| St Mary's Knockbeg College | |
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| Coordinates | 52°52′1.73″N 6°56′16.32″W / 52.8671472°N 6.9378667°W |
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| School type | Public, Voluntary |
| Motto | Motto: Recissa Vegetior Assurgit "That what has been cut back will grow stronger" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | catholic |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1793 |
| Oversight | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin |
| Rector | Micheal Murphy |
| Principal | Michael Carew |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 12/13 – 18/19 |
| Enrollment | 400+ students |
| Language | English |
| Classrooms | 20+ |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Song | Knockbeg Army |
| Sports | Gaelic football, Hurling, Basketball, Athletics |
| Yearbook | Knockbeg College Annual |
| Website | knockbegcollege |
St Mary's Knockbeg College (Irish: Coláiste Muire Cnoc Beag) is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois/Carlow border in Ireland, approximately 3 km from both Carlow town and Graiguecullen, County Laois. A former seminary school for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, it was founded in 1793. Exclusively a boarding school until the 1980s, it now accommodates only day-pupils; the boarding school having closed down in June 2011. Knockbeg College celebrated its bicentenary in 1993.
Knockbeg won the All-Ireland College's Senior Football Championship in 2005, under the guidance of former Laois GAA football captain and current[when?] teacher, Chris Conway.
In 2006, Knockbeg were the victors of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Quiz Championship, bringing All-Ireland success to the college twice in two years, and were crowned All-Ireland German Debating Champions in 2008.[1]
- ^ Knockbeg College students sprechen Deutsch' to win All Ireland debating title - News, frontpage - Carlowpeople.ie Also won the Leinster and South Leinster Junior football championship in 2019Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine