Announcements
Email Service Interruption
Updated: 17th Aug 2025 – 13:00
Please note the the school is currently experiencing difficulty with our email services.
Some emails from the school’s email to ‘gmail’ or ‘googlemail’ account may be automatically placed into SPAM. Other mail providers are ok. If you have a a Google account and have emailed the school, please check your SPAM folder!
Parent’s can use the ‘Compass’ app to contact the school.
Communication from the school to parents via the Compass app is unaffected.
Open Evening
Our open evening will take place on Thursday 3rd October. Boys from 5th and 6th class as well as their parents and guardians are welcome.
The evening will commence at 7pm and finish at 9pm.
Admissions – 2025
The annual Admissions Notice will be posted on our website after 1st October 2024. The notice will give details of dates for applying for the academic year 2025-26.
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Clonkeen College was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1967. It caters for 575 pupils and has a staff of 40 teachers. The college is a non fee-paying Boys’ Secondary School with extensive modern facilities.
Aims and Philosophy
Clonkeen College seeks:
to promote Christian Values in the pupils’ life and work;
to develop the varied talents of each individual;
to promote academic excellence;
to provide a disciplined atmosphere in which learning may prosper;
to provide a healthy social environment;
to guide and counsel each student in his preparation for a career and role in life;
to retain the positive aspects of a traditional Christian Brothers’ education.