De La Salle College is a co-educational (from 2023 onwards) a Roman Catholic day secondaryschool in Churchtown, Dublin 14, in Ireland. It is a non-fee paying school which has educational facilities to cater for about 500 pupils. The school was officially opened in 1952 and moved to its present location in 1957. Since then, the college was extended in 1986 and 1997 to cater for the increase in the number of pupils. De La Salle College Churchtown is a member of Le Cheile Schools, a Trust for Roman Catholic Schools.
The Brothers of De La Salle are the trustees of the college and it is under the control of a board of management. Siobhán Foster is the principal. There are approximately 35 teachers.
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Sports
The school won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1983 and 1985.
The school won the Leinster Schools Badminton Senior Cup in 2020.
Notable alumni
Dermot Keely, Former football player and manager. Former teacher
Paul O’Donnell, Irish Athletics International
John Kavanagh, UFC Coach
John Carney, musician and director of the Oscar-winning film Once
Damien Duff, footballer with the Ireland national team (retired) and Chelsea in the Premier League
Brian Stynes, Gaelic footballer
Jim Stynes, Australian rules footballer
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Actor Love/Hate
Brian Jennings, RTÉ Newsreader
Des Fitzgerald, Ireland rugby international, Father of Luke Fitzgerald.
Niyi Adeolokun, former Connacht rugby player