Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh
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Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh (College of the Holy Spirit) is a voluntary secondary school for boys run under the jurisdiction and patronage of the Presentation Brothers
in Bishopstown
, County Cork
, Ireland
.
in a house on the Model Farm Road in 1964. The Presentation Brothers withdrew from direct management in 1992 and since that time they have been represented on the Board of Management.
In 2002, four of the top eight Leaving Cert students in the country came from Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh and in the three years preceding this , two of the Graduates of the Year at UCC have been past pupils of the school.
, Gaelic football
, and hurling
, traditionally drawing on the hinterland of Bishopstown GAA
club. In addition, the school has a soccer team, and a mountaineering
club which was the first and is the largest school mountaineering club in ireland. The school's soccer teams have won the All-Ireland at every age group, the latest coming in 2008, when the under-14s triumphed, and subsequently travelled to Glasgow
, Scotland
, to compete in the SAFIB Inter Schools Tournament, where they completed the weekend in third place, the highest finishing under-14 team because the rest were under-15.
Presentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice....
in Bishopstown
Bishopstown
Bishopstown is a southwestern suburb of Cork, Ireland with a population of 24,136 people. Baile an Easpaig, anglicised Bishopstown, consists of two townlands which are Ballineaspigmore and Ballineaspigbeg...
, County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
History
The school was founded by the Presentation BrothersPresentation Brothers
The Congregation of Presentation Brothers is an international Catholic congregation of laymen founded in 1802 in Waterford, Ireland, by a local businessman, Edmund Ignatius Rice, now Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice....
in a house on the Model Farm Road in 1964. The Presentation Brothers withdrew from direct management in 1992 and since that time they have been represented on the Board of Management.
In 2002, four of the top eight Leaving Cert students in the country came from Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh and in the three years preceding this , two of the Graduates of the Year at UCC have been past pupils of the school.
Extra-curricular activities
The school plays basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
, and hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
, traditionally drawing on the hinterland of Bishopstown GAA
Bishopstown GAA
Bishopstown Hurling and Football Club is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Bishopstown area of Cork city, Republic of Ireland...
club. In addition, the school has a soccer team, and a mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
club which was the first and is the largest school mountaineering club in ireland. The school's soccer teams have won the All-Ireland at every age group, the latest coming in 2008, when the under-14s triumphed, and subsequently travelled to Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, to compete in the SAFIB Inter Schools Tournament, where they completed the weekend in third place, the highest finishing under-14 team because the rest were under-15.
Debating
The debating teams have had many victories through the years, including sixteen Munster titles and seven All-Ireland titles. In 1997 they were the first Irish school to win the English Speaking Union School's Mace.Alumni
- RubyhorseRubyhorseRubyhorse were an Irish rock band from Cork, Ireland. Their debut album, A Lifetime In One Day, was released in Ireland on 2 June 1995. In 1997 the band moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and all of their subsequent albums were released in the United States....
; Band formed at the school who went on to international success. Members included alumni David Farrell, Joe Philpott, Declan LuceyWilliam Declan (Decky) LuceyWilliam D. Lucey is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member and key songwriter for Irish pop band Rubyhorse...
, Owen FeganOwen FeganOwen Fegan is Creative Director at New York Magazine. Born in Cork, Ireland, he is a founding member of Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe...
, and Colum Young. - Owen FeganOwen FeganOwen Fegan is Creative Director at New York Magazine. Born in Cork, Ireland, he is a founding member of Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe...
; Musician, artist and photographer. Former member of RubyhorseRubyhorseRubyhorse were an Irish rock band from Cork, Ireland. Their debut album, A Lifetime In One Day, was released in Ireland on 2 June 1995. In 1997 the band moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and all of their subsequent albums were released in the United States....
. - John SpillaneJohn SpillaneJohn Spillane is a singer-songwriter from Cork, Ireland. He graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Irish and in English.-Background:Spillane grew up in the Cork suburb of Bishopstown, in a large family of boys...
; musician. - Louis de PaorLouis de PaorLouis de Paor is a well-known poet in the Irish language. Born in Cork in 1961 and educated at Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, de Paor edited the Irish language journal Innti, founded in 1970 by Michael Davitt, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Liam Ó Muirthile and Gabriel Rosenstock...
; poet and academic. - Jimmy Barry-MurphyJimmy Barry-MurphyJames "Jimmy" Barry-Murphy is a former Irish hurler, Gaelic footballer and association footballer and is the current manager of the Cork senior hurling team...
; Cork GAA hurlingHurlingHurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
and Gaelic footballGaelic footballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
player and manager. - Brendan O'ConnorBrendan O'Connor (journalist)Brendan O'Connor is an Irish journalist, comedian, media personality and retired pop star. Since 2010 he has presented The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One. O'Connor is a columnist for the Sunday Independent, and is editor of the newspaper's Life Magazine.O'Connor's pop career has included a stint...
; journalist, musician, satirist and television personality. - Philip KingPhilip King (musician)Philip King is a musician, film maker, and broadcaster. A founding member of the band Scullion, he is noted for his knowledge of the roots of Irish music and culture and its cross-fertilisation with those of the US in particular, he is a popular figure in Irish music circles...
; musician, broadcaster and film maker. - Neal HorganNeal HorganNeal Horgan is a professional footballer who has played for some years for Cork City in the League of Ireland Premier Division.-Youths and Schoolboy success:...
; Cork City F.C. player. - Michael ShieldsMichael ShieldsThe conviction of Liverpool F.C. supporter Michael Shields resulted from the attempted murder of Bulgarian citizen, Martin Georgiev on May 30, 2005 with a stone in the Black Sea resort of Golden Sands, Bulgaria, following Liverpool F.C.'s 2005 UEFA Champions League win. Shields was arrested and...
; Cork GAA Gaelic football player, former Carlton Blues AFL player. - Shane O'NeillShane O'NeillSeán Ó Néill, anglicised Shane O'Neill , nicknamed 'Seán an díomais', was an Irish king of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in the mid 16th century. Shane O'Neill's career was marked by his ambition to be The Ó Néill Mór - Sovereign of the dominant Ó Néill Mór family of Tyrone... and thus head...
; Cork hurlingHurlingHurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
player - Timmy RyanTimmy RyanTimmy Ryan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Ahane and with the Limerick senior inter-county team in the 1930s and 1940s...
; professional rugby player - Dave RyanDave RyanDave Ryan is a play-by-play announcer and reporter for CBS. He previously worked for ESPN., and began his start in broadcasting at UUTV, now called CitrusTV, the student-run TV studio at Syracuse University.He was born on June 20, 1967...
; professional rugby player - Dave Hannigan; journalist and author
- Brian Murphy (Class of 2006); First openly HIV positive GAA player