CBS High School Clonmel
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Clonmel, Munster, Co. Tipperary Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| School type | Secondary school Congregation of Christian Brothers | |||||||||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1899 | |||||||||||||
| Principal | Karen Steenson | |||||||||||||
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History
CBS High School Clonmel (Ardscoil na mBráithre), is a second level Christian Brothers school in Clonmel, County Tipperary in Ireland. It was built in 1899 and its first Superior was Joseph White. A new school building was first occupied in 1971. By 1985, it had a student population of 550 and 31 staff.[1] There are now over 40 staff and 800 students.
Sports
Gaelic Games
The school currently competes in the Dr. Harty Cup in hurling and the Corn Uí Mhuirí in Gaelic Football. In 2017, they were the All-Ireland B Post Primary School Gaelic football champions,[2] one of the proudest achievements in the schools sporting history. The school produced many All-Ireland Minor Football Championship winners for Tipperary GAA in 2011. Notable past pupils include Declan Browne and 'Babs' Keating.
Soccer
The school is traditionally successful at schools soccer, but that success has waned in recent years most likely due to the success of Gaelic football in the school.
Rugby
As a public school the High School would not be traditionally successful at rugby, but in the last decade or so they are closing that gap. One of the rugby highlights for the school was winning the U-15 Cleary cup final in 2015.[3]
The school has also produced Munster Rugby player Dave Foley (rugby union)
Controversy
The school was accused of discrimination in 2011 when a traveller boy was refused entry into the school due to the admissions policy which gave preference to students who had relations as past pupils.[4]
The case went as far as the Supreme Court of Ireland where they "ruled the evidence and materials put before the Circuit Court and the Equality Tribunal was insufficient to enable it make a proper assessment whether John was particularly disadvantaged due to the fact neither his father nor another sibling had attended the school."[5]
References
- ↑ O'Keefe, Rev. Bro. D.E. (1985). All About Clonmel - A Presentation of Irish Life. All About Our Irish Towns. The Farmstock Press. p. 52. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); - ↑ "All Ireland glory for Clonmel High School". The Nationalist. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ "Munster Rugby". munsterrugby.ie. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ↑ "Clonmel school accused of discrimination". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
- ↑ "Traveller youth loses Supreme Court case over school bias". Retrieved 2015-09-18.