Saint David's Holy Faith Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school in

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, Ireland. Originally established in 1906 as an all-girls boarding school by the Holy Faith Sisters, it was the only secondary school in Greystones until 2014. By 2015, Saint David's school was operating under the patronage of the

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. As of December 2024, the school had an enrollment of approximately 750 pupils. In 2024, a new school building was opened. This development project, which included a new sports hall and library, involved a "retrofit of the riginal1950s and 1970s school building". The new building received a "Public Buildings and Infrastructure Award" from the

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(RIAI).

Extra-curricular activities

In 2009, a team representing the school became the first Irish team to win the

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world championship competition. A team from the school also won a "best engineered car" award at the 2013 world championship event.

Notable past pupils

* Paul McShane, footballer *

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, 16th

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2020–2025

References

{{reflist Secondary schools in County Wicklow 1906 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1906