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Coordinates | 53°15′46″N6°18′01″W / 53.262775°N 6.30033°W |
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School type | fee-paying secondary (or Middle & High school) |
Motto | Inter medium montem pertransibunt aquae Latin for "The river will always find a way through the mountains" |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic Opus Dei |
Established | 1971 |
Founder | Sean McDermott [1] |
Chairperson | Barry O'Grady (acting) |
Principal | Jude Mulligan |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 12-13to 17-18 |
Enrollment | 167 (2020 [2] ) |
National ranking | 317 |
School fees | €4,240/year €5000 for all books and other resources |
Website | Official website |
Rockbrook Park School is a fee-paying, secondary school for boys, located on Edmondstown Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland. It was established by a group of parents, partly inspired by the work of the founder of Opus Dei.
The school was founded in 1971, first as a "pre-university centre" at 144-116 St Stephen's Green, offering repeat Leaving Cert classes for students. In 1972, classes were expanded. Later, in 1975, the school moved to Rockbrook House and surrounding forty acres buying them from John Brown, who was retiring as chief brewer with Guinness and moving back to England. The price paid was £75,000 Irish pounds. In the summer of 1980, five classrooms and a number of small mentoring rooms were added at a cost of £44,000 Irish pounds. [1]
In 2006-2008, Rockbrook took on the biggest step in its history, building a brand new school building, car park, sports pavilion, and two new soccer pitches costing €5 million. [3]
Rockbrook Park School is a single-sex fee-charging voluntary secondary school with 167 male students
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