Confey College is a

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Leixlip Leixlip ( or ; , ) is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and ...

County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

, Ireland. The school opened to 36 students in September 1986 and has approximately 900 students at present and about 80 staff members. The school is situated at the end of the River Forest Estate. It is one of two secondary-level schools in Leixlip, the other being

Coláiste Chiaráin Coláiste Chiaráin (in English: the College of St. Kieran), also known as Leixlip Community School, is a co-educational community school in Leixlip established in 1980 under the trusteeship of the Presentation Sisters, the Archbishop of Dubli ...

History

Before the construction of the original school building in Riverforest in 1994, Confey College teachers taught in nearby Scoil San Carlo on a part-time basis after the primary school closed for the day at 3 pm. After lobbying from teachers and parents, prefabricated buildings were provided on the site which the school currently occupies. With the growth of Leixlip and an expanding teenage population, these facilities were inadequate. With much further teacher and local pressure, what is now the older of the two school buildings was built in 1994, with three prefabs remaining in use as classrooms. The remaining prefabs were removed in 2001 with the construction of a new, larger building. In February 2011,

Mary McAleese Mary Patricia McAleese ( ; ; ; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, ...

made a presidential visit to the school in honour of its 25-year anniversary.

Musical productions

The school produces annual musical productions. The transition year group of 2019-2020 performed the musical ''All Shook Up'' from 11 to 13 December 2019. With actor Brian Johnson playing the lead role.

Green-Schools

Confey College has a Green-Schools committee made up of students and teachers, launched in 2009. In 2017, the committee won the Water School of the Year award in the Eastern Midlands region.

Sport

Confey College have an all-weather '

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' pitch. The pitches are used for school teams as well as PE. In 2010, Confey College's

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team won the Kildare & Leinster Post Primary Schools Futsal title. They defeated St. Peter's College of

Dunboyne Dunboyne () is a town in County Meath, Ireland, north-west of Dublin city centre. It is a commuter town for Dublin. In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitan ...

1–0 in the final.

Notable alumni

Trevor Brennan Trevor Brennan (born 29 September 1973) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played for Barnhall, Bective Rangers, St Marys College RFC, Leinster, Stade Toulousain and Ireland, being capped 13 times. He played either in the second row or ...

- rugby player * David Geraghty - musician * Jake Carroll - footballer * Nathan Collins - footballer

References

{{Schools and colleges in County Kildare Leixlip Secondary schools in County Kildare 1986 establishments in Ireland Educational institutions established in 1986