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19th October 2012

At the end of last year when I was considering where to take the Third Years (Grammar Year) on retreat, I was thinking of all the magnificent places we have in Ireland. I thought it would be nice to expose the boys to some (or at least one) of these and so I started to…read article

18th October 2012

  Standing: Hugh Farrell, Eoghan Mcloughlin, Mr. Mason, Jack Savage, Mr. Heslin, Mrs. Heslin, Mr. O’Hara, Liam Lysaght, Daragh Corbett & Jack Galvin Seated: Conor Breslin, Colm O’Sullivan, Tim Burke & Ciaran Madden. Trad for Trócaire is a national event promoting the use of Irish music sessions as a means of raising money for Trocaire….read article

17th October 2012

Attention: Due to the recent volume of rain some pitches have been deemed unplayable. Please note the following. U 15 A&B  v  Blackrock goes ahead in C.W.C. U 15 C&D v Blackrock now switched to Blackrock Junior 1-2-3 v St Michaels OFF Senior 6&7 v Blackrock goes ahead U14 A-B-C-D V Newbridge OFF

16th October 2012

Team S6 Opposition Blackrock College Time 14.45pm Venue Blackrock  Pitch S7 Blackrock College 14.45pm Blackrock  Directions to Blackrock J1 J2 St. Michael’s College St. Michael’s College 14.45pm 14.45pm  St. Michael’s  St. Michael’s J3 St. Michael’s College 14.45pm  St. Michael’s  Directions to St. Michael’s 15A Blackrock College 14.30pm C.W.C. Hall 1 JP1 15B Blackrock College 14.30pm…read article

15th October 2012

Last Tuesday (October, 9th) nearly 170 Old Clongownians from 1942 to 2010 gathered in the RDS Concert Hall to hear Barry O’Callaghan (OC 1987) speak in the latest of the leadership events hosted by the Clongowes Wood College Foundation under the banner of ‘Becoming Men for Others’. Barry has over a decade of outstanding achievement…read article

12th October 2012

It’s Clongowes Wood College Induction Day. Welcome to our school.  

11th October 2012

Last Sunday, 36 Clongowes lads (2 Grammar, 11 Rudiments, 23 Elements) hopped on a 9am bus after Early Mass with their packed lunches aboard and headed west to Strandhill for a spot of surfing. Strandhill surf club gave 30 min dry shore lessons on the technique and the swell picked up right on cue for…read article

11th October 2012

Today marks the beginning of the year of faith in the Catholic Church. Have a look at this link… Veritas Books Online  To celebrate the Year of Faith, Clongowes Wood College will be marking its own involvement through different initiatives in the school throughout the year. Keep an eye on the website for futher information.

10th October 2012

Team 14A Opposition St. Gerards Time 14.30pm Location/Pitch C.W.C. 14A 14B St. Gerards 14.30pm C.W.C. 14B 14C Senior 6 Senior 7 St. Gerards at Terenure at Terenure 14.30pm 14:30pm 14:30pm C.W.C. 15A Terenure College Terenure College  

9th October 2012

The People’s Church in Clongowes has just received a wonderful piece of memorabilia of Fr John Sullivan – the font in which he was baptised on 15th July 1861 in St George’s Church , George’s Place, at the junction of Hardwick Street and Temple Street in Dublin. When St George’s ceased to serve the Church…read article