Niall de Burca – Performance Storytelling

Clongowes Stories, Featured, LibraryBy amennis19th November 2019Leave a comment

Niall de Burca made his annual appearance at Clongowes’ James Joyce Library on the evening of Wednesday the 13th of November. Niall is one of Ireland’s foremost performance storytellers with…

Inter-House Character Dress-Up Day

Clongowes Stories, Featured, LibraryBy amennis7th November 2019Leave a comment

The third Inter-House Book Character Dress-Up Day took place on Wednesday the 6th of November – the brainchild of the ever-innovative Ms O’Loughlin, our school librarian. The annual event never…

Drop Everything And Read

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College14th March 2019Leave a comment

It is a long established tradition in Clongowes that we ‘Drop Everything And Read’ (D.E.A.R.) once a year and this year was no different. This week a 30 minute session…

World Book Day

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College7th March 2019Leave a comment

On Thursday, March 7th, a group of 11 from Elements and Rudiments (looking dashing in our formal dress!) departed early in the morning for a World Book Day event at…

Dave Rudden Author Visit

Clongowes Stories, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College25th February 2019Leave a comment

Knights of the Borrowed Dark On Wednesday, February 6th, award-winning author Dave Rudden returned to Clongowes to talk to the boys in Elements about his very popular novel, ‘Knights of the…

Crossing the Chalkline

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College19th October 2018Leave a comment

Jane Mitchell, author of ‘Chalkline’ with members of Rudiments Book Club, comparing covers of English and French versions of the novel. Members of the Rudiments’ Book Club received a treat…

Fictional Clongowes

Clongowes Stories, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College8th November 2017Leave a comment

Book Character Dress-up Day Buzz Our Inter-House approach to Book Character Dress-Up Day resulted in the best event of its kind to date. Classic and modern characters from the world…

The Light Makers

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College29th October 2017Leave a comment

An evening with author Mary O’Donnell An enjoyable evening was shared by the Staff and the Parents’ Book Club last Wednesday (25th October) in the company of local poet, author…

Inter-House Book Quiz

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College19th October 2017Leave a comment

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…

Crossing the ‘Chalkline’

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, Featured, LibraryBy Clongowes Wood College25th March 2017Leave a comment

Mr Shane Heslin’s English class have been reading Jane Mitchell’s novel ‘Chalkline’ and decided to invite the author, Jane Mitchell, to Clongowes to give them the inside story on her…