Achievements
The Athlone Community college has had many achievements in sports, debating, science and literature since its opening. The school enters the Concern Debating Competition and the Mental Health Public Speaking Competition every year. Athlone Community College has won the Concern Debating competition three times and it was the outright winner of the Mental Health Public Speaking Competition in 2010. In addition the school enter teams into the Gael Linn Irish debating competition every year. It has been runner up in the All-Ireland on several occasions.
Gaelic Football has a very strong tradition in Athlone Community College with the unique feat of being the sole community college to have won a Leinster 'A' Senior Colleges title in 2008.
In Soccer the College has won; U14 Leinster & All-Irenland Champions 2005, U16 Leinster & All-Ireland Champions 2006, U18 Leinster Champions League Finallists 2007, U16 Leinster Champions League Finallists 2008, Leinster Senior Cup Finallists 2010,
The college also offers Rugby, Hurling, Hockey, Athletics, Equestrian.
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