From One Francis to Another
Just as one Francis embarks on a new stage of his life, his Clongownian namesake draws the first chapter of his own new adventure to a close. Offering words of…
Weekly Featured O.C. – Conor Cronin
Featured May 20th Conor Cronin (OC‘04) Mr. David Nelson has long been in the habit of ensuring that the Headmaster has several artistic types to send down the avenue each…
Surfing the Strand
On Sunday last, a group of boys from Third Line appeared to be oblivious to the wintry conditions as they took to the waves in Strandhill, Co. Sligo. Having got…
The Science Behind a Forward Pass
Thanks to Ms. Edith Kearney for alerting us to this video. “A nice co-curricular link!”
Weekly Featured O.C. Hugo MacNulty (OC’99)
Throughout its 200 year history, Clongowes has maintained a proud tradition in producing students that embark on careers in a wide variety of disciplines. Hugo MacNulty adds another dimension to…
CREATIVE TOM CANTILLON
The Martin Wills Annual Writing Awards is a competition established in 1992 to commemorate the life of Martin Wills, journalist and amateur jockey, who died that year, aged 39. It…
Lovely Lowry
Every Wednesday boys from the Third Line, accompanied by Mr. Seamus Aherne, make the short trip to Carton House to enjoy golf lessons from some of Ireland’s top professionals. Today,…
THE AULD TRIANGLE
Results of the Triangular Race 2012 Third Line (Record 7.37.73) 1. Daniel Reilly 07.55.03 2. Thomas Connolly 08.01.33 3. Christian Casey 08.04.52 Lower Line (Record 7.19.31) 1. Jack O’Leary 06.54.00 2. Jack…
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MACSI is a project that is unique to Clongowes and is a fantastic opportunity for us to get involved in real world applications and see how problems in science and…
RUDIMENTS RETREAT
This year, Rudiments students went to Cavan for their retreat. There is an ‘Adventure Retreat Centre’ there that I had engaged with before for some retreats so, here in the…