Year: 2015

17th November 2015

Sligo man Kieran Quinn (OC ’98) is a very able and talented musician who has a large following due to his versatile piano playing and his ability to connect to his audience during his much loved and usually sold-out energetic shows. He is now on a 32 county, 10-week tour in order to showcase his…read article

15th November 2015

The Senior Choir struck the right note at the International Choral Festival held in Sligo this weekend. Performing in front of an audience of some eight hundred people, the students scored an overall 82.5%, with renditions of Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’, and Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’. The choir is no stranger to this festival (now in its…read article

14th November 2015

A total of five teams and fourteen students from Grammar and Rhetoric represented Clongowes in Science and Business last week with varying degrees of success… The tradition of science and mathematics is alive and well in Clongowes Wood and last Thursday, 12th November, the college received another accolade by coming first in the Regional ISTA Senior Science…read article

13th November 2015

Mass for the Deceased Members of the Clongowes Union The autumn season is always rich in colour – but as November moves towards its end – the very richness of those colours is the sign that nature must face up to the fact that – to regenerate next spring – all growth must fade and…read article

13th November 2015

Our annual November Remembrance Tree has made an appearance back in the concourse. It will stand in front of the chaplaincy board where students, staff and parents can take the time to remember loved ones who have passed on. All names on the tree will be remembered at morning prayer each morning and also in…read article

11th November 2015

9th November 2015

Chess Challenge While Woody Allen may have quipped that he failed to make the chess team because of his height, the same may not be said of the intellectual giants from Elements and Rudiments who took on the might of St. Kevin’s College, Crumlin last month and acquitted themselves with no little distinction… St. Kevin’s…read article

6th November 2015

We have to take our hats off (or should that be on?!) to the staff and student body who carried out a simple act of solidarity with one of our students who is battling cancer. Since returning to school after the summer recess, Clongowes has been supporting Hugo Dwyer (Poetry) in his recovery. So a…read article

4th November 2015

Ensuring that our Clongowes profile has a strong presence with alumni, current parents and the wider community is important for our future development goals. We develop relationships with many of our constituents – bringing you all together is an effective way to communicate the ‘bigger picture’ of our extended Clongowes community. An important part of this…read article

4th November 2015

A joint literacy and ‘Men for Others’ initiative saw the staff and students of Clongowes raise in excess of €450 for Barretstown and the Jesuit Refugee Services on Book Character Dress-up Day last Wednesday (4th, November). The day was the brain child of College Librarian, Ms Jane O’Loughlin (a.k.a. Catwoman) who supplied the following report. As ever,…read article