The High School, Dublin
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The High School is a co-educational school located in Rathgar
, Dublin, Ireland
. The school was founded in 1870 in Harcourt Street before moving to its current location in Rathgar in 1971 and amalgamated with The Diocesan School for Girls in 1974, thereby becoming co-educational.
The second building combined a music centre, archive room, rugby/cricket pavilion, and meeting rooms. This replaced the old Music Centre behind the school stage, and the 30-year old rugby pavilion.
Rathgar
Rathgar is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, lying about 3 kilometres south of the city centre.-Amenities:Rathgar is largely a quiet suburb with good amenities, including primary and secondary schools, nursing homes, child-care and sports facilities, and good public transport to the city centre...
, Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. The school was founded in 1870 in Harcourt Street before moving to its current location in Rathgar in 1971 and amalgamated with The Diocesan School for Girls in 1974, thereby becoming co-educational.
Millennium Developments
The High School began re-developing its campus with the "Millennium Developments" Projects, which were completed in the summer of 1998. The projects involved the creation of three new buildings. The first, the "T Block" contained four new classrooms. Two Home Economics Laboratories, a Foam working Room, and two Technical Graphics gyms.The second building combined a music centre, archive room, rugby/cricket pavilion, and meeting rooms. This replaced the old Music Centre behind the school stage, and the 30-year old rugby pavilion.
Laboratories and ICT project
In 2004/2005, a second computer room based on a thin-client network was created. Also in this school year plans were created to refurbish the 30-year old school laboratories to modern standards. Among the new features are key-operated gas pressure systems and eye-wash stations. In the summer of 2004/2005, two more laboratories were refurbished.Classroom Multimedia
Beginning in 2005/2006, all of the school classrooms are to be fitted with digital video projectors, with the teachers in those classrooms being supplied with laptop computers for this purpose.Arts
- Leonard Abrahamson film director
- Jack Butler YeatsJack Butler YeatsJohn "Jack" Butler Yeats was an Irish artist. His early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of...
(artist and brother of W.B. Yeats) - W.B. YeatsWilliam Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
, writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1923
Politics
- Alan ShatterAlan ShatterAlan Joseph Shatter is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South constituency and has been the Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence since March 2011.-Background and early life:...
, TDTeachta DálaA Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...
for Dublin SouthDublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies... - Trevor SargentTrevor SargentTrevor Sargent is an Irish Green Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North constituency from 1992 to 2011...
(former Green Party leader) - David Norris, SenatorSeanad ÉireannSeanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...
for Dublin UniversityDublin University (constituency)University of Dublin is a university constituency in Ireland, which has been used to elect members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann. Alternative names are Dublin University or Trinity College, Dublin... - Mr Justice Brian McCrackenBrian McCrackenBrian Moore McCracken is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland. He is an officer of the Trinity College, Dublin - Visitor of the College.-Education and career:...
Sports
- John RobbieJohn RobbieJohn Cameron Robbie is a former international rugby union player. He went to The High School in Dublin, Ireland. He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Greystones RFC. He was later picked twice for the South African rugby team but...
, former British and Irish LionsBritish and Irish LionsThe British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
rugby player, LeinsterLeinsterLeinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...
Schools Cup winner in 1973. Radio presenter. - Phil OrrPhilip OrrPhilip Andrew "Phil" Orr , is a former Irish international and British and Irish Lions Rugby Union loosehead prop. Educated at The High School, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, Orr played for Old Wesley for over 20 years and was, for many years, his country's most-capped prop with a then world...
, former British and Irish LionsBritish and Irish LionsThe British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
& Ireland International rugbyIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
player - Rollie MeatsRoly MeatesT.W.Roland "Roly" Meates is a former Ireland national rugby union team coach and chairman of the Irish Rugby Football Union board of selectors....
, former Ireland rugby teamIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
head coach. - Alison Meeke, current international hockey player for Ireland and leinster.
Other
- Charles D'ArcyCharles D'ArcyCharles Frederick D'Arcy was a Church of Ireland clergyman, from 1903 Bishop of Clogher, in 1907 translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin and then Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore, briefly Archbishop of Dublin, and finally from 1920 until his death Archbishop of Armagh...
, Church of Ireland archbishop - Denis O'BrienDenis O'BrienDenis O'Brien is an Irish businessman with international connections. An Arts graduate of University College Dublin, O'Brien has received a MBA in corporate finance from Boston College in 1982, and was later given an honorary doctorate by University College Dublin.O'Brien has involvement with...
, Broadcasting and Telecom entrepreneur - Leopold BloomLeopold BloomLeopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce's Ulysses. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and intimate scale, those of Ulysses/Odysseus in The Odyssey....
, main character in James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
novel Ulysses
Girls
- Leinster Schools Senior Hockey Plate Winners (1): 2010
- Leinster Schools Junior Hockey Plate Winners (2): 2009, 2010
- Leinster Schools Minor Hockey Plate Winners (2): 2009, 2010
- Leinster Schools Minor Hockey Cup Winners (1) 2011
Rugby
- Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup Winners (1): 1973. Runners-Up (4): 1897, 1898, 1915, 1963
- Leinster Schools Senior Plate Winners (2): 2001 2009
- Leinster Schools Vinny Murray Plate Winners (1): 2010
- Leinster Schools Junior CupLeinster Schools Junior CupThe Leinster Schools Junior Challenge Cup is an under-age rugby union competition for schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU.Competition is confined to students under the age of 15. The cup is held every January - March with the final in late March. It is usually seen as a good...
Winners (1): 1938 - Leinster Schools Junior Plate Winners (1): 1999
- Leinster Schools Transition Year League Runners up : 2007 2009
Rankings
- In 2009 the school was ranked as the best-performing school in Ireland in terms of progression to third-level education, bearing in mind socioeconomic backgrounds