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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Voluntary_secondary_school" title="Voluntary secondary school">Voluntary</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Fides et Robur <i>(<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>)</i><br />(Faith and Strength)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religious affiliation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_Ghost_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Ghost Fathers">Holy Ghost Fathers</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1860<span class="noprint">; 164 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1860</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jules_Leman" title="Jules Leman">Jules Leman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sister_school" title="Sister school">Sister school</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's College, Dublin">St. Michael's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary's College, Dublin">St. Mary's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Templeogue_College" title="Templeogue College">Templeogue College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_College" title="Rockwell College">Rockwell College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Cormac Ó Brolcháin, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Ghost_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Ghost Fathers">CSSp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal</th><td class="infobox-data">Yvonne Markey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Staff</th><td class="infobox-data">75 full time, 25 part-time</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years</th><td class="infobox-data">2nd–6th</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Age</th><td class="infobox-data">12 to 19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of students</th><td class="infobox-data">1000 (200 per year)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data">Browne, DeValera, Duff, Ebenrecht, Leman, Shanahan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colour(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="http://www.blackrockcollege.com">blackrockcollege.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blackrock College</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_secondary_school" title="Voluntary secondary school">voluntary</a> <a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding</a> <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary school</a> for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, <a href="/wiki/Blackrock,_Dublin" title="Blackrock, Dublin">Blackrock</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>. It was founded by French missionary <a href="/wiki/Jules_Leman" title="Jules Leman">Jules Leman</a> in 1860 as a school and later became also a civil service training centre. </p><p>The college, 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) from Dublin city centre, is just in from the sea, and is self-contained, with boarding and teaching facilities in 56 acres of parkland. It accommodates approximately 1,000 day and boarding students.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, Blackrock is run by the Congregation of the Holy Ghost in close co-operation with a dedicated group of lay personnel. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The college was founded in 1860 by <a href="/wiki/Jules_Leman" title="Jules Leman">Jules Leman</a>, a French missionary with the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Congregation of the Holy Spirit">Congregation of the Holy Ghost</a>, and was the first of the order's five schools in Ireland. Leman had a dual aim, namely to train personnel for missionary service in the Third World and to provide a first-class Roman Catholic education for Irish boys.<sup id="cite_ref-SF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was originally known as the <i>French College</i> by the locals. A <a href="/wiki/Civil_service" title="Civil service">civil service</a> training and university department (where students were examined and had degrees conferred by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_University_of_Ireland" title="Royal University of Ireland">Royal University of Ireland</a>) was later added and operated for over forty years, until <a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a> grew, and the school focused more on the secondary curriculum.<sup id="cite_ref-SF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although never a seminary, some ordinations have taken place in Blackrock College. The first ordination there was on 22 April 1900, when Emile Allgeyer (a former student of Blackrock and the first to be made a bishop), ordained <a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Ignatius)_Shanahan" title="Joseph (Ignatius) Shanahan">Joseph Shanahan</a> who later became a bishop and has a house named after him within the school.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1924 until 1933 the Holy Ghost Fathers studied theology at Blackrock Castle, before returning to Kimmage Manor.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In June 1932, college president <a href="/wiki/John_Charles_McQuaid" title="John Charles McQuaid">John Charles McQuaid</a>, hosted a large garden party on the grounds of the college to welcome the papal legate, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Lauri" title="Lorenzo Lauri">Lorenzo Lauri</a>, where the many hundreds of bishops assembled for the <a href="/wiki/Eucharistic_Congress_of_Dublin_(1932)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932)">Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932)</a> had the opportunity to mingle with a huge gathering of distinguished guests, including president of the executive council, <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a>, and others who had paid a modest subscription fee.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blackrock pays homage to its historical founders and other influential figures through its six student house names: De Valera (<a href="/wiki/Eamon_De_Valera" class="mw-redirect" title="Eamon De Valera">Eamon De Valera</a>, Duff, Ebenrecht, Leman, McQuaid, Shanahan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heraldry">Heraldry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> of the college is the third creation, dating back to 1936, and shows a blue cross and a dove in its natural colours on a silver field, with a <a href="/wiki/Lion_rampant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lion rampant">lion rampant</a> in the first quarter. This is <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazoned</a> in the 1937 College Annual as follows: </p> <blockquote><p>ARGENT: – On a Cross Azure, the Dove of the Holy Ghost, Proper, with seven Rays descendant, Or. In the first quarter a Lion rampant of the second.</p></blockquote> <p>On 30 April 1926 Leen at a sports day speech encapsulated the words <i>Fides et Robur</i>, which henceforth became the Rock motto. In 1928, a new College Crest, bearing four emblems around a blue cross was hurriedly officiated, primarily to show off the motto over the college's specially built new front gates. Not everyone was happy with this design and possible variations of a new design may have been experimented with; evidence exists that both in the crest and in the uniform, by reason of fault or debate, and most likely between 1928 and 1936, a distinctive crest had been "with nine rays descendant, Or". In 1936, McQuaid instigated a new and distinctive crest that to this day is in continual use (unchecked variations and wayward deviations are contracted into stores by stationery and uniform suppliers). It was adopted on blazers that year and a heraldic description of the arms of the college was published (though not officially registered) in the 1937 Blackrock College Annual. It was commissioned into stained glass in 1938, presumably in its true and intended likeness and survives today at the end of one of the house corridors, though its conformity to the true heraldic interpretations is not accurate; "a Lion Rampant of the second" would correctly reveal only a blue silhouette of a rampant lion, that is, minus any fine caricature details so apparent in the existing variations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackrockCollege.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BlackrockCollege.JPG/220px-BlackrockCollege.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BlackrockCollege.JPG/330px-BlackrockCollege.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BlackrockCollege.JPG/440px-BlackrockCollege.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Blackrock College</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status_and_operation">Status and operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Status and operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackrock is now run by the Congregation of the Holy Ghost in close co-operation with a dedicated group of lay personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annual fees for students in 2011 were €6,300 for day boys, €17,250 for boarders and €18,250 for overseas boarders.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The college and its sister schools in Ireland are today held in trust by the Des Places Educational Association,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, as the college's patron, aims to maintain the Spiritan ethos in all five schools – Blackrock, <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_College" title="Rockwell College">Rockwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary's College, Dublin">St. Mary's</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's College, Dublin">St. Michael's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Templeogue_College" title="Templeogue College">Templeogue</a> – conducted by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Ireland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Curriculum">Curriculum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Curriculum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The curriculum offered is broad, covering all common subjects in the State Examinations including Latin, German, art, music, business, materials technology wood, science and history. Inspections by the Department of Education found exemplary standards of teaching and learning.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Times">Irish Times</a> placed the college in the "Top Ten" schools in the state, based on the proportion of students who accept a place in higher or further education.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are dedicated facilities for home economics and materials technology.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boarding_school">Boarding school</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Boarding school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The boarding school is housed in Williamstown Castle (known by students as "The Castle"). Williamstown Castle was built around 1780 on lands rented by the Fitzwilliams, later Pembrokes, to Counsellor William Vavasour. It resembled other spacious houses in the area including Willow Park and Castledawson, but a later owner, Thomas O'Mara, extensively redeveloped the building and its surrounds, adding the castellated finish, hence making it into a 'castle'. O'Mara had acted as an election agent for <a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Connell" title="Daniel O'Connell">Daniel O'Connell</a>, who dined in the castle on occasion, and for years a portrait of O'Connell adorned the room which is now the oratory.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tiernan Mealiffe is the director of boarding in the college. The boarding school contains around 100 students. Boarding is available from first year up to sixth year. Some day boys join the boarding school in 6th year in preparation for their <a href="/wiki/Leaving_Certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaving Certificate">Leaving Certificate</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Boarders are allowed to leave the castle with permission.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extra_curricular_activities">Extra curricular activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Extra curricular activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Field_sports">Field sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Field sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sport is viewed as an integral part of a Blackrock College pupils education and each pupil is expected to participate in some activity.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The principal sport in the college is rugby, with Blackrock having won the <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Schools_Senior_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Leinster Schools Senior Cup">Leinster Schools Senior Cup</a> 70 times (a figure larger than every other teams wins combined). </p><p>It has also won the <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Schools_Junior_Cup" title="Leinster Schools Junior Cup">Leinster Schools Junior Cup</a> 51 times. Blackrock won the inaugural cup competition held in 1887 and has been consistently the most successful team, winning the cup at least three times in every decade since. </p><p>Retired Blackrock rugby union players include <a href="/wiki/Fergus_Slattery" title="Fergus Slattery">Fergus Slattery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niall_Brophy" title="Niall Brophy">Niall Brophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_MacNeill_(rugby_union)" title="Hugo MacNeill (rugby union)">Hugo MacNeill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Mullin" title="Brendan Mullin">Brendan Mullin</a> (all playing before rugby union was professional), former <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="British and Irish Lions">British and Irish Lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leinster_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Leinster rugby">Leinster</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">Brian O'Driscoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Byrne_(rugby_union)" title="Shane Byrne (rugby union)">Shane Byrne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Costello" title="Victor Costello">Victor Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Fitzgerald" title="Luke Fitzgerald">Luke Fitzgerald</a>, and the current Leinster Rugby head coach and former Irish international <a href="/wiki/Leo_Cullen_(rugby_union)" title="Leo Cullen (rugby union)">Leo Cullen</a>. Current professional players include Bristol and Ireland's <a href="/wiki/Ian_Madigan" title="Ian Madigan">Ian Madigan</a>, Leinster and Ireland players <a href="/wiki/Garry_Ringrose" title="Garry Ringrose">Garry Ringrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caelan_Doris" title="Caelan Doris">Caelan Doris</a> and Jordi Murphy, Munster and Ireland's Andrew Conway and Joey Carbery, Sale Sharks and US Eagles' AJ MacGinty and multiple others around Ireland and the world. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rockleinster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Rockleinster.jpg/250px-Rockleinster.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Rockleinster.jpg/375px-Rockleinster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Rockleinster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Blackrock v St Michael's 2006 <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Schools_Senior_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Leinster Schools Senior Cup">Leinster Schools Senior Cup</a> final at <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Road" title="Lansdowne Road">Lansdowne Road</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> is played in 4th year in the college. Past pupils <a href="/wiki/Mark_Vaughan" title="Mark Vaughan">Mark Vaughan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niall_Corkery" title="Niall Corkery">Niall Corkery</a> are forwards on the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_GAA" title="Dublin GAA">Dublin</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> team. The school also has a <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a> team for 2nd and 3rd years. Five members of the All Ireland Club Championship winning Kilmacud Crokes team of 2008–09 were past pupils of Blackrock College.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college has a soccer team for its senior pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2003 a team from the school won the Leinster and All-Ireland U-17s schools cup.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swimming">Swimming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Swimming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The college has a <a href="/wiki/Swimming_(sport)" title="Swimming (sport)">swimming</a> team, which combines 1st to 6th year. The college competes in Leinster Senior Schools and has won the senior relay cup multiple times, most recently in 2017, and the Irish senior schools, regularly making finals and achieving gold in 2017.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The school has two 25-metre (82 ft) swimming pools on the grounds. The junior school Willow Park also has a swimming team.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college has teams in other water sports such as <a href="/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">water polo</a> and 4th years participate in rowing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_games">Other games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Table_tennis" title="Table tennis">Table tennis</a> is another one of the college's sports with many of its students participating. Many players come from 2nd year with older years fielding fewer numbers. 2010 saw the Blackrock Senior A team retain the Leinster Schools Senior Cup, won for the first time in 2009, while the seniors also won the Leinster Senior League for the first time since 1968, as well as reaching the final of the Senior All Irelands for the first time. 2010 saw the junior team reach the Junior Cup final for the 3rd year in a row, however in 2008 and 2009 the Blackrock Junior A team completed the Leinster double, with victories in both Junior Cup and Junior League, and also reached the final of the Junior All Irelands in both seasons. In 2010, the Senior A team competed in the World Schools Championships for the first time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The college has its own <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team run by teachers as well as professional coaches.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college has three outdoor basketball courts and different indoor basketball courts on the grounds. One indoor basketball court is in Willow Park gym, and one is in the Jubilee Hall while the introduction of the new sports hall provides a professional basketball court and spectator area.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The school has a <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> team divided between minors, juniors and seniors. They practise and play their home matches on the college's four tennis courts. 1st years in Willow Park also play on the college's tennis teams. The college also has teams in other sports such as <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">Judo</a>. Cricket has been played since the foundation of the school in 1860. There has been a renaissance on the cricket pitch in the last 10 years since the building of the new sports hall which is fully equipped with 2 full-sized practice lanes. This investment in cricket has helped the college to win its first Junior Cricket Trophy since 1964 and reach its first Senior Cup Final since 1961.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other sports include rowing, badminton and a full athletics programme.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling">Cycling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blackrock College and Willow Park share a <a href="/wiki/Cycling" title="Cycling">cycling</a> club called the Willow Wheelers, run by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Christy_McDaid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christy McDaid (page does not exist)">Christy McDaid</a>. The club has an annual trip abroad to either France or The Netherlands each Easter, recently in Cap D'Agde.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It also has hostel trips to Clare and Donegal at the end of the school year. The club has an annual 160-kilometre (99 mi) cycle for charity which has raised around 150,000 euro in the past few years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The club cycles every Sunday to varying destinations around Dublin.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletics">Athletics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The college has an <a href="/wiki/Sport_of_athletics" title="Sport of athletics">athletics</a> team and encourages participation in both track events and field events.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college also has a cross-country team which competes regionally.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The school organises the annual Blackrock College Invitational, inviting top athletic schools (<a href="/wiki/CBC_Monkstown" class="mw-redirect" title="CBC Monkstown">CBC Monkstown</a>, St Gerards School, <a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_College,_Dublin" title="St Michael's College, Dublin">St Michael's College, Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Hospital" title="The King's Hospital">The King's Hospital</a> to compete as a preliminary to the annual provincial and national competitions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The athletics team participates in the East Leinster, Leinster and Ireland Athletic championships at under-14s to under-18s annually.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_arts">The arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year, opera productions are staged in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Mount_Anville_Secondary_School" title="Mount Anville Secondary School">Mount Anville</a> (senior musical) and <a href="/wiki/Loreto_Abbey,_Dalkey" title="Loreto Abbey, Dalkey">Loreto Abbey, Dalkey</a> (2nd and 4th-year musical), two nearby schools for girls.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Debating" class="mw-redirect" title="Debating">Debating</a> is a tradition dating back to the school's founding in the 1860s. There are separate clubs for junior and senior pupils. One of the college alumni, Shane Murphy (now a Senior Counsel), won the 1985 World University Debating Championship at McGill University, representing the Honourable Society of the King's Inns.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The college holds gold medal debates for every academic year giving the students the opportunity to win the medal on prize day if they win the debate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The gold medal debates are used in the sixth year to select an eligible valedictorian for the year, who gives his address at both the graduation mass and again at prize day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college's debaters participate in many competitions including the L&H debates in UCD.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The college has two main choirs: the Leman and the Libermann <a href="/wiki/Choirs" class="mw-redirect" title="Choirs">choirs</a>. The Leman choir has members from the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th years. The best of the senior members of the Leman choir are accepted into the Libermann choir.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2013, a group of students from the college's Leman choir reached the final of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Island_Choir_Competition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All Island Choir Competition (page does not exist)">All Island Choir Competition</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The college has a choir for boarders and another for parents. The college has a youth <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Each year, all the choirs and the orchestra host the annual Leman Concert in the <a href="/wiki/National_Concert_Hall" title="National Concert Hall">National Concert Hall</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blackrock_College_Radio">Blackrock College Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Blackrock College Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A transition year program to set up and maintain a <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> station, broadcasting to the surrounding south Dublin area, is undertaken annually. All of the administrative work, promotion and content-creation is the labour of transition year students. The station also allows programming submissions from other schools to be broadcast. It's the only second-level radio project that broadcasts nine and a half hours a day (8:00 am to 5:30 pm), five days a week. The station has a mix of programmes from its current affairs programming to its guest programming. Blackrock College Radio has featured many famous and influential guests including <a href="/wiki/Enda_Kenny" title="Enda Kenny">Enda Kenny</a>, while in office as Taoiseach, Neil Flynn, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tubridy" title="Ryan Tubridy">Ryan Tubridy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a>, Leo Cullen, Mary Hannifin, <a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brent_Pope_(rugby_analyst)" title="Brent Pope (rugby analyst)">Brent Pope</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Norris_(politician)" title="David Norris (politician)">David Norris</a>, The Heathers, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kerr_(businessman)" title="Bobby Kerr (businessman)">Bobby Kerr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Brien" title="Denis O'Brien">Denis O'Brien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seachtain_na_Gaeilge">Seachtain na Gaeilge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Seachtain na Gaeilge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year a <i>Seachtain na Gaeilge</i> (literally, "Week of Irish") is organised to promote the Irish language in the school. The Irish department organises events each year to mark this occasion including <a href="/wiki/Ceili_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceili dance">ceili dance</a>, poc fada (longest hit) and screens Irish films. This co-curricular activity was particularly commended in a Department of Education inspection, which also recommended its further development.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_work">Social work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Social work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school donates most of its funds raised during the first term (September to October) to St Vincent De Paul and in the second and third terms the focus is mainly on Goal, Aidlink and the Willow Wheelers humanitarian projects; all of which provide international aid.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GOAL_and_Aidlink">GOAL and Aidlink</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: GOAL and Aidlink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Up until 2017, the Transition Year students organised the annual <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a> Badge appeal which raised large sums of money throughout Ireland for the Irish charities <a href="/w/index.php?title=GOAL_(charity)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GOAL (charity) (page does not exist)">GOAL</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aidlink&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aidlink (page does not exist)">Aidlink</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Goal organized a trip to India in both 2012 and 2013 to the Transition Year boys, inviting them to see the projects which they helped fund through their Badge campaigns.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St._Vincent_De_Paul">St. Vincent De Paul</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: St. Vincent De Paul"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school also has a long-standing relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_St._Vincent_de_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of St. Vincent de Paul">Society of St. Vincent de Paul</a>, contributing large sums of money raised through various projects.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> For example, the proceeds of the annual sale of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas trees</a> in the college are donated.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2007, the Christmas tree project raised €93,000 and the total amount raised for the Society in that year is estimated to be in excess of €150,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other projects for St Vincent De Paul include the second and third-year duck races, which raise money through sponsorship.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Christmas hampers are also packed and delivered by students and their families in the run-up to the holiday.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This provides some families with the necessary supplies of food for the period.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Willow_Wheelers">Willow Wheelers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Willow Wheelers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The college supports humanitarian projects in <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a>, mainly through the college's cycling club, the Willow Wheelers. In 2006, their annual sponsored 160 km (99 mi) cycle raised in excess of €60,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (May 2020)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> The club also annually sends a group of self-funded volunteers to help with humanitarian projects in Africa, most commonly: establishing clean water supplies for villages and constructing schoolhouses, infirmaries or similar institutions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Transition year students who are members of the cycling club are invited to see the club's projects throughout the world and to understand how their raised funds are spent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The students usually visit <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, and have visited <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock_Reaches_Out_To_Kenya">Rock Reaches Out To Kenya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rock Reaches Out To Kenya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school's 6th-year students have the opportunity to travel to the school in Kenya every year after the leaving certificate examinations. The school is to be run by the Spiritans, who also run Blackrock College.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_pupils'_efforts"><span id="Past_pupils.27_efforts"></span>Past pupils' efforts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Past pupils' efforts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a>, initiator of the <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> movements for famine relief in the 1980s, was a student at the college. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Duff" title="Frank Duff">Frank Duff</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a>, the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">lay</a> movement, is also a past pupil. In his memoirs, <i>Straight Left: A Journey in Politics</i> <a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a> cites the ethos and "sense of solidarity" with the Third World that was imparted to students, including Bob Geldof, as a formative force. The Holy Ghost Fathers were (and remain) an active missionary order in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The poverty of distant Africa was brought into our classrooms by our returned missionary teachers.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a>, <i>Straight Left</i>, pg. 36</cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associated_primary_schools">Associated primary schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Associated primary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Willow_Park_School,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Willow Park School, Dublin">Willow Park School</a>, a private <a href="/wiki/Primary_school" title="Primary school">primary school</a> that acts as the college's principal feeder, is also run by the order and is situated on the same campus. Until the early 1970s, <a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's College, Dublin">St. Michael's College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ballsbridge" title="Ballsbridge">Ballsbridge</a> was also a feeder school for Blackrock College, but now has classes up to the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Leaving_Certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Leaving Certificate">Leaving Certificate</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Child_sexual_abuse">Child sexual abuse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Child sexual abuse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the Spiritans have been associated with a number of child sexual abuse cases in Ireland;<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Spiritans acknowledged in 2022 that they had paid out over €5m (£4.4m) in settlements for sexual abuse cases since 2004. In 2022 the <a href="/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" title="Garda Síochána">Garda Síochána</a> were involved in the investigation; 233 people had made allegations against 77 members of the Spiritans. Martin Kelly, leader of the Spiritans, admitted and apologised for abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least six abusers are known to have operated at Blackrock College;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in November 2022, it was reported that 57 people had alleged that they had been abused on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the revelations, the government commissioned a scoping report into what had occurred. Almost 2,400 allegations of historic abuse at schools run by Catholic religious orders, including Blackrock, were found; in response to this report, in 2024 it was reported that a statutory commission of inquiry would be set up.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> one of its six <a href="/wiki/House_system" title="House system">student houses</a>, McQuaid, continued to be named after alleged child sex offender <a href="/wiki/John_Charles_McQuaid" title="John Charles McQuaid">John Charles McQuaid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_pupils">Past pupils</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Past pupils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_Rockmen" title="List of Old Rockmen">List of Old Rockmen</a></div> <p>The Blackrock College Union represents former students of the college, organises many charitable events throughout the year, assists the school (e.g., mentoring, management assistance, advice) and organises social events for members.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There are branches in Ireland and across the world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Early Free State ministers such as <a href="/wiki/Art_O%27Connor" title="Art O'Connor">Art O'Connor</a> (secretary for agriculture 1921–1922), and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a>, six times Taoiseach and the 3rd president of Ireland, studied and later taught in Blackrock. Modern politicians include <a href="/wiki/Eoin_O%27Broin" class="mw-redirect" title="Eoin O'Broin">Eoin O'Broin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruairi_Quinn" title="Ruairi Quinn">Ruairi Quinn</a> (a former minister and leader of the Labour Party) and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Andrews_(politician)" title="Barry Andrews (politician)">Barry Andrews</a>, a former junior minister. Many businessmen have also attended the school such as <a href="/wiki/David_J._O%27Reilly" class="mw-redirect" title="David J. O'Reilly">David J. O'Reilly</a>, chairman and former CEO of Chevron Corporation, and <a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Regan" title="Brendan O'Regan">Brendan O'Regan</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Airport" title="Shannon Airport">Shannon Airport</a> and proponent of the Irish peace and reconciliation process. <a href="/wiki/Philip_R._Lane" title="Philip R. Lane">Philip R. Lane</a> (governor of the central bank), <a href="/wiki/Ronan_Dunne" title="Ronan Dunne">Ronan Dunne</a> (EVP and group president of Verizon Wireless) also attended the college. </p><p>Writer <a href="/wiki/Flann_O%27Brien" title="Flann O'Brien">Flann O'Brien</a>, and journalist and scholar <a href="/wiki/Tim_Pat_Coogan" title="Tim Pat Coogan">Tim Pat Coogan</a>, were students of the school. Alumni in the fine arts include designer <a href="/wiki/Paul_Costelloe" title="Paul Costelloe">Paul Costelloe</a>, composer <a href="/wiki/Michael_McGlynn" title="Michael McGlynn">Michael McGlynn</a> and visual artist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ballagh" title="Robert Ballagh">Robert Ballagh</a>. The Holy Ghost Order has a long tradition of missionaries. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Duff_(religious_worker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Duff (religious worker)">Frank Duff</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a>, is perhaps the best-known. Singer, songwriter, author and <a href="/wiki/Political_activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activist">political activist</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a> was also a student at the college. Eminent handbag designer <a href="/wiki/Pauric_Sweeney" title="Pauric Sweeney">Pauric Sweeney</a> also calls Blackrock his alma mater. Radio and TV personality <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tubridy" title="Ryan Tubridy">Ryan Tubridy</a> attended the college. Singer-songwriter and producer <a href="/wiki/Jonathon_Ng" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathon Ng">Jonathon Ng</a> (better known as EDEN) attended Blackrock, and in 2014 a video was posted on the college's YouTube account of Ng performing a song entitled "Amnesia".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The college places a heavy emphasis on sport. Past pupils include Ireland internationals <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Driscoll" title="Brian O'Driscoll">Brian O'Driscoll</a>, former Ireland and Lions captain, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Fitzgerald" title="Luke Fitzgerald">Luke Fitzgerald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Costello" title="Victor Costello">Victor Costello</a>, a 20-year Leinster, Ireland and Blackrock College RFC veteran, who also represented Ireland in shot putting at the Olympics, <a href="/wiki/Leo_Cullen_(rugby_union)" title="Leo Cullen (rugby union)">Leo Cullen</a>, former captain, now coach of the <a href="/wiki/Leinster_Rugby" title="Leinster Rugby">Leinster Rugby</a> team and <a href="/wiki/Shane_Byrne_(rugby_union)" title="Shane Byrne (rugby union)">Shane Byrne</a>, Leinster and Ireland professional rugby player. The current Ireland international team includes <a href="/wiki/Ian_Madigan" title="Ian Madigan">Ian Madigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordi_Murphy" title="Jordi Murphy">Jordi Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garry_Ringrose" title="Garry Ringrose">Garry Ringrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Conway" title="Andrew Conway">Andrew Conway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joey_Carbery" title="Joey Carbery">Joey Carbery</a>, other Rugby internationals Include <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Artemyev" title="Vasily Artemyev">Vasily Artemyev</a> (formerly of Russia), <a href="/wiki/AJ_MacGinty" title="AJ MacGinty">AJ MacGinty</a> (USA) and <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Fawsitt" title="Dylan Fawsitt">Dylan Fawsitt</a> (USA) </p><p>In other games, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cusack_(Gaelic_Athletic_Association)" title="Michael Cusack (Gaelic Athletic Association)">Michael Cusack</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">Gaelic Athletic Association</a> taught at the school and played early forms of <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a> with the pupils. Golfer <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Leary_(golfer)" title="John O'Leary (golfer)">John O'Leary</a> (winner of the Carrolls Irish Open), <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lee_(footballer)" title="Alan Lee (footballer)">Alan Lee</a> (Ireland soccer international) and <a href="/wiki/Joey_O%27Meara" title="Joey O'Meara">Joey O'Meara</a> (who represented Ireland in both Hockey and Cricket), also went to Blackrock. Retired Dublin GAA footballer <a href="/wiki/Cian_O%27Sullivan" title="Cian O'Sullivan">Cian O'Sullivan</a> and professional golfer <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dunne_(golfer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Dunne (golfer)">Paul Dunne</a> attended the college. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackrock_College&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071119060046/http://www.blackrockcollege.ie/files/admin/uploads/W47_F_1279_6639.doc">"ENROLMENT POLICY DOCUMENT"</a>. 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Farragher, <i>Père Leman (1826–1880): Educator and Missionary, Founder of Blackrock College</i> (Dublin: Paraclete Press, 1988)</li> <li>Seán P. 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