Blackwater Community School
Community school in Ireland
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Blackwater Community School (Irish: Pobalscoil na hAbhann Móire) (BCS) is a co-educational, multi-denominational community school in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland.[4] The school offers Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. It is the 146th public school in the county and the fourth largest school in the county by number of pupils.[5] In 2020, BCS was ranked 367th in The Sunday Times 'Best Schools Guide Top 400'.[6]
- Lismore CBS
- Presentation Convent, Lismore
- St Anne’s Secondary School, Cappoquin
(Wisdom and Knowledge)
| Blackwater Community School | |
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Irish: Pobalscoil na hAbhann Móire | |
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Ballyanchor Road, Lismore, County Waterford P51 N472 52.1350°N 7.9399°W | |
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| Type | Community school |
| Motto | Latin: Sapientia et Scientia (Wisdom and Knowledge) |
| Denomination | Multidenominational |
| Founded | September 2003[1] |
Principal | Denis Ring[2] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 950[3] (2024) |
| Nickname | BCS |
| Website | www |
History
Blackwater Community School is an amalgamation of three local schools: Lismore CBS, Presentation Convent, Lismore and St Anne’s Secondary School, Cappoquin. It was opened in September 2003 with a student population of 400 students.[1]
The first phase of a large extension to the school, which commenced in 2021,[7][8] was completed in 2022.[9] Additional phases of development, including refurbishment of existing school buildings, were also undertaken.[10] The new campus was officially opened on 19 September 2025 by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.[11]
Extra-curricular activities
Sports undertaken at the school include athletics, soccer, hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football.[12] In 2008, the boys' hurling team won the All-Ireland PPS Senior B Hurling Championship, while the girls' camogie team won the All-Ireland C Colleges trophy.[13] The school's hurling team also won the Dean Ryan Cup in November 2011.[14]
Pupils have also previously represented the school at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.[15][16]
Notable alumni
- Jamie Barron (born 1993) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Kieran Bennett (born 1994) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Shane Bennett (born 1996) - Waterford senior hurler[18]
- Stephen Bennett (born 1995) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Iarlaith Daly (born 2000) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Darragh Fives (born 1992) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Shane Fives (born 1989) - Waterford senior hurler
- Mikey Kearney (born 1995) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Jayson Molumby (born 1999) - Republic of Ireland football player[19]
- Jack Prendergast (born 1998) - Waterford senior hurler[17]
- Maurice Shanahan (born 1990) - Waterford senior hurler[20]