Coláiste Eoin
Coláiste Eoin is an Irish language Catholic voluntary secondary Gaelcholáiste for boys, under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust located in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It prides itself in the Irish culture, having successful hurling and football teams, traditional music bands, and Irish language debating teams. Over 96% of students went on to third-level education in 2005. The school is financed by resources from the Department of Education and Skills and voluntary donations.CampusThe school is 6 km from Dublin city centre. The campus incorporates Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Ãosagáin's original 1970s-built buildings, a science block, an arts block, the newly built 3-storey classroom block and sports hall, and a large sports field with a football and hurling pitch.New buildingsEarly in the 1990s it was deemed that the school's existing single storey buildings, built in the 1970s, were too small to accommodate the growth of both Coláiste Eoin and Ãosagáin. It was decided that the school would require both a new classroom block and a sports hall and auditorium. The project experienced difficulties due to a lack of funds. It took many years of collecting voluntary donations from parents and members of the public for the project to reach the planning stage. A second barrier was posed by the fact that additional accommodation could only be placed in a constricted rear area of the site, because the existing grass, gaelic pitch to the south of this site was to be retained. This restricted site condition caused the new building to be formed into two shared elements: a four-storey academic block, and a Sports Hall with performance space. Despite these difficulties, building commenced in 2001, of a Grafton Architects designed structure that met the schools requirements. The project was completed in 2003 and it won a prestigious award at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Awards 2004. As well as that, the art block was expanded and redecorated over the summer of 2011
