Clongowes Wood College is a prestigious boys-only secondary school in County Kildare, Ireland run by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) since 1814, making it one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools. The school featured prominently in James Joyce's semiautobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. County Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of County Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. ... A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story by James Joyce, published in 1916. ...
It currently has 450 students. 2004 is Clongowes' 190th academic year.
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ClongowesWood College is a prestigious boys-only secondary school in County Kildare, Ireland run by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) since 1814, making it one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools.
Clongowes is one of a number of Jesuit schools in Ireland.
ClongowesWood is the only school outside England to have three or more VC's including Tom Crean, also a famous Irish national rugby player.
In his well delivered post-match speech, Clongowes captain John Smyth spoke of the legend that was the late, great Vinny Murray and how the schools' former assistant headmaster and coach will live forever.
Clongowes not surprisingly competed better for Terenure's ruck ball, while also protecting their own, and so were able to take the game through several phases.
ClongowesWood College: P Treacy; S McGee, J Smyth (capt), D Clavin, P Berkery; M Britton, C Matthews; D McKeown, M Kelly, J Moran, D Hickey, D Lynch, R O'Toole, A Proctor, M Rooney.
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