Coolmine Community School ( ga, Scoil Pobail Chúil Mhín) is a co-educational

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in the

Coolmine Coolmine () is a primarily residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, in the jurisdiction of Fingal. It is also a townland in the civil parish of Clonsilla. Location and access Coolmine is located between the suburban areas of Blanchardstown (to ...

suburb of

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. It lies within Greater Blanchardstown in the administration of

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

History

The school was one of the two first community schools founded in Ireland, in 1972, and was officially blessed and opened in 1974. It was established by the State after considerable discussion between a local parents' committee, the Department of Education, the Vocational Education Committee and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, with a view to integrating the traditional academic approach of the secondary schools with the tradition of the vocational schools.

Operations

The school caters for over 1,200 pupils, both boys and girls, aged from 12 to 19 years, who live mainly within a geographically defined catchment area. The premises includes a sports and leisure complex with an indoor heated swimming pool. The school crest embodies a stylised version of Crois Bhríde, or St Brigid's Cross, with the early Irish symbol of the Holy Trinity surrounded by the "C" of community and underlined by the motto "Creideamh Beo", living faith.

Notable past pupils

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, former professional cyclist *

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, former professional cyclist * Jade Jordan, actor and author * Mark Kennedy, former Ireland international footballer{{cite web , url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/work-goes-on-after-hours-outside-the-classroom-1.1115764 , website=Irish Times , accessdate=18 March 2019, title=Work goes on after hours outside the classroom

References

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Coolmine Community School
Secondary schools in Fingal Community schools in the Republic of Ireland