Scoil Mhuire, is an Irish

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post-primary school in

Clane Clane (; ) is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin. With a population of 8,152 in 2022, it is the ninth largest town in Kildare and the 66th largest in Ireland. The town is on the River Liffey. Clane gives its name to the associate ...

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. The school is on the western outskirts of

, off the Prosperous Road (the R403). The school operates the

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, the Leaving Cert Applied, and the Leaving Cert Vocational Programs. The school offers the subjects DCG, Construction Studies, and

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in the practical department,

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, and

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in the Business department, and

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, and Agricultural Science in the Science department, the school also offers Home Economics,

Religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

(although not as an examinable subject),

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, the mandated subjects at Leaving Certificate (English, Irish, and Maths) and either

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as modern foreign languages, although MFLs are no longer treated separately from other option subjects in Leaving Certificate in the school, with students having the option not to study one if they wish. The Junior Certificate counterparts to these subjects are offered, with Religion as an examinable subject.

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is promoted at Scoil Mhuire, which is one of the largest adult education schools in the country.

History

Originally founded as a girls' school, the first boys entered the secondary school in 1967 and it has continued to expand its enrollment numbers and its campus. It became a community school in 1983 after the opening of a new building and an additional expansion was, along with a new gym hall completed in September 2001. The school is run by a Board of Managers, which is composed of 10 trustees, teachers, and parents who have been elected to the Board. On 8 April 2016 enrollment was over 1000 students(with a roughly 50:50 ratio of boys and girls, aged 12 to 18) and a teaching staff of more than 70. As of 2024, these numbers have increased to over 1200 students and more than 80 staff. In May 2022, the school was fined €20,000 for the unfair firing of an educator for gross misconduct.

Notable alumni

Eoghan Corry Eoghan Corry (; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author. He has edited travel sections in national newspapers and travel publications since the 1980s. A former sportswriter and sports editor he has written books on sports histor ...

, columnist, author, and founder of the

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Museum located at

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, Ireland * Willie Ryan and Ted Ryan, rowers, active at the

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, jockey,

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winner *

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, politician, local TD

References

External links

School websiteStory of Presentation Sisters in Clane
Secondary schools in County Kildare Presentation Sisters schools Community schools in the Republic of Ireland 1961 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1961 {{Ireland-school-stub