Clongowes Stories

2nd February 2015

Clongownians of Distinction: A guide to the Serpentine Collection Last Tuesday evening, 27th January, in Clongowes Clongownians of Distinction: A guide to the Serpentine Collection, by Dr Harman Murtagh (on the right in the picture) was launched by Mr John Bruton the President of the Clongowes Union. The Headmaster Fr Leonard Moloney SJ introduced proceedings and the Rector, Fr…read article

30th January 2015

SCT v Castleknock College Although he might have assumed that he would quietly slip away into the sunset upon his retirement, the enigmatic Mr. Tony Pierce, erstwhile Latin and Maths teacher, found himself back in the limelight in both capacities as Clongowes took on Castleknock at Donnybrook yesterday. Taking up his usual position on the halfway…read article

28th January 2015

In the perfect setting of the National Concert Hall, The Dublin Youth Orchestras (DYO) Annual Gala Concert took place on Saturday 10th January from where Michelle Burke, Fundraising & Marketing Manager of the Clongowes Foundation and her cub reporter (and daughter) Nicole Tracey (wise beyond her 13 years) filed this report… Early in January four…read article

26th January 2015

Elements Belfast Tour On a cold and icy Monday morning just last week 65 Elements boys awoke from our slumbers at dawn, buzzing with the excitement of the week to come. As we gathered for Morning Prayer the rest of the school looked down with envy on us as we prepared to depart for Belfast….read article

22nd January 2015

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this Clongowes Digest and the college website to learn that Gary Skinner (Syntax) has been chosen to be a member of team Ireland taking part in the 2015 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival in Vorarlberg (Austria) and Lichtenstein between 24th and 31st January 2015. Gary…read article

20th January 2015

Learning to Love the World as God Does A lecture by Dr David Tuohy SJ on Jesuit Humanism in Education and a major exhibition entitled In the Spirit of the Saints: the Jesuit Influence on Baroque Art will mark the end of a series of events to mark the Jesuit Restoration (1814-2014) organised by the Irish…read article

19th January 2015

Although soccer in Clongowes is now one of the little brothers of the oval ball game, there was a time when it reigned supreme. It was first introduced to the school shortly after the amalgamation with Tullabeg in 1886 and notable participants included Oliver St John Gogarty (the Buck Mulligan of James Joyce’s Ulysses) and…read article

16th January 2015

Inter-schools 5th Year Library Quiz Five students from Poetry did an excellent job representing the school at the Inter-school Library Quiz held at Sandford Park on Jan 15th. This is an annual event for 5th year students, initiated originally by Ms Aileen Ivory, Librarian at Alexandra College. Over the years a number of personalities have…read article

14th January 2015

The European Cross Country Championships held in the Bulgarian mountain resort of Sarakov last month marked another milestone in the promising athletic career of Poetry student Jack O’Leary. Following a medal winning performance at the All Ireland Club Cross Country in November (pictured above), Jack secured his berth on the Irish team. What makes this…read article

12th January 2015

Mark Thomas, Sang Gyu Park, Darren Cormican, Conor Breslin, Robbie White, Mrs. Theresa Thomas, Cormac Hegarty, James Collins Caffrey, Marcus Jankola, Mr. Philip Thomas (behind), Rhys Hylle, Cathal Duffy (behind), Mr. Niall Leahy, Mr. Noel Mason. On Tuesday the 6th of January eight Rhetoric Orchestral musicians and two Elements Schola singers, accompanied by Mr and…read article