Ballinrobe Community School

Ballinrobe Community School
Location
Ballinrobe Community School, Convent Road Ballinrobe , County Mayo , F31 XD53 Ireland
Coordinates	53°37′23″N9°12′47″W / 53.623°N 9.213°W / 53.623; -9.213
Information
School type	Community School
Established	September 1990
School code	91462E
Principal	Julie Anne Collins [1]
Gender	Mixed
Enrollment	840 [1]  (2025)
Website	ballinrobecommunityschool.ie

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 three second level schools in Ballinrobe. ^{[2] [3]} As of 2025, Julie Anne Collins was the principal and 840 students (437 boys and 403 girls) were enrolled in the school. ^[1]

History

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 ]}

The Vocational School opened in 1962. ^{[2] [3]}

Academics

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 eight A1s in 2002, and another also with eight A1s in 2016. ^{[5] [6]}

Extracurricular

The school offers sporting and extracurricular activities to its students. ^[7]

The school's Gaelic football team won the 2017 Paddy Drummond Cup. ^[8] As of 2025, the school's team was competing in the Connacht GAA PPS Senior A Football Championship. ^[9]

In golf, a team from the school won the Irish Schools Junior Championship in 2013. ^[10]

Alumni

• Matthew Burke (b. 1997), rugby union player^{[ citation needed ]}
• Cora Staunton ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Donal Vaughan ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "School Detail - Ballinrobe Community School". gov.ie. Department of Education and Skills. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
2. "Short History | Ballinrobe Community School | Topics | Historical Ballinrobe". historicalballinrobe.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
3. "History – Ballinrobe Community School". 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
4. "Curriculum – Ballinrobe Community School" . Retrieved 25 May 2020.
5. "Mayo girl beats the rest to top spot in Leaving". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. Flaherty, Rachel; Roche, Barry. "Leaving Cert: Top student 'floating on cloud' after eight A1s". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
7. "Extra Curricular – Ballinrobe Community School" . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
8. "Ballinrobe CS win epic Paddy Drummond Cup Final". gaa.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
9. "Mayo school sanctioned over alleged anti-social behaviour at schools game". independent.ie. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
10. "Ballinrobe make it a Mayo double - News". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.