Another Year
Clongowes Bicentenary year wound to a close on Union Day after twelve action-packed months of celebration and commemoration as well as much pause for thought. The Bicentenary was celebrated out…
Read MoreBicentenary Concert in NCH
From the first tentative arrival of the shades of Fr Peter Kenney and James McLorinan to the last exultant beat of the impish David Dudeney’s drum the National Concert Hall…
Read MoreSavage Discipline
Last month Robbie Savage (Rudiments – centre above) and James Coonan (Elements) rode to success on the Irish Tetrathlon Squad at the UK British Regional Competition in Moreton Morrell. Here…
Read MoreO’Meara Generations
Peter O’Meara (OC’88) and his wife Hilary were very proud parents on Union Day when their son Rory (Elements) collected the Clongowes Union medal for Third Line Debating along with…
Read MorePaddle Your Own
The ancient and noble sport of canoeing has recently been rekindled in Clongowes Wood College. Previously Clongowes was a Schools’ Canoeing powerhouse especially in 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Clongowes had…
Read MoreSenior Cup Success
The Clongowes Senior team enjoyed their most successful season to date winning four of the five competitions they entered. They suffered just one defeat in twenty-two games, winning nineteen and…
Read MoreAnother Year
Message from the Headmaster Clongowes Bicentenary year wound to a close last week on Union Day after twelve action-packed months of celebration and commemoration as well as much pause for…
Read MoreFather John Sullivan SJ
THE MOST REV’D DR MICHAEL JACKSON ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND BISHOP OF GLENDALOUGH AND THE VERY REV’D DERMOT DUNNE DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL ARE PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO…
Read MoreAll Ireland Success
Major congratulations are due to Jack O’Leary (Poetry), who won Gold at yesterday’s (30th May) All Ireland Schools’ Athletics in the Senior 2000m steeplechase. In a pacy and tactical race,…
Read MoreYou SHALL go to the Ball!
In recent years the Sports Hall has come to embody the growth of Clongowes as it enters it’s 200th year. Doubling as the school chapel to facilitate growing numbers, the…
Read MoreNew Headmaster
Shortly after lunch today, Tuesday 19th May, the Headmaster, Fr Moloney gathered the staff to announce the new Headmaster, Mr Chris Lumb, who will take up office in mid-August… Chris,…
Read MoreFine Art Exhibition
The Fine Art Exhibition is now showing in the Concourse at Clongowes and will continue until 5.30pm Union Day Sunday 24th May 2015. This is a Group Exhibition of professional…
Read MoreA Game of Thrones
In legend, Chess was invented by Lugh, God of Light and Inspiration, and was played skillfully by his son, the hero Cúchulainn. Recently the Third Line had the chance to emulate…
Read MoreSwing Voters
Students and staff in Clongowes are well used to Mock Exams but last week they were surprised by the presence of a polling station on the Ref’ corridor complete with…
Read MoreThe Reading Path to Empathy – the essence of becoming ‘men for others’
A small selection of our collection that will help to develop empathy. ‘The Guardian’ recently published Lost for words? How reading can teach children empathy an article by Miranda McKearney…
Read MoreStaff v Students Soccer
Last Thursday the annual Staff v Students Soccer match for the Brendan Cullen Perpetual Trophy took place with the masters finally taming the pupils in a tense penalty shoot-out. Our…
Read MoreIf walls could talk
‘The Serpentine Speaks’ was conceived by Tom Carroll and co-written with Ms. Jane O’Loughlin and Ms. Ger Dillon. The play, co-directed by Tom, Ger, Jane and GAP Student, Mr. Paddy Sunderland, marked…
Read MoreBeckett-Joyce Award
This year’s Beckett-Joyce Award ceremony proved to be an historic occasion in more ways than one. Now in its twenty seventh year, the competition and the occasion have become a…
Read MoreThe Beautiful Game
While soccer is something of a Cinderella sport in Clongowes by comparison with its big sisters Senior Rugby and Junior Rugby, it was not always thus and the game, introduced…
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