Portmarnock Community School

Public school in Portmarnock, Ireland

53°25′55″N 6°08′17″W / 53.432°N 6.138°W / 53.432; -6.138InformationTypePublicMottoVitam Impendere Vero
(Latin for "to stake one’s life for the truth")Established1979PrincipalHelen DarganGenderMixedAge12 to 19Number of students915 (2019)^[1]CampusSuburbanColour(s)Websiteportmarnockcommunityschool.ie

Portmarnock Community School (Irish: Pobalscoil Phortmearnóg)^[2] is a public secondary school situated in Portmarnock, County Dublin.^[3] It was built by the Department of Education in 1979,^[2] and was one of the first community schools built in Ireland.^{[citation needed]} As of 2019, the school had an enrollment of over 900 students.^[1]

Notable alumni

Vincent May, drums, Kodaline^[4]
Jeremy McConnell, Irish model and reality TV star
Ryan O'Shaughnessy, singer/songwriter^[5]^[6]
Stephen Ward (footballer)

References

^ ^a ^b "Subject Inspection Report - Portmarnock Community School" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "About us". portmarnockcommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Portmarnock Community School | Pobal Scoil Phortmearnóg". portmarnockcommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "Kodaline support enterprise". independent. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ O'Shea, Cormac (9 May 2018). "Who is Ireland Eurovision hopeful Ryan O'Shaughnessy? Former Fair City and BGT star reaches final". dublinlive.ie. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^ McGreevy, Ronan (31 January 2018). "Ireland's Eurovision revealed: another twentysomething with a high-pitched voice". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 May 2018. He came to public attention in 2012 on Britain's Got Talent when he sang his own song No Name, a song of unrequited love dedicated to a girl who went to his school at Portmarnock Community College.