St. Andrew's College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste Naomh Aindriú) is a co-educational, inter-denominational, international private day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The school colours are blue and white.
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History
Foundation
Founded as a boys' secondary school at the end of the 19th century by members of the Presbyterian community, St Andrew's College celebrated its centenary in 1994. It was on 8 January 1894 that the College opened its doors at 21 St Stephen's Green in the centre of Dublin. This was to be the first of its three locations. The school grew rapidly from its original intake of 69 students. By the end of 1894 there were 203 boys in the school.
Wellington Place
At the beginning of 1937 a move to new premises in Wellington Place, Clyde Road, along with a determined effort by past pupils and parents to stave off closure or amalgamation saw a revival in the fortunes of the College. In 1973, the school became co-educational and moved to a new site in Booterstown.
Structure
St Andrew's College has both a primary and secondary school. The secondary school offers both the Leaving Certificate (Ireland) and the International Baccalaureate programme.
Accreditations
Since 1984, St Andrew's is the only school in Ireland fully accredited by both the European Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
International Baccalaureate
St Andrew's is one of three schools in Ireland to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. A small number (usually around 70) of the school's students are in the IB programme.
Model United Nations
St Andrew's organises St Andrew's Model United Nations (SAIMUN). It is run over the first week in Easter in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.
Sport
The school's sports facilities consist of two hockey pitches, one rugby pitch, two hard tennis courts, 8 lawn tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, an indoor sports hall and a fitness centre. The major winter sports are rugby, basketball and hockey; the major summer sports are tennis, athletics and cricket along with an inter year annual football competition which runs through the summer term.
St. Andrew's College won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1906, 1911,1921-22.
They also have had immense success in the All Ireland Schoolboys' Hockey Championship, having won the tournament 7 times, most recently in 2017.
Notable former pupils
Leigh Arnold, actress
Andrew Balbirnie, cricketer
Wallace Benn, suffragan Bishop of Lewes (1997–2012)
Shane Berkery, contemporary artist
Ben Briscoe, former Fianna Fáil TD and Lord Mayor of Dublin
Robert Briscoe, first Jewish Teachta Dála (TD) and founding member of Fianna Fáil who also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin
Peter Bracken, Irish rugby player
Jammie Clinch, Ireland and Lions rugby player
Dick Collopy, Ireland rugby player
Gerald Davis, artist
Ronnie Dawson, Ireland and Lions (Captain 1956) rugby player
Maurice E. Dockrell, Fine Gael TD
E. R. Dodds, classical scholar
Tom Dreaper, racehorse trainer
Neil Farrugia, professional footballer
Zlata Filipović, Bosnian writer
Charles Franklin, Irish-American (naturalised U.S. citizen) motorcycle racer-engineer. He enrolled in 1894, the year the college was founded
Ruth Gilligan, writer and actress
Michael Gibson, Ireland, The Barbarians & Leinster rugby player