Sandymount High School was a coeducational secondary school on Herbert Road, Sandymount, Dublin. Founded in 1947, it was initially controversial because, as a non-denominational school, it wasn't owned by a church. Instead it was owned by the Cannon family, who also provided the two headmasters the school had.
While the school had gym - basically exercise classes - for Intermediate Certificate students, the school had no compulsory sports or sports team while Conall Cannon, the second headmaster, was in charge of the school: allegedly he hated having compulsory sports while he was a student.
Unusually, it had a rival school next door: Marian College, which opened several years afterwards and was run by the Catholic Church.
The school was closed in 1999 and the land sold for development. The site now contains a gated community called Cannon Place.
Famous former pupils include Fionnuala Flanagan, Charlie Bird and Eamonn Dunphy.
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