{{Short description|Private Catholic school in County Dublin, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Christian Brothers College, Monkstown Park | logo = CBC Monkstown logo.png | logo_size = 150px | motto = {{Langx|la|Certam Bonum Certamen}} | motto_translation = Fight the Good Fight | location = [[Monkstown, Dublin|Monkstown]] | town = [[Dún Laoghaire]] | county = [[County Dublin]] | country = Ireland | coordinates = {{Coord|53.2899|N|6.1485|W|type:landmark_region:IE|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Private school|Private]] | established = {{Start date|1856}} | chairman = [[Gerry Horkan]] | principal = Gerry Duffy (Senior School) | principal1 = Lisa Kenny (Junior School) | religious_affiliation = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] | gender = Male | age_range = 5–18 | enrollment = 525<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/focus/2011/school/index.pdf|title=Christian Brothers College, Monkstown Park|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023174833/http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/2011/school/index.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref> (Senior School)<br />200 (Junior School) | colours = Red, yellow and black [[Image:sq3 redyellowblack.svg|23x23px]] | staff = 40 Teachers, 10 Ancillary (Senior)<br />8 Teachers, 8 Support (Junior) | sister_school = [[Christian Brothers College, Cork]] | sports = [[Rugby football|Rugby]], [[sport of athletics|athletics]] | free_label = Religious Order | free_text = [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] | website = {{URL|www.cbcmonkstown.ie}} }}
'''Christian Brothers College, Monkstown Park''' (or CBC Monkstown Park) is a private fee-paying [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school and Independent Junior school, founded in 1856 in [[Monkstown, Dublin|Monkstown]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland. The college arrived at Monkstown Park in 1950 from Eblana Avenue in [[Dún Laoghaire]] via a short stint on Tivoli Road. As of September 2022, it was in its 73rd academic year of existence at Monkstown Park, the 165th overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/ |title=CBC Monkstown Park {{pipe}} Home |publisher=Cbcmonkstown.ie |date=2015-03-06 |access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref>
The intended mission of the college's former patron, the [[Congregation of the Christian Brothers]] established in 1802 by [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], was the education of poor boys in Ireland by providing them with basic levels of literacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exhibition – Education|url=http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/education.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.census.nationalarchives.ie}}</ref> This was the broad aim of the school when it opened its doors in 1856 at Eblana Avenue in what was then known as Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), a port town south of [[Dublin]].
As the years went by, the aims of the Christian Brothers got broader and so did those of the Dún Laoghaire school. By the 1920s, the school was preparing boys for the state examinations and sending increasing number of students to third level. The growth in population in Dún Laoghaire, with an increasing Catholic middle class demographic, led to an increase in the demand for the school. To that end, a decision was made to procure Monkstown Park in 1949 and to move the entire secondary department to this location. The school then in effect split, with the secondary department (now known as CBC Monkstown) moving location while the primary school (known as C.B.S. Eblana Avenue) remained at the original site. A private junior school was then opened at the Monkstown College with Eblana Avenue taking secondary students again from 1954.
The ethos of the majority of Christian Brothers schools in Ireland in the early 20th century was a strongly nationalist and Gaelic one. Those schools were known as "CBS" and played [[Gaelic games]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moynihan|first=Michael|date=2012-06-25|title=GAA and Catholic Church no longer hand in glove|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-20198607.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Irish Examiner|language=en}}</ref> However the Monkstown school, in line with their sister establishment, [[Christian Brothers College, Cork|Christians (CBC Cork)]], was known as "CBC" and played [[rugby union]] as the main team game.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Continuing with that differentiation, both schools would be the only 2 of the 96 Christian Brothers schools to abstain from the Free Education Act 1967, which for the first time provided free second-level education for Irish pupils. Both remained in the fee paying sector as of 2017.
The school motto is {{lang|la|Certa Bonum Certamen}} or "fight the good fight" and the school colours are red, black and yellow.
==History== [[File:Eblanaavenueweb.jpg|thumb|250px|St Michaels Christian Brothers School Eblana Avenue, original incarnation of CBC. Continued use as the location of [[CBS Eblana]] until its closure in 1992]] On 1 January 1856, the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers]] opened a school at [[Eblana]] Avenue in [[Dún Laoghaire]], or 'Kingstown' as it was then known. The site was provided by Charles Kennedy, a businessman and head of the local [[Vincent DePaul]].
This was just ten years after the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]], and [[Irish diaspora|emigration]] was rife. The school was called St Michaels Christian Brothers School, and initially educated mainly poor boys from the area.<ref name="cbcmonkstown.ie">[http://cbcmonkstown.ie/history.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118212054/http://cbcmonkstown.ie/history.htm|date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> Brother Alphonsus Hoope was appointed as superior of the school. Kingstown during the 19th century was rapidly expanding with the harbour town seeing the addition of the piers and the [[Dublin and Kingstown Railway]] opening 20 years before the school.
Hoope arranged for two rooms for teaching, which had to be expanded after three weeks to three due to demand. Within two years, a building housing 400 students was built on the site. Kennedy and the local [[Vincent DePaul]] raised funds for the school at a gala dinner at what is now the Royal Marine Hotel Dún Laoghaire. The day-to-day operations of the school was financed from ''"voluntary subscriptions, solicited and collected by the Brothers"''.<ref name="books.google.ie">{{cite journal|title=Hoope v Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet |journal=The Irish Jurist|date=1859|volume=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7wtAAAAIAAJ&q=christian+brothers+kingstown&pg=PA223|access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref> The Brothers residence of the time was located behind the main school building. There were 6 Brothers living on the school grounds, a building separate from the main school block. The school premises was valued in 1859 at £60.<ref name="books.google.ie"/>
During [[World War I]], a significant number of former pupils of the school went to fight in the war, as part of the [[Ireland and World War I|200,000]] Irishmen who participated in the war effort. The Dún Laoghaire area suffered over 500 military fatalities during the war, with a significant number of these coming from school. Owing to this, people in [[Flanders]] sent a statue to the area to honour the dead. It was felt at the time that the school should take it, as so many of the fatalities were from the school. With the changing political environment at the time however, with the [[Irish War of Independence]] underway, this was declined by the school. The statue was instead housed in the Dominican Convent in the town, where it resides still to this day in an oratory purposely designed for it.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oram|first=Hugh|title=An Irishman's Diary on first World War memorials|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-on-first-world-war-memorials-1.2370119|access-date=2021-01-25|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>
The Brothers continued to have a major role in the education system when Ireland gained independence. In 1925 they vacated their premises in the school, moving to the nearby York Road, creating additional space for the school. By this time the school was focusing more on its collegiate department, with increased local competition in the area and a demand for Inter Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes growing as a new middle class sprang up in Dún Laoghaire. Early pupils at the collegiate wing of the school included [[Dan O'Herlihy]] and [[James Dooge]].
The school at Eblana prospered to an extent that it became impossible to accommodate both primary and secondary departments in the 19th century buildings, with the Dún Laoghaire parish hall often used to hold classes. Additionally, the Dún Laoghaire site was an urban one, with no greenspace on the site. This was felt to hinder the college against other local schools who could provide on site sports to their students, facilities which the growing middle class demographic of the area expected.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shared Article|url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IEX/1953/09/30&id=Ar00419&sk=03442C3F|access-date=2021-01-25|website=archive.irishnewsarchive.com}}</ref> A new site was therefore sought for part of the school.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christian Brothers at Dun Laoghaire SOLEMN CENTENARY CELEBRATION|url=http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IND/1956/05/22&id=Ar00228&sk=D57B8D83|access-date=2021-01-25|website=archive.irishnewsarchive.com}}</ref>
===Move to Monkstown Park=== The Brothers sought a site for the new part of the school. Traditions were soon adopted from CBC Cork which had been existence since the early 20th century. In 1949 the Brothers purchased the nearby {{convert|22|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate of [[Monkstown, Dublin|Monkstown]] Park, which had been most recently occupied by the [[Protestant]] Corrig School. In order to procure the grounds, the Brothers released lands at Rochestown Avenue to Dún Laoghaire Corporation which had previously been used as the schools playing pitches. Many local people wanted a public park to be maintained at the site.
CBC abstained from joining the Free Education Scheme introduced by [[Donagh O'Malley]] in 1969. The primary reason for not joining the scheme was the significant capital costs involved in maintaining a school the size of CBC. CBC had always charged higher fees than their equivalent Christian Brothers schools. To this day, it remains as one of the 51 secondary schools (7% of the total) in the country that is fee paying.
In 1987 the school was further extended with a new administration building including new offices, a cafeteria, staff room and technology department. In 1994, the [[Edmund Ignatius Rice|Edmund Rice]] Oratory, was opened.<ref name="cbcmonkstown.ie" />
===50 years at Monkstown Park and school redevelopment=== In 2000 the college celebrated its Golden Jubilee at Monkstown Park. The school year began with a ceremonial walk from the old Eblana school site to Monkstown Park. Events included a Jubilee Concert and the opening of a wall with the names of all the pupils from the time in Monkstown from 1950 onwards, attended by the President of Ireland, [[Mary McAleese]].<ref>REMARKS BY PRESIDENT McALEESE AT THE 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE</ref>
[[File:CBC Monkstown, 2014 building.png|thumb|500px|Modern day school buildings with rugby pitches in foreground]]
In 2002 plans for a new school on the site were announced.<ref>[http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/newbuilding.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203354/http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/newbuilding.htm|date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> Considerable controversy was caused in 2005 in the national media when it was announced, as CBC would receive a portion of the costs of funding the building despite being a fee-paying school from the Irish state.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/0421/1113002048782.html|title=Private schools in Hanafin's area to get funding|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=21 April 2005|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=16 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916222420/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/0421/1113002048782.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Subsequently, the school proceeded with the project with their own finance.
In 2007 the Christian Brothers decided to transfer the trusteeship of the school to the Edmund Rice Schools Trust along with 96 other Christian Brothers schools.
A new 12 classroom building opened in 2014. This stands alongside the refurbished original 1840s building, the 1965 Sports Hall and the 1987 Administration Block.
==Motto and crest== The college motto is "Certa Bonum Certamen", Latin for "Fight the Good Fight". This is written at the top of the original building which is visible on entry to the grounds. All school announcements used to conclude with the motto.
The college crest contains four elements. The college motto is below a shield containing three characters – a star, a tower and a sword. The star is the guiding star of knowledge. The tower represents the tower on the school grounds and the Christian focus of the school. The sword represents power, courage and chivalry.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
==Buildings== The college is bordered by several historical sites. [[Carrickbrennan Churchyard]] is located to the north of the school on the border of the grounds and Monkstown Castle is adjacent to the school. The college is made up of three buildings interconnected. Charles Haliday's house built in 1843 is incorporated into the main school block. The facade of the building long portico of [[Corinthian order|Corinthians columns]] remains intact and is a protected structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinahouse.com/index.php?p=thingstodo |title=marinahouse.com |publisher=Marinahouse.com |access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref> The tower opposite the main building is also a protected structure. The administrative block was built in 1987 and also contains several classrooms. The concert hall was built in the early 1960s.
[[File:Tower on east of CBC Monkstown grounds.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Charles Haliday's Tower Folly, on the east of CBC Monkstown's grounds]]
The grounds contain an athletics paddock and three rugby pitches.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
==Academic and spiritual==
===Academic performance=== The average Leaving Cert score in CBC in 2019 was 461, this compares to the national average of 335.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/uploads/1/1/8/9/118920725/october_2019_newsletter__1_.pdf |title=State Exams |work=CBC Newsletter |date=October 2019 |access-date=September 9, 2020 }}</ref>
In 2013 over 70% of CBC students achieved over 400 points in the Leaving Certificate, nationally the number achieving this was 33.7%. In addition (results nationally in brackets); 27% in CBC (3%) got over 550 points, 41% (9.4%) in CBC got over 500 points and 57% got over 450 points (20.1%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/SUMMARY_OF_THE_2013_LEAVING_CERTIFICATE_RESULTS.pdf |access-date=September 6, 2013 |title=cbcmonkstown.ie}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 2014, one CBC student achieved eight A1 grades, putting him in the top 13 performers in the country <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/exams/megan-19-gets-8a1s-despite-cancer-diagnosis-30505587.html|title=Megan (19) gets 8A1s despite cancer diagnosis|work=Independent.ie|date=13 August 2014 |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
In 2018, one CBC student received 8 H1 results, one of seven students in Ireland to achieve this.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/news/leaving-cert-results-2018 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |title=Leaving Cert Results 2018 }}</ref>
===Senior school curriculum=== Part of the schools mission statement is striving for ''"academic excellence"''. Boys study for both the Junior Cert and later the Irish Leaving Cert. School hours are between 8:45 am to 4 pm with a half day for sporting activities on Wednesdays at 1 pm. In addition sports activities sometimes take place after 4 pm and optional afternoon and night study is available.
The fourth year (transition year) includes courses in academic subjects, as well as such optional subjects and activities as: [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Sailing]], [[Social work]], [[Tourism]], Chess-Boxing and [[First aid]]. The Comenius project is also offered which is a project linking CBC with other schools around Europe. Transition Year classes won the Comórtas Scannán [[TG4]] in 2005 and were finalists in 2006, the 2005 group having their film represent Ireland in Italy in 2005.
Aside from the core languages of English and [[Irish language|Irish]]; Latin, Japanese, French and German are taught. In addition to business studies for the junior cert, [[economics]], [[business]] and [[accounting]] are offered for the leaving cert. [[Mathematics]] and [[applied mathematics]] are taught. [[Physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]] are offered as science subjects. [[Civics]], [[geography]], [[history]], [[technical drawing]], [[art]], [[music]], [[computer]]s and [[home economics]] are also offered.<ref>[http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/academics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810113439/http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/academics|date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>
In the 2004 Sunday Times Schools League Table, CBC was listed among the country's top twenty schools, while in the Irish Times tables in 2006, the school was the top all-boys school in Ireland (3rd overall).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/special/2005/feeder/page5.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023084052/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/special/2005/feeder/page5.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2010|title=Irish Times schools ranking 2005|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
===Monkstown Park Junior School=== The Junior School consists of around 100 boys & Girls. There are 8 full-time teachers and one principal. Extra-curricular subjects are also taught such as Computers, French, Physical Education, Speech and Drama, Singing and Musical Appreciation and Arts and Crafts. There is also a part-time remedial teacher. Tutors are available to take students studying German and Music and the school runs an activity club on Fridays.
As an [[Independent school]], it operates outside the auspices of the Department of Education, which does not control school hours, curriculum and activities.
In 2014 the school became an associate member of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust network. Under new directors, the school was re-established as Monkstown Park Junior School in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mpjs.ie/our-school/ethos-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216210856/http://mpjs.ie/our-school/ethos-history|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2016|title=Mission Statement, Ethos & History|work=Monkstown Park Junior School|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
===Spiritual=== Although the Christian Brothers have departed the faculty, Religious Education is still taught. It is offered for the Junior and Leaving Certificates (as an optional subject). Religion is also taken for those who do not choose to learn it as an exam subject in the Senior Cycle.<ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/pastoral] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210144718/http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/pastoral|date=February 10, 2012}}</ref>
The Edmund Rice Oratory is one of the school's latest additions. A school chaplain is available to the college.
==Extracurricular==
===Aid work=== The Zambian Immersion Project is a senior cycle project where pupils fund raise and travel to [[Zambia]] and help in charity work.<ref>[http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/zambia/history.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518232653/http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/zambia/history.html|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Others complete An [[Gaisce]] (Presidents Award) and the [[Edmund Ignatius Rice|Edmund Rice]] awards which contain significant social work.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
The Junior School's 6th class raise money annually for the Chernobyl Children's Project (with their charity Children Helping Children), and culminate their fund raising in a business exhibition at the end of every year. In 2007 they raised €42,000 for the project.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/0507/1178204568764.html|title=Children collect €30,000 for charity|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=5 May 2007|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=16 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916222429/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2007/0507/1178204568764.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008 the school started a new charity: the Edmund Rice's Children's Fund. This encourages a whole school approach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenhelpingchildren.ie/oldsite/index.htm |title=Children helping Children – Home Page |publisher=Childrenhelpingchildren.ie |access-date=2015-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028113327/http://childrenhelpingchildren.ie/oldsite/index.htm |archive-date=2017-10-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Drama, college musical and music=== CBC has the distinction of being the first school to ever perform in the national Theatre of Ireland, the [[Abbey Theatre]] in 1958. Class V performed [[Patrick Pearse]]'s ''Íosagán''<ref name="abbeytheatre.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/3666 |title=Iosagan 1958 (Abbey) {{pipe}} Abbey Archives {{pipe}} Abbey Theatre – Amharclann na Mainistreach |publisher=Abbeytheatre.ie |access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref> under the directorship of [[Thomas MacAnna]], a future Tony Award winner, who was the drama and elocution teacher in the school at the time. MacAnna also produced the early [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] opera performances at the school.
The annual school musical, a collaboration with the nearby girls school [[Loreto College, Foxrock]] has been running for 21 years. Each respective transition year pupils participate, providing the student wishes to participate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0414/1224268302922.html|title=More fun that 'Glee'|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200733/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0414/1224268302922.html|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
A fifth-year drama is also produced.
===Writing workshops=== In 2015, CBC Transition Year's wrote and published a short story book, ''Brainstorms'' edited by writer [[Roddy Doyle]]. This was as part of Doyle's Fighting Words programme. Author [[Kevin Barry (author)|Kevin Barry]] wrote the introduction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erst.ie/news-events/news-article/brain-storms-a-book-of-short-stories-by-25-transition-year-students-from-cb |title={news_summary} |work=Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST.ie)' |access-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030011248/http://www.erst.ie/news-events/news-article/brain-storms-a-book-of-short-stories-by-25-transition-year-students-from-cb |archive-date=2016-10-30 }}</ref>
===Debating=== In 2011, CBC became the first school in the history of Leinster Schools' Debating Championships to win both the Individual and Team prizes, thus the school were Leinster's sole representatives at the All Ireland Schools' Debating Championship (Individual: Austin Conlon, Team: Kevin Dooney and Michael Barton). Conlon went on to win the Individual prize at the All Ireland Schools' Debating Championship at [[University College Cork]] whilst the Team of Dooney and Barton finished as runners up.<ref>[http://chstrinityfreshersweek.com/thomasmockups/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813143029/http://chstrinityfreshersweek.com/thomasmockups/|date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> Another team from CBC, Stephen Stack and Hugh Guidera, also represented Ireland at the Schools debating competition organised by the [[Oxford Union]] at [[Oxford University]].<ref>[http://www.oxfordschools.org.uk/oxfordschoolstab2011.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726022446/http://www.oxfordschools.org.uk/oxfordschoolstab2011.pdf|date=July 26, 2011}}</ref>
Rory Conlon and Luke Murray retained the Leinster School's Debating team title in 2012 for the school. Hugh Guidera and Michael Barton reached the Grand Final of the [[Clifford Chance]] [[Durham University]] Schools' Debating Competition, one of the four "Majors" on the UK Schools Debating circuit and is the largest schools debating competition in the world. This made them the only Irish school to reach one of the UK Majors for this debating season. In addition, Stephen Stack and Michael Barton triumphed at the [[Trinity College Dublin]] Schools' Debating Competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettephotos.com/p915815987/h3b2ddfb#h3b2ddfb|title=Gazette Photos – CBC Monkstown Debate – CBC Monkstown Debate|work=Gazette Photographs|access-date=17 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100827/http://www.gazettephotos.com/p915815987/h3b2ddfb#h3b2ddfb|archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> [[File:A Senior Cup team match at Monkstown Park.jpg|thumb|250px|A rugby match at Monkstown Park, September 2014]]
The school has hosted the Irish Schools Debating team during the [[World Schools Debating Championships]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] making these virtual events, with CBC students on the Irish team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/irish-team-reaches-semifinals-of-world-schools-debating-championship-1.4316464|title=Irish team reaches semifinals of World Schools Debating Championship|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=26 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528142704/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/irish-team-reaches-semifinals-of-world-schools-debating-championship-1.4316464|archive-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
In 2023 a CBC student became the first Irish student to win both the [[Oxford University]] and [[Cambridge University]] schools debating championships, the two largest schools debating competitions in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/cbcmonkstownpk/status/1634983646854799361?s=46&t=uv_mJlWRaz_BN_lKmLfFSg |title= Congratulations to Andy Cullinan in 6th Year who WON the Oxford Schools Debating Competition yesterday. Amazing performance by Andy, largest schools competition in the world and only the 2nd Irish winner in 30 years. We are all incredibly proud of him!}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://twitter.com/cbcmonkstownpk/status/1637515638561284097?s=46&t=uv_mJlWRaz_BN_lKmLfFSg |title= He's only gone and done it again! Massive congrats to Andy Cullinan for the 2nd weekend in a row on winning the Cambridge University Schools Debating Comp. He's the first Irish speaker to it & one of the very few to win both majors in the same yr Absolutely phenemonal achievement}}</ref>
===Rugby=== From the beginning, [[Rugby Union]] has been the main competitive team sport of the school. Rugby was played at the old Monkstown Park School (Corrig School) who won the [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]] in 1889 and 1892. The school's rugby team initially was CBC Dún Laoighaire before the move to the new school in Monkstown. CBC Monkstown won the [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]] in 1976 and reached the final in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/domestic-rugby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312082124/http://leinsterrugby.ie/domestic/schools/seniorchallengecup.php |url-status=dead |title=Domestic News – The Official Home of Leinster Rugby|archive-date=March 12, 2010|website=Leinster Rugby}}</ref> The school won the League Cup at Junior Level in 1998 and 2004, reaching the final in 1997/98, 2000/01, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. The Senior Cup team played in the Senior league final in 2001, 2003, and 2008, winning the latter. The Senior Cup team have played in the Vincent Murray Cup on five occasions; they won in 2003, 2005 and 2007 whilst losing the final in 2006 and 2010. CBC also won the Powerade Leinster 'School of the Year' award in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_11790.php |access-date=August 11, 2010 |title=irishrugby.ie}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
CBC has produced a number of provincial and international rugby players including [[Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby)|Paddy O'Donoghue]], [[Patrick Casey (rugby union)|Patrick Casey]], [[Joe Brady (rugby union)|Joseph Brady]] and Barry O'Connor. Other rugby figures include the former President of the IRFU, John Lyons and the former international referee [[Donal Courtney (rugby union)|Donal Courtney]]. Past pupils Neil Walsh (Ulster Rugby) and [[Michael Noone]] play professionally currently.{{when|date=April 2021}}
In 2008 the school undertook a tour of [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]] playing games against a number of teams including [[Newman Club (rugby)|Newman Club]], a Christian Brothers school in Buenos Aires.<ref>[http://www.cbcrugby.com/new/html/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011092737/http://www.cbcrugby.com/new/html/|date=October 11, 2008}}</ref> Previous tours include Australia in 2001 and South Africa in 2005.
[[Image:Seniors CBC V St Michaels 128.jpg|thumb|left|250px|CBC students in Donnybrook Stadium during the 2008 [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]]]]
'''Rugby Honours''' * [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup]] – *1889, *1892, 1976 (Runners Up: 1984(* As Corrig School)) * [[Leinster Schools Rugby Senior League]] – 2008 (Runners Up: 2002, 2004) * [[Leinster Schools Vinnie Murray Cup]] – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017 (Runners Up: 2006, 2010) * Leinster Schools Senior Thirds League – 1995 (Runners Up: 2008) * Leinster Schools Senior Fourths League – 1991, 1993 (Runners Up: 2006, 2013) * All Ireland Schools Sevens – 1982 * Leinster Schools Rugby Junior League – 1998, 2005, 2012 (Runners up: 1997, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015) * Powerarde Leinster Rugby School of the Year – 2008
===Athletics=== The school is also involved in [[sport of athletics|athletics]] and Cross Country competitions. The school consistently produces medalists at All Ireland, Leinster, East Leinster and Edmund Rice Games level, both individual and at team level. The school has an athletics pavilion with a triple and high jump track, a pole vault track, a discus facility and a hammer net.
'''Major Team Athletics Honours''' * All Ireland College of Science Cup (Top Overall school in Ireland) – 1978 * Leinster Schools' Athletics Senior Shield Winners (Top Overall School) – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1994 * All Ireland President's Shield (Second ranked school in Ireland) – 1955, 2007
===Other sports=== Other sports taken include [[golf]], [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[tennis]], [[sailing (sport)|sailing]], [[orienteering]], and [[Squash (sport)|squash]].
Golf is played in Leopardstown Golf Course and the school enters teams every year at provincial level.
There are two tennis courts, neither of which have nets or chalk outlines, and the school has used Monkstown Tennis Club opposite the school.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} The school tennis team reached the semifinals of the Leinster Championships in 2009.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
Swimming is undertaken at Blue Pool leisure center, Monkstown.
The school uses the facilities at Dún Laoghaire for sailing which is a part of the Transition year programme. The school came third in the Leinster Schools Sailing Championships in 2009.
===Cricket=== An effort in start a cricket team in Monkstown in the early 1950s proved to be difficult. The efforts to start a cricket team was chronicled on the March 27 edition of [[RTÉ]]'s ''[[Sunday Miscellany]]'' as ''"Cricket in the Borough"'' by past pupil Louis Brennan. A revival of the sport within the school occurred in 2002 when a team was formed playing 3 games against Mount Anville, King's Hospital and Blackrock College.<ref>{{cite episode|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/rams/2007/25march.smil |title=3 May 2015 |series=[[Sunday Miscellany]] |station=[[RTÉ Radio 1]] |publisher=RTÉ.ie |access-date=2015-05-09}}</ref>
[[Image:CBC Monkstown Park Annual 2003.jpg|thumb|150px|CBC Monkstown Annual 2003 Cover]]
==Notable alumni== The Past Pupils Union of the Christian Brothers College, Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire has been active since the mid-1950s. The CBC Monkstown PPU hosts several annual events.
Notable past pupils from the Dún Laoghaire and Monkstown schools include:
<!-- ONLY ADD A PERSON TO THIS LIST IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE SUBJECT IS SUPPORTED BY REFERENCES FROM RELIABLE, INDEPENDENT, SOURCES MEETING WP:BLP --> '''Arts and entertainment''' * [[Ronnie Drew]], musician, founded ''[[The Dubliners]]''<ref name="Smith, Sheamus p. 24">Smith, Sheamus ''Off Screen'', p. 24 Gill & Macmillan Ltd; illustrated edition (1 October 2007) {{ISBN|978-0717140619}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2575471/Ronnie-Drew.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115013025/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2575471/Ronnie-Drew.html |url-status=dead |title=Ronnie Drew|archive-date=January 15, 2016|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> * [[Dan O'Herlihy]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] nominee at [[27th Academy Awards]] for ''[[Robinson Crusoe (1954 film)|Robinson Crusoe]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/oherlihy-dan.html |title= ''Dan O'Herlihy'' |publisher=[[University College Dublin]] |access-date= 28 August 2010 |date=28 August 2010}}</ref> * [[James Flynn (producer)|James Flynn]], [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]] nominee at [[82nd Academy Awards]] for '' The Door''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/cbcmnews/status/1625434850256715776?s=46&t=hy6wc4bLZMiyfotc20UniQ |title= James Flynn, 'Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Vikings' Producer, Dies at 57 |publisher=CBC Monkstown |access-date= 21 July 2023 |date=21 July 2023}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Redmond]], [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]] nominee at [[95th Academy Awards]] for ''[[Elvis (2022 film)]]'' <ref>{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/cbcmonkstownpk/status/1618199876529164288?s=46&t=hy6wc4bLZMiyfotc20UniQ |title= Congratulations to past pupil Jonathan Redmond (1st 📷) Class of 1991 on his Oscar Nomination! An incredible achievement. Best of luck on March 13th. |publisher=CBC Monkstown |access-date= 21 July 2023 |date=21 July 2023}}</ref> * [[Vincent Dowling]], stage and television director <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4tnAAAAMAAJ&q=vincent+dowling+dun+laoghaire|title=Introducing Ireland|access-date=17 January 2015|isbn=9780853429968|last1=Eaton|first1=George|year=1992|publisher=Dufour Editions, Incorporated }}</ref> * [[Jonathan Ryan]], actor <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MSe5tgAACAAJ|title=Jonathan Ryan|access-date=17 January 2015|isbn=9786139501595|last1=Evelyn|first1=Columba Sara|date=February 2012|publisher=Fec }}</ref> * [[The Thrills|Danny Ryan]], Lead Guitarist with ''[[The Thrills]]''<ref>[http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/news.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118215228/http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/news.htm|date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> * [[Dave Hingerty]], former drummer with ''[[The Frames]]''<ref>Events CBC Monkstown Park Past Pupils March 17</ref> * [[Bernard Farrell]], playwright and television dramatist<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99Y_V_0FLbgC&pg=PA146 |title= ''Theatre talk: voices of Irish theatre practitioners'' |publisher=Theatre |access-date= 28 September 2010 |date=28 August 2010|isbn= 9780953425761 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0526/1224271140385.html |title=''The only mirror I can hold up is the mirror to myself'' |newspaper=[[Irish Times]] |access-date=28 September 2010 |date=28 September 2010 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022045228/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0526/1224271140385.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show|Jim Nugent]], Irish national radio [[RTÉ 2fm]] and [[RTÉ]] television presenter ''([[The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show]])''<ref>[http://195.7.33.37/newspaper/education/2008/0506/1209989924628.html 2 COOL 4 SKOOL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222144355/http://195.7.33.37/newspaper/education/2008/0506/1209989924628.html |date=February 22, 2012 }} Irish Times, 6 May 2008</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZuiA1MpUbPoJ:www.thephoenix.ie/phoenix/subscriber/library/volume-29/issue-01/page-15.pdf%3Bjsessionid%3DC3488E90660BA811EF02F5E7720E1881+jim+jim+nugent+cbc+monkstown&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjdzHNDyH-9SD5ukFQMXlzN1BbwLqEBplkYcudpWEfqhxGDD4gjnij3B8DZeInjTdXLQhvpNEl_dcfC1g1dhIwYB5kfDIS2enr8w44JXVZgyjKIWVxqZ-Ck5ba3avdXnP7a90lO&sig=AHIEtbStjjaZOVSzcKQzp8RLMl_YIWH0Qg |title= ''Jim Jim Nugent'' |newspaper=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix]] |access-date= 5 March 2011 |date=28 September 2010}}</ref> * [[Dermot O'Neill (gardener)|Dermot O'Neill]], gardener and broadcaster * [[Tómas Mac Anna]] (teacher), [[Tony Award]] winning Abbey Theatre director<ref name="abbeytheatre.ie"/> * [[John Keogh (RTÉ)|John Keogh]] Singer and Pianist with The Greenbeats and Full Circle <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/|title=CBC Monkstown Park|website=CBC Monkstown Park}}</ref> * [[Robbie Brennan]] former drummer with The Chosen Few, Skid Row, Thin Lizzie, Stepaside <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/rootzgroop.html |title=Irish Rock Discography: Rootzgroop |access-date=2015-09-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905223525/http://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/rootzgroop.html |archive-date=2015-09-05 }}</ref>
'''Religion and humanitarianism''' * [[Kevin Doran]], [[Bishop of Elphin]] * [[John O'Shea (humanitarian)|John O'Shea]], founder and [[CEO]] of international humanitarian organization GOAL <ref name="CBC Past Pupils Union">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbcppu.ie/index.html |title= ''CBC Past Pupils Union homepage Outstanding Contribution Awards, CBC PPU'' |publisher=CBC Past Pupils Union |access-date= 28 September 2010 |date=28 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2005/05/29/story5177.asp |title=''Full listing of Ireland's fee-paying schools'' |publisher=[[Sunday Business Post]] |access-date=28 September 2010 |date=28 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830092623/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2005/05/29/story5177.asp |archive-date=30 August 2010 }}</ref> * [[Shay Cullen|Fr. Shay Cullen]], founder of the [[Preda Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preda.org/main/work/fscprofile02.htm |title=Preda Foundation, Inc. DUBLINERS: What's the Story? Profile of Fr. Shay Cullen |access-date=17 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607094335/http://www.preda.org/main/work/fscprofile02.htm |archive-date=7 June 2010 }}</ref>
'''Sport''' * [[Patrick Casey (rugby union)|Patrick Casey]], former Irish rugby international<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lansdownerugby.com/halloffame/details/pat_casey1 |title=''Patrick Casey- Lansdowne Hall of Fame'' |publisher=[[Lansdowne Football Club]] |access-date=21 January 2011 |year=2011 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080927/http://www.lansdownerugby.com/halloffame/details/pat_casey1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Eoghan Clarke]], hooker with [[Munster Rugby]] * [[Paddy O'Donoghue (rugby union)|Paddy O'Donoghue]], former Irish International, former Treasurer of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]]<ref name="CBC Past Pupils Union"/> * [[Peter McKenna (rugby union)|Peter McKenna]], former [[Ireland national rugby union team|Irish Rugby International]] * [[Michael Noone]] – former [[Leicester Tigers]] number 8<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/19638510|title=BBC Sport – Leicester Tigers sign forward Michael Noone|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> * [[Donal Courtney (rugby union)|Donal Courtney]], former [[International Rugby Board]] referee<ref>[https://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/feb/10/wait-weighs-heavily/]{{dead link|date=May 2015}}</ref> * [[Six Nations Championship#Administration, television contracts and sponsorship|John Feehan]], former Leinster player and current [[CEO]] of the [[Six Nations Championship]], the [[British and Irish Lions]] and the [[Pro14|Pro12]]<ref name="munsterrugbysupporters.com">[http://www.munsterrugbysupporters.com/News_Detail.aspx?rowid=14346] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131234534/http://www.munsterrugbysupporters.com/News_Detail.aspx?rowid=14346|date=January 31, 2008}}</ref> * [[Horse Racing Ireland|Brian Kavanagh]], CEO of [[Horse Racing Ireland]]<ref name="business.timesonline.co.uk">[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article817933.ece?token=null&offset=36&page=4 Profile: Interview: Daire O'Brien: Workhorse ready to stay the course] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612114415/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article817933.ece?token=null&offset=36&page=4 |date=June 12, 2011 }} Sunday Times, 27 October 2002</ref> * [[Michael Fitzsimons]], 9 time (joint record) [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] winner for the [[Dublin GAA]] Gaelic football team * [[Andy Keogh]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland soccer international]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://starbets.ie/soccer/old-boy-aiming-to-prove-he%E2%80%99s-come-of-age/ |title=''Old Boy aiming to prove he has come of age'' |publisher=Star Bets |access-date=9 April 2009 |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231637/http://starbets.ie/soccer/old-boy-aiming-to-prove-he%E2%80%99s-come-of-age/ |archive-date=27 July 2011 }}</ref> * [[Peter Farrell (Irish footballer)|Peter Farrell]], captain of [[Everton F.C.]] (1948–1957) and won a total of 35 caps for Ireland for the FAI XI and IFA XI in soccer<ref>{{cite book |url=http://dib.cambridge.org/quicksearch.do |url-access=subscription |title= ''Farrell, Peter Desmond (1922–1999)'' |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |access-date= 26 April 2011 |date=13 February 2011}}</ref> * [[James Furlong]], [[English Premier League]] player with [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.]] * Jordan Devlin, better known as [[JD McDonagh]], professional wrestler with the [[WWE]]
'''Politics, legal and diplomats''' * [[Seán Barrett (politician)|Seán Barrett]], [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD), [[Ceann Comhairle]] of [[Dáil Éireann]] and former [[cabinet minister]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finegael.ie/our-people/tds/sean-barrett/|title=Sean Barrett TD|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> * Professor [[James Dooge]], former [[minister for foreign affairs]], chairman of [[Seanad Éireann]], noted scientist and chairman of the Dooge Committee ([[Single European Act]])<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9drlYR0YUgAC&q=james+dooge+dun+laoghaire&pg=PA447 |title= ''James Dooge (1922–)'' |publisher=[[International Who's Who]] |access-date= 28 August 2010 |date=28 August 2010|isbn= 9781857432176 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0828/1224277773460.html |title=''Eminent senator, statesman and man of science'' |newspaper=[[Irish Times]] |access-date=28 August 2010 |date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021224145/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0828/1224277773460.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/alumni-friends/honor-wall/distinguished-engineering-alumni-academy-members/james-c-i-dooge|title=James C. I. Dooge|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=24 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224183822/http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/alumni-friends/honor-wall/distinguished-engineering-alumni-academy-members/james-c-i-dooge|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[James B. Lynch]], Fianna Fáil member of the Dáil and Senator. * [[Seamus Costello]], assassinated Republican Socialist who founded the [[Irish National Liberation Army]]<ref>{{cite book |url=http://dib.cambridge.org/quicksearch.do;jsessionid=548B3BE18752428E2674D2203E28B48A |url-access=subscription |title= ''Costello, Seamus (1939–1977)'' |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |access-date= 26 April 2011 |date=13 February 2011}}</ref> * [[Niall McCarthy (judge)|Niall McCarthy]], former Judge of the [[Irish Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite book |title= ''Niall McCarthy'' |publisher=Modern Irish lifes |date=13 February 2011}}</ref> * [[Cahir Davitt]], former President of the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HkUAQAAIAAJ&q=cahir+davitt+cbs+dun+laoghaire |title= ''Cahir Davitt (1894–1986)'' |publisher=Modern Irish lifes |access-date= 6 March 2011 |date=13 February 2011|isbn= 9780717121984 }}</ref> * [[Michael Quinn (judge)|Michael Quinn]], High Court Judge of Ireland
'''Business''' *[[Peter Bellew]], CEO of [[Malaysia Airlines]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelextra.ie/meath-man-peter-bellew-new-ceo-malaysian-airlines/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013055953/http://www.travelextra.ie/meath-man-peter-bellew-new-ceo-malaysian-airlines/ |url-status=dead |title=Meath man Peter Bellew new CEO of Malaysian Airlines|archive-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> * [[Frank McCabe (businessman)|Frank McCabe]], former Vice President of [[Intel Corporation]] and [[Managing Director]] of [[Intel Ireland]]'s operations<ref name="cbcmonkstown.ie" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intel.com/intel/ANNUAL96/corpdir.htm |title=Intel Board of Directors |publisher=[[Intel]] |access-date=13 September 2007 |date=13 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624022533/http://www.intel.com/intel/ANNUAL96/corpdir.htm |archive-date=24 June 2009 }}</ref>
'''Academia and journalistic''' * [[Tim Pat Coogan]], former editor of the ''[[Irish Press]]'' and historian * [[Shane Kenny]], journalist and broadcaster * [[John Ryan (publisher)|John Ryan]], publisher, editor of ''[[Magill]]'', war correspondent <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/interviews/John-Ryan/416453.html|title=John Ryan|author=Joe Jackson|work=Silicon Hot Press Magazine|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> * [[Emmet Malone]], soccer correspondent with [[The Irish Times]] * [[Hugh Cahill]], [[RTÉ Sport]] rugby commentator * [[Stephen Kinsella]], Economist * Professor [[Ronan Fanning]], professor emeritus of Modern History at [[University College Dublin]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120804223125/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/let-the-guilty-among-them-rot-in-hell-511753.html I hope they rot in hell], ''Sunday Independent'', 2001-06-29. Retrieved: 2011-03-05.</ref>
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==In popular culture== CBC has been referenced in the popular satire of "South Dublin culture", the book series ''[[Ross O'Carroll Kelly]]''. In ''[[Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's Guide to (South) Dublin: How To Get By On, Like, €10,000 A Day]]'', the school is given a section in the book which slates the school's rugby performances but notes the success of debating in the school and the popularity of Irish names. Past pupil Rory Nolan plays the character in the stage production.
The school is also referenced in Sarah Webb's "Shoestring Club" book released in 2012.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9VJcJg4kAYC&q=cbc+monkstown&pg=PT167 |title = The Shoestring Club|isbn = 9781447213482|last1 = Webb|first1 = Sarah|date = 2012-09-27| publisher=Pan Macmillan }}</ref>
==See also== *[[CBS Eblana]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.cbcmonkstown.ie/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091204150832/http://www.dun-laoghaire.com/dir/cbcppu/ CBC Past Pupils Website] * [http://www.mpjs.ie/ Junior School Website]
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