Coláiste Chraobh Abhann 'English: The College of a Branch over a River''is a community secondary school situated in

Kilcoole Kilcoole () is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is three kilometres (2 miles) south of Greystones, 14 kilometres (9 miles) north of Wicklow, and about 28 kilometres (17 miles) south of Dublin. It was used as the set for the Irish tel ...

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

, Ireland. It is owned and run by the Kildare and Wicklow

Education and Training Board An Education and Training Board (ETB) ( ga, Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna) is one of sixteen statutory local education bodies that deliver a wide range of education services in the Republic of Ireland. ETBs manage a large number of secondary school ...

. It was built in 2003 and reached its capacity of 560 students in 2009. Students at the school sit the Junior Certificate syllabus for their first three years at the school, and the

Leaving Certificate A secondary school leaving qualification is a document signifying that the holder has fulfilled any secondary education requirements of their locality, often including the passage of a final qualification examination. For each leaving certifica ...

syllabus for their last two, with the option of Transition Year between.

Alumni

Mason Melia Mason Melia (born 22 September 2007) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for St Patrick's Athletic. Early life A native of Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Melia attended the Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, captaining the s ...

(b. 2007) - professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...

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* http://www.colaisteca.ie/ Secondary schools in County Wicklow 2003 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 2003 {{Ireland-school-stub