Cistercian College, Roscrea
| CCR Coláiste Cisteirseach Ros Cré |
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County Offaly Republic of Ireland |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | (Cistercian Order) |
| Established | 1905 |
| Principal | Mr. Brendan Feehan |
| Number of students | 167 |
| Vice Principal | Mr. Gerard Grealish |
| Abbot | Dom. Richard Purcell ocso |
| Website | ccr.ie |
Cistercian College, Roscrea or Roscrea College is a private boarding school in Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic seven-day boarding school for boys and was founded in 1905. The current school President and Principal is Mr. Brendan Feehan.The Deputy Principal is Mr Gerard Grealish. Its pupil population is primarily made up of boarding students, though a small number of teachers' sons also attend as day pupils.
Located within the grounds of Mount St. Joseph Abbey in County Offaly, Ireland, the school is managed by monks of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians. It is situated in the grounds of Mount Saint Joseph Abbey, 2.5 miles west of Roscrea town. Surrounded by open wooded countryside and thirty acres of grounds and sports fields, it also adjoins the Abbey farm of 360 hectares.The original property and lands are Mount Heaton House (now the guesthouse) and Demense in the townsland of Ballyskenagh, which is actually in the territory of Ely O'Carroll in the Kings County now County Offaly. The House, School, Abbey, Farm and playing fields are just across the county border from Tipperary in County Offaly and so the school plays its sport in Leinster competitions. Roscrea is the nearest large town and so the postal address is Roscrea. Co.Tipperary. Some confusion exists because Tipperary is a Munster County and questions are asked why the school does not play in Munster competitions.
The school was founded by the Cistercian monks in 1905 as a monastic boarding school for boys and has educated students from all over Ireland and Overseas. CCR is one of two monastic schools in Ireland and in 1990 a Board of Governors was appointed by the Abbot to govern the administration of the college.
In February 2017 it was announced that the College would cease taking new enrollments due to financial difficulties caused by falling student numbers. However, following a public meeting attended by over 300 people, an action group made up of parents and past pupils was formed. The group was charged with raising funds to supplement the school's finances and developing a long term strategy to make the school self sustaining again. Great progress was made and on March 16, 2017, it was announced that the school would remain open after funding was secured by past pupils and parents. Following on from the fund raising, donations from former pupils and financial changes which saved the school from closure, Cistercian College is to offer scholarships to students who excel in a number of academic subjects and sports to cover 50% of school fees.
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