What might have been
In a match that bore eerie resemblances to last year’s final against Blackrock, the Clongowes SCT almost pulled off one of the great escapes of this (or any other sporting)…
Read MoreClongowes v Belvedere
At 4 pm tomorrow (or today if you’re reading this tomorrow…), in Donnybrook, the purple and white will line out against the black and white, in the semi-final of the…
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Staff Book Club – Chapter 1
Today we held the first lunchtime meeting of the Staff Book Club. With ten staff in attendance from various sectors of the school, e.g. administration, finance, and teaching we are…
Read MoreAll Ireland Athletics at CWC
All Ireland Schools and Universities Cross Country Championships While cross country running in Clongowes may have its origins in the arcane ‘Paper Chases’ of the Victorian school two centuries ago,…
Read MoreLenten Reflection
Have you ever thought of Lent as a yearly second chance? Each year the Church gives us six weeks to take a long, loving look at our lives to see…
Read MoreVisit of Papal Nuncio
On Sunday, 8th February 2015 we were privileged to have the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency The Most Rev Charles John Brown come to visit and celebrate Sunday Eucharist with us,…
Read MoreHow Many Miles to CWC?
Not many students get to meet the author of their Leaving Certificate text but just before the Mid-Term Break (Tuesday 10th, February) 31 members of Rhetoric were present to hear…
Read MoreHead Master/Mistress Appointment Brochure
Headmaster/ Headmistress Appointment Brochure
Fr Moloney leaving CWC
Last Tuesday (10th February), Fr Leonard Moloney SJ announced that he would be stepping down as Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College in August, after eleven years in the position. In…
Read MoreChampion Jack O’Leary
Leinster Senior Champion Major congratulations are due to Jack O’Leary (Poetry), who won the Leinster Senior Cross Country title in Santry last Wednesday (11th February). In a pacy and tactical…
Read MoreHow Many….?
How many students get to meet the author of their Leaving Certificate text? Very few, one would say. But on Tuesday afternoon in the James Joyce Library thirty one of…
Read MoreJohn Paul II Awards
John Paul II Awards Last week, four students from Poetry along with the Rector, Fr. Michael Sheil sj and our Pastoral Coordinator, Ms Anne Marie Dolan travelled to the Seven Oaks’…
Read MoreSCT hold on in cracker
For three heart-stopping minutes and forty nail-biting seconds yesterday, the spellbound crowd in Donnybrook watched as wave after wave of St Michael’s players broke on the Clongowes line, only to…
Read MoreWrites of Passage
Came across this great list of reads today for young adults on the World Book Day website. http://worldbookday.com/writes-of-passage/ The majority of these titles are available in the James Joyce Library…
Read MoreBlack-Tie Event
Tickets on Sale February 10th for The Bicentenary Celebration 16th May 2015 https://pay.easypaymentsplus.com/feepay1.aspx?id=288
Read MoreJCT just fall short
Relentless Clongowes Fall Short The Clongowes JCT drew something of a short straw when faced with favourites Blackrock in their first outing last Friday (February 6th). It was a match…
Read MoreEuropean Youth Parliament
Making the ordinary, extraordinary On the 16th January, six boys from Syntax (Lorcáin O’Shea, Lorcan Barrett, Michael O’Brien, Shane Hogan, Sean Ojejinmi and Conor Galvin) and four boys from Poetry…
Read MoreA quiet success
‘I’ve won Heineken Cups, I’ve played for Ireland, I’ve been to a World Cup; but some of my best rugby memories come from my days in Clongowes. Every kid dreams…
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