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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



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.
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.
In 1997, Pat O'Sullivan became Rockwell's first lay principal, and in 2012 Audrey O'Byrne became the college's first female principal.




Sister schools


Blackrock College
St Michael's College, Dublin
St Mary's College, Dublin
Templeogue College, Dublin




Notable past pupils






= Politics

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Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland 1976–1990
Éamon 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 1932
Michael Ahern, former Junior Minister for Industry and Commerce and former 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, former Fine Gael TD for Cavan–Monaghan
Ruairí Brugha, Fianna Fáil TD, Senator and MEP
Maurice Manning, Chancellor of National University of Ireland, former 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 Technology
William Quirke, former 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, former Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny
James John O'Shee, former 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.
Garret Ahearn, Fine Gael member of Seanad Éireann.




= Legal

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John L. Murray, former Chief Justice of Ireland, former judge of the Irish Supreme Court, former judge of the European Court of Justice, former Attorney General of Ireland, and former Chancellor of the University of Limerick
Maurice Collins, Judge of the Supreme Court
John Rogers, former Attorney General of Ireland between 1984-1987
David Keane, Judge of the High Court
Mark Heslin, Judge Of the High Court
Matthew Smith, former Judge of the High Court
Fionán Lynch, former Judge of the Circuit Court
Tom Teehan, former Judge of the Circuit Court




= Business

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Richie Boucher, chairman at CRH plc
Harry Crosbie, developer of Point Village
Bernie Cahill, former chairman of Aer Lingus and Greencore




= Sport

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Dr. Paddy Stokes, Irish rugby international
Dan "Decco" Browne, Irish rugby international
Joseph J. O'Connor, Irish rugby international
Bertie O'Hanlon, Irish rugby international
Michael Dargan, Irish rugby international
David McSweeney, Irish rugby international
Timothy McGrath, Irish rugby international
Mick English (rugby union), Irish rugby international
Frank Byrne (rugby union), Irish rugby international
Paddy McGrath, Irish rugby international
John Moroney, Irish rugby international
Willie Duggan, Irish rugby international
Paul McNaughton, Irish rugby international and manager of the Irish rugby team (2008 to 2011)
Gary Halpin, Irish rugby international
Jack Clarke, Irish rugby international
Gabriel Fulcher, Irish rugby international
Mick Fitzgibbon, Irish rugby international
Denis Leamy, Irish rugby international
John Fogarty, Irish rugby international
JJ Hanrahan, Connacht rugby player
Diarmuid Barron, Munster rugby player
Brian Gleeson, Munster rugby player
Paddy Butler, rugby player
Denis Fogarty, rugby player
Mark Melbourne, rugby player
Sean McNulty, USA rugby international
Harry 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, hurler
Conor Sweeney, Tipperary GAA Football Captain, Winning the 2020 Munster Football Championship




= Clergy

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Michael Browne
Pádraig de Brún, former president of National University of Ireland, Galway
Denis Fahey
Henry Aloysius Gogarty
Aengus Finucane, former chief executive of Concern Worldwide, was a teacher
Jack Finucane
Archbishop James Leen, Bishop of Port Louis, Mauritius.
John Joseph McCarthy




= Others

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John Francis Crowley, Irish revolutionary and hunger striker
John J. Collins, Biblical scholar, was a Spiritan for nine years, professor in Yale
John M. Feehan, author and publisher
Thomas 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, writer
Liam O'Flaherty, writer
Kevin Roche, architect
Gabriel Rosenstock, writer




References






External links



Rockwell College
Rockwell College Union

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