• Source: The High School, Dublin

      • The High School is a 12–18 mixed, Church of Ireland, independent secondary school in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland.
      It was established in 1870 at Harcourt Street before moving to Rathgar in 1971. It amalgamated with The Diocesan School for Girls in 1974, becoming co-educational. The school offers a range of sports including badminton, cricket, cross country, hockey, rugby and tennis. In 2009, it was noted as the school with the highest rate of progression to third-level education.
      It is owned and overseen by the Erasmus Smith Trust.


      Notable alumni



      Lenny Abrahamson, film director and screenwriter
      Ernest Alton, university professor, independent Teachta Dála and Senator
      Nicola Daly, hockey player
      Charles D'Arcy, bishop
      John Duggan, bishop
      Jonathan Garth, cricketer
      C. G. Grey, editor and writer
      Howard Kilroy, accountant and businessman
      F. S. L. Lyons, historian and academic
      William Kirkpatrick Magee, author, editor, and librarian
      Brian McCracken, judge
      Roly Meates, former Ireland national rugby union team coach
      Alison Meeke, hockey player
      Greg Molins, cricketer
      Jason Molins, cricketer
      J. Alec Motyer, biblical scholar
      Annalise Murphy, sailor
      William Noblett, priest and author
      David Norris, scholar, independent Senator and civil rights activist
      Denis O'Brien, businessman
      Shane O'Donoghue, field hockey player
      Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, fiddler
      Philip Orr BIL, rugby union player
      John Robbie BIL, rugby union player
      Trevor Sargent, politician and priest
      Alan Shatter, politician
      Roland Shortt, cricketer
      John Thorpe, priest
      William Thrift, university professor and independent Teachta Dála
      Jack Butler Yeats, artist and Olympic medallist
      William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist


      See also


      Pearse Street, Dublin


      References




      External links


      Official website

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