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Saint Flannan's College is an Irish secondary school located in Ennis, County Clare. Formerly an all-boys boarding school, the first girls class was entered in 2002 and in 2005 the boarding school was closed. In 2003 an extension which added over 20 new rooms to the college was completed. A measure of the expansion that has taken place over the past thirty years is that in 1962, there were some 370 pupils in St. Flannan’s, 140 of whom were day boys. Just 17 teachers were in attendance. By 2004, the numbers had risen to more than 1,000 students. Staff numbers had risen to 66. In September 2002, Coed. classes were introduced in First Year. In September 2003, a new wing containing extensive new facilities was opened. In the 2007-2008 school year there were 1,152 students at St. Flannan’s.

Rice College is a secondary school in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland founded in 1826. It is also a C.B.S with a house on the property where "Brothers" still reside. No Brothers teach in the secondary school but it was previously run by the religious order. It was formerly an all-boys school, although girls were first admitted to repeat their leaving certificate examinations in 1985, it became coeducational in 1997. In 2006 construction started on an extension and was completed in early 2007.The school offers a wide range of subjects for students to choose from and requires first years to do all the subjects to allow them to make a more informed decision of what they would like to do. Transition year was introduced in 2008 with a class of 20-24 students being taken on.SportIn 1962, Rice College won their only Dr. Harty Cup (Munster 'A' Colleges Hurling), defeating bitter local rivals and twenty-one times champions, St. Flannan's, Ennis in the final in front of a sell-out crowd in Cusack Park. As a result of this they went on to compete in the Dr. Croke Cup (All-Ireland 'A' Colleges Hurling) final later that year, unfortunately losing out to St. Peter's College, Wexford in a tight affair.Rice College also competed in the 1963 Dr. Harty Cup decider but lost out to St. Finbarr's, Cork.

Today’s school was opened in 1979. Despite many changes through the years, the school now stands as proudly and as firmly within the traditions of its foundress, Catherine McAuley, as at any other period of its history. That this is a relatively small all-girls school brings with it many advantages. The girls have the opportunity of individual attention at all times. A sense of community within the school is fostered and newcomers find that this eases their transition from primary or other second level schools.