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St Andrew's College Dublin () is a
co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
, inter-denominational,
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day school, founded in 1894 by members of the
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community, and now located in
Booterstown Booterstown () is a coastal suburb of the city of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the modern county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is situated about south of Dublin ...
,
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former ...
,
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. The school colours are blue and white.


History


Foundation

Founded as a boys' secondary school at the end of the 19th century by members of the
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community, St Andrew's College celebrated its centenary in 1994. It was on 8 January 1894 that the College opened its doors at 21
St Stephen's Green St Stephen's Green () is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by ...
in the centre of
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. This was to be the first of its three locations. The school grew rapidly from its original intake of 69 students. By the end of 1894 there were 203 boys in the school.


Wellington Place

At the beginning of 1937 a move to new premises in Wellington Place, Clyde Road, along with a determined effort by past pupils and parents to stave off closure or amalgamation saw a revival in the fortunes of the College. In 1973, the school became
co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
and moved to a new site in
Booterstown Booterstown () is a coastal suburb of the city of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the modern county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is situated about south of Dublin ...
.


Structure

St Andrew's College has both a primary and secondary school. The secondary school offers both the
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and the
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programme.


Accreditations

Since 1984, St Andrew's is the only school in Ireland fully accredited by both the European Council of International Schools and the
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.


International Baccalaureate

St Andrew's is one of three schools in Ireland to offer the
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(IB) Diploma Programme. A small number (usually around 70) of the school's students are in the IB programme.


Model United Nations

St Andrew's organises St Andrew's Model United Nations (SAIMUN). It is run over the first week in Easter in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.


Sport

The school's sports facilities consist of two hockey pitches, one rugby pitch, two hard tennis courts, 8 lawn tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, an indoor sports hall and a fitness centre. The major winter sports are rugby, basketball and hockey; the major summer sports are tennis, athletics and cricket along with an inter year annual football competition which runs through the summer term. St. Andrew's College won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1906, 1911,1921-22. They also have had immense success in the All Ireland Schoolboys' Hockey Championship, having won the tournament 7 times, most recently in 2017.


Notable former pupils

* Leigh Arnold, actress *
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, cricketer *
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(1997–2012) *
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, contemporary artist * Ben Briscoe, former Fianna Fáil TD and Lord Mayor of Dublin * Robert Briscoe, first Jewish
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(TD) and founding member of
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who also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin * Peter Bracken, Irish rugby player * Jammie Clinch, Ireland and Lions rugby player * Dick Collopy, Ireland rugby player * Gerald Davis, artist * Ronnie Dawson, Ireland and Lions (Captain 1956) rugby player * Maurice E. Dockrell, Fine Gael TD *
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, classical scholar *
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, racehorse trainer * Neil Farrugia, professional footballer *
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, Irish-American (naturalised U.S. citizen) motorcycle racer-engineer. He enrolled in 1894, the year the college was founded *
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, writer and actress * Michael Gibson, Ireland, The Barbarians & Leinster rugby player *
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, scholar of Greek classics *
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, DFC, AEc, RAF fighter pilot (Battle of Dunkirk; Battle of Britain) * Ruth Kearney, actress *
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, Senate member and poet *
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, actress *
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, lead singer of
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* Josh Jenkinson, lead guitarist of
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* Ryan McMahon, drummer of
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* Hector Hughes, Scottish MP * Herbert Carmichael Irwin, aviator and athlete *
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, writer *
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, Ireland rugby union international * Christopher Juul-Jensen, professional cyclist * Jordan Larmour, Leinster & Ireland rugby player * Alan Lewis, Ireland cricketer and rugby union referee * Ian Lewis, Irish international cricketer *
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, 800m Olympian *
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, actress * Alfred Monahan,
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* Andrew Porter, rugby player for Leinster & Ireland * Herbert Rollins, cricketer * Robbie Ryan, cinematographer * Bethel Solomons, Ireland rugby player, president of the
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, master of the
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, supporter of the
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; mentioned in
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'' * Chloe Watkins, Ireland women's field hockey international and silver medallist at the
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References


External links


Official websiteSaint Andrew's International Model United Nations
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