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      • Introduction to Clongowes Foundation
      • Clongowes Foundation : 15 Active Years
      • Alberto Hurtado Bursary Programme and its Endowment Fund
      • Making a Gift
      • Fr. Peter Kenney SJ Legacy Society
      • Governance
      • Upcoming Events
      • Recent Correspondence
    • Clongowes History
    • Facilities
    • Past Pupils Union
    • Careers
  • Admissions
    • Admissions Overview
    • Order a Prospectus
    • Virtual Admissions
    • View Prospectus
    • How to Apply
    • International Students
    • Open Days and Visits
    • Admissions Policy
    • Fees
    • AHP Bursary
  • Academic
    • Approach to Learning
    • Curricular
    • The Bellarmine Centre
    • James Joyce Library
    • Transition Year
  • Co-Curricular
    • Sport
    • Creativity & Culture
  • Boarding
    • Living
    • Care & Wellbeing
    • Nutrition
    • Medical Care
    • A Day in the Life of a Student
    • COVID-19 Protocols
  • Parents
    • Reports
    • Calendar
    • Parents’ Association
    • Ladies’ Association
    • Useful Documents
    • Fee Payment
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Formal education does more harm than good

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College10th December 2013

On the 21st of November, Conor Murray, Sam Powell, and Louis Gunning (above) from Poetry represented Clongowes in the third round of the ‘Rigby-Jones Memorial’ Debating Competition. Named after the…

A Clongownian’s war on TV3 tonight

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College9th December 2013

2014 sees the centenary of the birth of a remarkable Clongownian, Doctor Aidan MacCarthy (OC 1930), from Castletownbere on the Beara peninsula in West Cork. He was remarkable for many reasons…

ZIP-IT!!!

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College7th December 2013

On Sunday November 17th , 40 students forsook the late Sunday call and gathered for early-morning Mass and breakfast to allow for a swift 9am departure from the college for…

Haiyan Disaster Appeal – Philippines

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College6th December 2013

In the immediate aftermath of the Typhoon Haiyan Disaster in the Philippines the Rector, Fr Michael Sheil SJ, launched an appeal for relief funds from the wider Clongowes family. Fr…

Mulled Wine, Mince Pies and Music!

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College4th December 2013

The Parents’ Association cordially invites you to celebrate the Christmas season with mulled wine and mince pies before the Christmas Concert on Sunday 8th December at 17.00 (concert at 18.00).…

Nothing to commemorate in 1916?

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College3rd December 2013

Nigh on one hundred and seventy seven years have passed since Daniel O’Connell founded a debating society in Clongowes in an Ireland that had yet to experience the trauma of…

Old Clongownians light up the small screen

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College2nd December 2013

Following on the extraordinary success of the Rhetoric drama, ‘The Last Confession’ it seems only fitting that we acknowledge those who have taken their thespian talents beyond the Clongowes theatre. …

Elements Choir strike the right note in Drogheda

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College29th November 2013

The Elements Choir, along with their teachers Ms. Anne Conaghan and Ms Elizabeth Keighary, travelled to Co Louth on Wednesday, 20th November to take part in the Drogheda Youth Choral Festival, in…

Tim Pat Coogan visits Clongowes

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College28th November 2013

When Mr.Rochford told the 6th year history class that we would be receiving a talk by Tim Pat Coogan, the reaction was mixed. Some were amazed that he, being a…

Old Clongownians to the fore in Wicklow Hospice Foundation

Clongowes StoriesBy Clongowes Wood College27th November 2013

Jonathan White (OC1986) writes to tell us how he joined two other Old Clongownians, Brendan Cuddihy (OC 1975 – second from right above) and Eugene Murray (OC1968) to help the…

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