Coláiste Cois Life is a mixed post-primary (

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school) in

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, Ireland. The school is financed by resources from the

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and voluntary donations, and is a member of the

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and

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. It was founded in 1997.

History

Coláiste Cois Life was founded in 1997 and occupied a number of prefabricated buildings on Esker Manor. In 2006, a new two-story building was completed along with a new school campus on Castle Road. The new building still houses the school to this day and is located adjacent to the original site. The original site is now occupied by ''Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada'', an all-Irish primary school. In December 2013, a 10m x 20m section of the school's roof was torn off during 100 km/h winds. The section of roof landed in the car park of a nearby primary school, ''Gaelscoil Naomh Pádraig''. There were no injuries.

Gaeltacht Leamhcáin

In the summer months, ''Gaeltacht Leamhcáin'' is based at Coláiste Cois Life offering 1–2 week Irish language courses for children between the ages of 9 and 12.

School teams

*Boys'

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and girls'

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teams. *Boys' and girls'

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. *Boys' and girls'

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teams. *Debating teams. *In 2019, the junior boys' Gaelic football team won the junior Dublin 'C' championship and reached the Leinster semifinal before losing to Portlaoise Community College.

Rankings

In 2017, Coláiste Cois Life was ranked as the 40th best post-primary school in Ireland in a list by the Sunday Times. On the same list, the school ranked third out of all post-primary , and first out of all mixed ''gaelcholáistí''.

Notable past pupils

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and

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References

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