History & Heritage

The Comprehensive Schools for Ballymun were first planned in the late 1960’s. Initially two separate

single-sex Schools were envisioned and this idea finally developed into a co-educational structure with a shared facilities area to accommodate 750 boys & girls up to Intermediate Certificate.

After a brief period in Prefab Units, the new Comprehensive School welcomed Students in 1971, the Official Opening took place in March 1973.

A few years later a Senior Comprehensive School was built on the opposite side of the Ballymun Road to accommodate 500 boys & girls to Leaving Cert Level. The Comprehensive Schools were divided into :

The Girls Junior Comprehensive School

The Boys Junior Comprehensive School

The Senior Comprehensive School, each with its own separate teaching & management staff.

In 2005 the three Comprehensive Schools amalgamated to form a single co-ed Secondary School

under the new name of Trinity Comprehensive School. An extensive refurbishment of the old Junior Boys & Girls Comprehensive School Building was completed and the new school boasted state of the art facilities including,

  • Five Science Labs
  • A Home Economics Suite
  • Professional Stage
  • Two Sports Halls
  • Astro Turf Pitch
  • Fully Equipped Gym
  • Music Room
  • Parents Room
  • 4 Computer Rooms
  • Library with full time librarian
  • Learning Support Rooms
  • Wheelchair Accessible Building

Recent Additions;

  • Outdoor Classrooms
  • New Junior & Senior Lounge seating areas
  • Zen Den
  • Outside Courtyards with foosball tables, table tennis tables, seating benches with inlaid checker boards, outside gym equipment
  • Cinema Room
  • Interactive large screen TV in Library
  • ASD Room
  • Sensory Room
  • 2 Learning Hubs
  • Apriary
  • Wifi throughout the School inc. Gym

Additional resources

https://trinitycomp.wordpress.com/gallery/ by Lauren Walsh

one of the first School Websites: http://homepage.eircom.net/~ballymunboys/index.html

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