Month: April 2021

30th April 2021

We wish to congratulate the following students listed below who have been invited to become House Leaders for the coming Academic Year 2021-22. There are ten Houses at Clongowes and each House is made up of a cross-section of boys from every age group and is under the leadership of a House Leader from Rhetoric, who is…read article

28th April 2021

Join us on May 13th at 6.30 pm for a Virtual Open Evening at Clongowes for entry to First Year (or Elements as it is known in Clongowes) late August 2022. Our Virtual Open Evening offers both students and parents the opportunity to learn more about the many facets of life at Clongowes such as…read article

20th April 2021

40th Anniversary of the Twinning of Portora Royal School and Clongowes Wood College 1980-2020   An Old Clongownian remembers[1] My family used to go to Donegal for holidays in the years after WWII and we had to pass through Enniskillen on the last stage of the journey from Belfast. As you leave the town driving…read article

8th April 2021

The Gospel of the Mass on Holy Thursday, celebrating the Institution of the Eucharist – is St John’s account of the Last Supper. He, alone of all the Evangelists, does not record Christ’s words This is My Body – this is My Blood. Rather does he concentrate on what Jesus did in the symbolism of…read article