Author: Aine Corcoran

18th April 2016

On Saturday April 9th a crowd of some 250 gathered in the Marker Hotel in Dublin for an event organised by the Clongowes Foundation to pay tribute to Old Clongownian Gordon D’Arcy (OC’98) and raise some money for the Alberto Hurtado Bursary Fund… When the hard-pressed MC, Ambrose O’Sullivan (OC’78) eventually managed to get the…read article

15th April 2016

Last Wednesday, 13th April, the Parents’ Association arranged a talk for parents by a company called Bully4You represented on the night by Kevin Deering and Jim Harding. Bully4You is a not-for-profit organisation helping schools, parents and teenagers to understand the deep effects of bullying and cyber bullying in particular. With the advent of modern communications…read article

13th April 2016

Headed by their House leader, Michael Stapleton, quiz team ‘Sullivan’ scooped first place in this year’s James Joyce Library Literary Quiz. Stapleton with team mates, Rian McKeagney, Frankie Reilly, Dylan Liddy and Luc Curley scored 46 points out of a possible 50. They were very strong contenders throughout the quiz, their first round kicked off…read article

12th April 2016

On Wednesday last, April 6th, an excited Grammar group hosted fellow third year students from Mount Sackville Secondary School in an annual social held in aid of Clongowes’ in house charity, the Duck Push… As 7pm approached the excitement was palpable in the dormitories; shoes were being hectically shone, ties squared perfectly over closed top…read article

7th April 2016

As part of their fund raising campaign for the Clongowes Duck Push the gentlemen of Syntax are organising the Duck Push Golf Classic at the K-Club in Straffan Co. Kildare on Monday, April 25th. The timesheet is almost full but there are a number of places still available and these will be filled on a…read article

7th April 2016

Next Sunday (April 17th) there will be a special Sunday Eucharist in Clongowes to celebrate all Grandparents of the students and community in the College. We would like to invite any Grandparents who can to come to this special liturgy in their honour. The Mass will take place at 11.am in the Sports Hall and…read article

7th April 2016

The Clongowes Trad group will be playing in Connolly’s of Ballagh on Tuesday April 12th from 7.30-9.30PM. This promises to be a great night of music and song and provides an opportunity to say thank you and farewell to our two sixth year students who have given such great service over the years. Directions to…read article

6th April 2016

Last Monday (4th April) the boys of Elements together with our history teachers Mr Garry Corcoran and Mr Colm Maloney and Mrs Eileen Lumb visited ‘Dublinia’, a history exhibition on Viking and Medieval Dublin… First we went into the area that focused specifically on Viking Dublin, where we saw a viking grave, a house and…read article

23rd March 2016

Following two distinguished campaigns with many a tense moment and much exciting rugby, both our Senior and Junior Teams were obliged to depart the cup competitions at the semi final stages in matches that were each decided by a single score… Roscrea 24 Clongowes 18 The Seniors were first to depart following a narrow defeat…read article

22nd March 2016

There are still some places available on the  one-day retreats for Parents / Guardians that will take place on Friday 8th April and Friday 22nd April in Glendalough Co Wicklow. On  each day there will be a hike, prayer and some refreshments afterwards. There will be a planned theme for the day based on a…read article