St. Fintans High School is a boys secondary school, which is located in the suburb of Sutton

Sutton, Dublin

Sutton is a residential suburb of Dublin's Northside, Ireland, at the base of Howth Head, the peninsula which forms the northern edge of Dublin Bay.-Location and geography:...

 in Fingal

Fingal

Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. With its county seat located in Swords, it has a population of 239,992 according to the 2006 census...

 County, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The school currently has 641 students.

Sports include: Rugby, Gaelic Games, Basketball, Football, Hurling, Soccer, Athletics, Badminton, Sailing, Archery, Tennis, Table Tennis, and other sports.
The school is set to expand in the near future.

Notable past pupils (alumnus is not a term which would be used at the school) include the author Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993....

, and the singer Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

. It was also the location of one of the first performances by the band 'Feedback' which was later to become U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

. Aaron Westbrooks

Aaron Westbrooks

Aaron Westbrooks is an Irish basketball player.-Career:Aaron played for Trinity College in Connecticut & St. Fintan's High School. He joined Dart Killester before joining the Leicester Riders in 2009. Aaron made his BBL debut against the Sheffield Sharks...

, Isaac Westbrooks & Michael Westbrooks attended the school, they now play for the Ireland national basketball team

Ireland national basketball team

- Performance at Summer Olympics :-Notable players:*Pat Burke – Only Irish-born to have played in the NBA. Played for Orlando Magic & Phoenix Suns...

. Their other brother Eric also played for Fintan's. Michael Westbrooks is now the basketball coach for the school.