May, 2018 - Clongowes Wood College

Union Day 2018

30th May 2018

Union Day is one of the great traditions that have helped to make Clongowes what it is and has been gracing the grounds of the old Castle Browne for well over a century, ever since the first event on June 5th 1898. While the attendees in this fourth year of our third century may not have…read article

Duck Push Raffle

28th May 2018

Union Day Duck Push Raffle Congratulations to the winners of the Union Day Raffle: Featherblade Restaurant Voucher for two courtesy Mr. Paul McVeigh won by Ms Grainne Kennan Union Day hamper ( Clongowes jute bag , crested rugby ball, golf balls, umbrella, two bottles of wine ) won by Dean McGuinness Signed books by Robert…read article

Duck Push Shop

26th May 2018

As Union Day 2018 approaches  students in Syntax / Transition Year are getting their Duck Push Shop ready. It will be located in the marquee in front of the 1929 building. We have a stock of redesigned old favourites such as the crested Rhino rugby ball (€20), good for a post lunch pass around. There…read article

Golf Classic

26th May 2018

Duck Push Golf Classic The planning for the 2018 Duck Push Golf Classic started in early January. Transition Year is a very busy year for exchanges and work experience so different people were asked to step in to help with the many different jobs that had to be done. We worked about 2-3 hours a…read article

The Beautiful Game

24th May 2018

Staff v Students Soccer Last week saw 67 Rhetoric students take a break from their books to venture against a very prominent Magistri side in this years annual Staff v Students soccer game. Rhetoric had a lot on their shoulders if they were to live up to the display shown by their immediate predecessors, the first…read article

En Garde!

22nd May 2018

Irish Interschools Fencing Championship Eight teams from four schools contested the 2018 Inaugural Irish Interschools’ Championship hosted by Clongowes Wood College on Saturday 19thMay: Clongowes Wood College Dunamase College Glenstal Abbey School Royal Belfast Academical Institution Clongowes and Glenstal took an early lead with both A and B teams defeating their opponents Dunamase and RBAI…read article

Sky is the Limit for Paddy

20th May 2018

Inaugural AERPRIZE finals On Friday 16thMarch Rhetoric student Paddy White, in the company of his sponsor, science teacher Ms Yvonne Nolan, took his place at the inaugural AERPRIZE finals at the Atlantic Flight Training Academy in Little Island Cork. Paddy’s entry to the competition, a five-minute flight training video, one of over 150 team entries,…read article

Shooting Hoops

18th May 2018

Past v Present Basketball The evening of the Thursday 24thof April saw several OCs arrive confidently back to the sports hall to take on our current Senior basketball team, in a Past v Present battle. This was a match of Coach versus Coach and Brother versus Brother. Uncle of current school basketball captain Conrad Daly,…read article

Strength in Faith

16th May 2018

Confirmation Ceremony Most Reverend Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin visited Clongowes yesterday (May 15th) to confirm 18 of our pupils and support them in their adult faith journey. It was a joyous occasion attended by those to be confirmed (confirmandi), their Faith Friends and Sponsors and in the company of their peers in…read article

Real World Problems

14th May 2018

Maths Modelling Back in October, any 5th and 4th years who wanted to take part in maths modelling gathered in Mr. O’Hara’s classroom where Professor James Gleeson presented them with three problems they could work on for the next six months. The problems were: make a model that would tell us the predicted number of colonoscopies we…read article

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