level. Sports Facilities Newtown has a 25m indoor swimming pool (with diving platforms and a diving board), a gym, a weights-room, an astroturf hockey pitch, an athletics track, two hockey training pitches, two rugby pitches, a cricket lawn and tennis courts. A cross-country track also runs along the perimeter of the grounds. Notable alumni Erskine Barton Childers – writer, journalist, United Nations civil servant Jeamie Deacon – rugby union and field hockey player Ralph Fiennes – actor R. F. Foster – historian of the Modern Irish period Ian Gibson – historian, author and Hispanist Sinéad O'Connor – singer Nick Popplewell – rugby union player Philip Boucher-Hayes – journalist [[Phill Jolly]- Upper Class References External links Newtown School official website Newtown School Waterford, Mountmellick & Foy Old Scholars Association History of Irish Quaker schools Buildings and structures in Waterford (city) Education in Waterford (city) Quaker schools Secondary schools in County Waterford Educational institutions established in 1798 Boarding schools in Ireland Private schools in the Republic of Ireland Protestant schools in the Republic of Ireland Co-educational boarding schools 1798 establishments in Ireland