Clongowes Stories

15th January 2013

We would like to wish a warm Clongowes welcome in this cold January week to our new batch of Australian Gap Students- Lachlan Moody (Scots College, Warwick),  James Quinn (St. Josephs College Sydney), Josh Schwager (St. Josephs College, Sydney) Daniel Sheehan (St. Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney) & Sam Hartwig (St. Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney) Fresh…read article

10th January 2013

Last evening, Ben Osborne presented his second Academic Paper on “The Story of Language.” He gave a detailed and animated account of the history and tumultuous beginnings of the English language, revealing how English, through countless threats and near brushes with extinction has evolved and persevered to become globally recognised and utilised. Congratulations to Ben…read article

21st December 2012

Clongowes will offer the Rainbows program from January. The goal of Rainbows is to offer support to participants to cope with bereavement or separation in the family. This is accomplished by: Peer support, trained facilitators, discovery of personal coping tools, acknowledgement and expression of feelings and support to integrate and adapt to significant loss. For further…read article

21st December 2012

Season’s Greetings from the Headmaster in our 198th Academic Year As we look to the celebration of Christmas, with Mass on Christmas Eve (at 9 PM, and  to which all are warmly invited), we have much to be thankful for. A personal hightlight for me this past term has been the emerging versatility of the new…read article

21st December 2012

Clongowes Transition Year Mini Company- C.W.C. Branded Umbrellas Perfect for showing your support on those colder, wetter cup games. Only €25 Each,  The proceeds are in aid of the Duck Push (Our Lady’s Hospital Crumlin). Available in Clongowes now, contact Charlie Carroll at ccarroll09@clongowes.net , Alex Reid at areid09@clongowes.net or Michael Doyle at mdoyle09@clongowes.net

20th December 2012

Last Friday, 14th December saw the departure of this year’s five GAP students, Andrew Ball, Henry Davidson, Timothy Hill, Matthew Kanowski and James Tooth. These five young men contributed much to Clongowes over the last year and before he left James Tooth addressed the school about their time in Clongowes and what it meant to…read article

14th December 2012

Syntax Social Outreach Programme   We had a very, very special visitor to Clongowes last Tuesday just as our friends from KARE were arriving. As luck would have it, Santa dropped by. Seeing as all the students here were busy with their exams, he decided to leave them to it. However, he made his way…read article

13th December 2012

Schools Senior Cup Thursday January 31st Clongowes Wood College v Qualifier Templeville Road ko 14.30pm Schools Junior Cup Thursday February 7th Clongowes Wood College v St Michaels College Donnybrook ko 15.00pm

13th December 2012

[easyrotator]erf_20_1355263263/erf_5_1355352911/erc_97_1355352957[/easyrotator] The physics department was delighted to welcome Prof James Gleeson on Monday last the 10th of December. Clongowes physics students are once again involved in research projects with the University of Limerick. The department has linked up with the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry to develop mathematical models for four problems this…read article

12th December 2012

It’s that time of year where we celebrate Advent, read the Clongowes Ethos Blog by Aisling English for an insight into the significance of this celebration and a review of activities which take place here in Clongowes to mark the occasion.