St. Aidan's CBS

St Aidan's C.B.S. is an Irish Christian Brothers secondary school under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust located on Collins Avenue, Dublin. It is beside Dublin City University. The school was opened in 1964 in two classrooms of Larkhill Boys National Front under the invitation of Fr. Brady, parish priest of Whitehall. Br. Paul Hayes was the school’s first principal. In 1965 the expansion of the school began. Around this time Albert College was moving to the Lyons Estate in Celbridge, leaving a site available for another school which St. Aidan’s was quick to avail of. The government were providing 90% capitation grants to schools to build and expand in addition to Donogh O'Malley providing free education for all, leading to increased numbers. Phase one of the new school was completed in January 1968 and phase 2 was completed by September of that same year. Past pupils include Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, writer Michael Nugent, Dublin gaelic footballers Tommy Drumm, Paul Clarke, Dave Synnott, Paddy Christie and Paddy Moran, Olympians Owen Casey (tennis) Paul Ward (cycling) and Niall Bruton (athletics) and former Republic of Ireland footballers Liam Brady and Mark Kinsella and David Brophy, Principal Conductor of the RTE Concert Orchestra. If you are a past pupil, you can join a linkedin group at - http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2753922&csrfToken=ajax%3A3758524635379584914