Mr Bowen to the rescue
In the end it came down to the last race on the card and Mr Bowen (something of a dark horse himself) did not disappoint. Steered home by the youthful…
Playing for charity
Last Thursday, The Clongowes Trad group, led by Mrs and Mr Heslin, was warmly welcomed to the head offices of Trócaire in Maynooth to participate in the launch of the…
Parents’/Ladies’ Associations
The AGM of the Parents’ Association is scheduled for next Sunday 4th October at 6.15pm. That same afternoon at 4.45pm, Ireland play Italy in the Rugby World Cup and the…
Reading Path to Empathy
A small selection of our collection that will help to develop empathy. ‘The Guardian’ recently published Lost for words? How reading can teach children empathy an article by Miranda McKearney and…
A Match of Two Halves
Present v Past Golf The 33rd playing of the Present v Past Golf Challenge for the Union Golf Society Shield took place on the Clongowes Course on Sunday 20th September.…
Pat Taaffe and Shergar
This Saturday, 26th September Pat Taaffe (Rudiments – pictured above winning the Dingle Derby) will represent his country when ten Irish riders take on their British counterparts in the third…
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Despite the absence of anything even resembling an Indian summer this month, the athletics track and ancillary field event locations were primed in preparation for Sports Day yesterday (Monday, 21st September).…
Clongownians at the RWC
The hearts of Clongownians worldwide will have beaten a little faster and their pulses quickened this morning at the news that Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother Dave (OC’07) have…
Lourdes Pilgrimage
On Monday September 7th, five Rhetoric students, Daniel Lane, Michael Stapleton, Conor Slattery, Joseph Martin and Thomas Blake (above), accompanied by Australian GAP student Patrick Sunderland and Mr Francis Marron set off for…
Youth Club to Youth Café
Conor Daly (OC’85) writes to tell us that the Clongowes Youth Café – an initiative of the Clongowes Union and the Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) – is now complete and…