Royal School Cavan - Dublin
The Royal School Cavan is a Christian Co-Educational Secondary Boarding School in Cavan Town. It was founded in 1611 by James I. At present it caters for over two hundred pupils, comprising of both day and boarding.
The present school building, which dates back to 1819, was purpose build as a School. It has, however, been extensively renovated and modernised in recent years. The building is situated on its own grounds (20 acres) adjacent to Cavan town and has ample outdoor recreational facilities as Full sized floodlit all-weather hockey pitch, Grass soccer pitch and Hard tennis/basketball court with floodlighting.
The school offers 13 class rooms, a library as well as specialist rooms as Science Laboratory, Computer Room - PC Network Broadband Internet Access, Technology Room, Music Tutorial Room, Art and Craft Room, Home Economics Room
The first Headmaster was John Robinson who was appointed on the 5th. Of October 1611. The School has an unbroken educational tradition in County Cavan since then, becoming the country's second co-educational boarding school in 1924.
At the school pupils are encouraged to participate in physical activity at their own pace in a non competitive environment. They look upon this as promoting a healthy lifestyle and hope that the good habits picked up in school will continue into adult life, thus reducing the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses which beset our society.
These activities include power walking and sports in a non competitive environment, eg. Hockey, table tennis, swimming, badminton, pool etc. All pupils are encouraged to take part in physical activity at whatever level they are comfortable at.
- Agriculture / Horticulture
- Art
- Arte Visual
- Biology
- Science
- Accounting
- Cspe (civic education and social policy)
- Desarrollo Digital y Multimedia
- Diseño Gráfico
- Diseño y Comunicación Gráfica
- Economía Doméstica
- Home economics
- Physical education
- Educación Religiosa
- Religious education
- Sphe (social education, personal and health)
- Business studies
- Estudios Empresariales
- French
- Francés
- Gaeilge
- Gaeilge
- Geografía
- Geography
- History
- History
- English
- Inglés
- Matemáticas
- Mathematics
- Música
- Music
- Programación
- Chemistry
- Technology
- Tecnología
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Ciencias
- Kitchen
- Choir
- Dramatization / theatre
- European football
- Hockey
- Computing
- Swimming
- Rounders (baseball)
- Taller de Arte
- Workshop debates
- Tennis
- Table tennis
- Trekking
- Volleyball
- Library
- Cooking for Home Economics
- Gym
- Laboratory
- Art room
- Music room
- Media room
- Wifi
| Period | Accommodation | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Full year | Familia | €16,095.00 |
| Full year | Residencia de estudiantes | €29,900.00 |
| Full year | Residencia de estudiantes + familia fin de semana | €17,295.00 Internado de 5 días y fin de semana en familia |
- Royal School Cavan
- College Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan
Dublin,Ireland- Phone Number
- 494361605
- info@royalschoolcavan.ie
- Website
- http://www.royalschoolcavan.ie/
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