Foundations of Hope
Hope Foundation – Kolkata 2017 Last month six Transition Year students, Harry Arkwright, Brian Gallagher, Tom Gilheany, Ross MacGoey, John Maher and Conor Martin along with Mr Noel Murray and Old…
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Our Greatness in God’s eyes
‘We are entitled to our greatness in God’s eyes’ On Wednesday 5th April, the Pope John Paul II Awards hosted a special day of celebrations at Knock, Co. Mayo to…
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Golf Classic in K Club
As part of their fund raising campaign for the Clongowes Duck Push the gentlemen of Syntax are organising the Duck Push Golf Classic at the K-Club in Straffan Co. Kildare…
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Breaking Good
Crystal Clear Winner We are delighted to report that Kieran Barrett Gomez (Rudiments) was recently announced as a joint winner of the SSPC-iCRAG National Crystal Growing Competition. Kieran won an iPad…
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Dictum meum pactum
Bond Trader Challenge ‘Dictum meum pactum’ (my word is my bond) is the motto of the London Stock Exchange, where bargains are made with no exchange of documents and no…
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Sean the Cantabrigian
Sean McMahon (OC’16) meets our budding undergraduates Sean McMahon is currently home from the University of Cambridge for his Easter Break. Having now completed two of his three semesters of…
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Musicians and Illucinations
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…
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Trad Session on Tuesday
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…
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Return of the MACSI
Maths Modelling On Friday March 31st, Professor James Gleeson, Professor of Industrial and Applied Mathematics at the University of Limerick (UL) and Co-Director of the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science…
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Headmaster’s Assembly
The Boys’ Chapel was packed on Wednesday (March 29th) for the Headmaster’s Assembly just ten days before the start of the Easter Vacation. Mr Lumb commenced by congratulating the students…
Read MoreFestival of Drama
This coming Thursday and Friday (30th and 31st March) at 19.00, Third Line and Syntax take to the stage with their dramatic offerings as Clongowes witnesses the long awaited return…
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French Theatre
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…
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Crossing the ‘Chalkline’
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…
Read MoreGolf Classic in K Club
As part of their fund raising campaign for the Clongowes Duck Push the gentlemen of Syntax are organising the Duck Push Golf Classic at the K-Club in Straffan Co. Kildare…
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American Football
Clongowes Wood College v Georgetown Prep, Maryland On a chilly Monday afternoon Clongowes hosted fellow Jesuit College, Georgetown Preparatory School from Maryland USA. With the rugby season drawing to a…
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Minding Your Brain
Dr Elizabeth Walsh (Clinical Psychiatrist, UCHG), mother of Donnchadh (OC’16) and Richard (Rhetoric) visited Clongowes recently (Thursday, March 9th) to give a talk to Rhetoric entitled ‘Mental Illness and Minding Your…
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Vocal Master Classes
Last week (Friday 10th March) Clongowes held set of vocal master classes given by renowned Irish Tenor Emmanuel Lawler, who is also a lecturer in the DIT Conservatory of Music and…
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Author Visit: Gerard Siggins
Rugby Spirit Gerard Siggins series of books, Rugby Spirit, are proving very popular with students in Elements and Rudiments for a number of reasons: rugby, boarding school, historical figures and…
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Fr John Sullivan Tournament
Fr. John Sullivan SJ U14 Tournament On Saturday 11th March 2017, 11 teams from all over the country travelled to Clongowes for the first annual Fr John Sullivan SJ tournament.…
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Seachtain na Gaeilge
Seachtain na Gaeilge i gColáiste Choill Chluana Gabhann Beginning on Monday March 13th we will celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge in Coláiste Choill Chluana Gabhann (the college of the wood of the…
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