Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Mount Temple Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. The school operates under the patronage of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, and has, as a primary objective, the provision of state-funded second level education to the Protestant population of northern Dublin, while accepting pupils of all religions, and none. The school was established in 1972 following the amalgamation of Mountjoy School, Hibernian Marine School in coastal Clontarf, and Bertrand & Rutland School.[2]

Mount Temple Comprehensive School
Address
Malahide Road

, ,
Dublin 3

Republic of Ireland
Coordinates53.3691°N 6.2225°W / 53.3691; -6.2225
Information
School typenon-fee paying co-educational comprehensive voluntary secondary school
MottoesAll Different, All Equal,[1] Nisi Dominus Frustra,
(Without the Lord, it is in vain)
Established1972
PrincipalLiam Wegimont
Student to teacher ratio25:1 approx.
Houses2
Colour(s)  Black
  Blue
Information01 8336984
Websitemounttemple.ie

History

Hibernian Marine School was a charity school founded in 1766, originally to provide for the orphans and children of seamen. The school was located off Seafield Road in Clontarf, Dublin, where the Seacourt estate now stands.[3] Mountjoy School was a boarding school in Mountjoy Square (in the same building was the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools) founded in 1896. It later moved to the current location in Clontarf.

Bertrand & Rutland School was in Eccles Street on the northside of Dublin, it was a Church of Ireland School. Bertrand & Rutland School had been formed by a 1947 merger of Rutland School and Bertrand High school, the latter of which was formed by the merging of Bethesda Female Orphan School and Bertrand Female Orphan School in 1943. The Bertrand and Rutland Fund still funds scholarships to Protestant schools in Ireland.[4]

Hibernian Marine School amalgamated with Mountjoy School in 1968 and became Mountjoy & Marine School. The school later amalgamated with Bertrand & Rutland and took the name of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1972.[5]

Main Mount Temple building

Students

Mount Temple Comprehensive School had about 450 students when it opened in 1972, which rose to over 700 students in the 1980-90s and from 2010-2020 had almost 900 students.[6] There have been plans for many years for a new school to be built on site to cater for these extra students. In October 2020, the planning inspector recommended planning permission be granted, despite some local objections, clearing the way to build a three-storey school that can accommodate one thousand students.[7]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

Mount Temple was the school where the rock band U2 was formed. In September 1976, 14-year-old drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. posted a notice on the school's noticeboard, looking for fellow musicians. All four members of U2 are former pupils of the school.[14]

Summer activities

During the summer months the whole school facility is used by the Centre of English Studies (CES), catering for hundreds of international students who come to Dublin to learn English.

References

  1. Learning Policy, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Official Policy, available 12 July 2015 at http://www.mounttemple.ie/policies/learning-policy/
  2. Mount Temple Comprehensive History
  3. Ordnance Survey Ireland, National Townland and Historical Map Viewer, Historic 6" Last Edition B&W: DN019
  4. Educational Endowment Schemes Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Dáil Éireann - Volume 393 - 14 November 1989
  5. "Free Secondary Education For Protestants 1972". RTÉ. 16 September 1972. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. "Data on Individual Schools". Department of Education. November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. "Dublin author fails in bid to prevent Bono's old school getting planning for new building". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. "Meet Ireland's Tallest Man". Irish Independent. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  9. Hayden, Jackie (16 September 2001). "The Hot Press Interview: Steve Averill". Hot Press. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  10. Irish Times Article February 22, 2005.
  11. https://www.mounttemple.ie/people/famous-past-pupils/
  12. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/siblings-amanda-and-linda-brunker-1.1159229
  13. "Diane meets up with Beckham and Figo..." Fingal Independent. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  14. Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. U2 by U2. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-077674-9.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. Times Online article on Damien Dempsey's background.
  16. D. F. L. Chadd: "Francis Llewellyn Harrison, 1905–1987", in: Proceedings of the British Academy (1989), p. 361; see Bibliography.
  17. Ware, Séamas (May 2002). "The Boxing Parson" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  18. MICK KEARNEY at Leinster Rugby
  19. Michael Kearney on LinkedIn
  20. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/becky-lynch-the-girl-from-baldoyle-who-has-become-a-wrestling-superstar-1.3840173
  21. A short bio on comedy CV. IMDB entry
  22. Short article from Ireland.com about Maybury being called for the Irish team.
  23. McCormick, Neil; Adam Clayton; Bono; The Edge; Larry Mullen Jr. (2005). U2 by U2. New York: HarperEntertainment. pp. 40-46. ISBN 0-06-077675-7.
  24. "Irish-born designer receives knighthood". Irish Times. 15 January 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  25. BBC article on Christopher Nolan winning the Whitbread award.
  26. "So, how low did they go?". Irish Independent. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  27. U2’S Former Music Teacher Lands a Top Gig as Kidney Association Chief
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