Blackrock College

Blackrock College (Irish: Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a fee-paying secondary school for boys in Blackrock, County Dublin in Ireland, located about four miles from the city centre.

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Irish - Blackrock - County Dublin - Ireland - The city centre

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The College, set in 56 acres (227,000 m²) of parkland on the broad sweep of Dublin Bay, lies four miles from the city centre. Founded by the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Holy Spirit in 1860, Blackrock College was the first of the Order's five schools in Ireland and is run by the Congregation in close co-operation with a dedicated group of lay personnel. It accommodates approximately 1000 day and boarding students (with a majority of day students).

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Dublin Bay - Roman Catholic - Congregation of the Holy Spirit - 1860

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Willow Park School, a private primary school that acts as the College's principal feeder, is also run by the Order and is situated on the same campus. Until the early 1970s, St. Michael's College in Ballsbridge was also a feeder school for Blackrock College, but St Michael's now has classes up to the Leaving Certificate.

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Primary school - St. Michael's College - Ballsbridge - Leaving Certificate

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