Castletroy College, Limerick

About Castletroy College

”Castletroy College is a mixed community secondary school in Newtown, Castletroy, County Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in December 2000 by Michael D. Higgins and has over 100 rooms. It has over 1500 students.AchievementsSportThe school's girls' basketball team have won the Senior Munster Cup final four times in a row and the senior all Ireland three times in a row. The junior team have nearly equalled that record. The school's girls' soccer team have been in more than 6 All-Ireland finals, winning more than half of them. They have been in 8 Munster finals, and won 6. They have had 7 players compete at Irish level, and most of the team compete at Munster and county level.In March 2008, Castletroy won both Munster Schools rugby premier competitions, the Munster Schools Junior Cup and the Munster Schools Senior Cup. In the Junior Cup, they beat PBC and in the Senior Cup, they beat CBC. Limerick hurler Paudie Fitzmaurice is a former teacher at the school. Competitive swimmer, Gráinne Murphy also attended the college.Other eventsIn 2004, Castletroy pupils Aisling O'Brien and Naomi Guerin won the regional "Young Chef of the year" awards. In the same year, Patrick Collison, a student of the school, won second prize at the EsatBT Young Scientist of the Year Awards. Collison and his brother John are now billionaire entrepreneurs. Read more

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