Blackrock College

Blackrock College is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, , , . It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 1860 as a school and later became also a civil service training centre.
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  • Email: info@blackrockcollege.com
  • Type: School
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Catholic school established and owned by the Spiritans in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Williamstown Castle”
  • Address: Rock Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Booterstown and Church of the Assumption, Booterstown.

Railway station
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railway station is a suburban station that serves in , . is situated 620 metres north of Blackrock College.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic church located in , , . The church represents the Parish of the Assumption Booterstown, which was established in 1616. is situated 390 metres west of Blackrock College.

Railway station
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railway station serves in , . It opened to the public on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland. is situated 1 km east of Blackrock College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Booterstown and Blackrock.

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is a coastal suburban town near . The Bellfield campus of University College Dublin, a major research university, is about 2 km west of . The area is home to marsh, a bird sanctuary.

Town
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is an affluent suburb of , , 3 km northwest of . It is named after the local geological rock formation to be found in the area of Park.

Suburb
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, formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburb of in . is located in , and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present.

Blackrock College

Latitude
53.30463° or 53° 18′ 17″ north
Longitude
-6.19278° or 6° 11′ 34″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C5M8R34+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54850837
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q4923314
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Blackrock College” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “布莱克罗克学院”
  • Chinese: “黑石書院”
  • French: “Blackrock College”
  • Galician: “Blackrock College”
  • German: “Williamstown Castle”
  • Hausa: “Kwalejin Blackrock”
  • Irish: “Blackrock College”
  • Irish: “Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe”
  • Japanese: “ブラックロック・カッレジ”
  • Japanese: “ブラックロック・カレッジ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackrock College”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe”
  • Slovenian: “Blackrock College”
  • Slovenian: “Williamstown Castle”
  • Swedish: “Blackrock College”
  • Ukrainian: “замок Вільямстоун”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Вільямстоун”
  • Ukrainian: “коледж Блекрок”
  • Welsh: “Coleg Blackrock”

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Highlights include Willow Park School and Blackrock Clinic.

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