St. Columb's College
Motto	Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God.
Established	1879
President	Fr. Eamon Martin
Location	Buncrana Road, Derry
Students	1500
Type	Grammar School
Colours	Royal Blue and Yellow
Homepage	http://www.stcolumbs.com/

St. Columb's College is the major English-medium, Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is named after Saint Columba, the Ulster missionary monk who founded a monastery in the area. Image File history File links College2. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Royal blue is a lighter shade of blue. ... Rubber duckies. ... An English Medium Education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Motto:  (Latin for Who will separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Ulster Scots, Irish3, Northern Ireland Sign Language, Irish Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of... Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597) is sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as Saint Colm Cille or Columcille (meaning Dove of the church). He was the outstanding figure among the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages. ... Statistics Area: 24,481 km² Population (2006 estimate) 1,993,918 Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four traditional provinces of Ireland. ...

History

St. Columb's College was established in 1879 on Bishop Street (now the site of Lumen Christi College), but later moved to the Buncrana Road in the suburbs of the city. The College has a student population of over 1500.

Sport

St. Columb's College has a long and successful sporting history, with its students competing in many events across the country. It has excelled in soccer, gaelic football and has produced many athletes. Former teacher Gary Murray has been part of the Irish athletics team. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gary Murray is an athlete from Stranorlar, Co. ...

Nobel Prize winners

The school is one of the few schools in the world that can claim two Nobel laureates amongst its alumni: Nobel Prize medal. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

• Seamus Heaney - Nobel Literature Prize, 1995
• John Hume - Nobel Peace Prize, 1998

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Notable alumni

The college makes an annual award to "a past-pupil who has achieved something of major significance or has made a considerable contribution in his own field". ^[1] Past winner of the award are as follows:

• 1994 The Most Reverend Dr. Edward Daly
• 1995 John Hume, former M.P., M.E.P.
• 1996 Seamus Heaney
• 1997 Brian Friel
• 2002 Martin O'Neill
• 2003 Phil Coulter

Other alumni and names associated with St. Columb's include: A Bogside mural commemorates Dalys action on Bloody Sunday. ... John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a Northern Irish politician, and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble of the UUP. He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, a position he held from 1979 until 2001. ... Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney (IPA: //) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... Brian Friel (born January 9, 1929) is a playwright and director from Northern Ireland. ... Martin Hugh Michael ONeill, OBE, (born March 1, 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who has previously managed Leicester City and Celtic and is currently manager of Aston Villa. ... Phil Coulter (born February 19, 1942) is a songwriter, performer and music producer from Derry, the second city of Northern Ireland. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

• Liam Ball - Irish Olympic swimmer
• Liam Boyle - Former SDLP politician
• Eamon Burns - Gaelic Athletic Association footballer
• Peter Cunnah - Pop musician
• Seamus Deane - Poet and novelist
• Mark Durkan - SDLP Leader/Politician/MP
• Darron Gibson - Footballer
• Seamus Mallon (rugby player) - Rugby player
• Eamonn McCann - Political activist
• Mark McFadden - Television journalist
• Gerard McSorley - Actor
• Marcas Ó Murchú - Folk musician
• Richie Kavanagh - Comical entertainer
• Feargal Sharkey - Musician
• Paul McLoone - Musician

Liam Ball, was an Irish Olympic swimmer at the 1972 Munich games and a past pupil of St. ... Liam Boyle is an SDLP councillor in the Foyle constituency in Northern Ireland. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Eamon Burns, played for the Derry GAA team, winning an All-Ireland Championship medal in 1993. ... A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ... Peter Cunnah (born on 30 August 1966, in Derry, Northern Ireland) is best known as lead singer and song writer with 1990s dance-pop duo D:ream (alongside DJ Al Mackenzie). ... Born to a Catholic nationalist family in Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1940, Seamus Deane is a poet, critic and novelist. ... Mark Henry Durkan (born in 1960) is a Roman Catholic nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Darron Gibson, (born October 25, 1987 in Derry, Northern Ireland), is a football player. ... Seamus Mallon, (born 21st November 1980) is a professional rugby player for Northampton in the Guinness Premiership [1]. He formerly played for his school-team, St. ... Eamonn McCann (born in Derry in 1943) is an Irish journalist, author, and political activist. ... Mark McFadden is a Northern Irish journalist. ... Gerard McSorley (born 1950, Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland) is a character actor for theatre, television and film. ... Ó Murchú with flute. ... Richie Kavanagh is an Irish entertainer, famous for chart-hits filled to the brim with pure suggestive innuendo. ... Feargal Sharkey. ... Paul McLoone on stage with The Undertones in 2005 Paul McLoone (born in Northern Ireland), is the current singer of Irish pop-punk band The Undertones. ...

External links

• St. Columb's College Official Website

References

1. ^ St. Columb's College Alumni Illustrissimi, accessed 7 September 2006