Portmarnock Community School is a public secondary school situated in the coastal suburban village of Portmarnock

Portmarnock

Portmarnock is a small suburban village to the north of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the administrative county of Fingal.-Location:Portmarnock lies on the coast and, owing to its proximity to Dublin city, is a form of dormitory village north-northeast of the city centre...

, Co. Dublin. The school educates 811 students and was built by the Department of Education and Science in 1979.

History

Portmarnock Community School was established in 1979 to meet the second level education needs of the town of Portmarnock. It was one of the first Community schools

Community school

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 to be built in Ireland.

There have been four Principals

Head teacher

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 at Portmarnock Community School:

• Mr. Leonard - only served for a few months while the school was being established in 1979
• Mr. Pat O’Leary
• Mr. David Sweeney
• Mr. Pat O’Riordan

Ms Eithne Deeney is Deputy Principal.

Activities

There are a wide variety of activities such as:

• Choir
  Choir
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• Debating
• Green Schools Committee
  Environmentalism
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• Irish Traditional Group
  Folk music of Ireland
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• Justice and Peace Committee
• Student Council
  Student council
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Sports

Portmarnock Community School offers a huge range of activities made possible by the commitment of teachers, students parents and the wider community The overall Sports co-ordinator is Mr. O' Cearra. The extra-curricular sports programme is made possible by the committment of teachers to sport in the school. An annual sports awards night is held in May each year.

• Athletics
• Basketball
  Basketball
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• Camogie
  Camogie
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• Cross Country Running
  Cross country running
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• Gaelic Football
  Gaelic football
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• Golf
  Golf
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• Hockey
  Hockey
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• Hurling
  Hurling
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• Rugby
  Rugby football
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• Soccer
• Spikeball
• Swimming
  Swimming (sport)
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• Volleyball
  Volleyball
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Plays and Musicals

There is a strong tradition of drama and musicals in Portmarnock Community School since the beginning. A number of musicals have been staged in recent years:

• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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   - 2007
• The Wizard of Oz - 2008
• Les Misérables
  Les Misérables (musical)
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   - 2009
• Grease
  Grease (musical)
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   - 2010
• West Side Story - 2011
• Back to the 80s - to be staged in early 2012

External links

1. School Website
2. School Days Page
3. Google Maps Location
4. Contact The School