Seniors into Quarter Final
Clongowes Wood College 20: Wesley College 7 The Clongowes Senior Cup Team started their latest campaign at Donnybrook yesterday in a tough encounter with Wesley College and a match that…
Cup Fever
It’s that time of year again, when the young men of Clongowes don the purple and white to represent the school on the rugby field. While this has been happening…
Fencing Teams Victorious
Two Clongowes fencing teams from Rudiments and Elements travelled to Glenstal in Limerick recently for a friendly fixture with the equivalent A and B teams from the host school. The…
The Special One
While the IRFU was founded in 1874 it was some fourteen years more before some Clongowes students asked the Higher Line Prefect to have rugby posts erected and not until…
Launching the Pool
Minister Simon Coveney opens new Swimming Pool The long awaited new 25 metre, five-lane swimming pool in Clongowes, which quietly entered service before Christmas was officially opened last Wednesday (October…
Representative Rugby
Clongowes has a long tradition of pupils and past pupils playing representative rugby at provincial and international level (including selections for the Lions). Daniel Ross from Hollywood, Co Down, became…
Canoeing Success
Not paddling their own canoes… The ancient and noble sport of canoeing has been rekindled in Clongowes in recent years and last Saturday (15th September) was another red letter day as…
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Legendary American author Damon Runyon may have quipped that, while ‘the race is not always to the swift that’s how the smart money bets’ most of the time, but the…
Rugby Kicks Off
It’s that time of year again, when the young men of Clongowes begin to don the purple and white to represent the school on the rugby field and there is…
The Beautiful Game
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…