C.B.S. Secondary School Ennistymon
| Ennistymon CBS Meanscoil na mBraithre, Inis Diomáin | |
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| Location | |
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Ennistymon, County Clare, Republic of Ireland | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1824 |
| Principal | Mary Kennelly |
| Vice principal | Mary Lyons |
| Chaplain | Fr. Liam Kelly OFM |
| Staff | 10 |
| Number of students | c. 160 |
| Website | http://www.cbsennistymon.com/ |
CBS Ennistymon is an all-boys secondary school located in Ennistymon, County Clare. It was founded in 1824 by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice and is one of the oldest Christian Brothers schools in Ireland. It is also the only all-boys school in Co. Clare. The last brother to be principal (Brother Ned Hayden) left the school in 1996; Micheál Ó Maolchaoin was acting principal for 2 years and then became the first lay principal of the school. The current secondary school was built in 1974; a primary school was opened in 1939 and was closed in early 2000.
History
The school was founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice in 1824, when 2 Brothers arrived in Ennistymon. An old chapel which was built in 1812 was renovated and transformed into a brothers' residence and a secondary and primary school. From 1824 to 1930 the primary school and secondary school were all located in the same room. A primary school was built in the rear in the 1930s; it closed in the early 2000s and the building is now part of the secondary school, who use it as Technical Graphics and Woodwork rooms.
The original school building was used up to 1974, when the school's Superior, Br. Sheehan, had the hill above the monastery cleared and a new secondary school and playing field built. Until 1972 the school operated totally through the medium of Irish. The school's original name was Mount St. Joseph's Secondary and Primary School or Meanscoil na mBráithre.
School Superiors and Principals
- Mary Kennelly 2014-
- Anne Tuohy 2010-2014
- Michael Concannon 2002-2008
- Micheál Ó Maolchaoin 1996-2002
- Br. Ned Hayden 1989-1996
- Br. C. McGrath 1983-1989
- Br. M. Keating 1977-1983
- Br. M.A. Devaney 1971-1977
- Br. Sheehan 1965 -1971
Notable Alumni
- John Philip Holland, inventor of the first submarine, attended the school in 1858.
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Coordinates: 52°56′30.21″N 9°17′21.21″W / 52.9417250°N 9.2892250°W