Clongowes Stories

19th October 2015

The walls of our appropriately named Green Room were alive with the sound of music last week (Thursday 15th), as it played host to our recent celebration of that very fine instrument common to all humans globally, namely, the human voice! The boys of Clongowes were highly honoured and privileged to welcome Mr Mark Hindley,…read article

17th October 2015

As Ireland’s odyssey in the Rugby World Cup continues and the team attempts to go where no other Ireland team has done, both Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother and Dave (OC’07) continue to be fixtures in the starting XV. Tomorrow (Sunday 16th, 13.00) they will turn out as the team faces their sometime bogey team, Argentina,…read article

15th October 2015

Peter Gray was appointed to the role of chairman of the board in March 2015. Peter is a former pupil and school captain (OC’73), and was President of the Clongowes Union in 2013/14. His son David (OC’11) also attended Clongowes. Having studied Law in TCD, Peter qualified as a Chartered Accountant and then pursued a career in industry,…read article

14th October 2015

 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 Sarah Mears. It highlights the importance of reading for children in relation to developing empathy.  Reading stories allow young people to explore the feelings and…read article

7th October 2015

Clongowes physics and applied maths students are again involved in research projects with the University of Limerick. The science department has linked up once again this year with the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry to develop mathematical models for real world problems. Professor James Gleeson, a world leader in his field, visited Clongowes…read article

5th October 2015

Clean Break from Clongowes Last Sunday (September 27th) saw the launch of a new crime drama series, Clean Break on RTEI, featuring not one, but two of our past pupils in starring roles: Adam Fergus (OC’98) in the main role of a beleaguered businessman / kidnapper and Damien Molony (OC’02) as the failed boxer turned…read article

5th October 2015

4th October 2015

The hearts of Clongownians worldwide will have beaten a little faster and their pulses quickened yesterday (Sunday 11th) as they watched Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother Dave (OC’07) represent their country in the D decider against France in the Rugby World Cup – Rob at full back and Dave on the wing. Neither player…read article

3rd October 2015

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 but talented Pat Taaffe (Rudiments) he secured the win needed by Team Ireland to take victory in the third running of the Shergar Cup of horse and…read article

2nd October 2015

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 annual music event for charity ‘Trad for Trócaire’. There was a brief presentation by Trocaire’s Community fundraising officer, Katie Bolger on the work that that…read article