| De La Salle College Waterford | |
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| Coordinates | 52°15′14″N7°06′03″W / 52.25389°N 7.10083°W |
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| Motto | Latin: Praesis Ut Prosis English: Lead in order to serve |
| Established | 1894 |
| Principal | Thomas Bourke |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 1090 [1] (2024) |
| Website | www.delasallewaterford.com/ |
De La Salle College Waterford is a secondary school in Waterford, Ireland with over 1,000 students and 90 teachers.
The De La Salle Brothers had a presence in Waterford since the 1870s, [2] and opened a teacher training college at Newtown, Waterford in 1894. [3] In 1894 Mr. J.L. Ahearn was appointed professor of irish, the first such appointment in a teacher training college. Students who completed the two year course were awarded the National Teacher(NT) qualification entitling them to teach in primary (national) schools. [4]
In May 1939, lay teacher training ceased (male teacher training centered in St. Patrick's, Drumcondra), however, the De La Salle brothers continued to be trained for another 10 years, [5] along with Marist and Presentation Brothers, in 1972 an agreement was made where brothers were trained alongside the christian brothers in St. Mary's College, Marino. [6]
A secondary school was opened on the site in the 1940s. [7] In 1948 it officially opened as a Day and Boarding School. [5] The boarding school closed in 1990, and from 1991 operated as a day school only. In 2008 it appointed its first lay principal, and in 2009 The Le Cheile Schools Trust became the trustee body for the school. School management was criticised in a 2012 Department of Education inspection report for taking on €500,000 in debts for refurbishments with little educational benefit, and for teachers teaching subjects for which they were not qualified, under the leadership of then principal Gearoid O' Brien. [8]
Gaelic games were always a significant sport in De La Salle College,[ original research? ] both as a teachers college and secondary school. Seven former GAA presidents trained at De La Salle, and a number of inter-county players and managers have gone to school in the college. In 2007 and 2008, they won the Munster Schools Dr. Harty Cup and All-Ireland Dr. Croke Cup. In football, they won the Munster Schools Corn Uí Mhuirí in 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1965. The school is also linked to De La Salle GAA club.[ citation needed ]
Two former Irish soccer internationals, Jim Beglin and John O'Shea, are among the school's past pupils.[ citation needed ] The school won the FAI Schools minor title in 2002 and in 2009. [9]
The musical society at De La Salle College performed its first musical in 1979: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.[ citation needed ] The annual college musical is performed in the college hall each year.[ citation needed ] Most recently the college hosted We Will Rock You in October of 2023
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The 1985–86 Harty Cup was the 66th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurling by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The competition ran from 5 February to 23 March 1986.
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