Coláiste Éanna Christian Brothers School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys in

Ballyroan, Dublin Ballyroan () is a suburban area within Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Dublin mountains, alongside Ballyboden, Butterfield, Knocklyon, Old Orchard, and Scholarstown. The townland of Ballyroan crosses civil parish ...

, Ireland. It was founded in 1967 by the

Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, ...

to serve the needs of the Ballyroan and adjacent parishes. It is home to 601 pupils and a staff of 43 teachers and eight ancillary staff. The school is administered by a Board of Management appointed by the

Edmund Rice Schools Trust The Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST) is a Catholic school network with responsibility for almost 100 schools in the Republic of Ireland. The trust is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers who originally est ...

. The Irish Christian Brothers handed over ownership of Coláiste Éanna to the Trust in 2008. The school operates six formal years of teaching from first to sixth year including an optional

Transition Year Transition Year (TY) ( ga, Idirbhliain) is an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland. However, depending on school population and funding it may not be available, and in other sch ...

in fourth Year. Every year is divided up into three or four classes with a maximum of 27 students per class in

Junior Cycle Junior Cycle ( ga, An tSraith Shóisearach ) is the first stage of the education programme for post-primary education within the Republic of Ireland. It is overseen by the State Examinations Commission of the Department of Education, the State ...

and 20 in Senior Cycle. Subjects taught in the school include Accounting, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Studies, CSPE, Design and Communication Graphics, Economics, English, Irish, French, Spanish, Geography, Graphics, History, Material Technology, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics,

Religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

, Science, SPHE, and Technical Graphics. Extra curricular activities include Hurling, Gaelic football, Soccer, Basketball, Golf, Table Tennis, athletics, theatre and drama, music and choir, debating,

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, chess, bridge, martial arts. Coláiste Éanna is named after St Enda's School or Scoil Éanna which was founded by

Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; ga, Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who ...

in 1908 and located in the Hermitage, Grange Road which is from the campus. All subjects are taught in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Notable alumni

* Philip Cairns, 13-year-old boy who mysteriously vanished in 1986 *

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, professional golfer *

Stephen Hiney Stephen Hiney (born 27 October 1983) is a hurler for Ballyboden St Enda's and formerly Dublin. Hiney was the 2008 captain of the Dublin Senior Hurling team. Hiney won his first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship medal with his club Ballyboden ...

, Dublin hurler * Sean Hughes, comedian, writer and actor *

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, bishop of Limerick * George Lee, correspondent for

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, professional golfer *

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, entrepreneur *

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, professional footballer *

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, Dublin footballer *

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, Dublin hurler * Graham Shaw, field hockey player and coach

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colaiste Eanna Rathfarnham Secondary schools in South Dublin (county) Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland Boys' schools in the Republic of Ireland