Boherbue Comprehensive School
School in Cork, Republic of Ireland
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Boherbue Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland.
| Boherbue Comprehensive School | |
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Bóthar Buí | |
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| Location | |
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Boherbue Cork , P51 TK28 Ireland | |
| 52.1591°N 9.0624°W | |
| Information | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Enrollment | 518[1] (2024) |
| Website | boherbuecs |
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.[citation needed]
Sport
Gaelic football is the most popular sport within the school[citation needed] and it competes in the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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]