Wesley College (Dublin)
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Ballinteer Leinster, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Ireland |
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| School type | Fee-paying Independent |
| Motto | πάντα δὲ δοκιμάζετε, τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε (panta de dokimazete, to kalon katechete; Greek for "Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good" (1 Thes 5:21) |
| Denomination | Methodist |
| Established | 1 October 1845 |
| Founder | Methodist Church in Ireland |
| Principal | Christopher Woods |
| Chaplain | Rev Nigel Mackey |
| Teaching staff | 100 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age range | 11-19 |
| Number of students | 912 (2015/16) |
| Campus size | 50 acres (200,000 m2) |
| Houses | Epworth (girls) Embury (boys) |
| School colour(s) | Navy & Red |
| Sports |
Association Football Rugby Basketball Badminton Hockey Cricket Tennis |
| School roll | 61010U |
| School fees | €5750 (2013/2014) |
| Nobel laureates |
George Bernard Shaw Ernest Walton |
| Website | wesleycollege |
Wesley College is a fee-paying co-educational secondary school for day-pupils and boarders in Dublin, Ireland. Wesley College is under the control of a Board of Governors, appointed each year by the Methodist Church in Ireland.
Wesley College was founded on 1 October 1845 and counts two Nobel laureates among its alumni. Strong emphasis is put on religious education for all denominations and both extra-curricular activities and sport play an important part in this school. The College offers pupils an opportunity to explore the humanities, sciences, technology, business studies, English literature, music and the arts. Wesley College offers a range of extracurricular and sporting activities in the belief that these assist a sound general education and contribute to the whole person.
On 16 May 1844, a gathering of men met in Belfast and agreed to form a Wesleyan Proprietary Grammar School in Ireland "for the purpose of affording a thorough literary, scientific and commercial education, with a sound, religious, and moral training, in strict accordance with the principles of Wesleyan Methodism".
The committee originally proposed a boarding and day school for boys, in the vicinity of Belfast but later decided that the Wesleyan Connexional School should be established in Dublin which was the hub of Ireland's transport system and had a far greater population. A large dilapidated dwelling house, No. 79 St. Stephen's Green, sited on what is now part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, was leased from the trustees of The King's Hospital.
The Wesleyan Connexional School was founded in 1845 in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin by a group of Methodist Ministers and other men for the Methodist Community in Ireland. In 1879 the Methodist Conference granted the request of the School's Trustees that it would be named Wesley College.
In June 1911 the Wesley College Trustees put the following proposal to the Methodist Conference, "This committee, having had the fact brought under their notice that at the present time there is no school in the three southern provinces under the Methodist Management offering to girls the advantages of an Intermediate education, suggests to the Conference that the present is a suitable occasion for opening Wesley College to girls who desire to secure such training as will fit them for professional and business careers". The Conference responded favourably and the Trustees purchased No. 110 St. Stephen's Green as a girls' hostel. It had formerly been known as "The Epworth Club", a boarding house for young Epworth business men coming to Dublin, which had ceased to serve its purposes. The hostel was called Epworth House.
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