Cultural

21st October 2017

Winner of the Irish Freemasons’ Young Musician of the Year 2017 On Saturday, 14th October, Richard Thomas (OC’13) was awarded 1st place in the Irish Freemasons’ Young Musician of the Year. The semi-finals took place on Thursday October 12th where he was shortlisted to the final four. The final round took place on Saturday 14th…read article

19th October 2017

Sixty students, from across all the year groups, gathered for the Inter-House Book Quiz on Wednesday night (18th October), where the prize – a silver cup – graced the team table of Sullivan, the 2016 winners… Using a table quiz format each House submitted a team (one representative from each year group) to compete over…read article

17th October 2017

Trad for Trócaire On Tuesday 17th of October the Trad group returned to Connolly’s of Ballagh for our annual ‘Trad for Trócaire’ Session. Thankfully Hurricane Ophelia did not inflict any damage on Connolly’s but the trad group certainly raised the roof with a great set of tunes. We were delighted to be able to bring…read article

15th October 2017

THE ACADEMY Amid the groves and fountains of an Athenian garden over 300 years before the birth of Christ, the great philosopher, Plato, gathered his disciples in the first meeting of The Academy. It had a long and famed existence for nearly 800 years. When at last the philosophers and scientists met there no more,…read article

4th June 2017

Richard Thomas Wins Top Prize At The 2017 Trench Award Richard Thomas (OC’13) claimed the overall prize at The 2017 Trench Award with a mesmerising performance on violin during the inaugural Birr Festival of Music & Voice at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre last Sunday night (28th May). Now in its fourth year, the Trench Award…read article

26th May 2017

Last Tuesday (May 22nd) the boys of Transition Year hosted their Social Outreach visitors (and a few lucky members of staff) to a short concert in the James Joyce Library. The music was provided by members of the Clongowes College Choir and featured solo and choral performances of music by composers such as Rutter, Schubert,…read article

26th April 2017

Inter Aulas Academiæ! On Tuesday 4th April our Latin class accompanied by Mr Adam Conry headed for Trinity College Dublin to compete in this year’s Latin Poetry Competition. This annual event brings together Junior and Senior Cycle students of Latin, Greek and Classics to read poetry in the vernacular of Ancient Rome. The contestants are…read article

4th April 2017

On Thursday and Friday, 30th and 31st March, Third Line and Syntax took to the stage with their dramatic offerings as Clongowes witnessed the long awaited return of its very own Festival of Drama… Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn Ernie’s incredible imagination is alarming his parents and they go to the doctor in search…read article

1st April 2017

The Clongowes Trad group will be playing in Connolly’s of Ballagh on Tuesday, April 4th from 19.30-21.30. This promises to be a great night of music and song and provides an opportunity to say thank you and farewell to our sixth year student, John lappin who has been with us since third year. Started in 2008 by Clongowes…read article

27th March 2017

Tuesday the 21st of March provided an unique day for us. To witness the pure comedy provided by the brilliant French Theatre For Schools was an experience I’ll certainly not forget. It gave the chance for all Poetry French students to take a ‘deserved’ break from the books and to sit back and enjoy the…read article