Sandymount High School

Sandymount High School

Sandymount High School was a coeducational secondary school on Herbert Road, Sandymount, Dublin. Founded in 1947, it was initially controversial because, as a non-denominational school, it wasn't owned by a church but by the Cannon family, who also provided the two headmasters the school had: father and son Patrick and Conall Cannon.

While the school had 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 of the school: allegedly he hated having compulsory sports while he was a student.

Unusually, it had a rival school next door: Marian College, which opened several years afterwards and was run by the Catholic Church.

The school was closed in 1999 and the land sold for development. The site now contains a gated community called Cannon Place.

Famous former pupils include Fionnuala Flanagan, Charlie Bird and Eamonn Dunphy.

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dublin,+ireland&t=h&hl=en&ll=53.333548,-6.225477&spn=0.001448,0.004737 Google Map centred on former location of school]
* [http://static.namesdatabase.com/schools/IEDU/S/SandymountHighSchoolHerbertRoad.html Namesdatabase.com entry of former pupils]
* [http://shs77.blogspot.com/ Website about the class of 1977]


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