St. Cronan's Boys National School
| St. Cronan's BNS | |
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Vevay Road Bray, County Wicklow Ireland |
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| School type | Primary |
| Motto |
Fios Feasa Irish: Knowledge of Knowledge |
| Founded | 1820 |
| Principal | Maeve Tierney |
| Staff | c. 35 |
| Grades | First through sixth |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 6–13 |
| Number of students | 500 approx. |
| School colour(s) | Blue, yellow |
| Athletics | Gaelic football, hurling |
| Website | www.stcronans.ie |
| Scoil Chrónáin Naofa | ||
| County: | Wicklow | |
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| Nickname: | The Crows | |
| Colours: | Blue, yellow | |
| Grounds: | Páirc Chrónáin, Bray | |
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Saint Cronan's Boys' National School (Irish: Scoil Chrónáin Naofa) is a national school located in Vevay Crescent, just off the Vevay Road in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is the oldest primary school in Bray, having been founded in 1820 as Bray Male School. The school is named in honour of Saint Cronan, whose feast day falls on 28 April.
There are currently about 500 boys in the school, aged from 6 to 13 years (first through sixth classes).
In 1820, a small number of cottages on Seapoint Road in Bray are believed to have been the site of the first Bray Male Parochial School. It opened on 20 July 1820 and the boys stayed in these premises until 1880. Due to increasing pupil numbers, Bray Male School moved from its original home on Seapoint Road to the Little Flower Hall beside the Holy Redeemer Church off the Main Street in Bray in October 1880. Bray Male School moved again in 1931; this time, the school found a new home in a new building on the Vevay Hill. The school also changed its name at this stage to St Cronan's. On 2 November 1999, St. Cronan's moved to a new building in Vevay Crescent. After the most recent move to the new school building in Vevay Crescent, Gaelscoil Uí Chéadaigh, a Gaelscoil, took up residence in the schoolhouse on the Vevay Hill.
As a national school, St. Cronan's follows the Primary School Curriculum (1999). The school has a Catholic ethos and prepares its students for the sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion. The school was also part of the Modern Languages Initiative until 2012, and Spanish was taught in 5th and 6th classes.
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