Blackrock College is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 1860 as a school and later became also a civil service training centre.
Blackrock College
Blackrock v St Michael's 2006 Leinster Schools Senior Cup final at Lansdowne Road
Blackrock is an affluent suburb of Dublin, Ireland, 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Dún Laoghaire. It is named after the local geological rock formation to be found in the area of Blackrock Park. In the late 18th century, the Blackrock Road was a common place for highway robberies. The Blackrock baths, provided for by the railway company in 1839, became popular in the 19th century but Blackrock is now a tourist destination.
Clockwise from top: Blackrock Main Street, George's Avenue in Blackrock, the Frascati shopping centre
"Blackrock Dolmen" (1987) by Rowan Gillespie with the church St. John the Baptist in the background
8th or 9th Century Cross at Blackrock said to mark the boundary of Dublin city
Saint Mary Magdalena by Blackrock-born artist Reginald Gray – it hangs in The Church of The Holy Cross, St.Pancras, London