The school is situated on a ten acre site in a rural location adjacent to the small village of Coachford approximately 18 miles west of Cork city.

The school itself is a modern building.  A large extension was added in 2001.This extension almost doubled the floor area of the school.

There are 31 classrooms in total and these comprise of a mix of general classrooms and specialist rooms, laboratories and workshops.These rooms include

Full sized Physical Education Hall

Library

Oratory

3 Science Laboratories

Physics Laboratory

Chemistry Laboratory

Biology/Agricultural Science Laboratory

2 Workshops

Engineering Workshop

Building Construction Workshop

2 Home Economics Rooms

Food Preparation Area

Dress Design Room

Fully Equipped Computer Laboratories

Music/Drama Room

Technical Drawing Room

17 general classrooms (including three tiered demonstration rooms)

There are two canteen areas, a conservatory area as well as several other general social areas.

The grounds still contain many of the features of the original Georgian house and estate that were situated there from the middle of the nineteenth century.  These features include

A large walled garden that is used both by Transition Year Horticulture and Senior Cycle Agricultural Science students.

The courtyard of the original building.  The courtyard was completely refurbished in 2000.

There are three separate hard court playing areas on the grounds.  A new football/hurling/camogie pitch is at an advanced stage of planning and it is expected that work will begin on this project in the near future.