The High School, Dublin
The High School is a 12–18 mixed, Church of Ireland, independent secondary school in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1870 at Harcourt Street before moving to Rathgar in 1971. It amalgamated with The Diocesan School for Girls in 1974, becoming co-educational. In 2009, it was ranked as the best-performing school in Ireland in terms of progression to third-level education. The school offers a range of sports including rugby, cricket, tennis, badminton and athletics. It is part of the Erasmus Smith Trust. Notable alumni Lenny Abrahamson, film director and screenwriter Ernest Alton, university professor, independent Teachta Dála and Senator Nicola Daly, hockey player Charles D'Arcy, bishop John Duggan, bishop Jonathan Garth, cricketer C. G. Grey, editor and writer Howard Kilroy, accountant and businessman F. S. L. Lyons, historian and academic William Kirkpatrick Magee, author, editor, and librarian Brian McCracken, judge Roly Meates, former Ireland national rugby union team coach Alison Meeke, hockey player Greg Molins, cricketer Jason Molins, cricketer J. Alec Motyer, biblical scholar Annalise Murphy, sailor William Noblett, priest and author David Norris, scholar, independent Senator and civil rights activist Denis O'Brien, businessman Shane O'Donoghue, field hockey player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, fiddler Philip Orr BIL, rugby union player John Robbie BIL, rugby union player Trevor Sargent, politician and priest Alan Shatter, politician Roland Shortt, cricketer John Thorpe, priest William Thrift, university professor and independent Teachta Dála Jack Butler Yeats, artist and Olympic medallist William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist See also Pearse Street, Dublin References External links Rathgar Secondary schools in Dublin (city) Private schools in the Republic of Ireland Anglican schools in the Republic of Ireland 1870 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1870