The school also has an association with the Christian Brothers founded by Edmund Rice.
Edmund Rice married Mary Elliot in 1785 when he was 23 years old.
Phelan went on to make a total of five various land claims, selling his last one in 1849 to Edmund Rice.
Edmund Rice was left a widower, with an infant daughter in delicate health.
Only the relic of Edmund Rice was placed at the bedside of the dying man.
Edmund Rice was particularly successful in his real estate transactions.
Edmund Rice was a wealthy merchant whose wife died young.
Edmund Rice, by 1838 aged 76 and in poor health, decided to step down from the superior-generalship.
The founder of the school is Blessed Edmund Rice.
A statue of Edmund Rice is located outside the Year 7 corridor.