Old Locations of the School

No. 15 Rutland (now Parnell Square East) was the first location for the school, with the school moving at least twice i.e. North Great Georges Street and Clontarf. George Hamilton King was the last head master, who was coincidentally also born Ennis, County Clare.

Sports

Since 1834 the Bective name has played a part in the social and sporting fabric of Dublin city. The school was ideally situated for recreational activities for its students as a green field within the Rotunda Gardens adjunct.
The green field is long gone and is the site of the Garden Of Remembrance. In addition the school masters would make use of the tram line to the Phoenix Park, there is every facility for out-of-door activities (Irish Times January 13th 1882) This period was a time of great social and economic change with many new schools, both religious orders and private, opening across the large towns and cities in Britain and Ireland. The sport of rugby was very much in its infancy during the 19th century, with the popularity of rugby growing throughout schools, universities and with British Army regiments across the British Isles. It had many variations and its rules depended very much of the locale in which it was played.