St Finbarr's College, Farranferris
Farranferris was a secondary school, on the north side of Cork City, Ireland.
St Finbarr's College was built as a seminary for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross in 1883-5. It was constructed by E.P. O'Flynn at a cost of £17,000 to designs by Samuel Francis Hynes (it is listed in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritige as a "fine and imposing example of late Victorian ecclesiastical architecture in the Gothic Revival style").[1]
In 1960, the college was expanded (to the designs of James Boyd Barrett) to provide extra schoolroom accommodation and it began to take non-seminary boarders.[1]
With time, Farranferris began to accept pupils from the city as day students.
The uniform worn by students was a wine-coloured jumper with grey shirt and trousers.
The centenary of the founding of the seminary was celebrated in 1987.
Farranferris closed to boarding pupils at the end of the 1999-2000 academic year and the college closed fully in 2006.[2]
Sports
The school was successful at hurling, having won the Dr. Harty Cup and Dr. Croke Cup on several occasions.
Literature
- Walsh, Fr. J. C.: Farranferris: The Heritage of St Finbarr 1887-1987. Tower Books, Cork 1987.
Notable pupils and staff
- Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork
- Timothy Smiddy, Ireland's first Ambassador/Overseas Minister
- Aloys Fleischmann, Composer, Cathedral Organist and Choirmaster
- Patrick MacSwiney, Priest, Gaelic Scholar, Antiquarian, Historian and Teacher
- Francis Fogarty, Air Chief Marshal and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II
- Michael Joseph Sheehan, Brigadier in the British Army (service during World War I and World War II)
- Cornelius Lucey, Bishop of Cork/Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Dinny Barry-Murphy, Hurler
- Aloys Fleischmann Jnr., Composer
- James Young, Hurler and Gaelic Footballer
- Christy Ring, Hurler (Coached at Farranferris)
- Jerome Kiely, Poet
- John A. Murphy, Historian
- Seán Ó Riada, Composer and founder of Ceoltóirí Chualann
- Michael O Brien, Hurling Coach and Hurling Manager
- Bill O'Herlihy, Broadcaster
- John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Joe Walsh, Politician
- Seánie Barry, Hurler
- Johnny Crowley, Hurler
- Finbar Wright, Singer
- Kieran Kingston, Hurler and Hurling Manager
- Jerry Buttimer, Politician
- Liam Twomey, Politician
- Mark Foley, Hurler
- Kevin Murray, Hurler
- Mark Prendergast, Hurler
- Tom Kenny, Hurler
- Paul Tierney, Hurler
- John Gardiner, Hurler
- Shane Murphy, Hurler