Clongowes Stories

21st August 2015

Last February, after eleven years in the position, Fr Leonard Moloney SJ announced that he would be stepping down as Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College in August and last Wednesday it came to pass… In a letter to parents Fr Moloney said: ‘Having served for almost eleven years, I will be leaving with not a…read article

12th August 2015

Congratulations to the Class of 2015 and their mentors on achieving an excellent points-average of just over 432 points in the results issued by the Department of Education earlier this morning. For the record, one third of the class achieved 500 points or more, and half of these achieved 550 or more, including seven students…read article

17th June 2015

Clongowes Bicentenary year wound to a close on Union Day after twelve action-packed months of celebration and commemoration as well as much pause for thought. The Bicentenary was celebrated out of a spirit of gratitude to Fr. Peter Kenney and his companions for their vision back in 1814 when they purchased Castle Browne and the…read article

17th June 2015

From the first tentative arrival of the shades of Fr Peter Kenney and James McLorinan to the last exultant beat of the impish David Dudeney’s drum the National Concert Hall resounded to the music, song and words that helped give a flavour of the cultural legacy bequeathed by the pupils, alumni and staff of Ireland’s…read article

12th June 2015

Last month Robbie Savage (Rudiments – centre above) and James Coonan (Elements) rode to success on the Irish Tetrathlon Squad at the UK British Regional Competition in Moreton Morrell. Here his brother Jack (Poetry), no mean tetrathlete himself, takes up the tale… Tetrathlon is a team competition organised by Pony Clubs for its members and…read article

10th June 2015

Peter O’Meara (OC’88) and his wife Hilary were very proud parents on Union Day when their son Rory (Elements) collected the Clongowes Union medal for Third Line Debating along with an Academic medal. When Rory returned to Mallow he brought the medals to his grandfather Patrick O’Meara who left Clongowes in 1938, the last of…read article

8th June 2015

The ancient and noble sport of canoeing has recently been rekindled in Clongowes Wood College. Previously Clongowes was a Schools’ Canoeing powerhouse especially in 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Clongowes had many years of friendly rivalry with The King’s Hospital, another stronghold of paddling. Both Schools completed for the Prestigious Peter Storm team trophy and Patrick…read article

5th June 2015

The Clongowes Senior team enjoyed their most successful season to date winning four of the five competitions they entered. They suffered just one defeat in twenty-two games, winning nineteen and drawing two. They scored a remarkable eighty-one goals, twenty-eight from the boot of top goalscorer John Garty. Manager, coach and master tactician, NOEL MASON takes…read article

2nd June 2015

THE MOST REV’D DR MICHAEL JACKSON ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND BISHOP OF GLENDALOUGH AND THE VERY REV’D DERMOT DUNNE DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL ARE PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO A SERVICE OF CELEBRATION TO HONOUR THE LIFE OF FATHER JOHN SULLIVAN SJ 1861-1933 IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL ON 14 JUNE 2015 at 3.30p.m. Followed…read article

2nd June 2015

Message from the Headmaster Clongowes Bicentenary year wound to a close last week on Union Day after twelve action-packed months of celebration and commemoration as well as much pause for thought. The Bicentenary was celebrated out of a spirit of gratitude to Fr. Peter Kenney and his companions for their vision back in 1814 when…read article