Synge Street CBS
| Synge Street CBS | |
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| Location | |
| Synge Street, Dublin | |
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| Type | Christian Brothers |
| Motto | "Viriliter Age" "Act Manly". |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Opened | April 12, 1864 |
| Principal | Clare Catterson |
| Enrollment | 300 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Website | syngestreet |
Synge Street CBS is a Christian Brothers School located on Synge Street, in Dublin 8, Ireland. It was founded in 1864. It has a particularly notable history of success in the Young Scientist competition, with former teacher Jim Cooke mentoring multiple winning student groups over many years. The school also has a proud history playing soccer and producing soccer players of note.
The first school on Synge Street was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1864. The school officially opened April 12, 1864 and first pupil enrolled was Paul McSwiney, son of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Peter Paul McSwiney. Very quickly the number on roll reached its limit at 600 pupils with 10 Christian Brothers employed teaching them. The school building was extended four times over the next half century culminating with the purchase and demolition of 3 cottages at Nos. 13-15 Synge Street and extending the school building into the space.
In 1930 a new primary school was opened at Donore Avenue to the west, under the patronage of the Brothers at Synge Street. This was followed in 1947 by the building of Scoil Iosagáin Primary School, again under Synge Street's patronage, to the south at Aughavanna Road in Dolphin's Barn, and by the opening in 1954 of the new Sancta Maria CBS primary to the north of the current school on Synge Street.
The new secondary school is officially known as St Paul's Secondary School, Heytesbury Street. The present building replaced a row of houses, used for class-rooms, and was opened in the late 1960s: it was extended in the 1980s.
The school is known as "Synger" colloquially.
The school has produced many great soccer, gaelic football, hurling and judo teams. It won its first soccer trophy - the Leinster Junior School's Cup - in 1977, and until recently had a very strong under 18's soccer team winning Leinster Trophies and representing the school in many tournaments including the Schools World Cup in Israel, which Synge Street represented Ireland in 1993. They finished the competition in sixth place and took the fair play award. On the way to the Leinster trophy, the school beat other Dublin schools such as Drimnagh Castle. They then went on to win an all Ireland competition before representing Ireland in the school's world cup in 1993. The school has a very strong soccer tradition producing many great players including Ireland international, Andy Reid and Drogheda United, former Celtic goalkeeper Paul Skinner, Wolves Player Mark Sammon Billy Whelan one of the Busby Babes who died in the Munich air disaster and Tommy Hamilton, the Irish international and Shamrock Rovers stalwart.
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