Clongowes Wood College is a private secondary boarding school for boys 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. Its current headmaster is Fr. Leonard Moloney S.J.; Fr. Michael Sheil S.J. retired as rector in 2006 and Fr. Bruce Bradley (headmaster 1992-2000) is his successor. Clongowes is one of a number of Jesuit schools in Ireland. It currently has 450 students. 2007 is its 194th academic year. A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialized in The Egoist from 1914 to 1915 and published in book form in 1916. ... Irish Jesuit Schools include: Belvedere College, Dublin founded in 1832 Clongowes Wood College, Co. ...

In 1886 St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, was amalgamated to Clongowes Wood College. Relatively recent histories of the college were written by Fr. Roland Burke Savage S.J. (published in The Clongownian school magazine during the 1980s) and Peter Costello (Clongowes Wood: a History of Clongowes Wood College, 1814-1989, published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1989). An important earlier history is The Clongowes Record 1814-1932 by Fr. Timothy Corcoran, S.J. (Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1932). St Stanislaus College Tullabeg, Offaly was founded as a school for boys under the age of thirteen in 1818. ...

History

The school traces its history back to a 799-acre estate owned by the Wogan family in 1418 under the reign of Henry IV. The name "Clongowes" comes from the Irish for "meadow" (cluain) and for "blacksmith" (gobha). The estate was originally known as "Clongowes de Silva" (de Silva meaning "wood" in Latin).

The estate later passed to the Eustace family and became part of the fortified border of the Pale in 1494. The Eustaces lost their estates during the Restoration. The Pale or the English Pale comprised a region in a radius of twenty miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified against incursion from Gaels. ... King Charles II, the first monarch to rule after the English Restoration. ...

The estate was sold by the Wogan-Brownes to the Jesuits in March 1814 for £16,000.

The school accepted its first pupil, James MacLorinan, on 18 May 1814.[1]

Buildings

The medieval castle, which is the residence of the religious community, was improved by a "chocolate box" type restoration in the 19th century (fashionable at the time); it is situated astride the Ramparts, which are the ditch and wall constructed for the defense of the Pale in the 14th century. It was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception was moved back there from the 1999 building.

The castle is connected to the modern buildings by an elevated corridor hung with portraits, the Serpentine Gallery referred to by James Joyce. This gallery was completely demolished and rebuilt in 2004 as part of a redevelopment programme for the school buildings. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ...

In 1929 another new building was built costing £120,000, which is now the main façade of the school. It houses the main classrooms and the Rudiments, Grammar, Syntax, and Humanities dormitories.

The Boys' Chapel has an elaborate redos, a large pipe-organ in the gallery, and a sequence of Stations of the Cross painted by Sean Keating. It is rumoured that on the 12th station, Pontious Pilot resembles the rector of Clongowes at that time, a mark of spite when the rector refused to pay Mr Keating his asking price. Seán Keating (Born John Keating, Limerick 1889, died Dublin 1977) was an Irish romantic-realist painter who painted some iconic images of the insurrectionary period and of the early industrialization of Ireland. ...

Aspects of Life at Clongowes

There are six class or year forms, namely Rudiments, Grammar, Syntax, Humanities, Poetry and Rhetoric. These are grouped into three Lines - Third Line, Lower Line and Higher Line.

Famous alumni

• John Bruton former Fine Gael TD and Taoiseach [2]
• Richard Bruton Irish politician deputy leader of Fine Gael TD, brother of John
• Brian Carney (born 1976) Munster Rugby player
• Hugh Coveney (1935-1998) former Fine Gael TD, government minister and yachtsman
• Simon Coveney (born 1972) Fine Gael TD and MEP
• Gordon D'Arcy rugby player for Leinster and Ireland
• Denis Gwynn (1893-1973) journalist, writer and professor of Modern Irish History
• Nick Hewer advisor to Alan Sugar and appears on BBC's The Apprentice
• James Joyce (1882-1941)
• Robert Kearney (born 1986) Leinster rugby player
• Cian Kiely (born 1842) celebrated etymologist and current vice-premier of the Dominican Republic
• Msgr.Dermot Lane (born 1945) President of Mater Dei Institute of Education
• Paul McGuinness manager of U2
• Charles Mitchel (1920-1996) Irish actor and newsreader on RTE
• Matty "cool" MacFarlane (born "the beginning of time") acclaimed philosopher and primary shareholder in New York stock-broking firm Cool and Co.
• Luke O' Connell (born "unfortunatly") infamous layabout considered by many a "slim, slandering, son-of-a-bitch".
• Kevin O'Higgins former Minister of Justice [3]
• Michael O'Leary chief executive of Ryanair
• Kieran Prendiville (born 1947) writer/actor
• Willie Redmond (1861-1917) Irish nationalist politician, brother of John
• John Redmond (1856–1918) leader Irish Parliamentary Party (1900-1918)
• Patrick Reid (1910-1990) prisoner of war who escaped from Colditz
• Michael Smurfit (born 1936) industrialist and businessman
• J. T. Walsh American film actor
• Tom Kettle Politician, Professor, War Poet and Patriot

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Military

Victoria Cross Holders

Four alumni have won the Victoria Cross: The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ...

• Victoria Cross
  • Crimean War
    • Captain Thomas Esmonde VC (1829 to 1873). He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
  • Boer War
    • Surgeon Captain Thomas Joseph Crean VC DSO (1873 to 1923). He later achieved the rank of Major.
  • First World War
    • Lieutenant John Vincent Holland VC (1889 to 1975).
  • Second World War
    • Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde VC DSO (1909- 1942) He was the Great-GrandNephew of Thomas Esmonde VC.

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Partner schools

• Aloisiuskolleg, Jesuit boarding school in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany
• Portora Royal School, voluntary grammar school in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
• Saint Ignatius' College Riverview, Jesuit boarding school in Sydney, Australia

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External links

• Clongowes homepage
• Clongowes Youth Club