Belcamp House

Belcamp House off Malahide road, Balgriffin, Dublin 17, was built by James Hoban (who designed the White House in Washington D.C.), it included an "oval office". It was originally built for Sir Edward Newenham, a member of the Irish parliament and an ardent supporter of the Republican Party in the United States. The river Mayne runs through the lands of Belcamp.

The college was established around it in 1893 as a juniorate for the Oblate Fathers, and became a boarding school for boys. The House was built onto the original house but the house still stands intact today. St. Mary's Chapel, was added to the College and a two story red bricked accommodation wing. The Chapel was adorned by 12 stained glass windows by Harry Clarke. In 1972 the historic Belcamp Hall was placed on the protected structures list. Sadly it has been much damaged by vandals and fire, since the buildings were left derelict following the closure of the School in 2004, when it was sold to property developer Gerry Gannon. The actor Brendan Gleeson worked as an English and Irish teacher in Belcamp. The golfer Philip Walton was a pupil in the school as was the theologian and writer Thomas Groome. Another former student at Belcamp was Fr Stewart Joseph Phelan OMI served as Navy chaplain in the Great War on HMS Black Prince he was lost at see at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

The school produced some successful gaelic football sides winning the GAA Secondary Schools, Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship in 1921, 1965, 1967 and 1968, and were twice runners-up in the all-ireland schools final(Hogan Cup).

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