Belvedere College
| Belvedere College SJ Coláiste Belvedere |
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6 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1, D01 TK25, Republic of Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°21′21″N 6°15′43″W / 53.355732°N 6.261936°WCoordinates: 53°21′21″N 6°15′43″W / 53.355732°N 6.261936°W |
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| Motto |
Per vias rectas (By straight paths) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic Society of Jesus |
| Established | 1832 |
| Headmaster | Gerry G. Foley |
| Gender | Male |
| Number of students | 1005 |
| Colour(s) | Black & White |
| National ranking | 23 (2016) |
| Former pupils | Old Belvederians |
| Website | belvederecollege.ie |
 View of yard from Science Block |
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Belvedere College SJ is a fee paying Jesuit secondary school for boys on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business.
The Society of Jesus was active in the area around Hardwicke Street since 1790. They founded St Francis Xavier's College in a disused convent on Hardwicke Street with nine students in 1832, three years after Catholic Emancipation, making it the second oldest Catholic college in Ireland for lay students (after Belvedere's sister college - Clongowes Wood College). In 1841, the Jesuits purchased Belvedere House (on neighbouring Great Denmark Street) which gave the College its name. George Augustus Rochfort (1738–1814), who became the Second Earl of Belvedere in 1774, built Belvedere House, whose interior decoration was carried out by Michael Stapleton, a leading stucco craftsman of his time.
The College was caught up in the events of the 1916 Rising, when the British military opened fire at the Jesuit residence. The Jesuits at Belvedere and the neighbouring Gardiner Street Community helped the wounded and distributed food across the locality.
A museum with an archive was opened in 2002, dedicated to the history of Belvedere and its past pupils.
The school has a wide range of charitable activities for its students. For example, some students travel with the annual Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, to assist the elderly and the disabled. Others take part in an exchange programme with students of Saint Xavier's Collegiate School in Calcutta, India, where they assist in homes for orphans and street-children. Belvedere's St Vincent de Paul Society is among the largest among secondary schools in Ireland, organising activities such as old-folks events and flat decoration in inner city Dublin. Beginning in 1981, some students have undertaken a charity walk from Dublin to Galway each summer to raise funds for Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind, St Francis Hospice, and The Temple Street Children's Hospital (which is located near the school). The "block-pull", as it is known, has raised over €70,000 in a single event.
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