St Flannan's College
Saint Flannan's College Coláiste Fhlannáin Naofa Collegium Sancti Flannani | |
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Saint Flannan | |
Established | 1846 |
President | Rev. Joe McMahon |
Principal | Rev. Ignatius McCormack[1] |
Chaplain | Rev. Damien Nolan |
Staff | 85 (2011) |
Number of students | c. 1200 |
Website | www |
View of the front of the College |
Saint Flannan's College is an Irish co-educational
History
In 1846, the
In 1865 the diocese broke with Springfield altogether and set up a diocesan college completely under its control at #12 Bindon Street, now a solicitor's office, and soon after became known as St. Flannan's Literary Institute, under a clerical
Perhaps the most famous president of the college was Canon William Kennedy, head of St. Flannan's between 1919 and 1932. During the Anglo-Irish War, the college was a hotbed of separatist sentiment, from where the Canon personally organised the collection of the famous Dáil Loan in Clare. Still preserved in the college are letters from both
The measure of the expansion that has taken place over the past thirty years is considerable; in 1962 there were some 370 pupils in St. Flannan's (140 of whom were day boys) and only 17 teachers. By 2004, the numbers had risen to more than 1,000 students and staff numbers had risen to 66. In September 2002, Coed classes were introduced in First Year. In September 2003, a new wing containing new facilities was opened.[2] The college experienced very severe flooding in November 2009: much of the college grounds was submerged, and water breached the perimeter wall because of a small stream that runs underneath the college.[3]
Ranking
St Flannan's was ranked third in Ireland according to one of the most comprehensive league tables, published in
Notable staff
- Gary Brennan - the Clare dual player teaches P.E. and Irish[5]
- Jamesie O'Connor - the Clare hurler teaches business studies[6]
- Thomas McRedmond - the first president of the Diocesean College in 1866, later Bishop of Killaloe
- Willie Walsh - the future bishop joined the staff in 1963
Notable past pupils
- Academia
- NUI GalwayProfessor Emeritus of History
- Clergy
- Rev. Harry Bohan – priest and former manager of the Clare hurling team
- Rev. Austin Flannery OP – Dominican priest
- Rev. Columbanpriest murdered in the Philippines
- Bishop Maynooth College, Bishop of Killaloe (1904–54)
- Bishop Michael Harty – served as Bishop of Killaloe (1967–1994)
- Bishop Denis Kelly – served as Bishop of Ross (1897–1924)
- Bishop John McCarthy DD (1858-1950) – served as Bishop of Sandhurst in Victoria, Australia (1917–1950)
- Bishop Joseph Rodgers – served as Bishop of Killaloe (1955–1966)
- Bishop Willie Walsh – served as Bishop of Killaloe (1994–2010)
- Politics
- Sylvester Barrett – former Minister for Environment, Minister for Defence and MEP (Fianna Fáil)
- Michael D. Higgins – former Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht and ninth President of Ireland[7] (Labour Party)
- Tony Killeen – former Minister for Defence (Fianna Fáil)
- Tomás Mac Giolla – former Lord Mayor of Dublin, former TD and former President of the Workers' Party[8]
- Michael O'Kennedy – former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Finance, Minister for Agriculture, and European Commissioner (Fianna Fáil)
- Pat Upton – former Labour TD and Senator
- Sport
- Anthony Daly – Dublin GAA senior hurling manager and double All-Ireland winning captain
- TV3, current hurling analyst on Sky Sports
- Davy Fitzgerald – Double All-Ireland winning goalkeeper, All-Ireland winning manager with Clare senior hurling team and current Wexford hurling manager
- Ger Loughnane – All-Ireland winning manager, GAA TV pundit on RTÉ's The Sunday Game
- Television
- Maurice O'Doherty – Irish broadcaster best known as a newsreader for RTÉ News from 1966 until 1983
- Seán Munsanje – TV presenter
- Marty Morrissey – sports presenter
- Military
References
- ^ Flynn, Pat (12 June 2017). "New Principal for St. Flannan's Diocesan College". The Clare Herald.
- ^ "St Flannan's College | Ennis | Co. Clare | Ireland". St. Flannans College. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Flooding: worst affected areas". The Irish Times. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Flynn, Sean. "High School ranks top in State, says new league table". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Shannon, Kieran (29 May 2016). "Gary Brennan Interview: Still earning rave reviews off Broadway". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Doody, Derry J. F. (18 January 2017). "JAMES O'CONNOR: Reached The Holy Grail". ScoreBoard Memories Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018.
James is now in his 23rd year teaching Business Studies at St. Flannans, Ennis, and once again he is embroiled in the quest for Harty Cup honours as one of the college's coaches and in recent years the Ennis college have achieved great success.
- ^ "The Clare Champion". The Clare Champion. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Final salute to 'giant of the Irish Left' as MacGiolla is laid to rest". Irish Independent. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2020.