PresidentFr John Flavin, CSSp Age7 to 19 Religious orderHoly Ghost Fathers Number of students500 MottoFidelitas in Arduis
GenderMale Colour(s)Blue and White Founded25 July 1887 ProvinceLeinster Staff47
PrincipalDenis Murphy and Mary O'Donnell Address73_79, Rathmines Rd Lower, Dublin 6, Ireland
Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. (Congregatio Sancti Spiritus) is an all-boys' primary & secondary school run by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and located in Rathmines, County Dublin, Ireland. The school was founded in 1890, closed in 1916, and then reopened in 1926. The school colours are blue and white. The Senior School Principal is Denis Murphy and the Senior School Deputy Principal is Barry Leonard. The Junior School Principal is Mary O'Donnell and the Junior School Deputy Principal is Brian Barron
Kevin Barry (briefly) – Irish republican (executed in 1920)
Paul Dean – Former Irish and Lions rugby player
Vincent Dowling – Irish American Director
Frs. Tom and Earnest Farrell – Founders of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in 1927
Larry Gogan – broadcaster
Denis Hickie – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
Shane Jennings – Former Leinster and Irish rugby player
Nicholas Kearns – Judge of the Irish Supreme Court
Kieran Lewis – Former Munster player
Darragh MacAnthony – Chairman of Peterborough United FC
Ronan McCormack – Former Leinster and UCD Rugby Player
Jack McGrath – Leinster and Irish rugby player
Rodney O'Donnell – Former Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
Tom O'Higgins – former Chief Justice of Irish Supreme Court
David O'Sullivan, Director General for EU Trade
John Mark Redmond – cardiothoracic surgeon and businessperson
Eoin Ryan – former MEP for Dublin
Jonathan Sexton – Leinster, Irish and Lions rugby player
Tony Ward – Former Irish and Lions rugby player and League of Ireland footballer,
Stephen Grissing - Former Leinster Rugby Player. Chief baller Davy
Darragh Fanning - Former Leinster and Connaught Rugby player
Darren Hudson - Former Leinster and Bristol RFC Rugby player
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
St. Mary's Rugby Club
Saint Mary's College C.S.Sp. is directly associated with the St. Mary's College Rugby located in Templogue. The club has been home to some of Leinster and Irelands greatest rugby players of all time.
