FEATURE: Racing certainties abound at Clongowes Wood in Clane
Henry Bauress looks at the famous names from the racing world linked to the school
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Clongowes Wood College in Clane is one Ireland’s best known schools.
Set up in 1814 by the Jesuit order, it is the only seven-day male boarding school in the country.
Many well-known Irish men have studied there, including some with famous racing connections. Such students include Michael O’Leary; Patrick Mullins, son of Ireland’s leading trainer, Willie Mullins, and Pat Taaffe, son of trainer Tom Taaffe, and grandson of the late legendary Pat Taaffe, who rode, among other animals, the great Arkle.