Tennis Success
Congratulations to Michael Silvester (Poetry) and Conor McCabe (Rudiments) who did themselves and the school proud during the summer. Both boys took part in the Donnybrook Junior Open Tennis Tournament, a week…
Read MoreBreaking the ice…
On the glorious last day of summer the parents of Elements 2014/15 gathered in the salubrious surroundings of The Lyons Estate at the invitation of the Parents’ Association Committee. The…
Read MoreKey Elements in Clongowes
At lunchtime on Tuesday 26th August the corridors of Clongowes Wood College became home to the 201st class in the school’s history. While many of Rhetoric 2020 will have been…
Read MoreFather Kenney Day
The spirit of Fr Peter Kenney SJ, founder of Clongowes Wood College (1814), beamed down on the 650+ guests who attended the old school on Saturday, 21st June to mark…
Read MoreLeaving Cert Results
Last Wednesday, 13th August, the students from Rhetoric 2014 returned to the school to collect their Leaving Certificate results. We had high expectations of the boys, which they surpassed by some…
Read MoreBicentenary Event
Union Bicentenary Event (Incorporating Fr. Kenney Day) Saturday 21st June 2014 – Clongowes Wood College As you will now be aware, this year marks the 200th anniversary of your alma mater…
Read MoreBicentenary Rugby Festival
Coming to Clongowes this Autumn, 20 of the best schoolboy rugby teams in Ireland, England & Wales. In celebration of our Bi-centenary Clongowes Wood College is hosting a festival of…
Read MoreStaff v Students in the beautiful game
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood… In one of the greatest encounters of antiquity at Thermopylae, they say that King Leonidas led 300 Spartans to victory over the Persian…
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Rolling Back the Years
Bicentenary Pageant On Wednesday May, 18th 1814, in a country devoid of mechanised forms of transport, young Master James McLorinan from Dublin made the (then) long journey to the plains…
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