Ballinrobe Community School is a secondary school in Ballinrobe, County Mayo. It is a mixed gender school and it was opened in September 1990, after the merging of 3 second level schools in Ballinrobe.[1][2] As of the start of the 2020 school year, William Culkeen was the principal and 674 students (325 boys and 349 girls) were enrolled in the school.[3]
| Ballinrobe Community School | |
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Ballinrobe Community School, Convent Road , , F31 XD53 | |
| Coordinates | 53°37′23″N 9°12′47″W / 53.623°N 9.213°W |
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| School type | Community School |
| Established | September 1990 |
| School code | 91462E |
| Principal | William Culkeen |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 674 |
| Website | ballinrobecommunityschool.ie |
History edit
The school was founded after the Sacred Heart Secondary School, the Christian Brothers school and the Vocational school merged in 1990.[citation needed]
In the 1850s, the Sisters of Mercy provided Ballinrobe with primary education, founding the Mercy Intermediate School in 1920 and later founding the Sacred Heart Secondary School.[citation needed]
The Christian Brothers opened a second level school in 1879 and 10 pupils were prepared for the first Intermediate exams held in Ireland in that year.[citation needed]
Academics edit
The school teaches Junior and Senior Cycle as well as offering an optional Transition Year. [4]
Several students in the school have scored the country's top marks in the Leaving Certificate, with one student achieving 8 A1s in 2002, and another also with 8 A1s in 2016.[5][6]
Extracurricular edit
The school offers sporting and extracurricular activities to its students.[7]
The school's Gaelic football team won the 2017 Paddy Drummond Cup.[8] In golf, a team from the school won the Irish Schools Junior Championship in 2013.[9]
Alumni edit
- Matthew Burke (b. 1997), rugby union player[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b "Short History | Ballinrobe Community School | Topics | Historical Ballinrobe". historicalballinrobe.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b "History – Ballinrobe Community School". 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "School Detail". Department of Education and Skills. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Curriculum – Ballinrobe Community School". Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Mayo girl beats the rest to top spot in Leaving". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Flaherty, Rachel; Roche, Barry. "Leaving Cert: Top student 'floating on cloud' after eight A1s". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Extra Curricular – Ballinrobe Community School". Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Ballinrobe CS win epic Paddy Drummond Cup Final". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Ballinrobe make it a Mayo double - News". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.