HISTORYHoly Child Boys' National School opened on Wednesday, the 1st of July 1942 to cater for pupils in the Parish of Larkhill / Whitehall. Also opened in the same year was the Holy Child Infant School and the Holy Child Girls' School.
The Boys' School catered for boys from 1st Class to 6th Class and the first pupil registered in the school was Joseph Doyle of 249 Larkhill Road. A total of 447 pupils in all were on Roll in that first year. Three years later, in 1945, there were over 600 boys registered. The total number peaked in 1975 when there were over 950 pupils on Roll. |
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The first Principal of the Boys' School was Mr. Giles Cooper and the Principals who succeeded him were:
Mr. John Lawlor; Mr. Colm Clandillon; Mr. Tony O' Donnell; Mr. Joe Scully; Mr. Tom Quinn and Mr. John Gleeson. Among the many famous past pupils of the school are: Seán Dunphy who had a very successful singing career and represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. Jimmy Keaveney, famous Dublin footballer and All-Ireland winner who was a pupil in the 1950's; Liam Brady, who played for Arsenal and was one of the best ever Irish soccer players attended Larkhill Boys' School in the 1960's. |
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