New Foundation for an Old School
Clongowes Wood College Foundation has been re-launched following a short period of inactivity, with a new energetic team. The Foundation’s responsibility is to nurture relationships and secure funding to realise…
From poetry to poetry in motion
It was a busy first term for Transition Year and Skills Week was no exception. Barry Murphy (Syntax) takes us through it… Steve Murray was back. With a vengeance. We…
Fighting For Jack
With the New Year in full swing, White Collar Boxing provides its participants with the opportunity to shed some pounds and swap the safety and monotony of the office for…
The Secret Life of Bees and other stories
The indefatigable Roisin O’Connell-Hussey (First Year Ladies Association rep) has been in touch to remind us about the next meeting of the Clongowes Book Club on next Sunday, 12th January,…
Fr. Jim Corkery S.J. to speak at Grammar Parent Day
This year, the Grammar Parent Day will take place on Sunday 12th January 2014, as indicated on the school calendar. We are very pleased to announce that Fr. Jim Corkery…
President Michael Sheil SJ
The Irish Federation of Jesuit Alumni (IFJA) is a representative body for the Past Pupil Unions of Jesuit schools in Ireland. It exists to facilitate communication between Jesuit alumni/ae, both…
Making a Mark in music
Mark Thomas, Poetry, was recently successful in his Violin audition for the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) of Ireland. He is currently attending a course in Kilkenny College, where he is…
Orchestral Manouevres in Cherryfield
On Sunday last (15th December) a group of orchestral musicians from Poetry travelled to Cherryfield Nursing home for retired Jesuits in Milltown. Our aim was to entertain the residents and…
Collinge an file
‘Is mise Collinge an file’ is not how Mr Declan Collinge, introduced himself to the students of Irish language in Elements, Syntax and (appropriately) Poetry when he addressed them in the…
Going back to a land down under
Last week the five Australian GAP students (or Gappies), who have graced the groves of Clongowes since January, began to make their way back home for a bit of sunshine…