Spectroscopy in a Suitcase

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College19th February 2018Leave a comment

On February 19th, Clongowes chemistry students participated in the RSC ‘Spectroscopy in a Suitcase’ workshop with Dr. John O’Donoghue from the Royal Society of Chemistry and a team of three…

Music Success

Clongowes Stories, Cultural, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College17th February 2018Leave a comment

Newpark Music Festival Success While most students were on a well-deserved break during the February mid-term, two singers from Rudiments, Sean Lannen (left) and Thomas Breen, travelled to Blackrock in…

And So Lent Begins…

Clongowes Stories, Ethos, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College15th February 2018Leave a comment

And So Lent Begins… “The black ash is wet and cold. A practiced thumb stamps us with two intersecting lines of burnt palms from last year. Those gathered at Mass…

Visit of Fr. Victor Assouad SJ

Clongowes Stories, Ethos, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College9th February 2018Leave a comment

Visit of Fr. Victor Assouad SJ Fr Victor Assouad, S.J., who visited Clongowes last week, is Fr General’s Delegate for Western Europe and the Near East. His ‘territory’ covers Ireland,…

Cup Teams Advance

Clongowes Stories, Featured, SportsBy Clongowes Wood College7th February 2018Leave a comment

The cup season is well and truly upon us and the Junior and Senior campaigns continue apace as their respective competitions reach the quarterfinal stage… The seniors were first into…

Cometh the Hour

Clongowes Stories, Featured, SportsBy Clongowes Wood College5th February 20181 Comment

There was a moment early in the second half of the Junior Cup match in Donnybrook this afternoon when we wondered whether things would indeed go according to the coaches’…

Launching the Pool

Clongowes Stories, Featured, SportsBy Clongowes Wood College3rd February 2018Leave a comment

New Swimming Pool to be officially opened by Tánaiste, Simon Coveney The long awaited new 25 metre, five-lane swimming pool in Clongowes quietly entered service before Christmas and has been…

The Best of Rivals

Clongowes Stories, Featured, SportsBy Clongowes Wood College1st February 20184 Comments

Clongowes Wood College 29 The King’s Hospital 21 Relations between Clongowes Wood College and The King’s Hospital go back a long way and run deep. As our closest rugby playing…

Fr Provincial’s Visitation

Clongowes Stories, Ethos, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College28th January 2018Leave a comment

Fr Leonard Moloney, Irish Jesuit Provincial and erstwhile Headmaster of Clongowes (2004-2015) visited the college for three days last week (22nd-24th January) and met with the Jesuit Community, students and…

Crossing Barriers

Clongowes Stories, Ethos, FeaturedBy Clongowes Wood College26th January 20182 Comments

As part of the annual Christian Unity week celebrations, Clongowes was delighted to take part in a bilateral celebration of the Christian faith with The King’s Hospital, Palmerstown on Sunday,…