Clongowes Stories

10th February 2016

On Tuesday last (February 9th) the Clongowes Senior team showed their junior counterparts the way to the semi finals of the Leinster Cup with a disciplined 27-5 victory over a gritty and determined CBC Monkstown, who never gave up. Richard McElwee (OC’05) Leinster Rugby PRO & Sports Enthusiast was there for ‘Clongowes Digest’… A GAME…read article

9th February 2016

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Clongowes Digest to learn that Gary Skinner (Poetry) represented Ireland in February (12th to the 21st) at the Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. In all, 71 nations competed in the Games in over 15 winter sport disciplines. Gary, from Terenure, Dublin – Ireland’s…read article

8th February 2016

From the moment they awoke on the morning of January 18th the first years were all but uncontainable with excitement at the prospect of the annual trip to Belfast. Cub reporter Charlie Reilly takes up the story… The excitement was high on Monday 18th January when Peter (our brilliant ‘bus driver) set off with his merry…read article

7th February 2016

We are delighted to announce that two of our outstanding students from the Rhetoric Graduating class of 2015 have been awarded the prestigious Ad Astra Scholarships at UCD… Matthew Gibbons (top left) is currently reading Medicine and was awarded the Ad Astra Academic Scholarship which rewards highly motivated students who wish to be encouraged to maximise their…read article

6th February 2016

What a finish! Goodness what a finish! A game that had ebbed and flowed for 59 action-packed minutes was tied at 26 points apiece at the death and flowing in favour of Monkstown as they neared the Clongowes line with intent. We would be fibbing to say that we wouldn’t have settled for a replay…read article

3rd February 2016

In 1981 we arrived in Clongowes straight out of college with wonder in our eyes. We came in from the east and settled and remained there for five wonderful years in wonderful company. One of the second year pupils was an ascetic looking kid named Fergus O’Farrell. Although tiny in stature he was a giant…read article

30th January 2016

Although 30 minutes of the first-half gave Clongowes a taste of ‘ad infinitum’ –they ultimately prevailed in Donnybrook last Thursday (28th January) with a definition of intelligence honed beyond the schoolbooks – common sense – in action. Clongowes was fortunate to have erstwhile prefect and Old Clongownian turned barrister (and Leinster Schools’ Rugby PRO), Richard…read article

30th January 2016

Pathetic fallacy abounded as we commenced our 1916 Remembrance last week (31st January) in a blustery Glasnevin Cemetery with an inclusive ceremony that commemorated the lives and deaths of three Old Clongownians, who were involved in the insurrection that year. A large crowd comprising members of staff (past and present), alumni and parents joined the Rector,…read article

26th January 2016

Clongowes physics and applied maths students are again involved in research projects with the University of Limerick and will be raising the bar next Tuesday, February 2nd, when Professor James Gleeson returns to the college to work with fifth year pupils. Professor Gleeson, a world leader in his field, last visited Clongowes on Tuesday, 6th October to…read article

22nd January 2016

On Thursday 14th January, Clongowes celebrated one of its most famous past pupils, Dr Aidan McCarthy (OC 1930), by screening the film of his remarkable life. The Clongowes website was lucky enough to have the services of one of its most famous past teachers, the redoubtable Mr Tony Pierce, a historian in his own right,…read article