Blackwater Community School
Blackwater Community School is a co-educational, multi-denominational community school in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The school offers Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. It is the 146th public school in the county and the fourth largest school in the county by number of pupils. In 2020, BCS was ranked 367th in The Sunday Times 'Best Schools Guide Top 400'.
History
Blackwater Community School is an amalgamation of three local schools: Lismore CBS, Presentation Convent, Lismore and St Anne’s Secondary School, Cappoquin. It was opened in September 2003 with a student population of 400 students.The first phase of a large extension to the school, which commenced in 2021, was completed in 2022. Additional phases of development, including refurbishment of existing school buildings, were also undertaken. The new campus was officially opened on 19 September 2025 by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
Extra-curricular activities
Sports undertaken at the school include athletics, soccer, hurling, camogie, Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football. In 2008, the boys' hurling team won the All-Ireland PPS Senior B Hurling Championship, while the girls' camogie team won the All-Ireland C Colleges trophy. The school's hurling team also won the Dean Ryan Cup in November 2011.Pupils have also previously represented the school at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.