Wesley College, Dublin
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This article is about Wesley College in Dublin, Ireland
. See Wesley College (disambiguation) for articles on other institutions named "Wesley College".
Wesley College is a fee-paying coeducation
al secondary school for day-pupils and boarders in Dublin, Ireland
. Wesley College is under the control of a Board of Governors, appointed each year by the Methodist Church in Ireland.
Wesley College was founded on 1 October 1845 and counts two Nobel laureates among its alumni.
Strong emphasis is put on religious education for all denominations and both extra-curricular activities and sport play an important part in this school.
The College offers pupils an opportunity to explore the humanities, sciences, technology, business studies, English literature, music and the arts.
Wesley College offers a range of extracurricular and sporting activities in the belief that these assist a sound general education and contribute to the whole person.
and agreed to form a Wesleyan Proprietary Grammar School in Ireland "for the purpose of affording a thorough literary, scientific and commercial education, with a sound, religious, and moral training, in strict accordance with the principles of Wesleyan Methodism".
The committee originally proposed a boarding and day school for boys, in the vicinity of Belfast but later decided that the Wesleyan Connexional School should be established in Dublin which was the hub of Ireland's transport system and had a far greater population. A large dilapidated dwelling house, No. 79 St. Stephen's Green
, sited on what is now part of the Department of Foreign Affairs
, was leased from the trustees of The King's Hospital
.
The Wesleyan Connexional School was founded in 1845 in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin by a group of Methodist Ministers and other men for the Methodist Community in Ireland. In 1879 the Methodist Conference granted the request of the School's Trustees that it would be named Wesley College.
Six boarder girls and fifteen day-girls, together with the new boys, joined the 175 (approximately) boys already in the College in September 1911.
Right up to the 1940s co-education was narrowly interpreted and strictly supervised. The boys were always called by their surnames, while the girls had their surnames prefixed by "Miss". Casual conversation between the boys and girls was discouraged and they did not have meals together until the 1950s.
, a suburb of Dublin, at the foothills of the Dublin mountains. The final school activity on the old College site was the end-of-year service in the Large Schoolroom on 14 June 1969, followed by a celebration of Holy Communion in the Chapel. The official opening and dedication of the new buildings at Ludford Park took place at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday, 7 June 1969, opened by Éamon de Valera
, President of Ireland.
The 1969 campus was added to in 1980, 1987, and 1991, a state of the art library and Information Technology building was added in 1999 and a new modern music and arts centre as well as a Materials Technology suite were opened in 2005.
In 1959 the College obtained from the Chief Herald an official grant of arms, which replaced that previously used. The upper part of the shield has a red ground, and bears the Bible, surmounted by a Maltese cross, an old Wesley College symbol. To the right is an escallop shell from the arms of John Wesley's
family. The lower part of the shield has a blue ground and on it a flaming castle from the Dublin City arms. The scroll below the shield contains the College motto in Greek, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is great." (I Thessalonians 5.21)
, Christian Union, and many others.
This year Carin Hunt, a fifth year, travelled to Qatar
as part of the Irish debating team for the orld Schools Debating Championships|World's Debating]. Currently former student Mark Haughton is the debating coach, who has achieved second as part of the Irish team, of the World's Debating.
Wesley has won the All Ireland hockey trophy
as well as the Leinster Schools Senior Cup
for rugby in 1898. Wesley not only places an emphasis on activities which solely help students themselves but also to move children is highly important for the teaching staff. Students in Transition year are able to reach out in various ways such as classroom assistance, helping children with special needs and music teaching. In recent years a team from Wesley's Transition year has embarked on a Habitat for Humanity house building trip annually.
The students of the college also produce a monthly newspaper, Full Stop which has been providing a voice for students through the medium of the media since December 9, 2003.
purchased the original letters that were included in the original 1985 edition of Lifelines. Subsequently Wesley College donated all correspondence, photographs and other related archival material to the Library. The Discover Lifelines exhibition in the Library's main hall showed letters from this archive from writers, poets, actors, artists, media personalities and politician and ran throughout 2010.
The school has achieved success recently at the George Watson's College
MUN conference in Edinburgh. Also at the Terenure
MUN conference the Wesley Delegation representing China achieved an Outstanding Delegation award and 7 outstanding delegate awards. WCDMUN11 will take place in the college from 11-12 March 2011.
Wesley, like many other schools in Ireland made a significant contribution to the effort of the two major world wars. Over 85 students of the college lost their lives in the First World War. Their names are listed on a grand memorial in the College concourse which reads "This building was erected to the honour of all old boys of this College who ventured their lives for defence of home and country in the Great War and especially in loving and grateful memory of those who fell". (The building mentioned was the old College Chapel, where the memorial was located before the move to Ballinteer.) 25 students of Wesley died between 1939 and 1945 in the Second World War. These are also listed on a memorial in the main concourse. Remembrance Day
is marked each year with the laying of a wreath on the memorial.
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...
. See Wesley College (disambiguation) for articles on other institutions named "Wesley College".
Wesley College is a fee-paying coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al secondary school for day-pupils and boarders in 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...
. Wesley College is under the control of a Board of Governors, appointed each year by the Methodist Church in Ireland.
Wesley College was founded on 1 October 1845 and counts two Nobel laureates among its alumni.
Strong emphasis is put on religious education for all denominations and both extra-curricular activities and sport play an important part in this school.
The College offers pupils an opportunity to explore the humanities, sciences, technology, business studies, English literature, music and the arts.
Wesley College offers a range of extracurricular and sporting activities in the belief that these assist a sound general education and contribute to the whole person.
Origins
On 16 May 1844, a gathering of men met in BelfastBelfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
and agreed to form a Wesleyan Proprietary Grammar School in Ireland "for the purpose of affording a thorough literary, scientific and commercial education, with a sound, religious, and moral training, in strict accordance with the principles of Wesleyan Methodism".
The committee originally proposed a boarding and day school for boys, in the vicinity of Belfast but later decided that the Wesleyan Connexional School should be established in Dublin which was the hub of Ireland's transport system and had a far greater population. A large dilapidated dwelling house, No. 79 St. Stephen's Green
St. Stephen's Green
St Stephen's Green is a city centre public park in Dublin, Ireland. The park is adjacent to one of Dublin's main shopping streets, Grafton Street, and to a shopping centre named for it, while on its surrounding streets are the offices of a number of public bodies and the city terminus of one of...
, sited on what is now part of the Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland)
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world...
, was leased from the trustees of The King's Hospital
The King's Hospital
The King's Hospital is a Church of Ireland co-educational fee-paying boarding and day school situated in Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland.Founded in 1669, it is one of the oldest schools in Ireland and was also known as the Blue Coat School....
.
The Wesleyan Connexional School was founded in 1845 in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin by a group of Methodist Ministers and other men for the Methodist Community in Ireland. In 1879 the Methodist Conference granted the request of the School's Trustees that it would be named Wesley College.
Development
In June 1911 the Wesley College Trustees put the following proposal to the Methodist Conference, "This committee, having had the fact brought under their notice that at the present time there is no school in the three southern provinces under the Methodist Management offering to girls the advantages of an Intermediate education, suggests to the Conference that the present is a suitable occasion for opening Wesley College to girls who desire to secure such training as will fit them for professional and business careers". The Conference responded favourably and the Trustees purchased No. 110 St. Stephen's Green as a girls' hostel. It had formerly been known as "The Epworth Club", a boarding house for young Epworth business men coming to Dublin, which had ceased to serve its purposes. The hostel was called Epworth House.Six boarder girls and fifteen day-girls, together with the new boys, joined the 175 (approximately) boys already in the College in September 1911.
Right up to the 1940s co-education was narrowly interpreted and strictly supervised. The boys were always called by their surnames, while the girls had their surnames prefixed by "Miss". Casual conversation between the boys and girls was discouraged and they did not have meals together until the 1950s.
Move to Ballinteer
In 1969 Wesley College moved to its present 50 acres (202,343 m²) site in BallinteerBallinteer
Ballinteer is a southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.- History :...
, a suburb of Dublin, at the foothills of the Dublin mountains. The final school activity on the old College site was the end-of-year service in the Large Schoolroom on 14 June 1969, followed by a celebration of Holy Communion in the Chapel. The official opening and dedication of the new buildings at Ludford Park took place at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday, 7 June 1969, opened by Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera was one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, serving as head of government of the Irish Free State and head of government and head of state of Ireland...
, President of Ireland.
The 1969 campus was added to in 1980, 1987, and 1991, a state of the art library and Information Technology building was added in 1999 and a new modern music and arts centre as well as a Materials Technology suite were opened in 2005.
School coat of arms
John Wesley
John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
family. The lower part of the shield has a blue ground and on it a flaming castle from the Dublin City arms. The scroll below the shield contains the College motto in Greek, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is great." (I Thessalonians 5.21)
Extracurricular activities
Extracurricular activities include drama, debating (where speakers have recently achieved international honours), Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, Christian Union, and many others.
This year Carin Hunt, a fifth year, travelled to Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
as part of the Irish debating team for the orld Schools Debating Championships|World's Debating]. Currently former student Mark Haughton is the debating coach, who has achieved second as part of the Irish team, of the World's Debating.
Wesley has won the All Ireland hockey trophy
All Ireland Schools (Boys) Hockey Championship
The All Ireland Schools Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year...
as well as the Leinster Schools Senior Cup
Leinster Schools Senior Cup
The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. First held in 1887, the Cup celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007....
for rugby in 1898. Wesley not only places an emphasis on activities which solely help students themselves but also to move children is highly important for the teaching staff. Students in Transition year are able to reach out in various ways such as classroom assistance, helping children with special needs and music teaching. In recent years a team from Wesley's Transition year has embarked on a Habitat for Humanity house building trip annually.
The students of the college also produce a monthly newspaper, Full Stop which has been providing a voice for students through the medium of the media since December 9, 2003.
Interschools Music Festival
Each year Wesley hosts one of the largest interschools music festivals in the country. Hundreds of students from many schools, both primary and secondary level, compete in individual and choral singing as well as individual instrumental and orchestral. The College is very famous for its commitment to, and success in, musical endeavours. In recent years this has been greatly added to with the building of a dedicated Music and Arts Centre. Included in this centre is the purpose built G. B. Shaw Auditorium, named after one of Wesley's most famous past pupils.Lifelines
Recently the College published its fourth, and final, installment of the Lifelines anthology. Under format of the anthologies, a panel of students within Wesley write to notable people, such as celebrities, sports people and world leaders, asking them to highlight their favourite poem with a brief explanation for their choosing. Thus far the anthology has raised over €140,000 for Irish charity concern. The latest edition itself has raised €29,000 and was recently honoured as the Best Irish Published Book of the Year, in the 2007 Irish Book Awards. In 2010, The National Library of IrelandNational Library of Ireland
The National Library of Ireland is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism is the member of the Irish Government responsible for the library....
purchased the original letters that were included in the original 1985 edition of Lifelines. Subsequently Wesley College donated all correspondence, photographs and other related archival material to the Library. The Discover Lifelines exhibition in the Library's main hall showed letters from this archive from writers, poets, actors, artists, media personalities and politician and ran throughout 2010.
Model United Nations
In February 2010 the third annual Wesley College Dublin Model United Nations conference was held, and has grown to accommodate over 300 delegates from schools around the UK and Ireland. The Secretary General for WCDMUN10 was Katy Rae, with Megan Skelly as Deputy-Secretary General.The school has achieved success recently at the George Watson's College
George Watson's College
George Watson's College, known informally as Watson's, is a co-educational independent day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a hospital school in 1741, became a day school in 1871 and was merged with its sister school...
MUN conference in Edinburgh. Also at the Terenure
Terenure
Terenure is a mainly residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, largely in the administrative area of Dublin City Council but with parts in the administrative county of South Dublin County .-Location and transport:...
MUN conference the Wesley Delegation representing China achieved an Outstanding Delegation award and 7 outstanding delegate awards. WCDMUN11 will take place in the college from 11-12 March 2011.
Wartime contribution
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognized as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth...
is marked each year with the laying of a wreath on the memorial.
Politics and government
- Lionel BoothLionel BoothLionel O. Booth was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman. He was a Teachta Dála for twelve years.Educated at Wesley College in Ballinteer, Dublin, he first entered politics in the 1950s serving on both Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Corporation.He was first elected to Dáil...
, 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... - Sir Edward Carson, barristerBarristerA barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
and MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Leader of the Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
1910-21 - Councillor Emma Coburn
- Sir Robert Hart, 1st BaronetSir Robert Hart, 1st BaronetSir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet, GCMG , was a British consular official in China, who served as the second Inspector General of China's Imperial Maritime Custom Service from 1863 to 1911.-Early life:...
, Inspector General of China's Imperial Maritime Custom Service (1863) - Chaim HerzogChaim HerzogChaim Herzog served as the sixth President of Israel , following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces .-Early life:...
, sixth President of IsraelPresident of IsraelThe President of the State of Israel is the head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical ceremonial figurehead role, with the real executive power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister. The current president is Shimon Peres who took office on 15 July 2007... - H. B. HigginsH. B. HigginsHenry Bournes Higgins , Australian politician and judge, always known in his lifetime as H. B. Higgins, was a highly influential figure in Australian politics and law.-Career:...
, Attorney General of the Australian Government in 1904 - Sir Harold J. MaguireHarold MaguireAir Marshal Sir Harold John Maguire, KCB, DSO, OBE, was Director-General of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence from 1968 to 1972.-RAF career:...
, Director-General of Intelligence at the British Ministry of Defence (1968–1972) - Councillor Neale Richmond
- Mervyn TaylorMervyn TaylorMervyn Taylor is a former Irish Labour Party politician and government minister.He was born to a Jewish family in Dublin. He was educated at Zion School, Wesley College Dublin and at Trinity College Dublin where he qualified as a solicitor.He worked for Herman Good Solicitors alongside Herman Good...
, TD, Irish Minister for Equality and Law ReformMinister for Labour (Ireland)The Minister for Labour was originally the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election. Constance... - Senator Gordon WilsonGordon Wilson (peace campaigner)Gordon Wilson was a draper in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. During The Troubles Wilson was injured and his daughter Marie was killed in the Enniskillen Remembrance Day Bombing on 8 November 1987....
Music and the arts
- Bjorn Baillie, songwriter / musician
- Harry FurnissHarry FurnissHenry Furniss was an artist and illustrator, born in Wexford, Ireland. His father was English and his mother Scottish, Furniss identifying himself as English...
, caricaturist - David KittDavid KittDavid Kitt is an Irish musician. He is the son of Irish politician Tom Kitt.He has released six studio albums to date: Small Moments, The Big Romance, Square 1, The Black and Red Notebook, Not Fade Away and The Nightsaver.-History:Kitt grew up surrounded by music, as his father and uncles formed a...
and Robbie Kitt, members of the band Spilly Walker - Dan Fox, Mark Lavery, Billy Campbell, Ivan Campbell, members of the band Lost In FlightLost In FlightLost In Flight are an Irish four-piece rock band from Dublin. Formerly known as Vic, the band consists of Dan Fox , Ivan Campbell , Mark Lavery , and Billy Campbell...
- Annie MacAnnie MacAnnie Mac is an Irish DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 7:00 pm on Friday evenings as well as a Sunday evening show alongside co-presenter Nick Grimshaw.-Personal life:Annie Mac was born in Dublin,...
, BBC Radio 1 DJ - Niall MorrisNiall MorrisNiall Morris, born in Dublin, is a well-known Irish classical singer. He studied music at Trinity College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He completed his studies at the National Opera Studio in London....
, tenor, member of the Celtic TenorsCeltic TenorsThe Celtic Tenors began life as the Three Irish Tenors on RTE's Theatre Nights on October 1995. The group at that time consisted of James Nelson, Niall Morris and Paul Hennessey.... - James NelsonJames NelsonJames "Jimmy" Nelson was a Scottish international footballer who played for Cardiff City and Newcastle United in the 1920s and 1930s and was the right back in the Wembley Wizards Scotland side of 1928.-Early years:...
, tenor, member of the Celtic TenorsCeltic TenorsThe Celtic Tenors began life as the Three Irish Tenors on RTE's Theatre Nights on October 1995. The group at that time consisted of James Nelson, Niall Morris and Paul Hennessey.... - Eva O'ConnorEva O'ConnorEva O'Connor is an Irish stage actress. She is noted for her performance in Broken Croí, Heart Briste during the 2009 Dublin Fringe Festival. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress as part of the Irish Times Theatre Awards, for this performance...
, theatre actress, most notably in Broken Croí, Heart Briste at the Dublin Fringe FestivalDublin Fringe FestivalThe Dublin Fringe Festival allows artists to develop and present their work by submitting their application which is subsequently reviewed by the programme manager. The festival is open to both Irish and international participants....
. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009 - Donald Teskey, artist
- Stanley TownsendStanley Townsend-Theatre:Townsend's work in theatre includes: Remember This, Guys and Dolls and Phedre at the National Theatre, London; The Alice Trilogy, Shining City , Under the Blue Sky and The Weir at the Royal Court, London; The Wake, Trinity for Two and Sacred Mysteries at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; The...
, television, film and stage actor (in the BBC's Rough Diamond and other dramas)
Business and philanthropy
- Philip BerberPhilip BerberPhilip Berber is an Irish millionaire and philanthropist. He is well known for his former company, CyBerCorp, which he sold for $488 million dollars in 2000 and his subsequent philanthropy through his and his wife's charity, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation.-Early life:Berber was born in Dublin in...
, former CEO of Cybercorp and multimillionaire philanthropist. Chairman of A Glimmer of Hope Foundation - Richard Burrows, Governor of the Bank of IrelandBank of IrelandThe Bank of Ireland is a commercial bank operation in Ireland, which is one of the 'Big Four' in both parts of the island.Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, the Bank occupies a unique position in Irish banking history...
. - Dermot FitzGeraldDermot FitzGeraldDermot FitzGerald was a leading Irish businessman and philanthropist. A descendant of the aristocratic Earls of Desmond, FitzGerald was born in Limerick, Ireland to a southern Irish Protestant family. His father, Gerald FitzGerald, was a bank manager. He attended Wesley College, a prestigious...
, Irish businessman and philanthropist
Authors
- Douglas Bennett, author The Encyclopaedia of Dublin
- Bill McCormack, literary historian
Clergy
- Michael BurrowsMichael Burrows (bishop)The Right Reverend Michael Andrew James Burrows M.A., M.Litt., Prof.Dip.Th.Mayes. is a bishop in the Church of Ireland.-Life:...
, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory - Donald CairdDonald CairdDonald Arthur Richard Caird is a retired Irish bishop who held three senior posts in the Church of Ireland during the last third of the 20th century....
, Archbishop of Dublin - Heuston Finlay, Canon of St George's ChapelSt. George's Chapel, Windsor CastleSt George's Chapel is the place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom. It is both a royal peculiar and the chapel of the Order of the Garter...
, Windsor CastleWindsor CastleWindsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
Nobel laureates
- George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
, playwright, Nobel Prize for Literature - Ernest WaltonErnest WaltonErnest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments done at Cambridge University in the early 1930s, and so became the first person in history to artificially split the atom, thus ushering the nuclear age...
, Nobel Prize for Physics.
Cricket Internationals
- 1903 - S. H. Crawford
- 1909-1925 - J. G. Aston
- 1947-59 - L. C. Jacobson
- 1947-61 - N. B. Hool
- 1953 - I. M. Taffey
- 1958 - 66 - K. W. Hope
- 1970-89 - Mike HallidayMichael Halliday (cricketer)Michael Halliday is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler, he played 93 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1970 and 1989, including fourteen first-class matches and nine List A matches.-Early Days:Halliday first played for Ireland in 1970, making...
; played 93 times for Ireland and was Captain 25 times - 1991-95 - Eddie Moore (played 25 times for Ireland)
- 1999 – Duncan Smythe, Andrew O’Kane, Nikki Symmons and John Blakeney
- 2007 – Jillian Smythe, Eimear Richardson
- 2009 - Blare Blellegher
Rugby Internationals
- 1888 - Alfred Walpolf
- 1893 - Fred Davies and Walter Brown
- 1894 - Louis McIntosh
- 1894-97 - T. Robinson
- 1907 - William Hinton
- 1908 - H. R. Aston, G. Crawford, Jim Beckett and George Hamlett; George Hamlett was Captain 1910-11 and also played 30 times for Ireland
- 1913 - F. Bennett
- 1939-46 - E. A. Cairy
- 1995 – Chris Pim was Captain of Leinster the Inter-provincial Champions
- 1997-06 - Eric Miller (Ireland and British Lions)
- 2005 - Karl Harper (Norwegian National Team, Rugby Union 15s and 7s)
- 2006 - Mark Warburton and Kevin Corrigan (amateurs)
- 2006 - Michelle Lund (Norwegian National Team, Rugby Union 15s and 7s)
- 2008 - Ross Barbour (Rugby League, 2008 World Cup)
Athletics and other sports
- Joan Blackmore, headmaster's wife, represented Ireland at fencing and hockey
- Ken Blackmore, Headmaster of Wesley, was captain of YMCA, Trinity College, Leinster and Ireland at hockey over many years
- 1995 - Clive T. Brown, Captain of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker CupWalker CupThe Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland...
team; the team beat the United States team 14-10 - 2002 – Nicola Cinnamond, mountain running.
- Richard Franck represented Ireland in the World Youth Sailing Championships in 2001.
- 1998 – Sylvia Gee, football
- 1981 - Justin May and Carey May (see also, Olympians below) represented Ireland at the Orienteering Championships
- 1995 - Justin May went to coach the Irish coaching team
- John O'Hara ran the 100m for Ireland
- Heather Young was a senior international badminton player for Ireland
- Lynn Young (now McCrave) was a schools international in under 23s and then senior international badminton player for Ireland
Olympians
- David Burrows represented Ireland in sailing at the Sydney Olympics.
- Scott Evans currently represents Ireland at badminton
- David Foster, show jumping 1984, 1988, 1996 World Championships; also 3 European Gold team medals (1979)
- Longtime staff member Dan Kennedy was an instrumental javelin coach for the Irish Olympic Team.
- 1981, 1984 – Carey May, athlete (Olympics 1984) and orienteerer, represented Irish schools in hurdles and went on to represent Ireland in the marathon in the 1984 Olympic Games
- 1992, 1996, 2000 – Nick Sweeney, triple Olympian discus thrower
- David Wilkins competed in 5 Olympic Games in sailing and won a silver medal in one
External links
- Wesley College - official website
- Wesley Learning - official ancillary website
- Old Wesley - Rugby Club Founded by past pupils