Author: Aine Corcoran

27th November 2012

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning the C.W.C. Orchestra lead by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas pulled away from the school to catch their early flight to Berlin.  Accompanied by Mr. Kelly et al. the Orchestra will perform in several concerts throughout the trip, no doubt enjoying the sites and tastes of Berlin in between….read article

26th November 2012

Today the transition year students are taking a leap of faith as they visit the National Aquatic Centre for a day of lessons on Diving and advanced swimming techniques. Have a splash lads.

23rd November 2012

Leinster ‘A’ team to play Connacht ‘A’ tonight at the Sportsground in Galway, Captained by Conor Gilsenan featuring 5 C.W.C. boys in the starting 15. Steve McCauley O.C. ’10 also represents C.W.C. on the wing for Connacht. LEINSTER ‘A’ Team v Connacht  15: Adam Byrne 14: Andrew Boyle 13: Rory O’Loughlin 12: Jordan Coghlan 11:…read article

23rd November 2012

The Elements Choir from CWC travelled to Drogheda on November 21st to take part in the Drogheda Youth Choral Festival. The Boys represented the College in the most exemplary fashion, both in terms of choral excellence and conduct, and hence brought back the Fr.P. J. O’Kelly Trophy to Clongowes Wood College where it is on…read article

23rd November 2012

The Higher Line debating team of Billy O’Regan, Tom Cantillon and Jonathan Inglis made it to the final round of the annual Co.Kildare Inter Schools debating competition for the Rigby-Jones trophy, on Thursday, November 22nd. Named after the late industrialist Michael Rigby-Jones, the competition attracts teams from all over the county, including Clongowes. Unfortunately the team…read article

22nd November 2012

Tonight the Rhetoric Drama, “Journeys End” directed by Tom Carroll premiers in the Sports Hall at 7:00 p.m. Don’t miss it. (But if you do, it runs until Saturday) Break a leg lads. Picture by William Lappin, Rhetoric and posed by Oscar Hassett [Capt. Stanhope] This year’s Rhetoric drama is R.C. Sherriff’s 1927 anti-war drama…read article

21st November 2012

Congratulations to the new Captain and Vice Captain of the Clongowes Wood College 2013 Senior Cup Team. Captain – Sebastian Fromm Vice – Captain – Stephen Keelan The very best of luck to them both.

20th November 2012

Belated Congratulations  to Graham Murray (POETRY)  who was selected over the mid term to play for Leinster U18 team in a match against Ulster U18. The match took place in Greenore on October 31 and Leinster won 5 – 3. This is a big honour for Graham and an acknowledgement of his personal achievement so…read article

19th November 2012

The U.C.D. Entrance Scholars awards were held on Thursday evening in the O’Reilly hall. The following Old Clongownian students were recognised for 2012. U.C.D. College of Engineering and Architecture:  Michael Joy, Eoin Mc Mullan, Viet Nguyen (a.k.a. Johnny Gunning) Sports Scholarships:  Bryan Byrne,  Edward Byrne, Peadar Timmins. College of Health Science:  Patrick Daly. Mr. Frank…read article

18th November 2012

[easyrotator]erf_65_1351094989/erc_15_1353426343[/easyrotator] Congratulations to our two Senior science teams who competed successfully in the Regional Final of the Irish Science Teachers Association Senior Science Quiz held in N.U.I. Maynooth on Thursday 17th Nov. There were 23 schools teams competing and we achieved joint 2nd and joint 3rd places, separated from the team above by only one…read article