Weekly Featured O.C. – Conor Cronin
Featured May 20th Conor Cronin (OC‘04) Mr. David Nelson has long been in the habit of ensuring that the Headmaster has several artistic types to send down the avenue each…
Read MoreSurfing the Strand
On Sunday last, a group of boys from Third Line appeared to be oblivious to the wintry conditions as they took to the waves in Strandhill, Co. Sligo. Having got…
Read MoreThe Science Behind a Forward Pass
Thanks to Ms. Edith Kearney for alerting us to this video. “A nice co-curricular link!”
Weekly Featured O.C. Hugo MacNulty (OC’99)
Throughout its 200 year history, Clongowes has maintained a proud tradition in producing students that embark on careers in a wide variety of disciplines. Hugo MacNulty adds another dimension to…
Read MoreCREATIVE TOM CANTILLON
The Martin Wills Annual Writing Awards is a competition established in 1992 to commemorate the life of Martin Wills, journalist and amateur jockey, who died that year, aged 39. It…
Read MoreLovely Lowry
Every Wednesday boys from the Third Line, accompanied by Mr. Seamus Aherne, make the short trip to Carton House to enjoy golf lessons from some of Ireland’s top professionals. Today,…
Read MoreTHE AULD TRIANGLE
Results of the Triangular Race 2012 Third Line (Record 7.37.73) 1. Daniel Reilly 07.55.03 2. Thomas Connolly 08.01.33 3. Christian Casey 08.04.52 Lower Line (Record 7.19.31) 1. Jack O’Leary 06.54.00 2. Jack…
Read MoreMATHEMATICAL MODELS
MACSI is a project that is unique to Clongowes and is a fantastic opportunity for us to get involved in real world applications and see how problems in science and…
Read MoreRUDIMENTS RETREAT
This year, Rudiments students went to Cavan for their retreat. There is an ‘Adventure Retreat Centre’ there that I had engaged with before for some retreats so, here in the…
Read MoreWeekly Featured O.C.- Rob Kearney
Rob Kearney (OC’04) Last month the Clongowes community was delighted to hear that Rob Kearney had been selected to travel on his second British & Irish Lions tour. Rob announced…
Read MoreQUESTION AND ANSWERS: TABLE QUIZ
May Day, Wednesday 1st saw we hope the start of a new annual event for the college – The CWC Table Quiz run by The Ladies Association. The evening was…
Read MoreGAEL LINN COMPETITION WINNERS.
Niamh de Burca of Gael Linn visited the school on Tuesday to present Gavin Moore and George O’Brien Kelly of Transition Year with their award as third place prizewinners in…
Read MorePARENT RETREAT
On the 19th April, I was privileged to take a group of CWC parents on a day retreat to Glendalough. I composed the retreat around the theme of the Road to…
Read MoreBECKETT-JOYCE AWARD 2013
Last Friday evening (26th April), in the Jesuit Community Library, members of the Clongowes and Portora Unions, members of staff and, most especially, this year’s entrants for the Beckett-Joyce Award…
Read MoreBAREFOOT ON THE REEK
On the 6th of April 2013 eight lads from Transition Year set out to climb Croagh Patrick barefooted in aid of the Duck Push. We were inspired by my uncle…
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Retirement of Mr Martin Nugent
At a Board of Management meeting held last Friday, April 19th Mr Martin Nugent announced that he will be retiring as Assistant Headmaster of Clongowes this summer. On Monday morning,…
Read MoreVANBRUGH STRING QUARTET at C.W.C.
As the warm April sunshine filtered through the stained glass windows of the Boys’ Chapel, the RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet delighted an audience of approximately one hundred music students from…
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Students and Servants
On the 31st of March a group from Clongowes began the school’s sixth Immersion trip to Malealea, Lesotho. Before the flight had even taken off we experienced our first mishap…
Read MoreThe Rollercoaster Ride of the Teenage Years
On Wednesday 17th April, the Annual Parents’ Association ‘Question & Answers’ evening took place in the school. This year’s theme was ‘The Rollercoaster Ride of the Teenage Years’ and we…
Read MoreLiturgy Survey
During the academic year 2011/12 the College commissioned a survey on attitudes towards mass from the boys. This was as a result of a perceived negativity around the Sunday mass…
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