Colaiste Ghobnatan

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Colaiste Ghobnatan
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Colaiste Ghobnatan
Ballymakeera/Ballyvourney, County Cork

Ireland
Coordinates 51°56′21″N9°09′22″W / 51.9391°N 9.156°W / 51.9391; -9.156
Information
Type Gaelcholáiste/Voluntary secondary school
Established1950
PatronageCork Education and Training Board (Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna Chorcaí) [1]
Enrollment209 [2]  (2015)
LanguageIrish
Website http://www.colaisteghobnatan.ie

Colaiste Ghobnatan is an Irish-medium school in the civil parish of Ballyvourney in County Cork, Ireland. As of 2015, there were approximately 200 students enrolled in the school. [2] Located in the Muskerry Gaeltacht, Irish is spoken throughout the school. Originally opened in 1950 as a school for boys, within 30 years, it was also accepting girls from the area.

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History

The school, originally known as Gairmscoil Ghobnatan opened in 1950. [3] The nearby Colaiste Íosagán closed in 1989, and the two schools (Gairmscoil Ghobnatan and Coláiste Iosagáin) combined to form Coláiste Ghobnatan. [3] The school building was extended in the late 1980s and further rooms were added in 1996. [3]

Sport

Sports played in the school include Gaelic football, hurling, soccer, basketball and volleyball.[ citation needed ] The school is also involved in road bowling. [4]

In 2009, the school's senior Gaelic football team reached the VEC B Football Championship.[ citation needed ] In 2012 and 2013, the boys and girls football teams won several county and Munster vocational school titles. [5] In 2014, Coláiste Ghobnatan's Gaelic football team won the Masita GAA All Ireland Post-Primary Schools Senior C final. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "CETB - Our Schools & Colleges". corketb.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Programme Evaluation Transition Year (TY) Report - Coláiste Ghobnatan Baile Bhúirne, County Cork Roll". gov.ie. Department of Education. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Information - Brief History of the School". colaisteghobnatan.ie. Coláiste Ghobnatan. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Gairmscoil Ghobnatan, as it was then known, was opened in 1950 [..] In 1989 Scoil Ghobnatan amalgamated with Coláiste Iosagáin to form Coláiste Ghobnatan
  4. ↑ "Coláiste Ghobnatan and Clonakilty Community College impress as schools battle for road bowling honours". Southern Star. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bittersweet night as Coláiste Ghobnatan celebrate football successes". The Corkman. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Video: Special day for Coláiste Ghobnatan". gaa.ie. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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