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is a type of secondary school funded individually and directly by the state. Community and comprehensive schools were established in the 1960s to provide a broad curriculum for all the young people in a community. Both academic and vocational programmes are available and facilities are broader than at

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schools. The facilities are for use by the community and

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in addition to normal programmes of education at this level. Many of these schools were established as the result of an amalgamation of voluntary secondary and vocational schools. They offer a wide range of both academic and vocational subjects. Community schools are managed by boards of management which are representative of local interests. The schools are financed entirely by the Department of Education and Skills. The representative body for these schools is the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools.

List of community schools in Ireland

* Ardee Community School *

Ashbourne Community School Ashbourne may refer to: *Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland ** Ashbourne RFC, a rugby union club *Ashbourne, Derbyshire in England *Ashbourne, South Australia in Australia * Ashbourne, Victoria in Australia * Baron Ashbourne, a title in the peerage ...

* Athboy Community School * Bailieborough Community School *

Ballinamore Community School Ballinamore (, meaning "mouth of the big ford") is a small town in County Leitrim, Ireland. Etymology , corrupted ''Bellanamore'', means "town at the mouth of the big ford", so named because it was a main crossing (ford) of the Yellow River. T ...

* Balincollig Community School *

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. As of the start of the 2020 school year, Wil ...

Ballinteer Community School Ballinteer () is a small southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards. Geography Ballinteer is located approximately from the city centre. To the west is Rat ...

Ballyhaunis Community School Ballyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. It is thought that the town grew up around St Mary's Augu ...

Beara Community School Beara may refer to: * Beara, Jamalpur, a village Bangladesh *Beara Peninsula, Ireland * Beara GAA, a sporting organisation on the Beara Peninsula * ''Beara'' (moth), a genus of Nolidae * Beara, Ampanihy, a rural municipality in Ampanihy Ouest (d ...

* Beaufort Community School *

Bishopstown Community School Bishopstown Community School is a secondary school in the Bishopstown area of Cork city in Ireland. Established in 1979, it is the only co-educational secondary school in the area. Past pupils of the school include members of the band The Frank ...

* Blackwater Community School * Blakestown Community School *

Boyne Community School Boyne is a variation of Bóinn or Boann, Irish goddess of the River Boyne. Boyne may also refer to: Places * Boyne Castle, a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Boyne City, Michigan, a town in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Mich ...

* Cabintreely Community School *

Carndonagh Community School Carndonagh Community School ( ga, Pobalscoil Charn Domhnaigh) is a secondary school located in Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland. History Carndonagh Community School was formed in 1972 by the merger of Carndonagh College (a local boys' schoo ...

Carrigaline Community School Carrigaline () is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork city, and with a population of 15,770 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns of the city. The R611 regiona ...

Cashel Community School Cashel Community School is secondary school in Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to it ...

Castlerea Community School Castlerea (; ) is the third largest town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located in the west of the county and had a population of 1,992 at the 2016 Census. Roughly translated from Irish, Castlerea is generally thought to mean 'brindled ca ...

Celbridge Community School Celbridge (; ) is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 reg ...

Douglas Community School Douglas Community School, also known as Douglas Com, The Com or DCS, is an all-boys community school in Douglas, Cork, Ireland. It was founded as Coláiste Muire by the Presentation Brothers in 1926 as a juniorate (i.e. for lower-cycle secon ...

Dunmore Community School Dunmore from the ga, Dún Mór, link=no or gd, Dùn Mòr, link=no, meaning "great fort", may refer to: People * Dunmore (surname) * Earl of Dunmore, a title in the Peerage of Scotland, includes a list of earls * Countess of Dunmore (disambiguat ...

Gallen Community School Gallen may refer to: ;Places: * Gallen (barony), a barony in Ireland * Sankt Gallen (disambiguation), various German-speaking countries ;People: * Saint Gall, Irish missionary, ''Sankt Gallus'' in German * Conal Gallen, Irish singer/comedian * H ...

* Glanamaddy Community School * Glanmire Community School * Gorey Community School *

Gort Community School Gort Community School () is a secondary school located in Gort in south County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption ...

Hartstown Community School Hartstown Community School is an Irish Secondary School located in Hartstown, Clonsilla. It serves the area of Hartstown, Huntstown and other localities in the Clonsilla Clonsilla () is an outer suburb of Dublin in Fingal, Ireland. Clons ...

* Heywood Community School *

Holy Child Community School Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...

* Holy Family Community School * John the Baptist Community School *

Kildare Town Community School Kildare Town Community School is a school in County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildar ...

* Killinarden Community School * Kilrush Community School *

Kinsale Community School Kinsale Community School is based in the town of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. It caters for around 1550 students aged 12–18 with around 160 staff and the principal is currently Mr. Fergal McCarthy. History Kinsale Community School officially ...

Leixlip Community School Leixlip ( or ; , IPA: �lʲeːmʲənˠˈwɾˠad̪ˠaːnʲ is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between ...

Loreto Community School Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which lead to the spread of the name to many other countries. It may refer to: Places Argentina * Loreto, Santiago del Estero, Argentina * Loret ...

Malahide Community School Malahide Community School (MCS; ga, Pobalscoil Íosa) is a co-educational secondary school located in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland. It accepts pupils of all religious denominations. The school grew from 512 students in 1976 to 1200 students ...

* Mayfield Community School * Millstreet Community School * Moate Community School * Mountmellick Community School *

Mountrath Community School Mountrath Community School () is a secondary school in Mountrath, County Laois in Ireland. It is an amalgamation of three former secondary schools (namely the Bridgidine Convent, St Aengus Vocational School, and Patrician College) all of which ...

* Moyne Community School *

Old Bawn Community School Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...

Portmarnock Community School Portmarnock Community School ( ga, Pobalscoil Phortmearnóg) is a public secondary school situated in Portmarnock, County Dublin. It was built by the Department of Education in 1979, and was one of the first community schools built in Ireland. A ...

Portumna Community School Portumna ( - meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a bridge to County Tipperary. The town is located to the west of the point where the River Shann ...

* Ramsgrange Community School * Roscommon Community School *

Rosmini Community School Rosmini may refer to: * Antonio Rosmini-Serbati (1797–1855), Italian Roman Catholic priest and philosopher * Dick Rosmini (1936–1995), American guitarist * Diego Rosmini (born 1927), Italian Mafia boss * Rosmini College Rosmini College is ...

* Rosses Community School * Scoil Mhuire Community School *

Skibbereen Community School Skibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork on the N71 national secondary road. The name "Skibbereen" (sometimes shortened to "Skibb") means "little boat harbour". The River Ilen runs through the town; it reach ...

St Aidan's Community School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St Attracta's Community School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

* St. Caimin's Community School * St Ciaran's Community School * St Louis Community School *

St Marks Community School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St Peter's Community School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St Wolstan's Community School St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female community school, under the trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board situated in Celbridge, County Kildare, I ...

* St. Kilian's Community School *

St. Tiernan's Community School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

St. Brendan's Community School St Brendan's Community School is a secondary school located in the town of Birr, County Offaly Birr (; ga, Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Between 1620 and 1899 it was called Parsonstown, after the ...

* Tallaght Community School *

The Donahies Community School ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

* Tullow Community School *

Kenmare Community School Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay. Location Kenmare is located at the head of Kenmare Ba ...

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{{reflist School types Secondary education in Ireland