De La Salle College is a co-educational (from 2023 onwards) state secondary school in Churchtown,

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. It is a non-fee paying school which has educational facilities to cater for about 500 pupils. The school was officially opened in 1952 and moved to its present location in 1957. Since then, the college was extended in 1986 and 1997 to cater for the increase in the number of pupils. De La Salle College Churchtown is a member of Le Cheile Schools Trust. The Brothers of De La Salle are the trustees of the college and it is under the control of a board of management. Siobhán Foster is the principal. There are approximately 35 teachers.

Sports

De La Salle College Churchtown won the Leinster Senior Schools Rugby Cup in 1983 and 1985.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Official website
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