De La Salle College Waterford 3.72

De La Salle College Waterford is a secondary school in Waterford, Ireland with over 1,000 students and 70 teachers.The De La Salle Brothers had a presence in Waterford since the 1870s, and opened a teacher training college at Newtown, Waterford in 1894. A secondary school was opened on the site in the 1940s. School management was criticised in a 2012 Department of Education inspection report for taking on €500,000 in debts for refurbishments with little educational benefit, and for teachers teaching subjects for which they were not qualified.Notable alumni Jim Beglin - Soccer player (Liverpool, Leeds United, Ireland) John O'Shea - Soccer player (Manchester United, Ireland) John Mullane - Hurler Bryan Flynn - Theatre Director / Composer Brother Potamian O' Reilly - a scientist, carried out the first X-ray in Ireland Val Doonican - Singer and TV entertainer Martin Dunphy - Entrepreneur