St. Josephs BNS
St. Josephs BNS is a boys primary school in Terenure, Dublin, Ireland founded on November 5 1866, the school was then called Roundtown Boys' National School, at its opening the school had 174 pupils & 3 teachers. The school competes in Gaelic Football & Hurling.
Digital School
St. Joseph's was the first primary school in Ireland to introduce the digital curriculum, they won the inaugural Irish Digital school's award in 2006, the award was presented by Minister Mary Hanifin.
Past Pupils
- Danny O'Reilly- The Coronas
- Conor Egan- The Coronas
- Michael Collins- Former Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Bernard Butler- Former Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Ollie Byrne- Former footballer of Shelbourne F.C., he later became chairman
Other Facts
- former African-American astronaut Winston E. Scott visited the school. Scott is one of a Small number of African-Americans to set foot in space.
- astronaut Eileen Collins also visited the school, Collins is the first woman to command a space-shuttle, Collins was in Ireland because University College Dublin conferred on Colonel Collins the honorary Doctor of Science degree of the National University of Ireland on 14 June 2006.
- The Coronas once played a concert in the school.