Newbridge College

Kildare, Ireland

  • Day & Boarding

  • 1852

  • € N/A-N/A

    • Irish

School History & Details

Newbridge College, sometimes known as Dominican College Newbridge, is a co-educational private fee-paying voluntary secondary school in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, sponsored by the Roman Catholic Dominican Order. The Dominican Friars established Newbridge Dominican College in 1852 as a boys' boarding school.Newbridge College is still managed by the Dominican Fathers and has a mixed-day student population of almost 1,000. It also houses a resident community of Dominican friars, with the priory and church located between the two wings of the college buildings. Newbridge College is an Irish Dominican school. It was established in 1852 and is the historical successor of the Priory of St. Eustace in Naas. In 1852, Fr. Dominic Walker and Fr. Nicholas Freyne founded the College in response to the need for secondary education that had resulted from Catholic emancipation and had been cruelly halted by the famine. Newbridge College is an Irish Dominican school. It was established in 1852 and is the historical successor of the Priory of St. Eustace in Naas. In 1852, Fr. Dominic Walker and Fr. Nicholas Freyne founded the College in response to the need for secondary education that had resulted from Catholic emancipation and had been cruelly halted by the famine. 

    School Values

  • Honesty
  • Responsibility
  • Compentent

    • Newbridge College is a Dominican-run educational community dedicated to promoting the religious, spiritual, moral, academic, aesthetic, cultural, physical, emotional, and social development of all students entrusted to its care, in collaboration with parents and guardians. 

School Achievements

Achievements

The College frequently tops the Kildare schools league tables (often sending 100% of sixth-year students to third-level study) and was recently regarded as the second-highest academic performer in Leinster.
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

1. Newbridge College won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1941 and 1970. In 2012, the school won the Leinster Schools Vinnie Murray Cup. They won the Leinster Schools Junior Cup final in 1950 and again in 2020 when they shared the title with Blackrock College. The school has also advanced to several finals, notably the Senior and Junior Cup finals in 1939. 2. In Gaelic games, the College won the Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship in 1923 and was a finalist in 1922. In 1926, the school reached the finals of the Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship.  3. Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup - 1941, 1970, 2020, 2023 (joint winners of SCT and JCT), (runners-up in 1932, 1939, 1945, 1959, 1966, and 1996) Leinster Schools Junior Cup - 1950, 2020, 2021, and 2023 (runners-up 1929, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1956, 1998, 2012)
Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Dr. John Monahan, PhD, was the inaugural winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. He was a student at Newbridge College in 1965 and went on to found a NASDAQ-listed biotech company in California. 

School Information

Newbridge College is a modern, well-equipped campus that encourages learning and collaboration. Every element of the campus is designed to encourage academic excellence, from spacious classrooms equip...View moreView Less

Mr Pat O'Brien

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+353 45 487 200

Common, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Geography
  • Political Science
  • Languages
  • Science
  • English
  • Social Studies

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