in Ireland to be given permanent recognition as a national school, granted in 2015 by the Department of Education. Patronage of Mol an Óige Steiner National School was transferred on 1 September 2019 to the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and it became Mol an Óige Community National School (CNS) in 2019. Scoil Mhainchin was formed as an amalgamation of the CBS Primary School and The Convent of Mercy National School. There are also three secondary schools in the town: Ennistymon CBS, which is the only all-boys school in the county, the Vocational School and Scoil Mhuire. Plans are in place to amalgamate these three schools. Parish of Ennistymon Notable people Kootenay Brown (by birth John George Brown), Irish-Canadian polymath, soldier, trader and conservation advocate Martin Conway, Irish Fine Gael politician Marie Davenport, Irish former female long-distance runner John Philip Holland, Irish engineer and inventor of the submarine; attended C.B.S. Secondary School Ennistymon Seamus Mac Cruitín, Irish poet and bard Steve Wall, Irish musician and actor Brian Merriman, Irish language poet and teacher (a statue of him stands outside St Andrew's church) William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond, Irish peer William Rynne, Irish Republican who fought in the 1916 Rising Town twinning Ennistymon is twinned with: Pozzoleone, Italy Schimatari, Greece References External links Ennistymon historical background Ennistymon tourist information Ennistymon town site Towns and villages in County Clare