Month: February 2018

7th February 2018

The cup season is well and truly upon us and the Junior and Senior campaigns continue apace as their respective competitions reach the quarterfinal stage… The seniors were first into the arena on the first day of spring, when they took on old rivals, The King’s Hospital, in Clontarf. The men from Clongowes raced into…read article

5th February 2018

The cup season is well and truly upon us and the Junior and Senior Campaigns continue apace. The Seniors were first into the ring last Thursday when they emerged victorious, 29-21 against one of their oldest rivals, The King’s Hospital in a latter-day Battle of Clontarf (more here). Today their Junior brethren will enter the…read article

5th February 2018

There was a moment early in the second half of the Junior Cup match in Donnybrook this afternoon when we wondered whether things would indeed go according to the coaches’ best laid plans or whether the boys from Temple Carrig would upset our apple cart. From a standing start at 7-0 down early on, the…read article

3rd February 2018

New Swimming Pool to be officially opened by Tánaiste, Simon Coveney The long awaited new 25 metre, five-lane swimming pool in Clongowes quietly entered service before Christmas and has been noisily much in demand since then with – it seems – the whole school (whether wet behind the ears or not) eager to dip more…read article

1st February 2018

‘Anois teacht an earraigh, beidh ‘n lá dul chun síneadh ‘S tar éis na Féil’ Bríde, ardóidh mé mo sheol…” These opening lines from the classic Irish poem Cill Aodáin by Antaine Ó Raifteirí speak of hope and the lengthening of the evenings as the winter passes and the spring has come at last. The…read article

1st February 2018

Clongowes Wood College 29 The King’s Hospital 21 Relations between Clongowes Wood College and The King’s Hospital go back a long way and run deep. As our closest rugby playing neighbours, for many years it was the tradition for our cup teams to open their friendly seasons against them every September, and readers of a…read article