A 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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Distinguished OCs
Clongownians of Distinction: A guide to the Serpentine Collection Last Tuesday evening, 27th January, in Clongowes Clongownians of Distinction: A guide to the Serpentine Collection, by Dr Harman Murtagh (on the right…
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Bicentenary Mass Next Sunday, 8th February 2015 we are privileged to have the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency The Most Rev Charles John Brown coming to visit us and celebrate Sunday…
Read MoreAwareness Ribbon Day
Fundraising for Cancer Research Next Thursday, 5th February, in conjunction with The Caroline Foundation we are going to have an AWARENESS RIBBON DAY. The Caroline Foundation (a constituent of Prof. John Crown’s Cancer Clinical Research…
Read MorePossunt quia posse videntur
SCT v Castleknock College Although he might have assumed that he would quietly slip away into the sunset upon his retirement, the enigmatic Mr. Tony Pierce, erstwhile Latin and Maths…
Read MoreA Read on the ‘Rogues’
Ever wondered what the ‘rogues’ did to warrant a place in the Serpentine Gallery? All is revealed in ‘Clongownians of Distinction: A Guide to the Serpentine Collection’. The publication was…
Read MoreCWC in the NCH
In the perfect setting of the National Concert Hall, The Dublin Youth Orchestras (DYO) Annual Gala Concert took place on Saturday 10th January from where Michelle Burke, Fundraising & Marketing…
Read MoreAustralian Alumni
Bicentenary Celebration Weekend: Sydney – 29th/30th May
Called to Serve
Called to serve Last Week we celebrated Christian Unity week which is traditionally observed from the 18th to the 25th January – the octave of St. Peter and St. Paul. Clongowes…
Read MoreElements go North
Elements Belfast Tour On a cold and icy Monday morning just last week 65 Elements boys awoke from our slumbers at dawn, buzzing with the excitement of the week to…
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Parent Retreat in Glendalough There has been such a positive response to this experience in recent years that this year we are offering two dates: 1. Friday 24th of April…
Read MoreGary skis for Ireland
It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this Clongowes Digest and the college website to learn that Gary Skinner (Syntax) has been chosen to be a member…
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Book Review: ‘The Teenage Brain’
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Dr. Frances E. Jensen “ Scientists believed for years that the adolescent brain was essentially an…
Read MoreUnder the Influence
Learning to Love the World as God Does A lecture by Dr David Tuohy SJ on Jesuit Humanism in Education and a major exhibition entitled In the Spirit of the…
Read MoreSenior Cup Success
Although soccer in Clongowes is now one of the little brothers of the oval ball game, there was a time when it reigned supreme. It was first introduced to the…
Read MoreConnacht Alumni Gathering
Friday January 30th, 2015 at 7.30pm; The Ardilaun Hotel, Galway.
Quizmasters
Inter-schools 5th Year Library Quiz Five students from Poetry did an excellent job representing the school at the Inter-school Library Quiz held at Sandford Park on Jan 15th. This is…
Read MoreAnother Milestone for Jack
The European Cross Country Championships held in the Bulgarian mountain resort of Sarakov last month marked another milestone in the promising athletic career of Poetry student Jack O’Leary. Following a…
Read MoreOrchestral Manoeuvres
Mark Thomas, Sang Gyu Park, Darren Cormican, Conor Breslin, Robbie White, Mrs. Theresa Thomas, Cormac Hegarty, James Collins Caffrey, Marcus Jankola, Mr. Philip Thomas (behind), Rhys Hylle, Cathal Duffy (behind),…
Read MoreParent Pilgrimage to Spain
You are invited to take part in the “Footsteps of Ignatius Pilgrimage” which will take place in Spain in May 2015. The trip will begin in Ignatius’ birthplace, Loyola and…
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