Welcome to our school’s website. We hope to give you a glimpse of our school life and to keep you up to date with our latest news and events.
Our school is situated in the village of Watergrasshill, 10 miles from Cork city. We are a co-educational school with sixteen Mainstream Teachers, two Special Classes and six Special Education Teachers. Currently we have 426 children attending the school.

Mission Statement

In Watergrasshill we strive to make our National School a place of education and development, where each child is cherished and encouraged to reach his/her potential.

School News

World Book Day

Celebrating World Book Day in Ms. O'Keeffe's Senior Infants! To celebrate World Book Day, 6th class organised a book hunt around the school. Trying to solve riddles, follow maps and identify famous quotes from books was great fun. 6th class really enjoyed...

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Red and White Day

The school was delighted to welcome past pupils, Seán Desmond and Brendan Lehane (son of current SNA Mary), with their club and county teammates, Daire O'Leary (son of current SNA Áine) and Michael O'Driscoll along with their U17 and U20 Munster and...

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Pancake Tuesday

Thanks to Barry Downey for taking the time out yesterday to make and serve pancakes for Mr. Griffin's 4th class. It was a special day for his son Alex in the class as it was also Alex's birthday.

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Pat’s Retirement

Some fabulous pictures and videos of Pat's Retirement! IMG_0078 IMG_0079 IMG_0080 IMG_0081 IMG-0119 Finn in 6th class, presented Master with a wonderful 3D plan of Watergrasshill National School. During a performance of 'This is Your Life', pupils from 5th...

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Grace O Donovan – Laura Lynn Charity

All in the school are very proud of 5th class pupil Grace O'Donovan for getting 12 inches of her hair cut for LauraLynn to help a little girl that has lost her own hair due to childhood cancer. If you can spare a few euro to support a good cause, it would...

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Master O’Brien’s Retirement

The Board of Management of Watergrasshill National School wishes to inform the school and wider community of the retirement of Master O'Brien on the 4th February 2022. Pat has been principal of our school since September 1999. He has served our community...

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