Ballinrobe Community School

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Ballinrobe Community School
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Address
Ballinrobe Community School
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 typeCommunity School
EstablishedSeptember 1990
School code91462E
PrincipalWilliam Culkeen [1]
GenderMixed
Enrollment771 [1]  (2024)
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 3 second level schools in Ballinrobe. [2] [3] As of the 2024 school year, William Culkeen was the principal and 771 students (403 boys and 368 girls) were enrolled in the school. [1]

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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 8 A1s in 2002, and another also with 8 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] In golf, a team from the school won the Irish Schools Junior Championship in 2013. [9]

Alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "School Detail - Ballinrobe Community School". gov.ie. Department of Education and Skills. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Short History | Ballinrobe Community School | Topics | Historical Ballinrobe". historicalballinrobe.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "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". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ballinrobe make it a Mayo double - News". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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