De La Salle College Waterford
| De La Salle College Waterford | |
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| Coordinates | 52°15′14″N 7°06′03″W / 52.25389°N 7.10083°W |
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| Motto | Praesis Ut Prosis (Lead in order to serve) |
| Established | 1894 |
| Principal | Margaret Betts |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 1300 |
| Website | www.delasallewaterford.com/ |
De La Salle College Waterford is a secondary school in Waterford, Ireland with over 1,200 students and 90 teachers.
De La Salle Teachers Training College
The De La Salle Brothers had a presence in Waterford since the 1870s,[1] and opened a teacher training college at Newtown, Waterford in 1894.[2] In May 1939 lay teacher training ceased (male teacher training centred in St. Patrick's, Drumcondra), however De a Salle brothers continued to be trained for another 10 years.[3]
Secondary School
A secondary school was opened on the site in the 1940s.[4] In 1948 it offically opened as a Day and Boarding School.[3] The boarding school closed in 1990. School management was criticised in a 2012 Department of Education inspection report for taking on €500,000 in debts for refurbishments with little educational benefit, and for teachers teaching subjects for which they were not qualified.[5] On October 5th 2020, the school's current principal will be retiring and will be replaced by Michael Walsh.
Sports
Gaelic Games
Gaelic games were always a significant sport in De La Salle College, both as a teachers college and secondary school. Seven former GAA presidents trained at De La Salle, and a number of inter-county players and managers have gone to school in the college. In 2007 and 2008 they won the Munster Schools Dr. Harty Cup. In football the won the Munster Schools Corn Uí Mhuirí in 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1965. The school is also strongly linked to De La Salle GAA club.
Principals
- Br. Damien Kellegher (1996-2008)
- Gearoid O’Brien (2008- ) - first lay principal[6]
- Margaret Betts ( -2020)
- Michael Walsh (2020- )
Notable alumni
- Jim Beglin - Soccer player (Liverpool, Leeds United, Ireland)
- John O'Shea - Soccer player (Manchester United, Ireland)
- John Mullane - Hurler
- Val Doonican - Singer and TV entertainer
- Thomas Ashe - Irish patriot and hunger striker
- Danny O'Dwyer - Journalist and creator of the Noclip documentary series
- Liam Griffin - Hurler, Manager Manager, won All-Ireland in 1996
- Maurice Cummins - politician, senator(leader of the seanad 2011-2016), Mayor of Waterford 1995-96.
Alumni of the Teachers Training College
- Sean McCarthy - Teacher, TD and Cork Lord Mayor, GAA President 1932-1935
- Robert (Bob) O’Keeffe - Teacher, Hurler, GAA President 1935-1938
- Pádraig MacNamee - Teacher, GAA President 1938-1943(first from Ulster)
- Seamus Gardiner - Teacher, GAA President 1943-1946
- Dan O’Rourke - Teacher, TD, Senator, GAA President 1946-1949
- Michael Kehoe - Teacher, GAA President 1949-1952
- Séamus Ó Riain - Teacher, GAA President 1967-1970[3]
References
- ^ "1894 – De La Salle College, Waterford, Co. Waterford". Architecture of Waterford. Archiseek. 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Subject Inspection of Guidance - Report - De La Salle College, Newtown, Waterford". Department of Education and Science. 22 May 2008.
- ^ a b c De La Salle College De La Salle GAA Club
- ^ "School History - De La Salle Brothers in Waterford". Delasallewaterford.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "School ran up €500,000 debt on refurbishments". Irish Examiner. 10 October 2012.
- ^ First lay principal for De La Salle College Munster Express, May 23, 2008.
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