Coláiste Íosagáin

Coláiste Íosagáin is a Catholic, all Irish girls secondary gaelscoil in Dublin, Ireland. It was established two years after Coláiste Eoin, in 1971.

In 2008 and 2014, 100% of students went on to third level education.^[1] It is ranked 2nd in 2011 and 2010 by The Irish Times Good Schools Guide.

Sport

The school has Gaelic football, camogie and athletics teams. Basketball is a very successful sport in the school also. Camogie is another popular sport in the school and the teams traditionally compete at U/16 and U/18 at B-League levels within Leinster. In 2011 the Ladies B U/18 Gaelic football team won the Inter-Schools All-Ireland Cup.

New buildings

Early in the 1990s it was deemed that the school's existing single storey buildings, built in the 1970s, were far too small to accommodate the rapid growth and expansion of both Coláiste Eoin and Íosagáin. It was decided that the school would require both a new classroom block and a sports hall/auditorium. The project, however, experienced difficulties from the outset due to a lack of funds. It took many years of collecting voluntary donations from parents and other members of the public for the project to even reach the planning stage. A second barrier was posed by the fact that additional accommodation could only be placed in a constricted rear area of the site, because the existing grass, gaelic pitch to the south of this site was sacrosanct. This restricted site condition caused the new building to be formed into two shared elements: a four storey academic block, and a Sports Hall with performance space. Despite these difficulties, building finally commenced in 2001, of a Grafton Architects designed structure that met with all the schools requirements. The project was completed in 2003 and has since won a prestigious award at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Awards 2004. Work recently went underway for a new building to be built on the far-side of Coláiste Íosagáin's main building, on a small side section of the school grass pitch in summer of 2013. The building consists of new classrooms,new changing rooms and chiefly, a school oratory. The building was completed in early December 2013 and is named 'Aireagal', because the main principle of the building is to provide an oratory for the students. This building completes the refurbishment of the school, and also means that no more classes are held in prefabricated buildings.

Notable past pupils

• Niamh Cusack – Actress known on TV for Heartbeat, A & E and on stage for The Curious Dog in the Night-time, Three Sisters, His Dark Materials
• Clíona Ní Bhuachalla - RTÉ presenter, helped set up Irish language soap ‘Ros na Rún’. Established Icebox Films
• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh - TV presenter, Echo Island, The Afternoon Show and Charity ICA Bootcamp 7rl
• Niamh Nic Mhathúna - Founding member of Youth Defence
• Síofra Cléirigh Büttner - runner

References

Sources

• Prospectus. Coláiste Íosagáin. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.

External links

• Coláiste Íosagáin website