Ballinrobe Community School

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 2020, William Culkeen is the principal and 652 students (321 boys and 331 girls) are enrolled in the school.[3]

History

The school was founded after the Sacred Heart Secondary School, the Christian Brothers school and the Vocational school merged in 1990.

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.

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.

The Vocational School opened in 1962. [1][2]

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]

References
  1. "Short History | Ballinrobe Community School | Topics | Historical Ballinrobe". historicalballinrobe.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "History – Ballinrobe Community School". web.archive.org. 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "School Detail". Department of Education and Skills. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. "Curriculum – Ballinrobe Community School". Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. "Mayo girl beats the rest to top spot in Leaving". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. Flaherty, Rachel; Roche, Barry. "Leaving Cert: Top student 'floating on cloud' after eight A1s". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. "Extra Curricular – Ballinrobe Community School". Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  8. "Ballinrobe CS win epic Paddy Drummond Cup Final". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. "Ballinrobe make it a Mayo double - News". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

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