Boherbue Comprehensive School
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | |
|---|---|
Bóthar Buí | |
| Location | |
Boherbue Cork , P51 TK28 Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 52°09′33″N 9°03′45″W / 52.1591°N 9.0624°W |
| Information | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Enrollment | 518[1] (2024) |
| Website | boherbuecs |
Boherbue Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland.
History
This school was opened in 1973 as a co-educational, non-selective post-primary school. The term 'comprehensive' was current at that time and the curriculum of the school combined what were formally regarded as the 'secondary' subjects with the 'technical' subjects.
Sport
Gaelic football is the most popular sport within the school and it competes in the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship. In 1992, the school were runners-up in the All-Ireland Senior Vocational School Championship and in 1998 it won the All-Ireland Junior Vocational School Championship. In 2001, the school won the All Ireland Ladies Senior Football Vocational Championship. Sports such as basketball and hurling are also played at the school.
Past pupils
- Tony Buckley (born 1980) - former Munster Rugby, Sale Sharks and Irish Rugby International[2]
- Michael Moynihan (born 1968) - Fianna Fáil politician and TD for Cork North-West[3]
- Donncha O'Connor (born 1981) - Cork senior inter-county GAA player[4]
References
- ^ Subject Inspection: History - Boherbue Comprehensive School (PDF), Department of Education, April 2025, p. Boherbue Comprehensive School is an inter-denominational co-educational post-primary school under the joint trusteeship of the Diocese of Kerry and the Minister for Education. Student enrolment at the time of the inspection [Dec 2024] was 518 students, retrieved 29 August 2025 – via assets.gov.ie
- ^ Leogue, Joe (25 August 2011). "Rugby fever hits Ballyhooly and Kanturk". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie (9 February 2020). "Election 2020: Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Hussey, Aisling (13 November 2013). "Boherbue school takes YouTube by storm". Irish Farmers Journal. Retrieved 6 October 2023.