Rathmines School
Rathmines School was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school.
The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the school and headmaster for over 40 years was Reverend Dr Charles William Benson.
Notable pupils
- Edward Vaughan Boulger, Professor of Classics in the University of Adelaide. Taught at Rathmines c. 1870–1871
- Henry Horatio Dixon FRS plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin.
- Evelyn Charles Hodges Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, 1943 to 1960 and died on 18 March 1980.
- John Joly FRS physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin
- James Bennett Keene Bishop of Meath from 1897 to 1919
- Septimus Drummond "Sep" Lambert cricketer.
- Hugh Jackson Lawlor priest and author
- Walter Frederick Osborne artist
- Arthur Alcock Rambaut astronomer
- Daniel Frederick Rambaut psychiatrist and rugby player