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Established
  
1922

Gender
  
Co-ed (since 2013)

Number of students
  
~300

Address
  
Province
  
Leinster

Colors
  
Principal
  
Ms Edith Byrne

Age
  
12 to 18

Colour(s)
  
Green, Gold and Purple

Phone
  
+353 1 497 1417

Founded
  
1922

Similar
  
Alexandra College, Gonzaga College SJ, The High School, Loreto College, Muckross Park College

Sandford park school dublin


Sandford Park School is a small private, non-denominational, co-educational secondary school, located in the inner suburbs in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1922.

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History

Sandford Park School is a small co-educational private, non-denominational school and was established on 12 September 1922. Its first headmaster was Alfred Le Peton, who had been the joint headmaster with Ernest Exshaw of Earlsfort House School. The joint headmasters of Earlsfort House moved the school from city centre to the suburbs. The school was previously an all boys school but decided to go co-ed in 2013 which became a great success and the school grew.

School principals

  • Gwynn Seton Bradshaw Mack 1922-1931
  • Arthur Douglas Cordner 1934-46
  • Major P.G. Wormell 1946-53
  • Maurice Wilkins (Acting Headmaster) 1953-54
  • Trevor Dagg 1954-1960 [1st period], brother of Barbara Cross (wife of James Richard Cross)
  • Dr Hector Rex Cathcart 1960-1967
  • Trevor Dagg 1967-1980 [2nd period]
  • Ian Steepe 1980-1985
  • William (Bill) R. Tector 1985-1990
  • Dr John Harris 1990-1996
  • Michael Whelan 1996-2003
  • Edith Byrne 2003–present
  • Notable past pupils

  • Conor Cruise O'Brien, diplomat, Labour Party politician, writer and academic
  • Justin Keating, politician and former Labour Party cabinet minister
  • Graham Knuttel, painter and sculptor
  • Ham Lambert, international cricketer, rugby player and rugby referee
  • John Neill, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin 2002–2011
  • Owen Sheehy-Skeffington, socialist and pacifist
  • Patrick Rooke (born 1955), Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry
  • Past pupils Union

    The Sandford Union was inaugurated in the 1930s, to enable past pupils to keep in touch with one another and the school itself. A Sandford Union newsletter, The Stentorian, is sent to all past pupils with news and Union event details. The Sandford Union hold several events during the year culminating in the annual dinner held every year on the fourth Saturday in November.

    References

    Sandford Park School Wikipedia


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