Year: 2015

2nd March 2015

At 4 pm tomorrow (or today if you’re reading this tomorrow…), in Donnybrook, the purple and white will line out against the black and white, in the semi-final of the Leinster Schools’ Senior Rugby Cup. It is not the first cup encounter of the sister colleges, and is unlikely to match the drama of the…read article

27th February 2015

All Ireland Schools and Universities Cross Country Championships While cross country running in Clongowes may have its origins in the arcane ‘Paper Chases’ of the Victorian school two centuries ago, in which ‘the most athletic boys’ as Hares led the Hounds a merry dance across the plains of Kildare, athletics as we know it was…read article

27th February 2015

Today we held the first lunchtime meeting of the Staff Book Club. With ten staff in attendance from various sectors of the school, e.g. administration, finance, and teaching we are an eclectic group promising lively discussion at  future meetings.   The first two books up for discussion when we regroup are; The Rosie Project by…read article

26th February 2015

Have you ever thought of Lent as a yearly second chance? Each year the Church gives us six weeks to take a long, loving look at our lives to see if our values and priorities are in line with God’s desires for us. Since most of us find that we’ve wandered from God’s path, Lent…read article

25th February 2015

On Sunday, 8th February 2015 we were privileged to have the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency The Most Rev Charles John Brown come to visit and celebrate Sunday Eucharist with us, in another landmark occasion for our Bicentenary year. Archbishop Brown was a most gracious and warm guest of the college who took time in a…read article

23rd February 2015

Not many students get to meet the author of their Leaving Certificate text but just before the Mid-Term Break (Tuesday 10th, February) 31 members of Rhetoric were present to hear Jennifer Johnston, author of How Many Miles to Babylon? in the James Joyce Library. School Librarian Ms Jane O’Loughlin takes up the tale… An opportunity to…read article

17th February 2015

Headmaster/ Headmistress Appointment Brochure

15th February 2015

Last Tuesday (10th February), Fr Leonard Moloney SJ announced that he would be stepping down as Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College in August, after eleven years in the position. In a letter to parents Fr Moloney said: ‘Having served for almost eleven years, I will be leaving with not a little sadness and with great…read article

14th February 2015

Leinster Senior Champion Major congratulations are due to Jack O’Leary (Poetry), who won the Leinster Senior Cross Country title in Santry last Wednesday (11th February). In a pacy and tactical race, he showed great maturity and tenacity to beat a high-class field. News of Jack’s success will come as no surprise to those of us…read article

11th February 2015

John Paul II Awards Last week, four students from Poetry along with the Rector, Fr. Michael Sheil sj and our Pastoral Coordinator, Ms Anne Marie Dolan travelled to the Seven Oaks’ Hotel, Carlow to be recipients at the John Paul II Award Ceremony. James Tyrell, Jack Savage, Frank Keating and Sean McMahon were among over 150 students…read article