Cistercian College, Roscrea
Catholic school in Ireland
Cistercian College, Roscrea (CCR; also called Roscrea College) is a private boarding school in Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic seven-day and five-day boarding and day school for boys, founded in 1905. Its pupil population is primarily made up of boarding students with some day students also attending. In May 2025 it was announced that from 2026 the school will become co-educational.
Location
Located within the grounds of Mount St. Joseph Abbey in County Offaly, Ireland, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Roscrea town, the school is managed by monks of the Trappist branch of the Cistercians. Surrounded by open wooded countryside and thirty acres of grounds and sports fields, it also adjoins the abbey's farm of 360 ha (890 acres).
While County Tipperary is in Munster, the school does not play in Munster competitions. This is because the original property and lands are Mount Heaton House (now the guesthouse) and demesne in the townland of Ballyskenagh, which is actually in the territory of Ely O'Carroll in County Offaly (formerly Kings County). The house, school, abbey, farm and playing fields are just across the county border from County Tipperary, and so the school plays its sport in Leinster competitions.
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