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    • How to Apply
    • International Students
    • Open Days and Visits
    • Admissions Policy
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    • AHP Bursary
  • Academic
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    • Curricular
    • The Bellarmine Centre
    • James Joyce Library
    • Transition Year
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    • Creativity & Culture
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    • Living
    • Care & Wellbeing
    • Nutrition
    • Medical Care
    • COVID-19 Protocols
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Monthly Archives: December 2013

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Orchestral Manouevres in Cherryfield

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin18th December 2013

On Sunday last (15th December) a group of orchestral musicians from Poetry travelled to Cherryfield Nursing home for retired Jesuits in Milltown. Our aim was to entertain the residents and…

Collinge an file

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin17th December 2013

‘Is mise Collinge an file’ is not how Mr Declan Collinge, introduced himself to the students of Irish language in Elements, Syntax and (appropriately) Poetry when he addressed them in the…

Going back to a land down under

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin16th December 2013

Last week the five Australian GAP students (or Gappies), who have graced the groves of Clongowes since January, began to make their way back home for a bit of sunshine…

An Old Clongownian and a Knight of the Realm

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin14th December 2013

When William Sargent (on the right above) and a group of like-minded friends established Framestore in 1986, few could have predicted how successful the visual effects company would be. With…

Girl on Fire: Suzanne Collins and four talented men

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin12th December 2013

On Thursday 5th December the Headmaster, Fr Leonard Moloney announced the results of the Catching Fire Literacy and Art Competition, organised by the James Joyce Library in conjunction with the…

Expectant waiting and preparation

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin11th December 2013

Last Wednesday, 4th of December we held our annual Advent Reconciliation Service. Under the careful direction and management of our Liturgical Director, Mr. Cyril Murphy this Advent service proved both prayerful…

Formal education does more harm than good

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin10th December 2013

On the 21st of November, Conor Murray, Sam Powell, and Louis Gunning (above) from Poetry represented Clongowes in the third round of the ‘Rigby-Jones Memorial’ Debating Competition. Named after the…

A Clongownian’s war on TV3 tonight

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin9th December 2013

2014 sees the centenary of the birth of a remarkable Clongownian, Doctor Aidan MacCarthy (OC 1930), from Castletownbere on the Beara peninsula in West Cork. He was remarkable for many reasons…

ZIP-IT!!!

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin7th December 2013

On Sunday November 17th , 40 students forsook the late Sunday call and gathered for early-morning Mass and breakfast to allow for a swift 9am departure from the college for…

Haiyan Disaster Appeal – Philippines

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Admin6th December 2013

In the immediate aftermath of the Typhoon Haiyan Disaster in the Philippines the Rector, Fr Michael Sheil SJ, launched an appeal for relief funds from the wider Clongowes family. Fr…

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