Private day and boarding school in County Tipperary, Ireland
Rockwell College (Irish : Coláiste Charraig an Tobair ), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel , County Tipperary in Ireland .
The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools Senior Cup 26 times and the Munster Schools Junior Cup 20 times. Rockwell is run by the Spiritans . Its list of former pupils and teachers includes two Presidents of Ireland.
History
Group of priests commissioned by Rev. John J. McCarthy, St. Josephs Missionary House, Rockwell, 1932 Rockwell College was founded in 1864 by two Spiritan priests (also known as the Holy Ghost Fathers) to provide education to the sons of Roman Catholics during a time when Penal Laws were still in place against the Catholic majority in Ireland.[ 2]
Rockwell College played an important role in the development of the Irish State in the several prominent figures of the Irish Revolutionary period taught at or attended the school. Éamon de Valera taught mathematics there as a young teacher and fellow 1916 Proclamation signatory Thomas MacDonagh attended as a pupil. In 1964 as part of the centenary celebrations President Éamon de Valera returned to the school, 60 years after he taught there.[ 3]
In 1997, Pat O'Sullivan became Rockwell's first lay principal, and in 2012 Audrey O'Byrne became the college's first female principal.[ 4]
Sister schools
Notable past pupils
Politics
Former President of Ireland Dr Patrick Hillery, Rockwell past pupil Patrick Hillery , President of Ireland 1976–1990Éamon de Valera , Taoiseach and President of Ireland 1959-1973, was a mathematics teacher at the school.Fionán Lynch , Deputy Leader of Fine Gael , TD from 1918 to 1944, Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1938 to 1939 and Government Minister from 1922 to 1932Michael Ahern , Junior Minister for Industry and Commerce and TD for Cork East Tadhg Crowley , Irish revolutionary and Fianna Fáil Senator and TD for Limerick Henry Barniville , Senator and Professor of Anatomy in University College Dublin Andrew Boylan , Fine Gael TD for Cavan–Monaghan Ruairí Brugha , Fianna Fáil TD, Senator and MEPMaurice Manning , Chancellor of National University of Ireland , Fine Gael Senator and president of the Irish Human Rights Commission Enda Marren , Fine Gael trustee and Member of Irish Council of State Seán McCarthy , former Minister of State for Finance and TechnologyAndrew Fogarty , Fianna Fáil TD and member of Seanad Éireann .William Quirke , Fianna Fáil Senator and Tipperary IRA leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War .Denis Jones , Fine Gael TD for Limerick West, 1957-1977, and Leas-Cheann Comhairle Thomas Walsh , Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny James John O'Shee , member of the Irish Parliamentary Party , MP for the constituency of West Waterford (1895-1918) and co-founder of the Irish Land & Labour Association .John J. Nash , Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann .Patrick Teehan , Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann .Timothy McAuliffe , Labour member of Seanad Éireann .Garret Ahearn , Fine Gael member of Seanad Éireann .
Legal
John L. Murray , Chief Justice of Ireland , former judge of the Irish Supreme Court , former judge of the European Court of Justice , Attorney General of Ireland , and former Chancellor of the University of Limerick Maurice Collins , judge of the Supreme Court John Rogers , Attorney General of Ireland between 1984-1987David Keane , judge of the High Court Mark Heslin , judge of the High CourtFionán Lynch , judge of the Circuit Court
Business
Sport
Bertie O'Hanlon , Irish rugby internationalMichael Dargan , Irish rugby internationalTimothy McGrath , Irish rugby internationalMick English (rugby union) , Irish rugby internationalFrank Byrne (rugby union) , Irish rugby internationalPaddy McGrath , Irish rugby internationalJohn Moroney , Irish rugby internationalWillie Duggan , Irish rugby internationalPaul McNaughton , Irish rugby international and manager of the Irish rugby team (2008 to 2011)Gary Halpin , Irish rugby internationalJack Clarke , Irish rugby internationalGabriel Fulcher , Irish rugby internationalMick Fitzgibbon , Irish rugby internationalDenis Leamy , Irish rugby internationalJohn Fogarty , Irish rugby internationalJJ Hanrahan , Connacht rugby playerDiarmuid Barron , Munster rugby playerBrian Gleeson , Munster rugby playerPaddy Butler , rugby playerDenis Fogarty , rugby playerMark Melbourne , rugby playerSean McNulty , USA rugby internationalHarry McNulty , captain of Ireland national rugby sevens team and Olympian Malachy Sheridan , Olympian Phil Conway , Olympian Walter Swinburn , jockey, who won 8 British Classics, including the 1981 Derby with Shergar Pat McGrath , hurlerConor Sweeney , Tipperary GAA Football Captain, Winning the 2020 Munster Football Championship
Clergy
Others
Writer Gabriel Rosenstock, Rockwell past pupil John Francis Crowley , Irish revolutionary and hunger strikerJohn J. Collins , Biblical scholar, was a Spiritan for nine years, professor in YaleJohn M. Feehan , author and publisherThomas MacDonagh - poet, teacher and co-leader of 1916 Rising , for which he was executed.Colm Mangan - former Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces ,Pádraic Ó Conaire , writerLiam O'Flaherty , writerKevin Roche , architectGabriel Rosenstock , writer
References
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