C.B.S. Secondary School Ennistymon

CBS Ennistymon
Meanscoil na mBraithre, Inis Diomáin
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Established1824; 200 years ago (1824)
PrincipalMary Lyons
Staff24
Number of studentsc. 220
Websitewww.cbsennistymon.com

CBS Ennistymon is an all-boys secondary school located in Ennistymon, County Clare. It was founded in 1824 by Edmund Ignatius Rice and is one of the oldest Christian Brothers schools in Ireland. It is also the only all-boys school in County Clare. The last brother to be principal (Brother Ned Hayden) left the school in 1996; Micheál Ó Maolchaoin was acting principal for 2 years and then became the first lay principal of the school. The current secondary school was built in 1974; a primary school was opened in 1939 and was closed in early 2000.