A Portrait in words…
Two lucky students from Rudiments, Jack Dowling and Tadhg Maloney (pictured), will feature in a unique theatrical production of James Joyce’s ‘A Portrait of the Artist’, which will be premiered in…
Read MoreTrad for Trocaire
On Tuesday October 1st the Clongowes Traditional Irish Music Group took part in the annual ‘Trad for Trocaire’ at Connolly’s pub in Ballagh. The event was run in conjunction with…
Read MoreKids helping kids: Duck Push 2013
With the Clongowes Duck Push marking its twentieth birthday this year we managed to give it a perfect celebration with another successful push in aid of Our Ladies Children’s Hospital…
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Kairos Retreat commences
The annual Kairos Retreat commenced on September 24th in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth and concludes on the 27th in the Boys’ Chapel in Clongowes. This is the 15th year of the…
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Inter House Sports Day
Having been thwarted by inclement weather in the last two years, the students were not to be denied last Friday when the Inter House Sports Day took place in the…
Read MoreConor McCabe: International tennis player
Meet Conor McCabe from Naas. Last week Conor was in Cardiff where he represented Ireland in the Under 12 category of the Tri Nations Tournament. Although Ireland could only finish…
Read MoreGrammar Retreat to Emmaus
Grammar Retreat to Emmaus On Friday the 13th (!) of September, the Grammar students, set off to ‘Emmaus’ in north Dublin on their annual retreat. As an entire group we were brought together to one…
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On Tuesday the 10th of September, with the Junior Certificate results still looming, the Syntax group of 2013/14 set out on their Outdoor Education Trip to Rostrevor, Co. Down. We…
Read MoreJunior Cert Results
Last Wednesday the Syntax boys received their Junior Cert Results three months after completing the exams and following a few days of nervous anticipation. They had no need to worry…
Read MoreSean Monaghan at the RDS
During August Sean Monaghan (Rudiments) took part in the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS. Mounted on his horse Ballygawley Braveheart Sean competed very creditably in the event for 138cm…
Read MoreRepresentative rugby honours
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Leinster at Under 19 and Under 18 levels: Under 19 Cillian Burke, Fergal Cleary, Cian O’Donoghue and Stephen McVeigh.…
Read MoreSeamus Heaney and Clongowes
Each year the pupils of Clongowes and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen compete for the Beckett-Joyce award, which honours two of our most famous writers and helps to link the schools…
Read MorePilgrimage to Lourdes
On Saturday the 7th of September, six of our students: Martin Sutton, Tom Cantillon, Jeff Gibbons, Milo Rooney, Sam Messayeh, Dara Corbett will travel on pilgrimage to Lourdes. They will…
Read MoreMass for new school year
With an Indian summer in full swing, the Sports Hall provided a suitably open and bright environment for the school to celebrate the Opening of the School Year Mass. Led…
Read MoreA very special holiday
Since 1990 Clongowes has hosted a very special holiday in mid July for the special needs pupils of St. Mark’s and St. Anne’s school in the Curragh. Along with KARE,…
Read MoreElements of music
As if they hadn’t already announced themselves to the school community, Elements certainly made themselves known with a bang last weekend. Following an impressive introduction to the Clongowes rugby field,…
Read MoreAnd so it begins…
Last Friday, the school community convened in the Boys Chapel to mark the beginning of the bicentenary year in the life of Clongowes. There was a palpable buzz in the…
Read MoreLeaving Certificate Results
On Wednesday 14th August the boys from Rhetoric 2013 returned the school to collect their Leaving Certificate results. In a letter to the parents the Headmaster Fr Moloney congratulated them on…
Read MoreWelcome Back
Thursday August 29th brings about the 200th school year of Clongowes Wood College. Welcome back to all our students and a very special welcome to our new Elements class of…
Read MoreWELCOME ELEMENTS 2014
A very warm welcome to our new Elements Class of 2014 who begin their journey through Clongowes this week.