Month: September 2012

27th September 2012

Reminder: Clongowes Wood College S.J. Induction Day Saturday 13th October 2012 from 9:30 a.m. –  4:30 p.m. Elements Students (First Year) For New Students & Brothers of Existing Students. Remember to bring your sports and swimming gear, we look forward to meeting you all ! For more information call 045 868202.

24th September 2012

On Tuesday October 2nd the Headmaster’s Conference for U.K. and Ireland will take place in the Titanic Centre, Belfast. Delegates from Britain and Ireland’s top private schools (including our own Fr. Moloney) will be musically welcomed to the conference by none other than the Clongowes Wood College Traditional Music Group. The C.W.C. Traditional Group, a…read article

24th September 2012

Monday 24th September 19:00 Ben Osborne of Rhetoric will read the 7th Academy paper of the season this evening in the Green Room at 19:00. His paper is entitled… The Herd-Mentality: When the easiest option is to Follow. All members of Higher Line are welcome. Please be punctual and observe the traditional dress-code.  

21st September 2012

Last week Transiton Year students took some time out for an adventure trip to celebrate their Junior Certificate results. Spencer Adamson reports. “On the 11th of September transition year embarked on our Outdoor Pursuit trip to Rostrevor, Co. Down. When we arrived we were welcomed by the staff of East Coast adventure. After our long…read article

20th September 2012

Congratulations to Fergal Cleary and Cian O’Donoghue who represented Clongowes for Leinster Schools yesterday at Donnybrook with a blitzing 61-3 inter-provincial series winning performance against Connacht Schools. Congratulations are also in order to their Leinster/Clongowes coach Noel McNamara. Read the full match report here Leinster Schools V Connacht Schools Congratulations also to the six O.C.’s…read article

17th September 2012

Six Rhetoric students travelled to Lourdes in early September. They were accompanied by Mr. Francis Marron, Ms. Siobhan Barry and gap student James Tooth. Travelling as pilgrims with the annual Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage, the group departed for France on the morning of September 7th to spend five days working to meet the needs of older…read article

13th September 2012

The year couldn’t have started any better for the James Joyce Library. Robert Muchamore, the most popular author in the school visited on Mon Sept 10th. Muchamore is the author of the hugely successful teen spy thriller series Cherub. He has topped student borrowings of fiction books from the library for the last two years…read article

13th September 2012

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1st September 2012

CARDINAL CARLO MARTINI S.J. RIP sadly passed away on 31st August this year R.I.P. He was appointed archbishop of Milan by Pope John Paul II where he remained until 2002 at which point he retired. He was a truly inspiring man whose views were considered to be liberal and progressive. This, of course, meant that…read article