Castleknock College

Castleknock College (Irish: Coláiste Caisleán Cnucha) is a private (fee-paying), secondary school for boys aged between 13 and 18, which is situated in the residential suburb of Castleknock, 8 km west of the city centre in Dublin, Ireland. In 1830, a year after the passing of Catholic Emancipation, priests from the Vincentian Community (Congregation of the Mission, C.M.) in Maynooth College obtained permission to open a day school under the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin. On the 28 August 1833 a day school at 24 Usher's Quay Dublin was opened. On 28 August 1835, St. Vincent's Ecclesiastical Seminary was opened in Castleknock, a boarding school catering for just 47 boys. The first student to arrive in 1835 was John Lynch of...