[4] Today, still run by the Dominican Fathers, Newbridge College is a mixed day school with a student population of almost 1,000 pupils.

It is also the home of a resident Community of Dominican Friars - the Priory and Church being centred between the two wings of the College buildings.

In 1952 the College marked its centenary, events to celebrate the milestone were attended by the President of Ireland Seán T. O'Kelly, Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, the Papal Nuncio, the Master of the Dominican Order and the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.

[citation needed] The Newbridge College Past Pupils Union, which still exists today, was established by Dr JJ Cosgrove in 1937.

1970 saw Newbridge win another Senior Cup, against Blackrock College, with a team trained by Fr John Heffernan, OP and captained by future Irish international Mick Quinn.

[citation needed] April 1994 saw the opening of the new gym block, science, art and technology suites behind Junior House by the Minister for Education.

[citation needed] The practice of boarding came to an end in 1998, and the College became a fully coeducational day school.

[7] The College is located north of Newbridge, County Kildare, a large urban town with a population of 22,700 people.

[8] The College performs very strongly year-on-year when it comes to academic results, consistently topping the Kildare schools league tables[9] (often sending 100% of sixth year pupils to third level education)[10] and was recently ranked as the second best academic performer in the Leinster province.

[11][12] Dr John Monahan, PhD, was the inaugural winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, then a student of Newbridge College in 1965, he went on to establish a NASDAQ-listed biotech company in California.

[citation needed] Prospective first years must sit an entrance exam and interview with the principal before acceptance, and preference is given to those with relatives who have or are currently attending the school.

[18] Sports facilities at the school include an indoor gymnasium (indoor running track, basketball court, soccer), a gym equipped with weights, an outdoor running track, tennis courts, playing fields, an all-weather hockey pitch, and two floodlight artificial playing surfaces for all-weather rugby, hockey and athletics.