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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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{{Infobox college
 | name                   = Collinstown Park Community College
 | image                  = Collinstown Park Community College logo.png
 | motto                  = Encourage Inspire Enrich
 | type                   = PLC, Post-primary, vocational
 | principal              = Áine McGrath
 | address                = Neilstown Road
 | city                   = [[Clondalkin, South Dublin]]
 | postal_code            = 22
 | country                = Ireland
 | location               = 
 | campus_type            = Urban
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|53.341|-6.396|display=inline,title}}
 | website                = {{url|http://www.collinstownpark.ie}}
}}

'''Collinstown Park Community College''' is an Irish training college that provides [[post-primary]] and [[further education]]. It is located in [[Clondalkin, South Dublin]] in Ireland. The college was established in 1984.

== History ==
Collinstown Park Community College was established in 1984 to serve the Neilstown and Rowlagh communities of [[Clondalkin]], South Dublin, after a NCO study revealed that no one in this area had a third level qualification and [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificates]] were uncommon.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2007 |title=Pass notes Collinstown Park Community College |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/pass-notes-collinstown-park-community-college-1.1294342 |access-date=2026-09-29 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> In addition, the [[Irish government]] had identified Clondakin as one of the  45 most [[disadvantaged]] [[Urban area|urban areas]] in Ireland.<ref name=":1" /> No tuition is charged to attend the college.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-07 |title=Collinstown Park Community College |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/schools/collinstown-park-community-college/ |access-date=2026-09-29 |website=gov.ie |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Dempsey |first=Anne |date=1987-03-11 |title=The Good Schools Guide: Collinstown Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-the-good-schools-guide-c/206977730/ |access-date=2026-09-29 |work=Evening Herald |location=Dublin, Ireland |pages=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The college opened in September 1984.<ref name=":5" /> By March 1988, it was one of the fastest growing schools in Ireland, with 697 students.<ref name=":5" /> In November 1991, it had 870 students.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1991-11-07 |title=Soccer Making Life so Tough in Condalkin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-herald-soccer-making-life-so-tou/206979254/ |access-date=2026-09-29 |work=Evening Herald |location=Dublin, Ireland |pages=65 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Collinstown Park Community College won the Making Our Country Poverty Free challenge for its promect "Early School Leaving – What's Your Story?" at the 2007Young Social Innovators National Showcase.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Summer 2007 |title=Notice Board |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Action_on_Poverty_Today_Issue_17_Summer/QbNp-IsdbsIC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |journal=Action on Poverty Today |publisher=Combat Poverty Agency |issue=17 |page=16 |via=Google Books|issn=1649-3796}}</ref>

== Campus ==
Collinstown Park Community College is located on Neilstown Road in Clondalkin, South Dublin.<ref name=":4" /> The campus includes a large assembly hall and a physcial education hall. The college is adjacent to a thirty-acre public park.<ref name=":5" />

== Academics ==
Collinstown Park Community College is a [[post-primary]] and [[further education]] training college.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Collinstown Park Community College |url=https://www.collinstownpark.ie/Home |access-date=2026-09-29 |website=Collinstown Park Community College |language=English}}</ref> It offers programs leading to a [[Junior Certificate]], Leaving Certificate and [[Post Leaving Certificate]]s.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> It also prepares students for [[Further Education and Training Awards Council|FETAC]] Certificate examinations.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ddletb.ie/Education-centres/Collinstown-Park-Community-College,-Clondalkin.aspx |title=Collinstown Park Community College, Clondalkin | publisher=Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board |access-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031045102/http://www.ddletb.ie/Education-centres/Collinstown-Park-Community-College,-Clondalkin.aspx |archive-date=2014-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The college has second level programs for the [[Junior Cycle|junior cycle]], including a Junior Certificate Programme and a Junior Certificate Schools Programme.<ref name=":3" /> For the senior cycle, the college's programs include the Leaving Certificate, the [[Leaving Certificate Applied|Leaving Certificate Applied Programme]], and the [[Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme]].<ref name=":3" /> The college also has a [[Transition Year|Transition Year Programme]], a School Completion Program, and various courses for [[Adult learner|adult learners]].<ref name=":3" />

Subjects offered for the intermediate and group certificates include art, commerce, French, home economics, humanities (English, geography, and history), Irish, maths, metalwork, music, physical education, religion, science, technical drawing, and woodwork.<ref name=":5" />

== Students ==
In March 2007, Collinstown Park Community College  had 810 students.<ref name=":1" /> It had 520 twelve to eighteen year-olds enrolled in its Leaving Certificate program.<ref name=":1" /> It also had 90 full-time and 200 part-time mature students who were studying for FETAC Certificate examinations.<ref name=":1" /> The college is co-educational and multi-denominational.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> All applicants are accepted.<ref name=":5" />

== Governance and staff ==
Collinstown Park Community College is governed by a local Board of Management that is authorized by the Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board, which replaced the City of Dublin [[Vocational Education Committee]] (CDVEC) in 2013.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> In March 2007, the college had a staff of 99.<ref name=":1" /> Its principal is Áine McGrath.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" />

== Extra-curricular activities ==
Collinstown Park Community College has a [[Cumann Gaelach]] club as well as clubs for jobs, music, photography and pottery. In the 1980s, the school also had an "Outward Pursuit" group for hiking, nature study, orienteering and walking.<ref name=":5" />{{needs update|date=September 2026}}

Sports at Collinstown Park Community College include basketball, [[camogie]], cross country, [[association football|football]], men's and women's [[Gaelic football]], and volleyball.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> Its athletic team is known as the Allen Gaels.<ref name=":6" /> The Gaelic football team won the Leitrim County title in 1991 and the Dublin Championship in 1988.<ref name=":6" />

== Notable people ==

=== Alumni ===

* [[Bernard Dunne]], boxer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dunne |first=Bernard |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/My_Story/KaYCIYDHGHsC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=My Story |date=2010-11-05 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-196525-3 |page=19 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Cahill |first=Jackie |date=2014-06-02 |title='Doctors told me it won't get better. It's always there and could get far worse' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/irish-independent-doctors-told-me-it-wo/206980871/ |access-date=2026-09-29 |work=Irish Independent |location=Dublin, Ireland |pages=T8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
* [[Kenny Egan|Kenneth Egan]], member of the [[South Dublin County Council]]; boxer who won a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":7" />
* [[Roy Keane|Roy Kean]], professional [[association football]] player and coach<ref name=":7" />

=== Faculty ===
* [[Shane Dooley]], [[Hurling|hurler]] and [[Gaelic football|gaelic footballer]]<ref name=":7" />

==See also==
* [[Education in the Republic of Ireland|Education in Ireland]]
* [[List of further education colleges in the Republic of Ireland|List of further education colleges in Ireland]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.collinstownpark.ie Collinstown Park Community College Official website]

[[Category:Further education colleges in South Dublin (county)]]
[[Category:Clondalkin]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Ireland]]