| 词条 | Sandymount High School |
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Sandymount High School was a coeducational secondary school on Herbert Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4 which operated for over 50 years before closing in 1999. HistorySandymount High School was founded in 1947 and was initially controversial because, as a non-denominational school, it wasn't owned by a church but by the Cannon family[1], who also provided the two headmasters the school had: father and son Patrick and Conall Cannon. Patrick's wife Eileen Cannon also served as headmistress. The school's student body was arguably drawn from several distinct groups: those from a local council estate called Beech Hill, the offspring of parents disenchanted with denominational/same sex schools, students on the Malahide/Howth to Bray rail corridor and the 3 & 18 bus routes, and foreign nationals who paid tuition fees. The school's pre-Celtic Tiger period accommodation and successful integration of the latter group was remarkable, as until the late 1990s non-white/non-Christian students were a rarity in the vast majority of Irish classrooms. While the school had a gym — basically exercise classes — for Intermediate Certificate students, it had no compulsory sports or sports team while Conall Cannon, the second headmaster, was in charge. Allegedly he hated having compulsory sports while he was a student. The first headmaster, Patrick Cannon, was happy to have rugby union as the main school sport for both Intermediate and Leaving Certificate male students in the early 1960s. A rival school opened next door several years later: Marian College, run by the Catholic Church. It was opened at the behest of John Charles McQuaid to counter what he perceived as the influence of Sandymount High.[2] Marian College even copied the school colours. The school was closed in 1999 and the land sold for development.[3] The site now contains a gated community called Cannon Place. AlumniFamous former pupils include Fionnula Flanagan,[4] Charlie Bird,[5] Eric Brennan, Eamonn Dunphy and Ronnie Delaney. References1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Murray|first=Peter|date=2010|title=Educational Developmentalists Divided? Patrick Cannon, Patrick Hillery and the Economics of Education in the Early 1960s|url=http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/9066/1/PM-Educational-2010.pdf|journal=The Economic and Social Review|volume=41|pages=6|via=}} 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=x74W2bt9zHkC&lpg=PT29&dq=%22Sandymount%20High%20School%22&lr=&pg=PA295#v=onepage&q=&f=false John Charles McQuaid: ruler of Catholic Ireland], John Cooney, p.295 3. ^Parliamentary Debates, 26 April 2006 - the school is listed as one that closed since 1996 4. ^Fionnula Flanagan, the Lisa Richards Agency 5. ^Press Release Archive, University College Dublin, retrieved 21 July 2009 External links
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