{{short description|Christian Brothers-founded school in Dublin, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Synge Street CBS Secondary School<ref name="secondary-details-1">{{cite web |title=School Detail – Christian Brothers, Synge St. |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60470D |website=Department of Education and Skills |access-date=22 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> <br />Sancta Maria CBS Primary School | native_name = <small>(Bunscoil na mBráithre Críostaí, Sráid Synge)</small><ref name="primary-details-1">{{cite web |title=School Detail – Sancta Maria C B S|url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=17893N |website=Department of Education and Skills |access-date=22 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | logo = Synge.gif | logo_size = 100px | logo_alt = Synge Street CBS crest | image = St Pauls Heytesbury Street.jpg | alt = The St Pauls building on Heytesbury Street in Dublin, part of the school | caption = The St Pauls building on Heytesbury Street in Dublin, part of the school | motto = "[[Viriliter Age]]" | motto_translation = ''"Act Manfully"'' | coordinates = {{coord|53.3333|-6.26833|type:edu_region:IE_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | founded = 1864; {{years ago|1864}} years ago | founder = Canon Edward McCabe<br />Brother Edward O'Flaherty | location = Synge Street, [[Dublin]] | type = Voluntary secondary school (Edmund Rice Schools Trust (formerly [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]])) | principal = (Secondary) Clare Catterson<ref name="edubase-ie-1">{{cite web |title=School Detail |url=https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=60470D |website=Department of Education and Skills |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | religious_affiliation = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]<ref name="edubase-ie-1"/> | enrollment = 363<ref name="edubase-ie-1"/> | colours = Blue and White {{color box|Blue}}{{color box|White}} | website = {{URL|http://www.syngestreet.com}} | gender = (Secondary) Boys,<ref name="edubase-ie-1"/> (Primary) Mixed<ref name="primary-details-1"/> | age_range = (Secondary) 12–19, (Primary) 4–12<ref name="secondary-details-1"/><ref name="primary-details-1"/> | pushpin_map = | postal_code = [[Dublin 8|D08]] R283 }} '''Synge Street CBS'''<ref name="i-indo-2">{{cite web |last1=Keenan |first1=Mark |title=Movie Magic: 'Synge Street' house on sale for €630,000 |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/movie-magic-synge-street-house-on-sale-for-630000-38889831.html |website=independent |date=24 January 2020 |publisher=Irish Independent |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> (colloquially '''Synger''')<ref>{{cite news |last=de Bréadún |first=Deaglán |title='Synger' – An Irishman's Diary on Synge Street CBS in the Sixties |work=[[Irish Times]] |date=25 August 2016 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/synger-an-irishman-s-diary-on-synge-street-cbs-in-the-sixties-1.2767159 |access-date=21 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Cusack |first=Danny |title=Synge Street Christian Brothers School |publisher=Tinteán |date=6 September 2016 |url=https://tintean.org.au/2016/09/06/synge-street-christian-brothers-school/ |access-date=21 February 2021 }}</ref> is a boys' non-fee-paying state school, under the auspices of the [[Edmund Rice Schools Trust]], located in the [[Dublin 8]] area of Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1864 by Canon [[Edward McCabe (bishop)|Edward McCabe]] and Brother Edward O'Flaherty,<ref name="hist">{{cite web|url=http://www.syngestreet.com/Secondary/history.html |title=School History |publisher=Synge Street CBS |access-date=2009-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716174955/http://www.syngestreet.com/Secondary/history.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref><ref name="cent-28"/> as part of a mid-nineteenth century programme to expand the provision of Catholic schooling across the city, particularly for poorer boys. It was important in developing multiple new [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] schools in the local area and beyond.
Originally the school was part of the Christian Brothers monastery, but in 1954 new buildings were erected for primary pupils, and in 1964 for secondary pupils on [[Heytesbury Street]]. Although founded and largely known as an all-boys school, since 2016 it has offered co-educational [[Gaelscoil]] classes at primary level. Having been the second-largest school in the country in the 1950s, the school roll declined significantly from the turn of the millennium, and by 2021 there were only around 260 pupils at second level, and just 100 at primary.<ref name="secondary-details-1"/><ref name="primary-details-1"/> In September 2024, it was announced that the secondary school would be moving to a co-educational basis, and all-Irish education. The moves were controversial as they had not been discussed with parents or staff in advance, even the principal, and many staff were said to lack the training to teach other subjects through Irish. Further, with much of the student body having a diverse background, some sources suggested that many would have to move school as a result.<ref name="DubLive_SynSt240914">{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Larissa |date=2024-09-14 |title='Synge Street going as Gaeilge will push inner-city kids out' |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/news-opinion/synge-street-going-gaeilge-push-29938042 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Dublin Live |language=en}}</ref>
The school has a long list of notable alumni in Irish political, business, academic, media and sporting life, including both the [[President of Ireland|President]] and [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland for a period of nearly two years in the mid-1970s, and is a status that has led to the school being described as the [[Eton College|Eton]] of Ireland. It also has a strong record in the [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition]] becoming, in 2022, the first school to win the overall prize four times.<ref name="It-4times-1">{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Kevin |title=Dublin students declared BT Young Scientists of the Year for 2022 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/dublin-students-declared-bt-young-scientists-of-the-year-for-2022-1.4776501 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
==History== [[File:Cardinal Edward McCabe archbishop of Dublin.png|thumb|upright|Edward McCabe, one of the founders of the school, as Archbishop of Dublin]] Mid-nineteenth century Ireland, and Dublin in particular, saw a major push for expansion of Catholic education.<ref name="cent-20">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=20}}</ref> Church officials were particularly keen to ensure there was provision for the poor and given societal perspectives of the time, this led to a focus on provision for poor boys. When [[Edward MacCabe|Canon Edward McCabe]] was appointed as [[parish priest]] at St Nicholas parish in Francis Street, in [[the Liberties]], it was probably inevitable that church institutions would expand in the area, after the successful struggle for [[Catholic emancipation]] in the 1820s and 1830s.<ref name="cent-20"/>
In 1861, he secured a parcel of land between Synge Street and [[Heytesbury Street]] and built a temporary wooden church as the basis for a new neighbouring parish of [[St. Kevin's Church, Harrington Street, Dublin|Saint Kevin's]]. Between 1862 and 1864, he raised funding for and commissioned the building of the original [[monastery]] and school on the Synge Street side of the plot.<ref name="cent-20"/>
McCabe's partner in these endeavours was Brother Edward O'Flaherty, a teacher at the Christian Brothers' Mill Street school.<ref name="cent-22">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=22}}</ref> O'Flaherty had taught [[James Aloysius Hoare]] at Mill Street in the 1820s, and it was more than fortuitous that Hoare was appointed as the third Superior General of the order in 1862.
The first school opened on 12 April 1864,<ref name="cent-26">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=26}}</ref> with O'Flaherty as the first Superior, and the first pupil enrolled was Paul McSwiney, son of the [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]], Peter Paul McSwiney.<ref name="cent-26"/> Very quickly the number on roll reached its limit at 600 pupils with 10 Christian Brothers employed teaching them.<ref name="cent-28">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=28}}</ref>
[[File:Synge Street Monastery.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Christian Brothers monastery on Synge Street]] The school building was extended four times over the next half century culminating with the purchase and demolition of three cottages at Nos. 13–15 Synge Street and extending the school building into the space.<ref name="cent-28"/> In 1931, a [[gaelscoil]] was opened in premises at [[Harcourt Street]] by brothers from the school community.<ref name="cent-79">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=79}}</ref> Called [[Coláiste Mhuire]], the school in 1933 moved to the [[Gaelic League]] headquarters on [[Parnell Square]] and ceased to be managed from Synge Street.<ref name="cent-79"/>
In 1925 the school affiliated to the newly created [[Irish Free State]]'s Programme for National Schools,<ref name="cent-71">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=71}}</ref> and has continued to provide education free of charge since then.<ref name="edubase-ie-1"/>
The school is known as "Synger" colloquially.<ref name="it_ys_review"/>
The new secondary school has been officially known as St Paul's Secondary School, Heytesbury Street. The present building replaced a row of houses, used for class-rooms, and was opened by the Minister of Education [[Donogh O'Malley]] in January 1967, and blessed by [[John Charles McQuaid]].<ref name="It-stpauls-2">{{cite news |title=Minister opens C.B.S. £140,000 wing |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1967/0126/Pg011.html#Ar01105:7761407A515C94A16797818383824886225D77729E7A22B37CC3417F835685333389334890B16891618491516893E1847933417C1356 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=[[Irish Times]] |date=26 January 1967}}</ref> It was extended in the 1980s.<ref name="hist"/>
In September 2024, it was announced that the school would be moving to a co-educational basis, and an all-Irish educational approach. It later became known that this decision was only notified to the principal, and then staff, the day before public announcement, and without involvement of parents, the actual decision having been made by the Edmund Rice Schools Trust and approved by the Minister for Education.<ref name="RTENews_240913">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Emma O. |date=2024-09-13 |title=Sudden announcement to switch school to Gaelcholáiste |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0913/1469819-synge-street-school-analysis/ |work=RTE |language=en |quote=Since Tuesday staff at the school have been reeling from the news. For some, it means they must leave the school as they do not have the language skills required to teach through the medium of Irish. One staff member described it as like being in mourning.}}</ref> It was stated that many staff were not trained to teach other subjects through Irish, and much of the student body has a diverse national or ethnical background, with some sources suggest that many will have to move school as a result.<ref name="DubLive_SynSt240914"/>
===School roll=== Having started with 600 on the roll in 1864, by 1963 the roll had expanded to 1500.<ref name="It-cent-3">{{cite news |title=Synge street to celebrate centenary |page=14 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/1108/Pg014.html#Ar01405 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=The Irish Times |date=8 November 1963}}</ref> A profile in the ''[[Irish Times]]'' in 1953 described the school as the second largest in the country.<ref name="It-profile-3"/>
The roll size has collapsed in recent years,<ref name="it-roll-1">{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Grainne Fallersean |title=One fifth of those at university paid second-level fees |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/one-fifth-of-those-at-university-paid-second-level-fees-1.930370 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> due to changes in local demographics; in 2010 the school saw its roll fall by 11% over 2004 figures.<ref name="it-roll-2">{{cite news |title=School numbers: who has more pupils and who has less? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/school-numbers-who-has-more-pupils-and-who-has-less-1.657830 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> But it is still seen to be a very viable school,<ref name="it-schoolprofile-2007-1">{{cite news |title=Well of saints and scholars: The model school without a waiting list |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/well-of-saints-and-scholars-the-model-school-without-a-waiting-list-1.1196274 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and in 2015 had been part of the Delivering Equality in Schools (DEIS) programme for the past 20 years.<ref name="ci-1">{{cite web |title=High profile Synge Street principal bows out |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/high-profile-synge-street-principal-bows/ |website=Catholicireland.net |access-date=22 January 2021 |date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
===Primary schools=== In 1930 a new primary school was opened at Donore Avenue to the west, under the patronage of the Brothers at Synge Street.<ref name="cent-28"/> This was followed in 1947 by the building of Scoil Iosagáin Primary School, again under Synge Street's patronage, to the south at Aughavanna Road in [[Dolphin's Barn]],<ref name="cent-28"/> and by the opening, in 1954,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syngestreet.com/history/|title=History|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728142727/http://syngestreet.com/history/|archive-date=2014-07-28}}</ref> of the new Sancta Maria CBS primary to the north of the current school on Synge Street. In 1961, a new primary was opened at Francis Street, replacing an earlier 1846 building, under the patronage of the school's Christian Brothers community.<ref name="cent-109">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=109}}</ref>
[[File:Bun Scoil Sancta Maria.jpg|thumb|upright|The main entrance to the Sancta Maria Primary School building on Synge Street]] In 2017 Bunscoil Sancta Maria changed its enrolment policy to accept boys and girls at Junior Infant level to be educated via the medium of Irish.<ref name="aontu-1"/> The existing enrolment of boys at 2nd class remains.<ref name="aontu-1">{{cite web |title=Irish Language |url=https://aontu.ie/issues/irish-language/ |website=Aontú |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> This Irish stream was the first-ever 'sruth' established at primary level in Ireland.
==School site and buildings == [[File:The Lantern Centre.jpg|thumb|The original school building on Synge Street in Dublin, now The Lantern Centre]]
The school, at its greatest extent, covered most of the area delimited by Heytesbury Street, Grantham Street, Synge Street and [[South Circular Road, Dublin|Harrington Street]] in [[Dublin 8]]. The other major building on this block is St Kevin's Church, which had very strong links with the school, providing a venue for most school-related religious celebrations.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
There are two main school buildings, St Pauls Secondary School facing onto Heytesbury Street, and Sancta Maria Primary School on Synge Street. The third large building on the site now hosts the Lantern Centre, a community intercultural venue,<ref name="Lantern-1">{{cite web |title=The Lantern Intercultural Centre |url=http://lanterncentre.org/ |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> although it was the original school building and Christian Brothers monastery.<ref name="cent-20"/> St Pauls was built in the 1960s and extended in the 1980s.<ref name="Synger-2">{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://www.syngestreet.com/facilities/ |website=Synge Street CBS |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> It contains three science labs, an art room, and a library, as well as the classrooms. It hosts the school [[physical education|PE]] hall which is also used for drama productions and featured in the film [[Sing Street]].<ref name="Synger-2"/>
==Curriculum== The school educates to [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]] and runs a [[transition year]].<ref name="it-transitionyear-1">{{cite news |title=Young people are social innovators |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/young-people-are-social-innovators-1.1056403 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It has been perceived to be a traditionally academic school.<ref name="it-academic-1">{{cite news |title=It's not the time to lose your sense of humour |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/2.626/it-s-not-the-time-to-lose-your-sense-of-humour-1.81205 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> [[Gay Byrne]] has indicated in his era that the prime driver of the school was for the boys to pass their exams.<ref name="It-byrne-2">{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=Yvonne |title=Gay Byrne tells his time with the Christian Brothers in Synge Street |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/gay-byrne-tells-his-time-with-the-christian-brothers-in-synge-street-1.93657 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2024, it was announced that the school would be moving to a co-educational basis, and all-Irish education. It later became known that this was only notified to the principal, and then staff, the day before public announcement, the actual decision having been made by the Edmund Rice Schools Trust with the approval of the Minister for Education.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kelly |first=Emma O. |date=2024-09-13 |title=Sudden announcement to switch school to Gaelcholáiste |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2024/0913/1469819-synge-street-school-analysis/ |journal=RTE |language=en |quote=Since Tuesday staff at the school have been reeling from the news. For some, it means they must leave the school as they do not have the language skills required to teach through the medium of Irish. One staff member described it as like being in mourning. Staff and others connected to the school are concerned about the impact the decision to become an Irish medium school will have on local families traditionally served by Synge Street. These include lower income families who live in the inner city, and also immigrant families who send their both first and second generation boys to the school. They fear the change will drive these families away.}}</ref> Many staff are not trained to teach other subjects through Irish,{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} and much of the student body has a diverse national or ethnical background, and some sources suggest that many pupils will have to move school as a result.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Larissa |date=2024-09-14 |title='Synge Street going as Gaeilge will push inner-city kids out' |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/news-opinion/synge-street-going-gaeilge-push-29938042 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Dublin Live |language=en}}</ref>
===Drama and the arts=== The school has a long history<ref name="Pathe-1">{{cite web |title=Schoolboy Actors |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/schoolboy-actors/query/street |website=britishpathe.com |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> of drama productions including [[The Plough and the Stars]] and [[The Risen People]].<ref name="it-drama-1">{{cite news |title=Cast of 32 in youth theatre production |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1984/0816/Pg008.html#Ar00804:5C17775DD78956A77657378957277758D7895957775B6789 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=16 August 1984}}</ref> Records for an "Annual Concert" go back to 1893.<ref name="It-annual-1">{{cite news |title=The Christian Brothers School Synge Street |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1893/0111/Pg006.html#Ar00606:1AD73B1D974E2B34432D845525A5C027E5D323A6C22606D423E4042754191AC4571CA4692875C02A85D326B6C228A6D4 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 January 1893}}</ref> When St Pauls was built in the 1960s it included a large fully equipped theatre which was used to produce drama productions right from the beginning.<ref name="It-stpauls-2"/>
==Sports== As with most non-fee-paying Christian Brothers schools, the sporting focus of the school was in [[Gaelic Athletic Association|gaelic games]], to the point that other sports, especially soccer, were actively discouraged.<ref name="Oireachtas-1">{{cite web |last1=Oireachtas |first1=Houses of the |title=Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade debate – Wednesday, 25 Feb 2015 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_foreign_affairs_and_trade/2015-02-25/3/ |website=oireachtas.ie |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=en-ie |date=25 February 2015}}</ref> But activities such as athletics,<ref name="it-athletics-1">{{cite news |title=Synge street C.B.S. Sports |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1956/0625/Pg002.html#Ar00204 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=25 June 1956}}</ref> water polo,<ref name="it-water-polo-1">{{cite news |title=Schools Water Polo |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1955/1111/Pg003.html#Ar00312 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 November 1955}}</ref> golf<ref>{{cite news |title=Over 40 schools in foursome event |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1984/0424/Pg003.html#Ar00308:6ECA64701A72767A6E780A7C745A6E74CA7C74BA6E760A7C |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=24 April 1984 |ref=it-golf-1}}</ref> swimming<ref name="Odea-2">{{cite web |title=Interviews – Sporting Legends of Ireland Donnacha O'Dea|url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/interviews/interviews_ireland/sporting%20legends/interviews_sports_donnacha_odea.html |website=Turtle Bunbury |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> and chess were tolerated and even encouraged.
===Gaelic football=== Football and hurling were the school's two traditional sports throughout the 20th century.<ref name="it-cricket-1">{{cite news |last1=Pocock |first1=Iva |title=Cricket enjoys run of success |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2004/0805/Pg012.html#Ar01200:4873FB49F40945945A46046746145A46A46746A45A47746747745A47C46751844C51F45A51F44C52645A52644C53A45A |work=Irish Times |date=5 August 2004|access-date=14 June 2022 }}</ref><ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> The school produced numerous successful teams, including Dublin and Leinster Colleges Champions in 1964 at Under 15, a team that included [[Don Givens]],<ref name="cent-110">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=110}}</ref> while the school contested three out of six Leinster Colleges hurling and football finals in 1956.<ref name="cent-109"/> The Leinster Junior Cup winning team of 1965 comprised the core of the 1967 Leinster Senior Cup finalists, including one [[Anton O'Toole]] in both teams.<ref name="it-1967-final-1">{{cite news |title=Synge Street in final proper |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1967/1130/Pg004.html#Ar00402 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=30 November 1967}}</ref> ====Synge Street Past Pupils Gaelic Football Club==== Until 1999, past pupils of the school played together in a unique club – Synge Street Past Pupils GFC. The club would only register players who had formerly been pupils at the school. In 1999 the club merged with Templeogue GFC to form [[Templeogue Synge Street|Templeogue Synge Street GFC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tssgfc.com/club_history.php |title=Club History |publisher=Templeogue Synge Street GFC |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217020909/http://tssgfc.com/club_history.php |archive-date=2009-02-17 }}</ref>
The club own their own grounds at Dolphin Park, in Dolphins Barn. This ground was originally the Dolphin Racing Track and was purchased by the Christian Brothers in 1943, as playing fields for the school, with a total area of 15 acres,<ref name="cent-97">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=97}}</ref> but were subsequently sold to the club in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
===Soccer=== The school has a very strong soccer tradition<ref name="herald-1">{{cite web |title='Streets taught us how to play ball' – Reid believes south Dublin zone left stamp on players |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/streets-taught-us-how-to-play-ball-reid-believes-south-dublin-zone-left-stamp-on-players/39131001.html |website=herald |publisher=[[Evening Herald]] |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> producing many great players including Ireland internationals [[Billy Whelan]] (one of the [[Busby Babes]] who died in the [[Munich air disaster]]), [[Tommy Hamilton]] (the Shamrock Rovers stalwart) and [[Andy Reid (Irish footballer)|Andy Reid]].<ref name="ppu-who-who"/><ref name="toole-reid-givens"/>
The school fielded its first competitive soccer team in 1975,<ref name="it-soccer-1">{{cite news |title=Synge Street's debut in schools tourney |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0518/Pg004.html#Ar00425 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=18 May 1976}}</ref> and won its first soccer trophy – the Leinster Junior School's Cup – in 1977,<ref name="hoops heroes">{{cite web|url=http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/latest-news/3782-hoops-hero-john-coady |title=Hoops Heroes: John Coady |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110061316/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/latest-news/3782-hoops-hero-john-coady |archive-date=2015-01-10 }}</ref> and until recently{{when|date=October 2018}} had a very strong under 18's soccer team winning Leinster Trophies and representing the school in many tournaments including the Schools World Cup<ref name="issf-2">{{cite web |title=Technical Rules for ISF WSC Football |url=https://www.isfsports.org/sites/default/files/technicalrules_football_0.pdf |publisher=International School Sport Federation |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> in [[Israel]], which Synge Street represented Ireland in 1993.<ref name="isf-1">{{cite web |title=World Schools Championship Football |url=https://www.isfsports.org/file/3732/download?token=s9BjnPy0 |website=ISF |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> They finished the competition in sixth place and took the fair play award.<ref name="isf-1"/>
===Hurling=== The school also has a strong hurling tradition with teams reaching many Dublin and Leinster finals at all levels.<ref name="it-hurling-1">{{cite news |title=Brunswick Street qualify again |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1973/1025/Pg003.html#Ar00312:8144D982D4EE8304D983A4EE82649786B4B87E84D980E4EE7EA50A80F51F78B5CE7B15E37FE5EA8245FF7CE5E87F65FE |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=25 October 1973}}</ref>
[[Kevin's Hurling club]], also based in Dolphin's Barn, is independent of the school, being originally set up for Saint Kevin's Parish.<ref name="kevhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.kevins.ie/default.aspx?ctrl=custom&content=18|title=Home – Team Site|website=kevins.ie}}</ref> But its association with the school goes back to the turn of the 20th century. In 1934 Sylvestor Muldowney, a past pupil of the school, became one of the few Dublin natives to represent his county in an All-Ireland hurling final.<ref name="kevhist"/>
==Young Scientist Exhibition== [[File:Synge Street Boys (7089812507).jpg|thumb|Synge Street pupils, c.1941. [[Patrick (Thomas) Burke|Tom Burke]], co-founder of the [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition|Young Scientist Exhibition]] is pictured<ref name="it-tom-burke-1"/>]]
The school has one of the best success rates<ref name="it-ys-2012-2">{{cite news |last1=Horn |first1=Chris |title=The tech sector is buoyant, exports are strong, there is a skills shortage, so where are the young scientists |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2012/0127/Pg086.html#Ar08601:1174F91435071B84611DB4701464F91715071DF461203470207461220470 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=27 January 2012}}</ref> in the [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition|Young Scientist]] competition and one of their science teachers, [[Jim Cooke]], was considered one of the best science teachers in Ireland, receiving many awards in his field.<ref name="it-jc-2"/> The school has won the overall contest of the BT Young Scientist competition on four occasions, the only school to ever do so.<ref name="it_ys_review">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2012/0124/1224310664571.html#.TyAFnJ6ogO4.twitter |title=Synge Street – where did it all go right? |work=Irish Times |access-date=2012-01-25 |first=Grainne |last=Faller |date=2012-01-24}}</ref>
The first outright winner from the school was 5th-year student Ronan Larkin in 2004, having won a category prize the previous year, which then paved the way into a remarkable decade of success.<ref name="it-jc-2"/> His winning project was entitled 'Generalised Continued Fractions'.<ref name="bt-archive-1">{{cite web |title=Photos 2000s – BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition Archive |url=https://archive.btyoungscientist.com/photos-00s/ |website=archive.btyoungscientist.com |publisher=BT Young Scientist |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> The winner in 2007 was [[Somalia]]-born Abdusalam Abubakar, a 3rd year student, who became one of the youngest winners of the BT Young Scientist of the Year Award and later went on to win the EU Contest for Young Scientists for his project, which was entitled ''An Extension of [[Wiener's Attack]] on [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/research/youngscientists/valencia/prize_winners_en.htm|title=EU Contest for Young Scientists – Valencia 2007 – Press Centre: prize winners|publisher=[[European Union]]|access-date=2009-02-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521020503/http://ec.europa.eu/research/youngscientists/valencia/prize_winners_en.htm|archive-date=2008-05-21}}</ref>
In 2009, Andrei Triffo won the Intel Travel Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/pressroom/emea/eng/archive/2009/414036.htm|title=Synge Street Student Scoops Top Intel Prize at YSTE|date=22 January 2009|publisher=Intel|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> the fourth individual honour award for Synge Street in a five year period. As well as Triffo, a group consisting of Gary Carr, Graham McGrath and Darragh Moriarty also claimed a prize in the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Intermediate category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sciencespin.com/articles/13-news/148-fairy-tale-ending-to-young-scientist-exhibition|title=Fairy tale ending to Young Scientist Exhibition|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210043617/http://sciencespin.com/articles/13-news/148-fairy-tale-ending-to-young-scientist-exhibition|archive-date=2015-02-10}}</ref> This was followed in 2012, when [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Cert]] students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly won the overall prize and represented Ireland in the [[European Union Contest for Young Scientists]] competition in September 2012 in Bratislava, where they were awarded 1st place in Physics, and joint overall first place.<ref name="rte-brat">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0925/eu-scientists.html|title=Two Irish students win EU young scientist award|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
In 2017, the school won 3 awards, including both 1st and 2nd Place in the Junior Group category, where Carl Jones and Keiron O'Neill won with a project on ''Generalisations of [[Feynman's Triangle]] Theorem''.<ref name="bt-2017">{{cite web|url=http://btyoungscientist.com/exhibition/2017-results/2017-category-awards/|title=Category Awards 2017|publisher=BT Young Scientist|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052514/http://btyoungscientist.com/exhibition/2017-results/2017-category-awards/|archive-date=2017-01-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, [[Junior Certificate (Ireland)|Junior Cert]] students Aditya Joshi, aged 15, and Aditya Kumar, aged 16, took home the top prize for their project entitled "A New Method of Solving the [[Bernoulli quadrisection problem|Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem]]".<ref name="Rte-09">{{cite web |last1=El-Hassany |first1=Reem |title=Dublin students take top prize at BT Young Scientist |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0114/1273682-young-scientist/ |access-date=22 March 2024 |language=en |date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
The first ever Young Scientist Exhibition was held in the [[Mansion House, Dublin]] in 1965: 230 students participated and 5,000 people attended. One of the co-founders was Fr. Tom Burke who was himself a past pupil, from the class of 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carmelites.ie/archive/burkefuneral.htm |title=Fr Patrick (Thomas) Burke, O.Carm. (1923–2008) |publisher=The Carmelites |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016001903/http://carmelites.ie/Archive/burkefuneral.htm |archive-date=2010-10-16 }}</ref>
===Honours list=== * 2022 – Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar took home the top prize for their project entitled "A New Method of Solving the [[Bernoulli quadrisection problem|Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem]]"<ref name="Rte-2022">{{cite web |last1=al-Hassany |first1=Reem |title=Dublin students take top prize at BT Young Scientist |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0114/1273682-young-scientist/ |publisher=RTE |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=14 January 2022}}</ref> * 2021 – Yaduvir Harhangi and Marton Goz – Senior Group Winners and Trinity College Global Challenges Award<ref name="it-catwin-2021-1">{{cite news |title=Category Winners |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2021/0109/Pg008.html |work=Irish Times |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> * 2020 – Yaduvir Harhangi – Intermediate Individual Winner<ref name="it-catwin-2020-1">{{cite news |title=Category Winners |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2020/0111/Pg006.html |work=Irish Times |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> * 2018 – Yaduvir Harhangi – Junior Individual Winner<ref name="it-catwin-2018-1">{{cite news |title=Category Winners |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2018/0113/Pg006.html |work=Irish Times |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref> * 2017 – Carl Jones and Keiron O'Neill – Junior Group Winners<ref name="bt-2017"/> * 2016 – Gabriel Barat and Adrian Wolniak – Group Runners-up<ref name="it-2016ys-2">{{cite news |last1=Ahlstrom |first1=Dick |title=Balbriggan pair named Young Scientists of the Year |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/balbriggan-pair-named-young-scientists-of-the-year-1.2489948 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0108/758785-bt-young-scientist-award/|publisher=RTÉ.ie|title=Balbriggan students win BT Young Scientist award|date=8 January 2016}}</ref> and Intel Travel Award Winners{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} * 2014 – Sufyan Huma and Haider Hussain – Intel Travel Award<ref name="it-intel-2014">{{cite news |title=Special Awards |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2014/0111/Pg006.html#Ar00601 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=The Irish Times |date=11 Jan 2014}}</ref><ref name="intel-twitter-1">{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/Intel_IRL/status/421727062052057089?screen_name=Intel_IRL|title=Twitter|website=mobile.twitter.com}}</ref> * 2012 – Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle – Overall Winner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0113/youngscientist2012.html |title=Dublin Students win Young Scientists 2012 |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date=2012-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115020940/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0113/youngscientist2012.html |archive-date=2012-01-15 }}</ref> * 2009 – Andrei Triffo – Best Individual Award and Intel Travel Award<ref name="it-atriffo-2">{{cite news |title=4 Top Awards |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2009/0110/Pg006.html#Ar00602:1EE6512176641B96511EA664 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="it- atriffo-1">{{cite news |last1=Ahlstrom |first1=Dick |title=Kinsale boys named top young scientists |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2009/0110/Pg001.html#Ar00102:5D548B5F54995AC48B5D2499 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationmatters.ie/2009/01/11/young-scientists-of-the-year-2009/ |title=2009 winner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126015744/http://www.educationmatters.ie/2009/01/11/young-scientists-of-the-year-2009/ |archive-date=2009-01-26 }}</ref> * 2007 – [[Abdusalam Abubakar]] – Overall Winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xclusive.ie/08/abubakar.html |title=2007 winner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703190049/http://www.xclusive.ie/08/abubakar.html |archive-date=2007-07-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0112/scientist.html|title=2007 winner|publisher=RTÉ.ie | date=2007-01-12}}</ref> * 2006 – Keith Florea, Adrian Chisa and Sandeep Sihag – Group Winners<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24826027.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518160713/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24826027.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-18|title=2006 Group Winners}}</ref> * 2006 – Gohar Abbasi – Overall Runner Up<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0114/scientists.html|title=2006 Runner Up | work=RTÉ News | date=2006-01-14}}</ref> * 2005 – Michael Mulhall and Francis Wasser – Group Winners.<ref name="it-ys2005-2"/><ref name="intel-ys-2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/emea/eng/ireland/201301.htm|title=Intel awards physics/chemistry/mathematics prize at the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in Ireland|publisher=Intel|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> * 2005 – Louie Placides, Haniel Tsegburhan, Stefan Triffo – Junior group Category winners – Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences<ref name="it-ys2005-2">{{cite news |last1=Ahlstrom |first1=Dick |title=New Language for the Web scoops Young scientist award |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2005/0115/Pg008.html#Ar00805:2E98D53158E436B8D53908E43188D53458E43938D53B88E43BC8D53D68E4 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=15 January 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – Gohar Abbasi – Senior individual Category winner – Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences<ref name="it-ys2005-2"/> * 2004 – Ronan Larkin – Overall Winner<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0109/scientist.html|title=Esat Young Scientist named|date=11 January 2004|publisher=RTÉ.ie|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> * 2003 – Ronan Larkin – Category Prize<ref name="it-jc-2"/>
==Notable teaching staff== As well as Jim Cooke, other notable past teachers of the school include [[Francis MacManus]], three of whose pupils [[James Plunkett]], [[Pearse Hutchinson]] and [[John Jordan (poet)|John Jordan]], went on to be famous writers.<ref name="fmcmpapers">{{cite web | url=http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/162_Francis%20MacManus%20Papers%20Collection%20List.pdf | title=Collection List No. 162 Francis MacManus Papers | publisher=[[National Library of Ireland]] | date=July 2010 | access-date=12 July 2014 | author=McGovern, Avice-Claire | pages=3}}</ref> Former [[Teachta Dala|TD]] [[Tony Gregory]] taught at the school in the 1960s and 70s.<ref name="gilligan">{{cite book|last=Gilligan|first=Robbie|title=Tony Gregory: The Biography of a True Irish Political Legend|publisher=O'Brien|year=2011|pages=30|chapter=Chapter 1|isbn=978-1-84717-226-6}}</ref>
===List of Superiors=== {{missing information|Superiors at Synge Street|date=December 2020}} Traditionally, the Christian Brothers appointed a Brother Superior to head each monastery and manage any attached schools. This is a list of those known to have held the post at Synge Street:<ref name="cent-28">{{cite book|title=Synge Street CBS 1864–1964 Centenary Record|year=1964|publisher=CBS Synge Street|page=28}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=17em|gap=1em|rules=yes|small=yes}} *1864–1867 Bro E P O'Flaherty *1867–1873 Bro H A Joy *1873–1876 Bro T R Ring *1876–1889 Bro P B O'Brien *1889–1894 Bro B L O'Neill *1894–1901 Bro W M O'Callaghan *1901–1903 Bro R B Fleming *1903–1905 Bro D D Madigan *1905–1913 Bro J T Hayes *1913–1919 Bro J A Burgess *1919–1923 Bro T J Stapleton *1923–1928 Bro J A Burgess *1928–1930 Bro T M Lennane *1930–1936 Bro J L Burke *1936–1942 Bro E F Lonergan *1942–1948 Bro P S Walsh *1948–1954 Bro J K Mulhall *1954–1956 Bro J F Dowling *1956–1962 Bro M F O'Mahoney *1962–1968 Bro J D Fegan *1968–1972 Bro F B Donovan *1973–1976 Bro P Tynan *1977–1982 Bro P B Cripps {{Div col end}}
==Notable past pupils== {{See also|Category:People educated at Synge Street CBS}}
===Media and the arts=== {{div col|colwidth=30em|gap=2em|rules=yes|small=yes}} *[[Eamonn Andrews]], television presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uttertrivia.com/eamonnandrews.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228114233/http://www.uttertrivia.com/eamonnandrews.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 December 2005|title=Eamonn Andrews Biography presenter of This Is Your Life, Crackerjack and What's My Line|publisher=UtterTrivia|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Noel Andrews]], RTÉ boxing commentator<ref name="ppu-who-who">[http://www.syngestreetppu.com/whoswho.html PPU Union Who's who] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716174959/http://www.syngestreetppu.com/whoswho.html |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref> *[[Deaglán de Bréadún]], ''Irish Times'' journalist<ref name="it-debreadun-1">{{cite news |title=Irish Times Appointments |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1997/0204/Pg002.html#Ar00209:0BC2C60E22DC0662C80842DD08D2C80B32DD |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=4 February 1997}}</ref> *[[Gay Byrne]], television and radio presenter<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/waking-hours-gay-byrne-1566459.html|title=Waking hours – Gay Byrne|last=Dwyer|first=Ciara |date=December 7, 2008|publisher=Independent Newspapers|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[John Carney (director)|John Carney]], film director<ref name="it-carney-1">{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Donald |title=John Carney goes urban musical Once more |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/john-carney-goes-urban-musical-once-more-1.1862099 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Don Cockburn]], newsreader<ref name="It-cockburn-1">{{cite news |title=Shy newsreader who was one of Ireland's best-known faces |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/shy-newsreader-who-was-one-of-ireland-s-best-known-faces-1.3213513 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[John Connolly (author)|John Connolly]], author<ref name="it-connolly-1">{{cite news |title=Master of the grisly murder scene |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/master-of-the-grisly-murder-scene-1.750497 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/c/Connolly_J3/life.htm|title=John Connolly|website=ricorso.net}}</ref> *[[Donal Donnelly]], actor<ref name="dd">{{cite web | url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/obituaries/donal-donnelly-1-785203 | title=Donal Donnelly | website=The Scotsman|access-date=17 August 2013}}</ref> * [[John Earle (musician)|John Earle]], musician<ref name="it-earle-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Versatile and highly-rated musician who supported some of the greats |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/versatile-and-highly-rated-musician-who-supported-some-of-the-greats-1.1213508 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Louis Elliman]], past owner of the [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin|Gaiety Theatre]] and [[Theatre Royal, Dublin|Theatre Royal]]<ref name="jerusalem">{{cite book | title=Dublin's Little Jerusalem | last = Harris | first = Nick | year = 2002 | publisher = A. & A. Farmar | location = Dublin | page = 80 | isbn = 978-1-899047-90-1 }}</ref> *[[Charles B. Fitzsimons]], actor, and brother of [[Maureen O'Hara]]<ref name="it-kelly-2">{{cite news |last1=Linehan |first1=Fergus |title=Devine intervention |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/devine-intervention-1.170164 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Jarlath Hayes]], graphic designer and typographer<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=16 June 2001|title=Master typographer and designer|work=[[Irish Times]]|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/master-typographer-and-designer-1.313378|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> *Kieran Hickey, film director<ref name="it-hickey-1">{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Elgy |title=Love in a cool climate |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/1216/Pg008.html#Ar00803:1214F614550B06050407E5190F34F611950B |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=16 December 1980}}</ref> *[[Pearse Hutchinson]], poet<ref name="rte-hutchinson">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0327/604727-writer-pearse-hutchinson-on-fanatics-and-philistines-1971/|title=Pearse Hutchinson, Fanatics and Philistines|publisher=RTÉ Archives|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://coislife.ie/authors/otherauthors/pearsehutchinson2.htm |title=CoisLife: Pearse Hutchinson |publisher=Cois Life |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119014618/http://www.coislife.ie/authors/otherauthors/pearsehutchinson2.htm |archive-date=November 19, 2007 }}</ref> *[[John Jordan (poet)|John Jordan]], poet<ref name="pgilJJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/index.htm|title=John Jordan|publisher=Ricorso|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Charles E. Kelly (cartoonist)|Charles E. Kelly]], cartoonist<ref name="c-kelly-dib-1">{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a4440 |website=dib.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> *[[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]], actor<ref name="it-kelly-2"/><ref name="it-kelly-1">{{cite news |title=Actor who breathed life into the weird and wonderful |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/actor-who-breathed-life-into-the-weird-and-wonderful-1.466289 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Peter Lennon]], director of the film [[Rocky Road to Dublin (film)|Rocky Road to Dublin]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Journalist and director of 'Rocky Road to Dublin' | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2011/0326/1224293133953.html | work = Irish Times | access-date = 2011-09-11 | date=2011-03-26}}</ref> *[[Patrick Joseph McCall]], poet and songwriter<ref name="it-mccall-diary-1">{{cite news |last1=Maye |first1=Brian |title=Pulse of the Bard – An Irishman's Diary on poet and songwriter PJ McCall |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/pulse-of-the-bard-an-irishman-s-diary-on-poet-and-songwriter-pj-mccall-1.3814131 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Hugh McFadden (poet)|Hugh McFadden]], poet<ref name="pgilJJ"/> *[[Jack MacGowran]], actor<ref name="it-macgowran-1">{{cite news |last1=Battersby |first1=Eileen |title=Jack MacGowran: Born to play Beckett |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1988/1109/Pg016.html#Ar01600 |access-date=15 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=9 November 1988}}</ref> *[[Eamon Morrissey (actor)|Eamon Morrissey]], actor<ref>{{cite news | title = Interview with Eamon Morrissey | url = http://bealtaine.com/ambassadors/interview-eamon-morrissey | access-date = 2012-04-17 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120103205656/http://bealtaine.com/ambassadors/interview-eamon-morrissey | archive-date = 2012-01-03 }}</ref> *[[Mike Murphy (presenter)|Mike Murphy]], broadcaster<ref name="it-mm-1">{{cite news |last1=Nolan |first1=Larissa |title=Why one of Ireland's most famous schools is going Gaelscoil |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/why-one-of-ireland-s-most-famous-schools-is-going-gaelscoil-1.3002628 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=24 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]], actor<ref name="it-norton-1">{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Arminta |title=The Times We Lived In: Scrubbed up on Synge Street |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/the-times-we-lived-in-scrubbed-up-on-synge-street-1.3601951 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Dennis O'Dea]], actor<ref name="it-1">{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=John |title=Having sharks for breakfast |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/having-sharks-for-breakfast-1.197778 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Brian O'Nolan]], who wrote under the [[pseudonym]] Flann O'Brien<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Early-Years-of-Brian-ONolan-Flann-OBrien-Myles-na-gCopaleen/Ciaran-ONuallain/e/9781901866186|title=The Early Years of Brian O'Nolan, Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen by Ciaran O'Nuallain: Book Cover * The Early Years of Brian O'Nolan, Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen |publisher=Barnes and Noble|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Kieran O'Reilly (Performer)|Kieran O'Reilly]], actor and musician<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Reilly |first1=Kieran |title=Actor/Musician |url=https://twitter.com/SyngeStreetCBS/status/961967441579597824}}</ref> *[[Cathal Ó Sándair]], Irish language author<ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Cathal Ó Sándair Exhibition |url=https://publications.corkcitylibraries.ie/view/102463456/2/?sharedOn= |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Cork City Libraries |page=3}}</ref> *[[Milo O'Shea]], actor<ref name="milo-1">{{cite web |title=Milo O'Shea |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9970275/Milo-OShea.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 May 2020 |date=3 April 2013}}</ref> *[[Seán O'Sullivan (painter)|Seán O'Sullivan]] RHA, painter and designer of Irish Stamps<ref name="camb-1">{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a7072 |website=dib.cambridge.org |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> *[[Basil Payne]], poet<ref name="it-payne-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Poet and writer prized on world stage |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/poet-and-writer-prized-on-world-stage-1.453845 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[James Plunkett]], writer<ref>{{cite journal |last=Maume |first=Patrick |title=Plunkett, James |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |publisher=DIB.ie |date=June 2010 |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/plunkett-james-a9331 |doi=10.3318/dib.009331.v1 |accessdate=30 July 2021 |url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[Cornelius Ryan]], writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/MuseumsGalleriesandTheatres/CityHall/Documents/Dublin_Writers_Born_here__Lived_Here__Wished_We_Were_Here_Culture_Night.pdf |title=Dublin Writers; Born Here, Lived Here, Wished we were here |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405230821/http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/MuseumsGalleriesandTheatres/CityHall/Documents/Dublin_Writers_Born_here__Lived_Here__Wished_We_Were_Here_Culture_Night.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-05 }}</ref> *[[Pete St. John]], Irish folk singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petestjohn.com/reviews/|title=Pete St. John|publisher=Pete St. John|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Cecil Sheridan]], comedian<ref name="it-sheridan-1">{{cite news |title=Death of Cecil Sheridan |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/0105/Pg008.html |access-date=15 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=5 January 1980}}</ref> *[[Niall Stokes]], publisher of ''[[Hot Press]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article381857.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612111804/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article381857.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2011|title=Interview: Daire O'Brien: Hey man, Hot Press is still with it after all these years – Times Online|date=April 17, 2005|work=The Times|access-date=2009-02-17|location=London|first1=Richard|last1=Ford|first2=Philippe|last2=Naughton}}</ref> *[[Patrick Swift]], painter<ref name="it-patswift-1">{{cite news |title=The Fall and Rise of Patrick Swift |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1992/0611/Pg008.html |access-date=15 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 June 1992}}</ref> *[[Derek Warfield]], founder of the [[Wolfe Tones]]<ref name="io-1"/><ref name="warfield">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/warf_int.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030817090309/http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/warf_int.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-08-17 |title=Why Aer Lingus Pulled the Plug – Q&A With Singer Derek Warfield – The Wild Geese Today |last=Madigan |first=Tom |publisher=The Wild Geese |access-date=2009-02-17 }}</ref> *[[Richard Weber (poet)|Richard Weber]], poet and artist<ref name="it-weber-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Richard Weber: An acclaimed Irish poet who suddenly went silent |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/richard-weber-an-acclaimed-irish-poet-who-suddenly-went-silent-1.4277680 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> {{div col end}}
===Politics and public service=== {{div col|colwidth=30em|gap=2em|rules=yes|small=yes}} *[[David Andrews (politician)|David Andrews]], Fianna Fail TD<ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> *[[Niall Andrews]], Fianna Fail TD<ref name="it-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Politician who championed Third World issues |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politician-who-championed-third-world-issues-1.1019001 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Todd Andrews]], republican activist, public servant, and father to 2 TDs<ref name="todd-andrews">{{cite book |title=Ireland: A Reference Guide From The Renaissance To The Present |last=McCarthy |first=John P. |isbn=978-0-8160-5378-0 |year=2006 |pages=184–185 |publisher=Facts on File, Inc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Olr8Iu9RAwC&pg=PA184}}</ref> *[[Joseph Barnes (Irish doctor)|Joseph Barnes]], doctor<ref name="it-barnes-obit-1">{{cite news |last1=England |first1=Mary |title=Joseph Barnes: An Appreciation |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2017/0612/Pg013.html#Ar01304:1F58B82178C621B8B823D8C62888AA2A08B8 |work=Irish Times |date=12 June 2017}}</ref> *[[Harry Boland]], Irish Volunteer,<ref name="boland-1">{{cite book |last1=Maher |first1=Jim |title=Harry Boland: A Biography |date=1998 |publisher=Mercier Press |location=Dublin |isbn=978-1-85635-236-9 |page=6 |url=https://www.mercierpress.ie/contentFiles/productExtracts/HarryBoland_Extract.pdf |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> his brother [[Gerald Boland|Gerald]] also hurled for the first [[Kevin's Hurling club]] team<ref name="kevhist"/> *[[John Boland (Fine Gael politician)|John Boland]], [[Fine Gael]] politician and government minister<ref name="Boland-2">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/innovative-and-dynamic-former-fine-gael-minister-1.1259942|title=Innovative and dynamic former Fine Gael minister|date=19 Aug 2000|work=Irish Times|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> *[[Rory Brady]], former [[Attorney General of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/rory-brady-26666323.html|title=Rory Brady – Independent.ie|date=25 July 2010 }}</ref> *[[Tom Burke (priest)|Tom Burke]], priest, educator and founder of the [[Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition|Young Scientists]]<ref name="it-tom-burke-1">{{cite news |title=Committed educator and Young Scientist Exhibition founder |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/committed-educator-and-young-scientist-exhibition-founder-1.912673 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=25 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Eric Byrne]], Irish Labour Party TD<ref name="it-eric-byrne-1">{{cite news |last1=Tynan |first1=Maol Muire |title=Persistence finally pays off for the dogged Eric Byrne |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1994/0611/Pg009.html#Ar00902 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 June 1994}}</ref> *[[Seán Campbell (trade unionist)|Seán Campbell]], senator and trade union leader<ref name=dib>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/campbell-john-patrick-sean-a1432|title=Campbell, John Patrick|work=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]|last=Dempsey|first=Pauric J.|access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> *[[Desmond Clarke]], academic<ref name="it-desclarke-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Desmond M Clarke: Fearless philosopher and distinguished scholar |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/desmond-m-clarke-fearless-philosopher-and-distinguished-scholar-1.2793591 |access-date=29 January 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *[[Jim Cooke]], teacher and mentor to Young Scientists<ref name="it-jc-2">{{cite news |last1=Ahlstrom |first1=Dick |title=End of an era at Synge Street as mentor of successful Young Scientists retires |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2009/0112/Pg003.html#Ar00302:30F3D832E3E62E63D830C3E6 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> *[[Liam Cosgrave]], politician<ref name="blackwell">{{cite book|last1=MchCormack|first1=W. J.|first2=Patrick|last2=Gillan|title=The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|location=p 554|year=2001|pages=[https://archive.org/details/blackwellcompani00mcco/page/686 686]|isbn=978-0-631-22817-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/blackwellcompani00mcco/page/686}}</ref> *[[John Crown]], Senator and consultant oncologist.<ref name="gilligan"/> *[[Robert Dudley Edwards]], historian<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13XJAwAAQBAJ&q=robert+dudley+edwards+synge+street&pg=PA2019|title=Longman Handbook of Modern Irish History Since 1800|first=Alan|last=O'Day|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-89710-1|via=Google Books}}</ref> *[[Joseph Finnegan (judge)|Joseph Finnegan]], judge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/five-now-in-the-running-to-become-new-chief-justice-25906654.html|title=Five now in the running to become new chief justice – Independent.ie|date=16 July 2004 }}</ref> *[[Paddy Finucane]], [[Second World War]] fighter pilot<ref name="Dib-finucane">{{cite web |title=Finucane, Brendan Eamonn ('Paddy') |work=Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/finucane-brendan-eamonn-paddy-a3107 |access-date=6 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Thomas Gay]], republican and librarian<ref name="t-gay-1">{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9780 |website=dib.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> *[[Michael Hayes (politician)|Michael Hayes]], first [[Ceann Comhairle]] of [[Dáil Éireann]]<ref name="it-mick-hayes-obit-1">{{cite news |last1=McI |first1=M |title=First Speaker of the Dail dies |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0712/Pg005.html#Ar00500 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=12 July 1976}}</ref> *[[William Hayes (academic)|William Hayes]], [[President of St John's College, Oxford]], 1987–2001<ref>{{Who's Who | author = Anon | year = 2020 | title=Hayes, William | id = U19510 | doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19585}}</ref> *[[Daire Keogh]], Irish historian, President of [[St Patrick's College, Dublin|St Patrick's College, Drumcondra]], later President of [[Dublin City University]]<ref name="DKeogh_SyngeSt">{{cite web |last1=Mac Donald |first1=Sarah |title=Synge Street school celebrates 150th anniversary |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/synge-street-school-celebrates-150th-anniversary/ |website=CatholicIreland.net |date=5 May 2014 |access-date=20 July 2020 |quote=...Daire Keogh, President of St Patrick's College Drumcondra, left Synge Street in 1982. "... had an enrolment of 750 students. "... end of an era; we were the last group ... to have Brothers teaching us in the school.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spd.dcu.ie/site/news/documents/DKInaugurationSpeakingNotes.pdf |title=DCU Home – DCU |website=spd.dcu.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314162453/https://www.spd.dcu.ie/site/news/documents/DKInaugurationSpeakingNotes.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-14 }}</ref> *[[Liam Lawlor]], politician<ref name="lawlor-1">{{cite news |title=Liam Lawlor: a life in the public eye |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/liam-lawlor-a-life-in-the-public-eye-1.509510 |access-date=2 February 2021 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=24 Oct 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="lawlor-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.indymedia.ie/article/72600?condense_comments=true|title=Liam Lawlor dies in Moscow taxi crash. – Indymedia Ireland|date=October 22, 2005|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Con Lehane (Irish republican)|Con Lehane]], republican activist<ref name="c-lehane-dib-1">{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9763 |website=dib.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> *Liam Lysaght, chief state solicitor and President of the [[Leinster Rugby|Leinster Branch]] of [[Irish Rugby Football Union|IRFU]]<ref>{{Cite news |title = Public servant with the law on his side|url = http://www.irishtimes.com/news/public-servant-with-the-law-on-his-side-1.223800|newspaper = The Irish Times|access-date = 2016-02-18|language = en-US}}</ref> *[[Dermot McCarthy]], senior civil servant<ref name="dmccarthy-1">{{cite news |last1=de Bréadún |first1=Deaglán |title=The Great Facilitator |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2009/0207/Pg041.html#Ar04100:25F5FF28D60D12A41014A41E29F5E42C05F108A2CD0B92E40934630B54702C35E42E55F1 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=7 February 2009}}</ref> *[[Thomas McLaughlin (engineer)|Thomas McLaughlin]], designer of the [[Shannon hydroelectric scheme]]<ref name="It-profile-3">{{cite news |title=One school was not enough |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/pic/1956/0616/Pg004.html#Ar00400 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=16 June 1956}}</ref> *[[John Moore (Bishop of Bauchi)|John Moore]] SMA, Bishop of Bauchi<ref name="sma-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sma.ie/biography-of-bishop-john-moore-sma/|title=Biography of Bishop John Moore SMA|date=20 January 2010 |publisher=Society of African Missions|access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref> *[[Kevin Murphy (ombudsman)|Kevin Murphy]], career civil servant, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner<ref Name="ijpp">{{cite web|url=http://publish.ucc.ie/ijpp/2012/01/Obituaries/01/en|title=Irish Journal of Public Policy: IJPP Obituaries|website=publish.ucc.ie}}</ref> *[[Aindrias Ó Caoimh (barrister)|Aindrias Ó Caoimh]], Judge of the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]]<ref name="ppu-who-who"/> *[[Charlie O'Connor]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]]<ref name="charlie-o-c">{{cite web|url=https://www.kildarestreet.com/debate/?id=2010-03-11.673.0|title=Dáil debates Thursday, 11 March 2010 What are Dáil debates? Report of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Statements (Resumed).|publisher=Kildare Street|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiannafail.ie/person.phpx?pid=119&bid=237&rel=TD&aid=122&lang=gaeilge |title=Charlie O'Connor |publisher=[[Fianna Fáil]] |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119002434/http://www.fiannafail.ie/person.phpx?pid=119&bid=237&rel=TD&aid=122&lang=gaeilge |archive-date=November 19, 2007 }}</ref> *[[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]], former [[President of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/odalaigh-cearbhall.htm|title=Cearbhall O Dalaigh|publisher=UCD|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Cillian Ryan]], professor and economist<ref name="synger_ppu">[https://www.syngestreetppu.com/class-list/ Class Lists]</ref> *[[Richie Ryan (politician)|Richie Ryan]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/ryan-richie.html|title=UCD Archive – Richie Ryan}}</ref> * [[James Sanfey]], [[Fine Gael]] General Secretary<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/cosgrave-s-diligent-right-hand-man-1.263291|title=Cosgrave's diligent, right-hand man|date=15 April 2000|work=Irish Times |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> *[[Michael Woods (Irish politician)|Michael Woods]], politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiannafail.ie/candidate.phpx?pid=19&bid=73&rel=TD&aid=106 |title=Michael Woods |publisher=Fianna Fáil |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119104847/http://www.fiannafail.ie/candidate.phpx?pid=19&bid=73&rel=TD&aid=106 |archive-date=November 19, 2007 }} </ref> {{div col end}}
===Sport=== {{div col|colwidth=30em|gap=2em|rules=yes|small=yes}} *[[Paddy Andrews]], footballer<ref name="it-andrews-obit-3">{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Tony |title=Paddy Andrews – great all-rounder |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1981/1120/Pg003.html#Ar00304 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=20 November 1981}}</ref> *[[John Coady]], footballer<ref name="hoops heroes"/> *[[Joe Doyle (cyclist)|Joe Doyle]], cyclist and national official{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} *[[Don Givens]], footballer<ref name="toole-reid-givens">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/well-travelled-123576.html|title= Well Travelled|date=February 17, 2009|publisher=Independent Newspapers|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-161448373.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023063348/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-161448373.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-23|title=Honour for Don.(Sport)|first=Sean|last=Ryan|access-date=2009-02-17}}</ref> *[[Tommy Hamilton]], footballer<ref name="indo-thamilton">{{cite news |title=When Busby's Babes came to Dalymount: 60 years on from when Shamrock Rovers clashed with the mighty Man United |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/manchester-united/when-busbys-babes-came-to-dalymount-60-years-on-from-when-shamrock-rovers-clashed-with-the-mighty-man-united-36160069.html |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=Independent.ie |language=en}}</ref> *[[Eddie Jordan]], motor racing boss<ref name="it-jordan-1">{{cite news |last1=Rodden |first1=Mark |title=Getting seriously revved up about the big occasions |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/getting-seriously-revved-up-about-the-big-occasions-1.909067 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Paddy Lowry]], Olympic sprinter<ref name="it-lowry-1">{{cite news |last1=Mercator |title=How an Olympic promise was fulfilled – from a sick bed |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1985/0701/Pg014.html#Ar01401:33AB1935DB2E38FB193ABB2E365B19387B2E |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=1 July 1985}}</ref> *[[David McGill (footballer)|David McGill]], former professional footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/mcgill_david00.html|title=UC Santa Barbara|website=UC Santa Barbara}}</ref> *[[Donnacha O'Dea]], professional poker player & Olympic swimmer<ref name="it-dod">{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=John |title=Having sharks for breakfast |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/having-sharks-for-breakfast-1.197778 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *[[Kevin O'Flanagan]], rugby and soccer international, Olympics administrator and doctor<ref name="dib-flanagan-1">{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9423 |website=dib.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> *[[Anton O'Toole]], footballer<ref name="toole-reid-givens"/> *[[Andy Reid (Irish footballer)|Andy Reid]], footballer<ref name="toole-reid-givens"/> *Col [[Billy Ringrose (equestrian)|Billy Ringrose]], army officer and equestrian<ref name="it-ringrose-obit-1">{{cite news |title=Military man regarded equestrian success as a discharge of duty |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2020/0530/Pg009.html#Ar00901 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=30 May 2020}}</ref> *[[Liam Whelan]], footballer and [[Busby Babes|Busby babe]]<ref name="io-1">{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Seán |title=The Real Synge Street – Ireland's Own |url=https://www.irelandsown.ie/the-real-synge-street/ |website=Irelands Own |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref> *[[Thomas Williams (cricketer, born 1908)|Thomas Williams]], cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/410/index.shtml |title=Player profile: Thomas Christopher Williams |publisher=CricketEurope |access-date=2018-11-01}}</ref> {{div col end}}
{{Gallery | title = Past pupils of Synge Street CBS | align = center | footer = | style = | state = | height = | width = | captionstyle = | File:Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave-Patricks Day 1976.jpg | alt1= Liam Cosgrave | [[Liam Cosgrave]] | File:Gay Byrne (cropped).JPG | alt2=Gay Byrne | Gay Byrne | File:Harry Boland Portrait.jpg | alt3= Harry Boland | [[Harry Boland]] | File:Milo O'Shea 1967.jpg | alt4= Milo O'Shea | [[Milo O'Shea]] | File:Andy Reid.png | alt5= Andy Reid | Andy Reid | File:Cornelius Ryan and Godfried Bomans 1966.jpg | alt6= Cornelius Ryan | [[Cornelius Ryan]] }}
==Motto== The school motto is "''[[Viriliter Age]]''" (translated "Act Manfully") and is a standard used by many Christian Brothers' schools throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/crest.htm |title=Trinity College History |publisher=Trinity College |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723122153/http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/general_info/our_history/crest.htm |archive-date=2008-07-23 }}</ref>
==Religion== As a Christian Brothers school, the school has always had a strong Roman Catholic ethos. This includes a long history of having its own fraternity of the [[Society of Saint Vincent de Paul]],<ref name="it-svp-1">{{cite news |title=60th Anniversary of Society of St Vincent de Paul |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1999/0322/Pg028.html#Ar02827:2C06CE3056E830B6CE3306E827D6CE2BE6E8 |work=Irish Times |date=22 March 1999}}</ref> as well as prayers before each class.<ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> The teaching of religion was considered to be important not only to the school and pupils, but also to the state.<ref>{{cite news |title=Education in some States "like body without soul" |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1956/0207/Pg007.html#Ar00713 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=7 February 1956 |ref=It-religion-2}}</ref>
==Reputation == The school has garnered an enviable reputation, particularly in relation to its notable alumni,<ref name="it-school-profile-2">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Christina |title=We say the Hail Mary before every class |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0926/Pg010.html#Ar01001 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=26 September 1978}}</ref><ref name="i-own-1">{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Seán |title=The Real Synge Street – Ireland's Own |url=https://www.irelandsown.ie/the-real-synge-street/ |publisher=[[Ireland's Own]] |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> even being compared to [[Eton College]] in relation to Irish public service.<ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> At one point both the [[President of Ireland]] and the [[Taoiseach]] who served him, [[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]] and Liam Cosgrave respectively, were both past pupils,<ref name="i-own-1"/> as well as the [[Richie Ryan (politician)|Minister for Finance]] and Garda Commissioner.<ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> The Taoiseach, [[Seán Lemass]] praised the school as "... a Dublin institution of which all Dublin men were aware and proud..." at the school's centenary dinner in 1967.<ref name="It-centdinner-1">{{cite news |title=Lemass praises Synge Street School |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1964/0417/Pg005.html#Ar00502 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=17 April 1964}}</ref> Lemass's Dail colleague, Cosgrave opined, at a Synge Street Past Pupils Union dinner, that "No Christian Brothers' school had a better record than Synge Street, and the numerous past pupils ... who had achieved eminence in different walks of life, was an indication of the high standard of education provided".<ref name="It-cosgrave-2">{{cite news |title=Investment needed in secondary education |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/0222/Pg011.html#Ar01113 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=22 February 1963}}</ref>
Its illustrious alumni list is no accident. The school always had a reputation for high educational standards and exam results.<ref name="it-school-profile-2"/> Students have achieved first place in the Leaving Certificate in subjects such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[Gaeilge|Irish]], amongst others.<ref name="it-science-2">{{cite news |title=Irish attend Science meeting |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/0730/Pg005.html#Ar00505:05D3A40823B608A3A40AD3B60B53A40D13B6 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=30 July 1980}}</ref>
Synge Street students regularly excelled in events such as the [[Father Mathew]] Feis,<ref name="fr-mathew-1">{{cite news |title=Father Mathew Feis Awards |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1935/0426/Pg008.html#Ar00805 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=26 April 1935}}</ref> winning and placing in multiple awards year after year. As early as 1907, three of the scholarships offered by the diocese of Dublin were awarded to Synge Street students.<ref name="It-scholar-1">{{cite news |title=Intermediate Education Act |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1907/1214/Pg009.html#Ar00909:486A4F4A5A644F2A97513AAC42B89C4338B143289B44F8B04C5A974EBAAC4D3981505996 |access-date=12 December 2020 |date=14 December 1907 |ref=Irish Times}}</ref> Senior boys have been invited to contribute to current affairs programmes on [[RTÉ Television]], and complimented on the lucidity of their contributions.<ref name="it-kengrey-1">{{cite news |last1=Grey |first1=Ken |title=Self-Examination |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1976/0419/Pg008.html#Ar00802 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=19 April 1976}}</ref> Students also excelled at [[chess]], with the school regularly placing in the upper parts of the Leinster Schools Chess competitions.<ref name="it-chess-1">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=J.J. |title=League results |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0522/Pg015.html#Ar01507 |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=22 May 1979}}</ref>
Students are encouraged to move on to third-level education by the school, and financial assistance is available from a charitable bequest by a now-deceased former pupil.<ref name="it_ys_review"/> In 2012, 83% of Leaving Certificate students at the school progressed to further or higher education courses.<ref name="it_ys_review"/>
The school also had a reputation for the overuse of corporal punishment, with one pupil receiving 75 slaps of the leather for one offence.<ref name="corporal-1">{{cite news |last1=Watt |first1=Nicholas |title=Christian Brothers offer public apology to abused pupils |work=The Times |issue=65865 |publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd |date=16 Apr 1997}}</ref>
===Past Pupils Union=== The school has a very active alumni organisation, Synge Street Past Pupils Union, which was formed in 1933.<ref name="It-ppu-1">{{cite news |title=Synge Street Christian Schools first reunion dinner |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1956/0207/Pg007.html#Ar00713 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=23 February 1933}}</ref> The PPU hosts an annual alumni dinner and raises money to provides grants to the school.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Additionally, it helps administer a trust setup by a former past-pupil – Con Creedon – which provides grants to past pupils entering [[tertiary education|third-level education]].<ref name="con-creedon-1">{{cite web |title=New Beginnings: September 2016 – August 2017 |url=http://www.syngestreetppu.com/new-beginnings-september-2016-august-2017 |website=Synge Street C.B.S Past Pupils Union |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> When the programme began in 2006, it distributed grants to just 3 students, while by 2014 the number had grown to 82.<ref name="ci-1"/> This has helped raise the proportion of leaving cert students transitioning to third-level to 78% in 2014.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
===Abuse allegations=== In 2005, a Brother at the school, Dan Doheny, was tried on charges of abuse which was alleged to have occurred when he was teaching at [[St Joseph's Industrial School, Tralee]] 30 years previously.<ref name="kerryman-abuse-1">{{cite web |title=Brother denies sex abuse charges |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/brother-denies-sex-abuse-charges-27361453.html |website=independent |date=27 January 2005 |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2020, a former teacher at the primary school, Patrick Harte, was convicted of multiple indecent assault charges relating back to the 1960s and 1970s at the school.<ref name="i-indo-4">{{cite web |title=Remorseless to the end: the Synge Street abuser who refused to repent |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/remorseless-to-the-end-the-synge-street-abuser-who-refused-to-repent-39360532.html |website=independent |publisher=Irish Independent |last1=Brennan |first1=Declan|date=12 July 2020 |accessdate=29 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> His appeal was subsequently dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Father Dominic Boland, a Capuchin priest who was a chaplain to the primary school was also convicted of similar offences and was named in chapter 32 of the Dublin diocesan Murphy report.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
==In popular culture== The 1990s teen musical series ''[[Finbar's Class]]'' was filmed in the school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2263/016.html | title=RTÉ Archives | date=5 July 2012 }}</ref>
[[John Carney (director)|John Carney]], a past pupil of the school, set his 2016 feature film ''Sing Street'' in and around the school. The film's protagonist, Conor/Cosmo, attends the school, forming a band with schoolmates and coming into conflict with the fictional Christian Brother school principal.<ref name="grauniad-1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/19/sing-street-review|title=Sing Street review – pitch perfect Commitments-style school of rock|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=19 May 2016|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Newspapers|access-date=31 May 2016}}</ref> The film's production notes make clear that the school and persons portrayed in the film are very different from the school as it is today.<ref name="prod-notes">{{cite web|url=http://www.lgukpublicity.co.uk/uk/images/Prodnotes/SING_STREET_PRODUCTION_NOTES_UK_FINAL.pdf|title=Sing Street Production Notes UK Final|last=Saldana|first=Selena|access-date=31 May 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.syngestreet.com School site]
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