St Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is a voluntary boys' primary and secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, and then reopened in 1926 (from 1917 until 1926 the St. Mary's operated as a House of Philosophy for the Spiritans, before it moved to Blackrock.).'A History of St Mary's College Rathmines, Dublin (1890-1990)' by William A. Maher, CSSp, Published by Paraclete Press, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, 1994. ISBN 0 946639 09 4 The school colours are blue and white.
Notable past pupils
Arts and media Vincent Dowling – Irish-American director
Law Peter Charleton – Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland Nicholas Kearns – Former President of the High Court of Ireland Tom O'Higgins – Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Politics Kevin Barry (briefly) – Irish republican (executed in 1920)
Sports Rodney O'Donnell – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player Paul Dean – Former Ireland and Lions rugby player Denis Hickie – Former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player Shane Jennings – Former Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Barbarians and Ireland rugby player Johnny Sexton – Leinster, Racing 92, Ireland and Lions rugby player Gareth Delany – Irish cricketer Terry Kennedy - Former Ireland Rugby 7's Player, World Player of the Year
Other Peter Boylan – Former Master of the National Maternity Hospital
Notable staff Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach and former president, taught at St. Mary's for a short time in 1915 as a mathematics professor
Sister schools The following schools were also founded by the Holy Ghost Fathers in Ireland:
Blackrock College Rockwell College St. Michael's College Templeogue College
St. Mary's College Rugby Club
Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. is directly associated with the St. Mary's College Rugby Club located in Templeogue. The club has been home to several players who represented Leinster and Ireland.
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