [14]
- Albert Folens, educational publisher
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- North Side Story Irish Times, 2 March 1999.
- O'Keeffe, Alan (28 April 1998). "Student with Pool honours prospects". Evening Herald.
- "Launch of "Fifth Years of the Hogan Cup"". Westmeath Examiner. 18 October 2003.
- O'Day, Alan; Fleming, N. C. (11 June 2014). "Longman Handbook of Modern Irish History Since 1800". Routledge – via Google Books.
- Kenny, Shane; Keane, Fergal (1 January 1987). Irish Politics Now: "This Week" Guide to the 25th Dáil. Brandon – via Internet Archive.
St Joseph's CBS, Fairview.
- "Who's Who in European Politics". Bowker-Saur. 1 December 1990 – via Google Books.
- Roche, Frank (29 January 2002). "The rise and fall of city's GAA academy". Evening Herald.
- A.P. Caomhánach (ed.), Scoil Iosaif Marino, Iris Chuimhneacháin 1916-1966. (Dublin, 1966)
- "'Fierce Will to Win - Farrell'". Irish Press. 27 August 1985.