Management & Staff

Senior Management

  • Board of Management

    Appointed August 2022.
    Term of Office ends July 2025.

    Nominees of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert:
    Mrs. Ming Loughnane, Mr. Sean O’Dwyer and Mr. Declan O’Meara (Chairperson)

    Nominees of the Galway Roscommon Education & Training Board:
    Mr. David John Kearney, Councillor Michael Connolly M.C.C. and Mr. John Cleary

    Staff Nominees:
    Ms. Emma Byrne and Ms. Liz Skelly

    Parents’ Nominees:
    Mr. Ian Bloomer and Ms. Carmel Hooban Campbell

    Ex Officio:
    Mr. Shane McClearn, Principal & Secretary to the Board.

  • Senior Leadership Team

    Mr. Shane McClearn – Principal
    Ms. Elaine Shanahan Dunne – Deputy Principal

  • Assistant Principals

    Ms. Gráinne Fogarty gfogarty@portumnacs.ie Year Head to 2nd year and lead and manage health and safety, talented and gifted support, awards and recognition
    Ms. Natasha Murtagh nmurtagh@portumnacs.ie Year Head to 3rd year and SEN coordinator
    Ms. Edel Madden emadden@portumnacs.ie Year Head to TY and lead and manage Student Voice
    Mr. Michael Fallon mfallon@portumnacs.ie Year Head to 5th year and lead and manage ICT coordination and digital strategy
    Ms. Fiona Kelly fkelly@portumnacs.ie Year Head to 6th year and Examination Secretary and lead and manage in house assessment
    Ms. Margaret Lohan mlohan@portumnacs.ie Year Head to 2nd year and lead and manage teaching/learning/ inspection support
    Mr. Leo Smith lsmith@portumnacs.ie Year Head to LCA5/6 and Programme coordinator (LCVP, TY and LCA)
    Ms. Anne Fahy afahy@portumnacs.ie Academic Director and lead and manage coordination of PR activities
    Ms. Sinéad Ryan styan@portumnacs.ie Lead and manage designated student services – supervised study and canteen services
    Ms. Denise Lyons dlyone@portumnacs.ie SEN support / RACE Administration
    Ms. Deirdre Durack deirdre.durack@portumnacs.ie SEN support / Students files / L2LP
    Ms. Emma Byrne ebyrne@portumnacs.ie Lead and manage event coordination, extra curricular calendar, uniform transition
    Mr. Michael Mullins mmullins@portumnacs.ie SEN support – Student Transitions and Irish Exemptions
    Ms. Caroline Casey ccasey@portumnacs.ie Student Services – Lead and manage website development, PR development/ school prospectus
    Ms. Niamh Byrne nbyrne@portumnacs.ie Lead and manage the school cairde system, school journal, SSE

Academic Departments

  • English

    Ms. Niamh Byrne (Religion and English)
    Ms. Sharon Connolly (Irish and English)
    Ms. Eibhlín Enright (History and English)
    Ms. Anne Hough (English and Religion)
    Ms. Anne Fahy (English and Geography)
    Mr. Nicholas Plews (English and History)
    Ms. Liz Skelly (Geography and English)

  • Gaeilge

    Ms. Emma Byrne (Religion and Irish)
    Ms. Caroline Casey (Irish and Accounting)
    Ms. Sharon Connolly (Irish and English)
    Ms. Shauna Kinneen (French and Irish)

  • Maths

    Ms. Bernadette Brennan (Maths)
    Ms. Saoirse Cormican (Maths)
    Ms. Thea Curtin (Science and Maths)
    Mr. Kevin Hanney (Biology, Maths and Science)
    Ms. Grainne Fogarty (Business, Accounting and Maths)
    Ms. Lisa Mullen (Maths)
    Ms. Sinéad Ryan (Maths and Religion)
    Ms. Lisa Shiel (PE and Maths)

  • History

    Ms. Eibhlín Enright (History and English)
    Ms. Edel Madden (History)
    Mr. Nicholas Plews (English and History)
    Ms. Olivia Moylan (History and German)

  • Geography

    Mr. Michael Mullins (Geography and PE)
    Ms. Liz Skelly (Geography and English)
    Ms. Anne Fahy (English and Geography)

  • Science

    Ms. Thea Curtin (Science and Maths)
    Mr. John Enright (Physics and Science)
    Mr. Kevin Hanney (Biology, Maths and Science)
    Ms. Sinéad Keena (Chemistry and Science)
    Ms. Fiona Kenny (Biology and Science)
    Ms. Siobhan Lawlor (Science and SPHE)
    Mr. Leo Smith (Agriculture Science and Science)

  • Business/ Accounting

    Ms. Caroline Casey (Irish and Accounting)
    MS. Deirdre Durack (Business and Religion)
    Ms. Grainne Fogarty (Business, Accounting ad Maths)
    Ms. Martina Hayes (Business and LCVP)
    Ms. Sharon Lee (Business and LCVP)

  • Religion

    Ms. Emma Byrne (Religion and Irish)
    Ms. Niamh Byrne (Religion and English)
    MS. Deirdre Durack (Business and Religion)
    Ms. Anne Hough (English and Religion)
    Ms. Margaret Lohan (Home Economics and Religion)
    Ms. Natasha Murtagh (Home Economics and Religion)
    Ms. Sinéad Ryan (Maths and Religion)

  • Modern Foreign Languages

    Ms. Fiona Kelly (French)
    Ms. Shauna Kinneen (French and Irish)
    Ms. Denise O’ Callaghan (German and CSPE)

  • Home Economics

    Ms. Margaret Lohan (Home Economics and Religion)
    Ms. Natasha Murtagh (Home Economics and Religion)

  • Art

    Ms. Hayley Aldous (Art)
    Ms. Anne Keane (Art)

  • Music

    Ms. Emma Brogan (Music and Irish)

  • Career Guidance

    Ms. Denise Lyons

  • Physical Education

    Mr. Michael Mullins (Geography and PE)
    Ms. Lisa Shiel (PE and Maths)

  • Engineering

    Mr. Michael Lynch (Engineering and Tech Graph )
    Mr. Ruairí Ó Tuairisg (Engineering )

  • Graphics

    Mr. Michael Fallon (Construction studies and Tech. Graph )
    Mr. Michael Lynch (Engineering and Tech Graph )
    Mr. Thomas Madden (Construction Studies and Tech Graph )

  • SNA Staff

    Ms. Sharon Braide
    Ms. Máiread Hartnett
    Ms. Susan Keane

School Administration

  • School Receptionist

    Ms. Mary Mitchell

  • Finance Officer

    Ms. Esther Hogan Larkin

  • Caretakers

    Mr. Martin Hackett
    Mr. Tom Quinn