Type Private Established 1888 Phone +353 21 450 1653 Colors Black, Yellow, Red | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Principal Dr Laurence Jordan Founded 1888 | |
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Motto Certa Bonum Certamen(Fight the good fight) Enrollment 1000+ (Preparatory & Secondary combined) | ||
Christian Brothers College, Cork (CBC Cork, colloquially known as Christians) is a fee-paying Catholic school under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust in Cork, Ireland.
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Their sister school in Dublin is CBC Monkstown. The college's main rivals are Presentation Brothers College. As the two main fee paying all-boys schools in Cork, both share similar histories, student bases, and sporting and academic traditions.
History
In the mid 19th century the Vincentian Fathers maintained a seminary at Saint Patrick's Place in Cork, known as the Cork Diocesan Seminary. In 1888 a new seminary with residential accommodation was completed at Farranferris, and the Vincentian ecclesiastical students transferred there.
The then bishop of Cork, Most Rev. Dr O'Callaghan, invited the Christian Brothers to take charge of the St Patrick's Place establishment.
From the beginning, CBC was principally involved in preparing pupils for university entry and operated on St Patrick's Place for one hundred years.
Recent development
Marking the centenary in 1988, the College moved from its original site to a new location, one hundred metres away, atop Sidney Hill.
1996-1998 saw the modernisation of sports facilities at Lansdowne. 1999 saw an extension to the College complex itself which included improved dining facilities and the creation of a special complex for sixth year students. In 2008, construction was completed on an AstroTurf pitch, which is now used for various sporting activities, including after school football.
Though the Christian Brothers retain a presence on the Board of Management, as Trustees, CBC is now staffed entirely by lay teachers, and is recognised as one of Ireland's leading educational establishments at secondary level. (In the 2006 Sunday Times Schools League Table, CBC was listed among the country's top twenty boys schools.)
CBC has over 1000 students in the college with 885 studying at Secondary Level and more than 250 studying at Primary Level in the Preparatory School. The current principal of the college (both secondary and preparatory) is Dr. Laurence Jordan.
In 2008, annual fees were €3,100 for first year and €2,850 for subsequent years, rising to €3,600 for first year and €3,425 for subsequent years as of 2015.
Extracurricular activities
The school is one of Cork's "rugby union nurseries" and have won the Munster Schools' Senior Cup twenty nine times - more than any other school in the competition. The most recent Senior Cup title wins were in 2009 (in a final against Rockwell College), and in 2016 (in a close final against Crescent College). Recent members of the Munster rugby squad, Stephen Archer, Darragh Hurley, Tomás O'Leary, Billy Holland, and Donncha O'Callaghan are past pupils.
The school also participates in other extracurricular activities, including debating, charitable activities, basketball and others. The school also participates in other sports, including soccer (football) and GAA (Gaelic football and Hurling) - with CBC winning the Junior Cup for soccer in 2003 and 2008 and several Lord Mayor Cups.
Through several fundraising efforts, including the annual Christmas appeal, CBC supports charities including SHARE, S.V.P., HOPE, Trócaire and Concern. One of the school's main charitable activities is the "Zambia Immersion Project", which has run biannually since 2003 and involves students travelling to Zambia with staff to assist with Christian Brothers' missions in Murundu, Mufulira.