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It is situated beside a ditch and wall—known as ramparts—constructed for the defence of the Pale in the 14th century. The building was completely refurbished in 2004 and the reception area was moved back there from the "1999 building."
Nov 28, 2020 · The chosen location was a historic one as it was on the line of The Pale and there had been castles on the site since 1450. The new school occupied the relatively modern 18th century version with the entire community of Jesuits and students living in the same building.
1929 Building. Modern Times. Clongowes Wood College has a long and rich history since its inception in 1814 with the establishment of Ireland’s first Jesuit school.
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THE PALE The castle at Clongowes Wood College was built around 1450 by the Eustace family. Originally it was a Pale castle built to protect the English frontier from incursions by the Irish clans in search of cattle and plunder. There are remains of the Pale in close proximity to the castle.
18 August, 2pm – 6pm. 20 August, 10am – 1pm. The Pale and Beyond. On Saturday August 20th at 3pm, Clane Community Council and Clane Local History Group have organised a stroll to the ramparts of the Pale and around the grounds of Clongowes Wood College.
This famous Jesuit school, where James Joyce, John Redmond and Thomas Francis Meagher all studied, was a 15 th Century Eustace Castle, built to defend the Pale – a double ditch separating English settled land from Gaelic Ireland. Sections of the Pale can still be seen here.
Clongowes Wood College was founded in 1814 in a rebuilt Pale castle – Castle Brown in North Kildare, about 25 miles from Dublin. A boarding school for boys from 12–18, the school has developed steadily ever since and now has circa 500 pupils on the rolls, all of whom are seven-day boarders.
