Chanel College () is a

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. The principal is Dara Gill. The school has approximately 600 pupils.

History

The school opened in 1955 with 12 pupils in the first year. It was the year after the canonisation of Saint

Peter Chanel Peter Louis Marie Chanel, SM (12 July 1803 – 28 April 1841), was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Society of Mary and was sent as a missionary to Oceania. He arrived on the island of Futuna in November 1 ...

(one of the early Marists and the first to be canonised) and so the college was named in his honour. The main part of the school was built in the late sixties. Chanel was the third school to be opened by the Marist Fathers in Ireland, coming after CUS in 1867, and St Mary's College, Dundalk in 1861.

Sports facilities

In 2012, Chanel transferred some of its sports fields to the neighbouring

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club, which built a new sports complex on the site consisting of several floodlit all-weather pitches, training facilities, and a social centre. Chanel has the use of these facilities. It subsequently sold much of its campus to developers, who have built private housing on the approach to the school.

Community involvement

Chanel College has been involved in Civic Link since 2001. In the first year, they were linked to St. Joseph's High School, Derry. Subsequently, they were linked to Knockbreda High School, Belfast and Ballycastle High School, County Antrim."Chanel College & Mercy College visit Garda Training College"
Civic-Link, Cooperation Ireland, 2003-04, ''accessed 23 January 2008'' They are currently linked with Keithryan High School, County Antrim. Chanel joined the

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programme in 2006.

Notable past pupils

* Terence Flanagan (b. 1975) - Dublin City Councillor and former TD for Dublin North East (2007-2016) * Patrick Joseph McGrath (1945-2023) - Bishop of San Jose, California (1999-2009) * Alex White (b. 1958) - politician, former TD for Dublin South * G. V. Wright (b. 1947) - politician, senator and TD

References

External links

Official website
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