St Kevin's College, Dublin

53°23′7.624″N 6°16′38.568″W

Religious affiliation

Roman Catholic

Established1967

FoundersCongregation of Christian Brothers

Enrollment516^[1] (2024)

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St Kevin's College, Dublin
Irish: Coláiste Chaomhín
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Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Established	1967
Founders	Congregation of Christian Brothers
Enrollment	516[1] (2024)

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St. Kevin's College (Irish Coláiste Chaomhín) is a Roman Catholic day secondary school for boys in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland.^[2] The school was founded in 1967 by the Christian Brothers and is now under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. It is dedicated to St. Kevin of Glendalough, the patron saint of Dublin, and is built on lands previously owned by the Ball family in the 16th century. As of 2024, the principal was Eoghan Rooney and the school had 516 students enrolled.^[1]

St. Kevin's offers the Junior Certificate, an optional Transition Year, the Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied and the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme. It participates in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools initiative and the School Completion Programme. A Department of Education report in 2014 described the quality of teaching and learning at the school as "good or very good [..] with some instances of excellent practice".^[3]