St. Mary's Knockbeg College
| St. Mary's Knockbeg College, Carlow | |
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Laois/Carlow Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 52°52′1.73″N 6°56′16.32″W / 52.8671472°N 6.9378667°W |
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| Funding type | Public |
| Motto |
Motto: Recissa Vegetior Assurgit "That what has been cut back will grow stronger" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1793 |
| Oversight | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin |
| Rector | Micheal Murphy |
| Principal | Cyril Hughes |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 12/13 - 18/19 |
| Enrollment | 400+ students |
| Language | English |
| Classrooms | 20+ |
| School colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Song | Knockbeg Army |
| Sports |
Gaelic football, Hurling, Basketball, Athletics |
| Yearbook | Knockbeg College Annual |
| Website | knockbegcollege.ie |
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St. Mary's Knockbeg College (Irish: Coláiste Muire Cnoc Beag) is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois/Carlow border in Ireland, approximately 3 km from both Carlow town and Graiguecullen, Co. Laois. A former seminary school for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, it was founded in 1793. Exclusively a boarding school until the 1980s, it now accommodates only day-pupils; the boarding school having closed down in June 2011. Knockbeg College celebrated its bicentenary in 1993.
Knockbeg won the All-Ireland College's Senior Football Championship in 2005, under the guidance of former Laois GAA football captain and current teacher, Chris Conway.
In 2006, Knockbeg were the victors of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Quiz Championship, bringing All-Ireland success to the college twice in two years, and were crowned All-Ireland German Debating Champions in 2008.
St Mary's Knockbeg College is one of the oldest secondary schools in Ireland, located on the Laois/Carlow border. It traces its origins back to 1793 when a lay school for boys was established in St.Patrick's College, Carlow in conjunction with the seminary there. In 1847 it was decided that the young pupils in the school should come out to Knockbeg, which had been a gentry estate on the banks of the River Barrow before being purchased by the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, in 1892 all lay students were moved to Knockbeg. The initial school had about 40 pupils but the numbers grew as all the lay pupils from St Patrick's transferred out. In 1898 the school became the official junior seminary for the diocese. To this day the aim of the college is to offer a holistic Catholic education. Through the years the boarding numbers in the school built up to the around 160 mark and has since increased in the 1980s when Day-Boys were taken in. At present, there are well over 350 pupils attending the school.
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