Education
Primary Schools
There are six primary schools serving the Glanmire area. These include Scoil na nÓg (An Irish Language, boarding and day boarding Primary School, founded in 1958), Scoil Naomh Micheál (Saint Michael's - Upper Glanmire), Scoi Naomh Iosaf (Saint Joseph's - Riverstown), Scoil Chill Ruadháin (Brooklodge Primary School), New Inn and Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil which opened in 2006. Gaelscoil Uí Drisceoil will begin operating in the Ibis Hotel from September 2011.
Secondary Schools
There are two secondary schools in the Glanmire area:
Glanmire Community College (GCC), which was established in 1997. It is located on a twelve acre site. The college currently accommodates a pupil enrolment of approximately one thousand.
Coláiste an Phiarsaigh which opened in 1973, is located in Glanmire Village. It accommodates around 550 students - both day students and weekly boarders. Coláiste an Phiarsaigh is part of the Gaelachas Teoranta Organisation.
Gaelachas Teo. hosts three Coláiste Samhraidh every year during June and July and August. These Coláistí Samhraidh accommodate students (boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 14) from all around the country.
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