Syntax Parent Day
This year, the Syntax Parent Day will take place on Sunday 18th October 2015 as indicated on the school calendar. We are very pleased to announce that Fr Peter McVerry…
Read MoreRhetoric 2022 check in
Time never stands still at Clongowes and last week (Saturday 10th October), with Elements well settled and engaged in a host of pursuits, the day had arrived to welcome potential…
Read MoreKids helping kids
22 years of pushing ducks. For over twenty years the Transition Year students in Clongowes Wood College have made raising money to buy a piece of life saving equipment for…
Read MoreReal World Problems
Clongowes physics and applied maths students are again involved in research projects with the University of Limerick. The science department has linked up once again this year with the Mathematics…
Read MorePoetry Parent Day
This year, the Poetry Parent Day will take place on Sunday 11th October 2015 as indicated on the school calendar. We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Patrick Boland,…
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Clean Break from Clongowes
Clean Break from Clongowes Last Sunday (September 27th) saw the launch of a new crime drama series, Clean Break on RTEI, featuring not one, but two of our past pupils…
Read MoreClongowes vs France
The hearts of Clongownians worldwide will have beaten a little faster and their pulses quickened yesterday (Sunday 11th) as they watched Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother Dave (OC’07) represent…
Read MoreMr Bowen to the rescue
In the end it came down to the last race on the card and Mr Bowen (something of a dark horse himself) did not disappoint. Steered home by the youthful…
Read MorePlaying for charity
Last Thursday, The Clongowes Trad group, led by Mrs and Mr Heslin, was warmly welcomed to the head offices of Trócaire in Maynooth to participate in the launch of the…
Read MoreRhetoric Parent Day
This year, the Rhetoric Parent Day will take place on Sunday 4th October 2015 as indicated on the school calendar. We are very pleased to announce that Fr. Damian Howard SJ…
Read MoreParents’/Ladies’ Associations
The AGM of the Parents’ Association is scheduled for next Sunday 4th October at 6.15pm. That same afternoon at 4.45pm, Ireland play Italy in the Rugby World Cup and the…
Read MoreReading Path to Empathy
A small selection of our collection that will help to develop empathy. ‘The Guardian’ recently published Lost for words? How reading can teach children empathy an article by Miranda McKearney and…
Read MoreA Match of Two Halves
Present v Past Golf The 33rd playing of the Present v Past Golf Challenge for the Union Golf Society Shield took place on the Clongowes Course on Sunday 20th September.…
Read MorePat Taaffe and Shergar
This Saturday, 26th September Pat Taaffe (Rudiments – pictured above winning the Dingle Derby) will represent his country when ten Irish riders take on their British counterparts in the third…
Read MoreCitius, Altius, Fortius
Despite the absence of anything even resembling an Indian summer this month, the athletics track and ancillary field event locations were primed in preparation for Sports Day yesterday (Monday, 21st September).…
Read MoreGrammar Retreat
On Friday the 18th of September, accompanied by Mr. Corcoran, Ms. Dolan and Mr. Heslin, we left the school for our Grammar retreat to the Dominican centre in Tallaght. The…
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Clongownians at the RWC
The hearts of Clongownians worldwide will have beaten a little faster and their pulses quickened this morning at the news that Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother Dave (OC’07) have…
Read MoreRefugee Crisis Response
Homily on 24th Sunday (B) – CWC – 12.09.15The Gospel of our Mass for the opening of the academic year just over two weeks ago was Matthew’s account of what…
Read MoreA home from home?
Following on the eloquent statement of our Christian duty in regard to the present refugee crisis in Europe made by Fr Bradley at the School Mass ten days ago, the…
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