Sports

24th September 2015

This Saturday, 26th September Pat Taaffe (Rudiments – pictured above winning the Dingle Derby) will represent his country when ten Irish riders take on their British counterparts in the third running of the Shergar Cup of horse and pony racing in Ashbourne, Co Dublin at 13.15. This news will come as no surprise to those…read article

22nd September 2015

Despite the absence of anything even resembling an Indian summer this month, the athletics track and ancillary field event locations were primed in preparation for Sports Day yesterday (Monday, 21st September). By lunchtime, however, the clear skies had opted to take up residence farther afield with local areas subject to flash flooding. Amazingly, Clongowes somehow managed…read article

18th September 2015

The hearts of Clongownians worldwide will have beaten a little faster and their pulses quickened this morning at the news that Rob Kearney (OC’04) and his brother Dave (OC’07) have been selected to play in Ireland’s opening Rugby World Cup match with Canada on Saturday at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (kick-off 2.30pm) – Rob…read article

4th September 2015

Last May Robbie Savage (then in Rudiments) and James Coonan (in Elements) rode to success on the Irish Tetrathlon Squad at the UK British Regional Competition in Moreton Morrell. Last month Robbie (pictured above) went back to the UK to compete in the Tetrathlon National and Five Nations’ Competition, where he won the junior competition outright…read article