New Assistant Headmaster
On Friday 24th May the Board of Management appointed Mr Martin Wallace as Assistant Headmaster of Clongowes to succeed Mr Martin Nugent, who will step down from the post on…
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Love of Food
Last Monday (20th May) in the James Joyce Library the Headmaster Fr Moloney launched the Good Food Cookbook by Richard Banahan (Rhetoric). Richard wrote and designed the book himself and did…
Read MoreRoaming with Lions
The Lions came to town today but it was the boys of Elements who were doing all the roaring. Carton House was the venue for a public training session for…
Read MoreMean Machine
The boys watched in stunned silence as Mr. Collins wheeled away in unhindered celebration. After a few uncomfortable moments they trudged off to the refectory in their bare arms, reflecting…
Read MoreBook Bingo Certificates Presented
Book Bingo Certificates– Standing. Dan Gannon, Keenan Crutchley, Sean Ojejinmi, Luke Clohessy, Haig Oman, St. John Hall, Brian Murphy. Seated. Colm O’Sullivan, Ms O’Loughlin (Librarian), James Lambe, Fr Moloney S.J.,…
Read MoreFrom One Francis to Another
Just as one Francis embarks on a new stage of his life, his Clongownian namesake draws the first chapter of his own new adventure to a close. Offering words of…
Read MoreWeekly 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…
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