school's two traditional sports throughout the 20th century. The school produced numerous successful teams, including Dublin and Leinster Colleges Champions in 1964 at Under 15, a team that included Don Givens, while the school contested three out of six Leinster Colleges hurling and football finals in 1956. The Leinster Junior Cup winning team of 1965 comprised the core of the 1967 Leinster Senior Cup finalists, including one Anton O'Toole in both teams. Synge Street Past Pupils Gaelic Football Club Until 1999, past pupils of the school played together in a unique club – Synge Street Past Pupils GFC. The club would only register players who had formerly been pupils at the school. In 1999 the club merged with Templeogue GFC to form Templeogue Synge Street GFC. The club own their own grounds at Dolphin Park, in Dolphins Barn. This ground was originally the Dolphin Racing Track and was purchased by the Christian Brothers in 1943, as playing fields for the school, with a total area of 15 acres, but were subsequently sold to the club in the 1990s. Soccer The school has a very strong soccer tradition producing many great players including Ireland internationals Billy Whelan (one of the Busby Babes who died in the Munich air disaster), Tommy Hamilton (the Shamrock Rovers stalwart) and Andy Reid. The school fielded its first competitive soccer team in 1975, and won its first soccer trophy – the Leinster Junior School's Cup – in 1977, and until recently had a very strong under 18's soccer team winning Leinster Trophies and representing the school in many tournaments including the Schools World Cup in Israel, which Synge Street represented Ireland in 1993. They finished the competition in sixth place and took the fair play award. Hurling The school also has a strong hurling tradition with teams reaching many Dublin and Leinster finals at all levels. Kevin's Hurling club, also based in Dolphin's Barn, is independent of the school, being originally set up for Saint Kevin's Parish. But its association with the school goes back to the turn of the 20th century. In 1934 Sylvestor Muldowney, a past pupil of the school, became one of the few Dublin natives to represent his county in an All-Ireland hurling final. Young Scientist Exhibition The school has one of the best success rates in the Young Scientist competition and one of their science teachers, Jim Cooke, was considered one