Castletroy College
Sport
Basketball is played at the school and the girls team have won the Senior Munster Cup final four times in a row and the senior all Ireland three times in a row. The school's girls' soccer team have also been in more than 6 All-Ireland finals, winning several of them.
In March 2008, Castletroy's rugby teams both won the Munster Schools Junior Cup and the Munster Schools Senior Cup. The former Limerick hurler Paudie Fitzmaurice previously taught maths at the school. Competitive swimmer Gráinne Murphy also attended Castletroy College.
Other activities
In 2004, Patrick Collison, a student of the school, won second prize at the EsatBT Young Scientist of the Year Awards. Patrick and his brother John Collison later went on to found the payments company Stripe.
Another student, Galin Ganchev, won several Maths Olympiad medals, including silver medals at the 5th European Union Science Olympiad (2007) and the Irish EU Science Olympiad (2007), a silver medal at the Balkan Maths Olympiad (2008), and was a co-winner of the PRISM Irish National Maths Contest (2007).
In December 2010, a student from the school was awarded a medal from the Institute of Physics for coming joint first in that year's Leaving Certificate Physics examination.
Notable alumni
- John Collison, entrepreneur
- Patrick Collison, entrepreneur
- Eoin Hayes, politician
- Leah McNamara, actress
- Gráinne Murphy, swimmer
- Ronan O'Mahony, rugby player
References
- ^ "Welcome". Castletroy College. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Directory Page - Castletroy College". gov.ie. Department of Education. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Castletroy College win the Senior Cup". limerickblogger.ie. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ "Where are they now? Paudie Fitzmaurice". independent.ie. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "After silver, Grainne collects exam results". limerickpost.ie. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "The billion-dollar Collison brothers". Irish Examiner. 24 January 2014.
- ^ "News - headlines". dcu.ie. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007.
- ^ "British Mathematical Olympiad Subtrust (BMOS) and Committee (BMOC)". bmoc.maths.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.
- ^ "Girls come first in physics - The Institute of Physics blog". 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010.
- ^ Lenihan, Rebecca (18 September 2023). "From Castletroy College to over €20 billion in business for entrepreneur brothers". limerickleader.ie. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ Lynch, Richard (28 January 2017). "Limerick actress Leah McNamara nominated for an Audi Dublin International Film Festival award". ILoveLimerick.ie. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Casey, Gavan (10 April 2019). "'I'm heartbroken' - Munster wing Ronan O'Mahony forced to retire aged 29". the42.ie. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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