St David's Holy Faith Secondary School, Greystones

Saint David's Holy Faith Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. Originally established in 1906 as an all-girls boarding school by the Holy Faith Sisters,^[3] it was the only secondary school in Greystones until 2014.^[4] By 2015, Saint David's school was operating under the patronage of the Le Chéile Schools Trust.^[5] As of December 2024, the school had an enrollment of approximately 750 pupils.^[1]

Saint David's Holy Faith Secondary School
Location
Kimberley Road Greystones , County Wicklow Ireland
Coordinates	53.1467°N 6.0611°W / 53.1467; -6.0611
Information
School type	Voluntary secondary (Roman Catholic)[1]
Patron saint(s)	Le Chéile Schools Trust[2]
Founded	1906[3]
Principal	Simon Carey (as of 2024)[1]
Years	First through sixth
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	753 (2024[1])
Website	www.stdavids.ie

In 2024, a new school building was opened.^[6] This development project, which included a new sports hall and library,^[7] involved a "retrofit of the [original] 1950s and 1970s school building".^[8] The new building received a "Public Buildings and Infrastructure Award" from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI).^[9]

Extra-curricular activities

In 2009, a team representing the school became the first Irish team to win the F1 in Schools world championship competition.^[10][11] A team from the school also won a "best engineered car" award at the 2013 world championship event.^[12]

Notable past pupils

• Paul McShane, footballer^[13]
• Maria Doyle Kennedy, singer, songwriter, and television/film actress^{[citation needed]}
• Simon Harris, 16th Taoiseach^[14]
• Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health 2020–2025^[15]