29-628: Clongowes Wood College SJ is a Catholic voluntary boarding school for boys near Clane , County Kildare , Ireland , founded by the Jesuits in 1814. It features prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . One of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ireland , it had 450 students in 2019. The school's current headmaster, Christopher Lumb,
58-446: A Board of Management or less often a patron or religious institute . A school principal is in general control of everyday business. Some voluntary secondary schools are boarding schools , this is particularly so in the case of Protestant , many of which are Church of Ireland , as students cannot commute daily to such schools which are often located only in a few provincial towns. These schools generally receive additional grants to
87-540: A Licentiate of Sacred Theology from Regis College , Toronto between 1981 and 1985. He subsequently completed a Master of Arts in Irish translation from Queen's University, Belfast. He was ordained to the priesthood on 22 June 1984 and made his final profession on 15 February 1997. Following ordination, McGuckian spent four years as a teacher in Clongowes Wood College and vocations director for
116-605: A fatal explosion in Creeslough , County Donegal , on 7 October 2022, McGuckian referred to the explosion as "the darkest day in Donegal", adding that the local community was "living through a nightmare of shock and horror". He also concelebrated at the Funeral Masses of each of the victims, describing the fact that the parish church would be holding two funerals in the space of three hours as "surreal". McGuckian
145-558: A first set of back-to-back titles with wins in 2010 and 2011 before being awarded a joint title in the 2020 season which was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The school featured prominently in James Joyce 's semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . A documentary depicting a year in the life in the school was screened in 2001 as part of RTÉ 's True Lives series. The popular fictional series of Ross O'Carroll Kelly has mentioned Clongowes Wood on
174-524: A large pipe organ in the gallery, and a sequence of Stations of the Cross painted by Sean Keating . School tradition has it that the portrait of Pontius Pilate in the 12th station was based on the school rector, who had refused to pay the artist his asking price. The moat that outlines the nearby forest of the college is the old border of The Pale , with the Wogan-Browne castle (now the residence of
203-407: A number of occasions in the book and Irish Times column. Voluntary secondary school In education in Ireland , a voluntary secondary school (or privately-owned secondary school ; Irish : scoil dheonach ) is a post-primary school that is privately owned and managed. Most are denominational schools, and the managers are often Catholic Church authorities, especially in
232-704: A regular visitor to the Donegal Gaeltacht . After one year in Belfast, McGuckian entered the Jesuit novitiate at Manresa House in Clontarf , Dublin , during which time he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Spanish from University College Dublin between 1974 and 1977, a Bachelor of Philosophy from Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy between 1977 and 1979, and a Master of Divinity and
261-523: Is known for its strong pedigree in rugby union . Despite a relatively small size, Clongowes has won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup nine times, winning its first final in 1926. Following this, there was a gap of 52 years until the next title in 1978. Beginning with a 3rd title in 1988 and up until 2011, Clongowes has appeared in 13 finals, more than any other school in the competition during this period. Clongowes secured
290-516: Is the first lay headmaster in its history. The school is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference being one of only three members based in the Republic of Ireland. The school is a secondary boarding school for boys from Ireland and other parts of the world. The school is divided into three groups, known as "lines". The Third Line is for first and second year students,
319-600: The Diocese of Down and Connor , and subsequently as chaplain to Ulster University campuses in Belfast and Jordanstown . Following the publication of the Living Church Report, which outlined the findings of a synodal process within the diocese, he was appointed by Noël Treanor in 2012 to set up and lead the Living Church Office, whose aim was to realise the hopes and aspirations expressed in
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#1732793235207348-984: The Gaeltacht . In an interview with The Irish Catholic in September 2019, McGuckian said that having a home is as fundamental as the right to life and education, and that the Government must be "pushed" to enshrine a right to housing in the Constitution of Ireland . He also joined a number of church leaders in the West of Ireland on 16 September 2021, in calling on the Irish government to offer reparations to homeowners whose properties were affected by defective concrete blocks . In an interview with The Irish Catholic in February 2021, McGuckian took issue with
377-417: The school leaving age by Donogh O'Malley triggered the creation of publicly managed community and comprehensive schools. Some smaller secondary schools subsequently merged with each other or with the public schools. Voluntary secondary schools still form the largest part of the post-primary school system and are attended by about 60% of post-primary education students. The schools are generally managed by
406-685: The 1970s. Leonard Moloney was the headmaster from 2004 to 2015. Michael Sheil retired as rector in 2006 and Bruce Bradley (headmaster 1992–2000) was his successor. In September 2011 Michael Sheil returned as rector. As of 2021, there are four Jesuits living at the school, two priests and two brothers. Clongowes is also part of an initiative to ease religious tensions in Turkey, currently being headed by Alan McGuckian (former teacher in Clongowes now Bishop of Raphoe) in Istanbul. One early history of
435-941: The Eustace family and became part of the fortified border of the Pale in 1494. The Eustaces lost their estates during the Restoration (1660) . The estate was sold by the Wogan-Brownes to the Jesuits in March 1814 for £16,000. The school accepted its first pupil, James McLornan, on 18 May 1814. In 1886, the Jesuit-run St Stanislaus College in Tullabeg, County Offaly, was amalgamated with Clongowes Wood College. Joseph Dargan served as rector in
464-509: The Jesuit community) landmarking its edge. The school traces its history back to a 799-acre (3.23 km) estate owned by the Wogan family in 1418 under the reign of Henry IV. The name "Clongowes" comes from the Irish for "meadow" ( cluain ) and for "blacksmith" ( gobha ). The estate was originally known as "Clongowes de Silva" ( de Silva meaning "of the wood" in Latin). The estate later passed to
493-676: The Jesuits, before undertaking a six month period of spiritual renewal in southern India and serving in a shanty town in Quezon City , Philippines . He returned to Ireland in 1992, where he was appointed director of the Jesuit Communication Centre, during which he developed Sacred Space , a website which allowed people to pray at their computer, in 1999, and Catholic news service CatholicIreland.net in 2004. McGuckian also served as editor of both An Timire and Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta , later translating
522-719: The Lower Line for third and fourth years, and the Higher Line for fifth and sixth years. Each year is known by a name, drawn from the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum : Elements (first year), Rudiments (second), Grammar (third), Syntax (fourth), Poetry (fifth), and Rhetoric (sixth). The medieval castle was originally built in the 13th century by John de Hereford, an early Anglo-Norman warrior and landowner in North Kildare. He had been given extensive lands in
551-499: The area of Kill, Celbridge and Mainham by his brother, Adam de Hereford, who had come to Ireland with ' Strongbow ', the Earl of Pembroke. The castle is the residence of the religious community and was improved by a " chocolate box " type restoration in the 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1718 by Stephen Fitzwilliam Browne and extended in 1788 by Thomas Wogan Browne. It is situated beside a ditch and wall—known as ramparts —constructed for
580-544: The autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola into Irish under the title Scéal an Oilithrigh . He also co-authored the drama 1912 - A Hundred Years On with Presbyterian historian Philip Orr in 2011, which looked at the experiences of the Ulster Covenant and the wider Home Rule movement from both nationalist and unionist perspectives. McGuckian also served as chaplain to many of the Gaelscoileanna in
609-635: The case of Catholic schools . Like national schools at primary level, voluntary secondary schools are supported by the Department of Education , on a per capita basis. Approximately 90% of teachers' salaries are met by the state. Some schools charge tuition fees, while many others request top-up funding or voluntary fee contributions from parents. The local community may also be involved in fund raising. Until 1966, all post-primary schools were voluntary secondary schools except for vocational schools run by Vocational Education Committees . The raising of
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#1732793235207638-479: The defence of the Pale in the 14th century. The building was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception area was moved back there from the "1999 building." The castle is connected to the modern buildings by an elevated corridor hung with portraits, the Serpentine Gallery referred to by James Joyce . This gallery was completely demolished and rebuilt in 2004 as part of a redevelopment programme for
667-468: The normal per capita grant. Alan McGuckian Alexander Aloysius " Alan " McGuckian , SJ (born 26 February 1953) is the 33rd Bishop of Down and Connor . McGuckian was born on 26 February 1953 in Cloughmills , County Antrim , the youngest of six children to Brian McGuckian and his wife Pauline (née McKenna). His father was a successful pig farmer who, alongside his brothers, developed
696-467: The report and subsequently in the upcoming diocesan pastoral plan. McGuckian was also appointed diocesan director of formation for the permanent diaconate in 2014, and also worked during his directorship of the Living Church Office to establish pastoral communities across the diocese, through fostering a culture of co-responsibility for the mission of the Church between clergy and lay people. McGuckian
725-545: The school buildings. In 1929, another wing was built at a cost of £135,000, presenting the rear façade of the school. It houses the main classrooms and the Elements, Rudiments, Grammar and Syntax dormitories. An expansion and modernisation was completed in 2000; the €4.8m project added another residential wing that included a 500-seat dining hall, kitchen, entrance hall, offices, and study/bedrooms for sixth year ("Rhetoric") students. The Boys' Chapel has an elaborate reredos,
754-466: The school is The Clongowes Record 1814–1932 by Timothy Corcoran (Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1932). A half-century later, a history was written by Roland Burke Savage and published in The Clongownian school magazine during the 1980s; that same decade, Peter Costello wrote Clongowes Wood: a History of Clongowes Wood College 1814–1989 , published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1989). Clongowes
783-506: The view held by political leaders that public worship was deemed to be "non-essential" during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland . Quoting Pope Francis, who stated that "the right to worship must be respected, protected and defended by civil authorities like the right to bodily and physical health", he expressed a need to let political leaders know that public worship was not only central, but also "utterly essential". Following
812-563: The world's biggest pig farm. Two of this brothers are also Jesuit priests, while another brother is a businessman and both of his sisters have predeceased him. He attended primary school in Cloughmills and secondary school at St MacNissi's College , before beginning studies in Irish and scholastic philosophy at Queen's University , Belfast in 1971, where he was a near-contemporary of future brother bishop Dónal McKeown . McGuckian first visited Ranafast in 1968, and has since become
841-542: Was appointed Bishop-elect of Raphoe by Pope Francis on 9 June 2017. His appointment made him the first member of the Jesuits to be appointed a bishop in Ireland. McGuckian was consecrated by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland , Eamon Martin , on 6 August in the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba , Letterkenny . He uses the name and title Alan Mac Eochagáin, C. Í. when ministering in
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