St Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is a voluntary boys' primary and secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, and then reopened in 1926 (from 1917 until 1926 the St. Mary's operated as a House of Philosophy for the Spiritans, before it moved to Blackrock.). The school colours are blue and white.
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Notable past pupils
Arts and media
Vincent Dowling – Irish-American director
Law
Peter Charleton – Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Nicholas Kearns – Former President of the High Court of Ireland
Tom O'Higgins – Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Politics
Kevin Barry (briefly) – Irish republican (executed in 1920)
Sports
Rodney O'Donnell – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
Paul Dean – Former Ireland and Lions rugby player
Denis Hickie – Former Leinster, Ireland and Lions rugby player
Shane Jennings – Former Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Barbarians and Ireland rugby player
Johnny Sexton – Leinster, Racing 92, Ireland and Lions rugby player
Jack Duffy - Former Sweden rugby union international, 22 caps
Gareth Delany – Irish cricketer
Terry Kennedy - Former Ireland Rugby 7's Player, World Player of the Year
Other
Peter Boylan – Former Master of the National Maternity Hospital
Notable staff
Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach and former president, taught at St. Mary's for a short time in 1915 as a mathematics professor
Sister schools
The following schools were also founded by the Holy Ghost Fathers in Ireland:
Blackrock College
Rockwell College
St. Michael's College
Templeogue College
St. Mary's College Rugby Club
Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. is directly associated with the St. Mary's College Rugby Club located in Templeogue. The club has been home to some of Leinster and Ireland's greatest rugby players.