Coláiste Eoin is a Catholic voluntary secondary (

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

school) for boys, under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, in Booterstown,

County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Dublin.svg , map_alt = map showing County Dublin as a small area of darker green on the east coast within the lighter green background of ...

, Ireland. It has hurling and Gaelic football teams,

traditional Irish music Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...

bands, and Irish language debating teams. The school is financed by resources from the Department of Education and Skills and voluntary donations.

Notable past pupils

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– Stand-up Comedian and Television Presenter *

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- Actor, known for his role as Fran Cooney in the

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series '' Love/Hate'',{{cite web, url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/losing-teeth-won-peter-his-gangster-part-peter-coonan-as-fran-29657222.html, * John Crown - Senator, member of 24th Seanad, consultant oncologist. *

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– Theatre Producer for the Royal National Theatre, London,

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and NCPA, Mumbai * Ian Daly – Footballer playing for Dulwich Hamlet in the lower divisions of the English football leagues * David Odlum - Former guitarist with Kíla and the Frames, now produces and records bands in France *

Liam Ó Maonlaí Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin. Biography He attend ...

Fiachna Ó Braonáin Fiachna Ó Braonáin (born 27 November 1965) plays the guitar and sings vocals with the Irish band Hothouse Flowers. Born in Dublin, he received his school education at Scoil Lorcáin and Coláiste Eoin. The Hothouse Flowers were founded as a ...

– Members of The Hothouse Flowers *

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– Actor in various films and TV shows including British soap EastEnders * Colm Mac Con Iomaire – Solo artists Member of

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, former member of

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* Fiach Mac Conghail – Director of the

and Senator * Colm Mac Eochaidh – High Court judge *

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- Dublin Senior County Footballer, All Ireland medal winner * Aengus Ó Snodaigh – Historian, author and

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TD, spokesperson on Social Protection and Communities * Ciarán Ó Cofaigh - TV and Film Producer and director of ROSG (Cré na Cille) and Eo Teilfís * Rossa Ó Snodaigh - Kíla multi-instrumentalist, composer for theatre and dance, author, producer and director of radió drama, TV presenter and director of An Puball Gaeilge at the Electric Picnic *

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–

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player and founding member of

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- Irish international cricketer

Notable past teachers

Tony Gregory Tony Gregory (5 December 1947 – 2 January 2009) was an Irish independent politician, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1982 to 2009. Early life Gregory was born in Ballybough on Dublin's Northside, the secon ...

– Independent TD

Campus

The school is 6 km from the Dublin city centre. The campus incorporates Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin's original 1970s-built buildings, a science block, an arts block, the newly built 3-storey classroom block and sports hall, and a large sports field with a football and hurling pitch.

Coláiste Íosagáin

Coláiste Íosagáin is a Catholic girls (Irish language secondary school) in Dublin, Ireland. In 2008 and 2014, 100% of students went on to third level education. It was ranked second in 2011 and 2010 by The Irish Times Good Schools Guide. History In 1968 t ...

is an

Catholic voluntary secondary

Gaelscoil A Gaelscoil (; plural: ''Gaelscoileanna'') is an Irish language-medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht. Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary an ...

for girls under the trusteeship of the Sisters of Mercy, which shares a campus with Coláiste Eoin. It was established in 1971, two years after Coláiste Eoin's establishment, to provide an Irish language education for girls in the South

Dublin area.

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Coláiste Eoin Irish-English Phrasebook and Forógra Choláiste Eoin
{{Irish-medium schools {{Edmund Rice Schools in Ireland {{DEFAULTSORT:Colaiste Eoin 1969 establishments in Ireland Booterstown Boys' schools in the Republic of Ireland Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland Educational institutions established in 1969 Gaelcholáiste Irish-language education Secondary schools in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown