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Mount Temple Comprehensive School 
Nisi Dominus FrustraAddress Malahide Avenue
Clontarf, Dublin 3, IrelandInformation School type Government co-educational Established 1972 Principal Liam Wegimont Student to teacher ratio 25:1 approx. Houses 2 Colour(s) Black and Blue Information 01 8336984 Website www.mounttemple.ie Mount Temple Comprehensive School is a secondary school located in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, originally notable as the first multi-denominational public (state-funded) school under Protestant management to open in Dublin.
The school was established in 1972 following the amalgamation of Mountjoy School, Hibernian Marine School and Bertrand & Rutland School.
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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 on the Seafield Road in Clontarf, Dublin.
- Mountjoy School was a boarding school in Mountjoy Square. It later moved to the current location in Clontarf.
- Bertrand & Rutland School was in Eccles Street on the northside of Dublin.
Hibernian Marine School amalgamated with Mountjoy School in 1968 and became Mountjoy & Marine School. It school later amalgamated with Bertrand & Rutland and took the name of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1972.
Main Mount Temple building
Mount Temple is notable as 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 message board, looking for fellow musicians. All four members of U2 are former pupils of the school.
Students
Mount Temple Comprehensive School has about 850 students. As a comprehensive school it teaches both academic and practical subjects and extra-curricular sport and music are an important part of Mount Temple life. Students are involved in other activities including drama, Amnesty International, Christian Union, English, Irish, French, German, debating and public speaking.
Sport
The principal sports in Mount Temple are rugby union (boys) and hockey (boys and girls), and basketball, athletics, badminton, cricket and soccer are also played.
The rugby team are very strong in the Leinster Section A Schools Cup competition, reaching the final in 2004, 2005 and 2007 but have not won the cup since 1998. The school generally produce two or three Leinster A representatives per season. Most notably, Micheal Kearney represented the Ireland under 18s in 2009.
Last year,[when?] the school appeared to have won their first ever Leinster Schools Senior Boys 4 × 100 metre relay title and finished first in the All Irelands in Tullamore, but were disqualifed by the track judges.
Recently,[when?] the 6th year students organised and ran the very first dodgeball tournament of the school's history which is now a growing sport in the school with the Inter-Malahide Road championship nearby.
The boys' hockey section has produced several inter-provincial players and many players who have gone on to play at the highest levels. One of these such players is Luke Hayden who has secured his place on the Leinster Under-18 squad in 2008.
In 2008, the minor boys hockey team won the Leinster 'B' League championship beating Dundalk Grammar School in the final. The minor girls' hockey team also won the Northside 'A' League in 2008. In 2010, the 1st Year (Under 13) boys won the Leinster 'B' League Championship beating St. Andrew's in extra time.
Other Activities/Achievements
Mount Temple won the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad in 2010. They had a team in first place, in the group competition and Emma Carrigan came first in Ireland in the individual competition. She will be on the Irish team in Sweden at the International Linguistics Olympiad in the summer.
Mount Temple won the French Debating Championship in the Alliance Française more than any other school, including 2009 and 2010. They have won the final five times since 1992. The German debating team reached the semi-finals in 2009 and the quarter-finals in 2010.
The school also stages dramas and musicals.
The old building in Mount Temple, including the clock made famous by Christopher Nolan's book "Under the Eye of the Clock".Notable alumni
- Amanda Brunker - Former Miss Ireland [1]
- Adam Clayton of U2 rock band
- Damien Dempsey - Musician [2]
- David Evans aka The Edge of U2 rock band
- Ali Hewson - U2 frontman Bono's wife
- Paul Hewson aka Bono of U2 rock band
- Isobel Mahon - Actress[3]
- Andrew Maxwell - Comedian [4]
- Alan Maybury - Irish football international [5]
- Larry Mullen, Jr. of U2 rock band
- Christopher Nolan - Author [6]
- Mark O'Neill - Television Presenter
Notable faculty
- Elspeth Henderson - President of Irish Girl Guides
- Patrick Hughes - Former Irish Cricket International
- Gerard Stembridge - Writer, director and actor
- David Bane - Former Irish hockey international
References
- ^ Irish Times Article February 22, 2005.
- ^ Times Online article on Damien Dempsey's background.
- ^ Unforgettable Fire - The Story of U2, Eamon Dunphy 1988.
- ^ A short bio on comedy CV. IMDB entry
- ^ Short article from Ireland.com about Maybury being called for the Irish team.
- ^ BBC article on Christopher Nolan winning the Whitbread award.
External links
Coordinates: 53°22′09″N 6°13′21″W / 53.369149°N 6.222374°W
Categories:- Secondary schools in Dublin (city)
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