Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary

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for boys near Clane,

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, founded by the

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in 1814. It features prominently in

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...

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'' A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''. One of five

Jesuit schools in Ireland Jesuit schools in Ireland include: Primary schools * Scoil Iognáid, Galway *St Declan's School, Dublin * Gardiner St. School, Dublin Secondary schools *Belvedere College, Dublin, founded in 1832 *Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare, fo ...

, it had 450 students in 2019. The school's current headmaster, Christopher Lumb, is the first lay headmaster in its history.

School

The school is a secondary boarding school for boys from Ireland and other parts of the world. The school is divided into three groups, known as "lines". The Third Line is for first and second year students, the Lower Line for third and fourth years, and the Higher Line for fifth and sixth years. Each year is known by a name, drawn from the Jesuit ''

Ratio Studiorum The ''Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Iesu'' (''Method and System of the Studies of the Society of Jesus''), often abbreviated as ''Ratio Studiorum'' (Latin: ''Plan of Studies''), was a document that standardized the globally influen ...

'': Elements (first year), Rudiments (second), Grammar (third), Syntax (fourth), Poetry (fifth), and Rhetoric (sixth).

Buildings

The medieval castle was originally built in the 13th century by John de Hereford, an early

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warrior and landowner in North Kildare. He had been given extensive lands in the area of Kill, Celbridge and Mainham by his brother, Adam de Hereford, who had come to Ireland with ' Strongbow', the Earl of Pembroke. The castle is the residence of the religious community and was improved by a " chocolate box" type restoration in the 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1718 by Stephen Fitzwilliam Browne and extended in 1788 by Thomas Wogan Browne. It is situated beside a ditch and wall—known as ramparts—constructed for the defence of the Pale in the 14th century. The building was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception area was moved back there from the "1999 building." The castle is connected to the modern buildings by an elevated corridor hung with portraits, the Serpentine Gallery referred to by

. This gallery was completely demolished and rebuilt in 2004 as part of a redevelopment programme for the school buildings. Modern Section, Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

Modern Section, Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

In 1929 another wing was built at a cost of £135,000, presenting the rear façade of the school. It houses the main classrooms and the Elements, Rudiments, Grammar and Syntax dormitories. An expansion and modernisation was completed in 2000; the €4.8m project added another residential wing that included a 500-seat dining hall, kitchen, entrance hall, offices, and study/bedrooms for sixth year ("Rhetoric") students. The Boys' Chapel has an elaborate reredos, a large pipe organ in the gallery, and a sequence of

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painted by Sean Keating. School tradition has it that the portrait of

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in the 12th station was based on the school rector, who had refused to pay the artist his asking price. The moat that outlines the nearby forest of the college is the old border of

The Pale The Pale (Irish: ''An Pháil'') or the English Pale (' or ') was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast st ...

, with the Wogan-Browne castle (now the residence of the Jesuit community) landmarking its edge. Chapel Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

Altar of Chapel Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

History

The school traces its history back to a estate owned by the Wogan family in 1418 under the reign of Henry IV. The name "Clongowes" comes from the Irish for "meadow" (''cluain'') and for "blacksmith" (''gobha''). The estate was originally known as "Clongowes de Silva" (''de Silva'' meaning "of the wood" in Latin). The estate later passed to the Eustace family and became part of the fortified border of

the Pale The Pale (Irish: ''An Pháil'') or the English Pale (' or ') was the part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast st ...

in 1494. The Eustaces lost their estates during the

Restoration (1660) The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland took place in 1660 when King Charles II returned from exile in continental Europe. The preceding period of the Protectorate and the civil wars came to be ...

. The estate was sold by the Wogan-Brownes to the Jesuits in March 1814 for £16,000. First Pupil James McLornan Plaque

The school accepted its first pupil, James McLornan, on 18 May 1814. In 1886 the Jesuit-run

St Stanislaus College St Stanislaus College (often called Tullabeg College) was a Jesuit boys boarding school, novitiate and philosophy school, in Tullabeg, Rahan, County Offaly. St Carthage founded a monastery of 800 monks there in 595 before founding his monaster ...

in Tullabeg, County Offaly, was amalgamated with Clongowes Wood College.

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served as rector in the 1970s. Leonard Moloney was the headmaster from 2004 to 2015.

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retired as rector in 2006 and Bruce Bradley (headmaster 1992–2000) was his successor. In September 2011

returned as rector. As of 2021, there are four Jesuits living at the school. Two priests and two brothers. Clongowes is also part of an initiative to ease religious tensions in Turkey, currently being headed by

Alan McGuckian Alexander Aloysius "Alan" McGuckian SJ (born 26 February 1953) is an Irish Roman Catholic bishop and Jesuit. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Raphoe. He is Ireland's first Jesuit bishop. Early life and family Born in 1953 in Cloughmills, C ...

(former teacher in Clongowes now Bishop of Raphoe) in Istanbul.

Prefect of Studies/Headmaster

* Francis Mahony * John Conmee (1883-1887) * James Daly (1887-1916) * Larry Kieran (1917-1925) * Mathias Bodkin (1933-1937) * Brian McMahon (1944-1947) * Hilary Lawton (1948-1959) * Raymond J Lawler (1959-1962) * Joseph Marmion (1962-1965) * Paddy Crowe (1971–1976) * Philip Fogarty (July 1976 – Aug 1987) * Liam O'Connell (1987-1992) * Bruce Bradley (1992-2000) * Dermot Murray (2000–2004) * Leonard Moloney (2004–2015) * Chris Lumb (2015–present) – first lay headmaster

Rectors

Peter Kenney Peter James Kenney (1779–1841) was an Irish Jesuit priest. He founded Clongowes Wood College and was also rector of the Jesuits in Ireland. A gifted administrator, Kenney made two trips to the United States, where he established Maryland as ...

(1814–1817) – founder of the college *

Charles Aylmer Charles Aylmer (29 August 1786 – 4 July 1847) was an Irish Jesuit. Biography Aylmer was born at Painstown, Kilcock, County Kildare, on 29 August 1786. His father, also called Charles Aylmer, attended the Catholic Convention in 1792. He entered ...

(1817–1820) – took out lease of land for

Tullabeg College St Stanislaus College (often called Tullabeg College) was a Jesuit boys boarding school, novitiate and philosophy school, in Tullabeg, Rahan, County Offaly. St Carthage founded a monastery of 800 monks there in 595 before founding his monaster ...

(1821–1830) *

Bartholomew Esmonde Bartholomew Esmonde (1789–1862) was an Irish Jesuit priest, educator, and amateur architect. He was responsible for the design of Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin. He briefly served as superior to the Irish Society of Jesus in 1820. Life Bart ...

(1829–1836) * Robert Haly (1836–1841) and (1842–1850) * Michael A Kavanagh (1850–1855) * Robert Carbery (1870-1876) * John Conmee (1885-1891) * Matthew Devitt (1891-1900) * Matthew Devitt (1907-) * Charles Mulcahy (1919–1921) * George Redington Roche (1927-1933) * Hilary Lawton (1959-1965) * Frank Joy (1965-1968) * Paddy Crowe (1968–71 and 1992–95) * Jack Brennan * Joseph Dargan (1977–1979) * Paddy Carberry (1980–1983) * Kieran Hanley (1983–) * Dermot Murray (1995–2000) * Michael Sheil (2000–2006) * Bruce Bradley (2006–2011) * Michael Sheil (2011–present)

Historical accounts

One early history of the school is ''The Clongowes Record 1814–1932'' by Timothy Corcoran (Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1932). A half-century later, a history was written by Roland Burke Savage and published in ''The Clongownian'' school magazine during the 1980s; that same decade,

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wrote ''Clongowes Wood: a History of Clongowes Wood College 1814–1989'', published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1989). Statue of Ignatius of Loyola in reception Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

Statue of Ignatius of Loyola in reception Clongowes Wood College - Kildare, Ireland

Sport

Clongowes is known for its strong pedigree in

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

. Despite a relatively small size, Clongowes has won the

Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. First held in 1887, the competition celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007. Attendances are ...

nine times, winning its first final in 1926. Following this, there was a gap of 52 years until the next title in 1978. Beginning with a 3rd title in 1988 and up until 2011, Clongowes has appeared in 13 finals, more than any other school in the competition during this period. Clongowes secured a first set of back-to-back titles with wins in 2010 and 2011 before being awarded a joint title in the 2020 season which was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cultural associations

The school featured prominently in

's semi-autobiographical novel '' A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man''. A documentary depicting a year in the life in the school was screened in 2001 as part of

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's ''True Lives'' series. The popular fictional series of '' Ross O'Carroll Kelly'' has mentioned Clongowes Wood on a number of occasions in the book and ''

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'' column.

Selected notable past pupils

Arts and media

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, writer *

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Law

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, judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, former Advocate General of the European Court of Justice * Thomas Finlay, former Irish Fine Gael politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland *

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, Irish politician, former Minister for Justice * Raymond Groarke. President of the Circuit Court * Alan Mahon, judge of the Court of Appeal (Ireland) *

James Patrick Mahon Charles James Patrick Mahon (17 March 1800 – 15 June 1891), known as the O'Gorman Mahon or James Patrick Mahon, was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary. Personal life Mahon, the eldest of ...

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, former Taoiseach of Ireland * Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation *

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, 33rd Governor of the US state of Maryland * Patrick McGilligan, former Irish Minister for Industry and Commerce *

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, Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders *

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, Irish Volunteer, killed in the

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Military

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, Air Commodore RAF, Doctor, author of 'A Doctor's War' * Pat Reid, British Army officer who escaped from Colditz and noted nonfiction and historical author

Religion

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, O.P., (1881-1975), Dominican priest, served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1940–1966)

Science and medicine

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- Academic biologist and Zoologist

Business

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Sports

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, Scotland rugby sevens international * Noel Purcell, Irish rugby union player, Irish & GB water polo Olympian, the first man to have represented two countries at the Olympics *

Patrick Quinlan Patrick Quinlan may refer to: * Patrick Quinlan (author), American author and political activist * Patrick Quinlan (cricketer) (1891–1935), Australian cricketer * Patrick Quinlan (politician) (died 2001), Irish academic and politician * Patrick L ...

, Australian cricketer and lawyer * Arthur Robinson, Irish first-class cricketer * Dan Sheehan, Irish rugby union international, Leinster rugby player

Partner schools

Aloisiuskolleg The Aloisiuskolleg is a co-educational, Jesuit (Catholic), University-preparatory school in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany, which includes boarders. It is named for Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Highly ranked academically, it is considered one of the m ...

, Jesuit boarding school in

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg ( ksh, Bad Jodesbersch) is a borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of West Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings ar ...

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Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck A (plural ), or college, was any association in ancient Rome that acted as a legal entity. Following the passage of the ''Lex Julia'' during the reign of Julius Caesar as Consul and Dictator of the Roman Republic (49–44 BC), and their reaff ...

, boarding school in

Goch Goch (; archaic spelling: Gog, Dutch: Gogh) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Siebengewald in Netherlands, approx. south of Kleve, and southeast of Nijmegen. His ...

Enniskillen Royal Grammar School Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is an academically selective, co-educational, non-denominational voluntary grammar school. The school opened its doors on 1 September 2016. Two former ...

, voluntary grammar school in

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

, County Fermanagh *

Kolleg St. Blasien The Kolleg St. Blasien is a state-recognised private Gymnasium (university preparatory school) and Catholic school with boarding facilities for boys and girls. It is situated in the town of St. Blasien in the German Black Forest. The school has 8 ...

, Jesuit boarding school in

St. Blasien St. Blasien (Sankt Blasien) is a small town located in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Southern Black Forest, 17 km northeast of Waldshut-Tiengen. St. Blaise's Abbey in the Black Forest is locat ...

* Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Jesuit boarding school in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia * Passy-Buzenval, Catholic private school,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill , motto_translation = Strive Strive for better things , established = , type = Independent single-sex secondary day and boarding school , educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Educati ...

, Marist Brothers boarding school in

, Australia * St Aloysius' College (Sydney), Jesuit Day School in

, Australia

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Clongowes Wood College websiteClongowes Youth Club
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