St Declan's College is an all-boys,

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located in Cabra West,

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. It was originally established by The Christian Brothers in 1960 with an initial enrollment of 75. It is now a public (state-funded) school under the management of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.

Notable alumni

Sportspeople (footballers)

* The Brogan family: Bernard Brogan Snr; Jim Brogan;

Alan Brogan Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played cen ...

, born 1982;

Bernard Brogan Jnr Bernard Brogan (born 3 April 1984) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who previously played for the Dublin county team. He is originally from the Battery Heights. From a famous footballing family, he is the ...

, born 1984; Paul Brogan, born 1986 * Harry Kenny, born 1962 *

Owen Heary Owen Heary (born 4 October 1976) is an Irish professional football player and manager. He is formerly the manager of Shelbourne in the League of Ireland First Division, the club with which he spent most of his playing career. Playing career He ...

, born 1976 * Richie Partridge, born 1980 * Barry Cahill, born 1981 * Paul Keegan, born 1984 *

Shane Supple Shane Supple (born 4 May 1987) is an Irish coach and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In 2015, he made a return to competitive football, after initially retiring in 2009, by signing for non-league Crumlin United, before returning t ...

, born 1987 * Kevin Bonner * Senan Connell *

Declan Lally Declan Lally, or Déaglán Ó Maolalaidh, is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays the left half forward position at senior level for the Dublin county team. Lally won 5 Leinster titles and one All Ireland title. Playing career Lally was on ...

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Seán Bugler Seán Bugler (born 1998) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin SFC club St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team. He usually lines out as a defender. Career Bugler first play ...

Sportspeople (other)

* Alan Nolan, hurler born 1985 * Peadar Carton, hurler and footballer born 1986 * Donal Burke, hurler

Artists

Barry Ward (actor) Barry Ward is an Irish actor. He began his career as a child actor in the RTÉ/BBC series ''Family'' (1994) and ''Plotlands'' (1997), and the film ''Sunburn'' (1999). His films since include '' Jimmy's Hall'', ''Blood Cells'' (both 2014), '' Ext ...

, stage and screen actor *

Gavin James (singer) Gavin Wigglesworth (born 5 July 1991), known professionally as Gavin James, is an Irish singer-songwriter. In March 2013 and March 2016, he won two Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year award. Early life James was born in Dublin and grew u ...

, singer-songwriter and musician. * Kojaque (hip-hop artist), rapper and producer.

Politicians

Paschal Donohoe Paschal Donohoe (born 19 September 1974) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as President of the Eurogroup since July 2020 and Ireland's Minister for Finance (Ireland), Minister for Finance since January 2025, and previously from 201 ...

, born 1974

Broadcasters

* Gareth O'Callaghan, born 1961

References

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