| Synge Street CBS Secondary School[1]
Sancta Maria CBS Primary School (Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí, Sráid Synge)[2] | |
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 The St Pauls building on Heytesbury Street in Dublin, part of the school | |
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Synge Street, Dublin D08 R283 | |
| Coordinates | 53°20′00″N 6°16′06″W / 53.3333°N 6.26833°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Voluntary secondary school (Edmund Rice Schools Trust (formerly Christian Brothers)) |
| Motto | "Viriliter Age" ("Act Manfully") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic[3] |
| Founded | 1864; 160 years ago |
| Founder | Canon Edward McCabe Brother Edward O'Flaherty |
| Principal | (Secondary) Clare Catterson[3] |
| Gender | (Secondary) Boys,[3] (Primary) Mixed[2] |
| Age range | (Secondary) 12–19, (Primary) 4–12[1][2] |
| Enrollment | 363[3] |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Website | www |
Synge Street CBS[4] (colloquially Synger)[5][6] is a boys' non-fee-paying state school, under the auspices of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, located in the Dublin 8 area of Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1864 by Canon Edward McCabe and Brother Edward O'Flaherty,[7][8] as part of a mid-nineteenth century programme to expand the provision of Catholic schooling across the city, particularly for poorer boys. It was important in developing multiple new Christian Brothers schools in the local area and beyond.
Originally the school was part of the Christian Brothers monastery, but in 1954 new buildings were erected for primary pupils, and in 1964 for secondary pupils on Heytesbury Street. Although founded and largely known as an all-boys school, since 2016 it has offered co-educational Gaelscoil classes at primary level. While being the second-largest school in the country in the 1950s, the school roll has declined significantly since the turn of the millennium, and by 2021 had around 260 pupils at second level, and 100 at primary.[1][2]
The school has a long list of notable alumni in Irish political, business, media and sporting life, including both the President and Taoiseach of Ireland for a period of nearly two years in the mid-1970s, and is a status that has led to the school being described as the Eton of Ireland. It also has a strong record in the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition becoming, in 2022, the first school to win the overall prize four times.[9]
- ^ a b c "School Detail – Christian Brothers, Synge St". Department of Education and Skills. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d "School Detail – Sancta Maria C B S". Department of Education and Skills. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d "School Detail". Department of Education and Skills. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Keenan, Mark (24 January 2020). "Movie Magic: 'Synge Street' house on sale for €630,000". independent. Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ de Bréadún, Deaglán (25 August 2016). "'Synger' – An Irishman's Diary on Synge Street CBS in the Sixties". Irish Times. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Cusack, Danny (6 September 2016). "Synge Street Christian Brothers School". Tinteán. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "School History". Synge Street CBS. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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