Other Activities
The school has debating societies in the English, Irish, German and French languages, with German debating experiencing something of a revival in recent months, despite the College having experienced defeat at the hands of Mount Temple Comprehensive, a public school in Dublin. Belvedere has won the All-Ireland schools debating competition on a number of occasions (most recently in 2005), the Denny Leinster School's Senior Debating Championship (most recently in 2010), the L&H society Leinster Junior debating competition and also the Alliance Française debating championship and Leinster Irish debating final.
Belvedere was successful in the last ever series of Blackboard Jungle, a popular television programme on RTÉ. The school's Concert Choir has been in existence for many years. The Choir hosts the Annual Christmas Carol Service in December, and the Annual Musical Evening, which usually takes place in May. The Choir have undertaken recordings in RTÉ, and have been successful at both the Feis Ceoil and the Wesley Feis. The College orchestra has won events at both the Wesley Feis and the Feis Ceoil.
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