Marist College, Athlone

Marist College is a secondary school for boys in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland.

The school was founded in 1884 by the Marist Brothers, a French Order, and the first principal was Brother Mungo. The original school was based in Glesson Street/Saint Mary's Square. The college had a seminary for Juniorate training between 1915 and 1936 located at Bailieborough Castle, County Cavan.

In 1973, the school moved to its current location on Retreat Road. The current principal is Mr. Michael Dermody.

Notable past pupils

F1 in Schools

F1 in Schools is the largest and most successful international, school-based STEM competition. Annually, winners of the national final in each participating country go on to the world finals, which are held in a host country, and live streamed globally at the Grand Prix. The competition requires students to form and properly finance an F1 team to design and manufacture a miniature CO2-powered F1 car. Similarly to real F1, teams must put together a pit booth, make a verbal presentation, compile engineering and enterprise portfolios and answer judges' questions on anything from the aero-dynamics of the car to the colour palette they chose for branding. They then finally race against other teams.

Marist College is a school with a history in this competition, with 4 previous teams reaching the world finals. Catalyst Racing is the schools current team. It consists of 4 members - Donal McDermott (Team Manager and Design Engineer), Eoin Kane (Graphic Designer), David O'Shea (Manufacturing engineer and Sponsorship Manager) and Sean Mac Carthy (Manufacturing engineer and Finance Manager). Catalyst racing's operations are in the same building as Marist College

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