St. Fintan's High School
St. Fintans High School (Irish: Ard Scoil Naomh Fhionntán) is an all-boys Roman Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school located in Sutton, Dublin, Ireland.[1]
History
The school was founded in 1943 as a fee-paying secondary day school. Following education reforms in Ireland in the 1960s it became a state-funded school, although it expects parents and guardians of pupils to make a "voluntary contribution" towards running costs where they can.[2]
The school was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers but now has a fully lay staff. It remains a constituent of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The school is greatly oversubscribed [3]and is known for its sporting success.
Facilities
The school has a large gym and substantial sports field with changing rooms, as well as dedicated physics, chemistry and biology laboratories, a computer science room and a library.
Sport
The school rugby team is one of 16 teams entered into the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup, traditionally the most prestigious schools rugby competition in the country, and won the "plate" competition in 2018[4].The senior hurling team reached the division C All Ireland final in 2016 with other success in hurling at all ages and similarly in Gaelic football, tennis, basketball, sailing and several other sports in which the school competes at a high level. It is currently the leading school in Ireland at squash, pioneered by P.E. teacher Andrew Kavanagh, with students having won the schools boys national championship at all three age groups - U15, U17 and U19 - for each of the last three years..[5][6]
Popular culture
The school was the location of one of the first performances by the band 'Feedback' which was later to become U2.[7]. Past pupils include the author Roddy Doyle[8]and the singer Ronan Keating.[9]
References
- ^ "ST. FINTAN'S HIGH SCHOOL". education.ie. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Home". stfintanshs.ie. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Department of Education and Skills, Whole School Evaluation, 23 September 2015.
- ^ www.dublinpeople.com/news/nothsideeast/articles/2018/04/28/4155127-st-fintans-triumph-to--win-senior--plate-trophy/
- ^ "All Ireland Schools Cup Finals - Results - Irish Squash". Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ leinstersquash.ie/news/schools
- ^ "U2 Setlist Archive - Irish Shows 1976-1978". u2setlists.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/roddy-doyle-the-work-i-ve-done-if-i-wasn-t-me-i-d-be-impressed-1.3194579
- ^ Life is Roller Coaster,Ronan Keating
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