Portmarnock Community School

Portmarnock Community School Pobalscoil Phortmearnóg
Location
Portmarnock Ireland
Coordinates	53.432°N 6.138°W / 53.432; -6.138
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Vitam Impendere Vero (Latin for "to stake one’s life for the truth")
Established	1979
Principal	Helen Dargan
Gender	Mixed
Age	12 to 19
Number of students	915 (2019)[1]
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)
Website	portmarnockcommunityschool.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

1. "Subject Inspection Report - Portmarnock Community School" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
2. "About us". portmarnockcommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Portmarnock Community School | Pobal Scoil Phortmearnóg". portmarnockcommunityschool.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
4. "Kodaline support enterprise". independent. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
5. 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.
6. 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.