The First Day of Lent
Dust you are and unto dust, you shall return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 Last Wednesday, the school community joined together for the annual Ash Wednesday service in the Boys’ Chapel. This…
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Juniors Bow Out
Blackrock College 43: Clongowes Wood College 15 Our Junior Cup Team’s winning streak has come to an end following their defeat by Blackrock College at yesterday’s Junior Cup quarter-final…
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Peregrine Falcon
In recent months, the College has been pleased to welcome a rather uncommon visitor – a Peregrine Falcon. The Peregrine has been making a steady comeback in Ireland following a…
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SCT Quarter-Final Win
Clongowes Wood College 55: St Gerard’s School 24 The Clongowes Senior Cup Team (SCT) have secured their place in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup semi-finals after yesterday’s win over…
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Clongowes and Enniskillen Royal Grammar School – 40 Years of Twinning
This year we celebrate 40 years of twinning between Clongowes and Enniskillen Royal Grammar School (formerly Portora Royal School), County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The strong bond between these two schools…
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Fr Provincial’s Visitation
We welcomed Fr Leonard Moloney SJ, Irish Jesuit Provincial and former Headmaster of Clongowes (2004-2015), on his annual visit to the College yesterday to meet with the Jesuit Community, students, and…
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JCT First Round Victory
Clongowes Wood College 38: Catholic University School 10 Yesterday, our Junior Cup Team kicked off their cup campaign at MU Barnhall RFC, Leixlip where they successfully took on Catholic…
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Launch of the Alberto Hurtado Endowment Fund
Pictured L – R: AHP Committee Members: Deputy Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College; Mr. Martin Wallace, Ms. Angela O’Donnell, Ms. Liz Griffin, Mr. Adam McNulty, Ms. Ger Ryan (Chair). …
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SCT First Round Success
Clongowes Wood College 34:Terenure College 14 The Clongowes Senior Cup team had their first outing against Terenure College in the Bank of Ireland, Leinster Senior Schools Cup at Donnybrook…
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Alumnus of the Year 2019
Congratulations to Mr Niall Beddy OC ’04 who has been named Alumnus of the Year 2019 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to conservation efforts in Africa. Niall will receive…
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The Elements Belfast Tour 2020
Last Monday, the Elements group set out on their traditional Belfast tour which would include a variety of academic, cultural and sporting activities. The bus pulled into the grounds of…
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Farewell to Fr Michael McGuckian SJ
Fr Michael McGuckian SJ grew up in Cloughmills, a small village in Co. Antrim. He is an accomplished author having published his book, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: A…
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The Memorial Mass of Fr Philip Fogarty SJ
A Memorial Mass for Fr Philip Fogarty SJ took place on Sunday, it was altogether fitting to have this during the week of prayer for Christian Unity. The entire Clongowes…
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Visit of the Tertians to Clongowes
Whilst the church celebrates the end of Christmas with the ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ and the visit of the three wise men, we in Clongowes celebrate our first Sunday Eucharist…
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Syntax Forensic Investigation Workshop – Who Shot JFK?
On Saturday, the 11th of January, the Syntax group participated in a Forensic Workshop which investigated the mysterious case of the assassination of John F. Kennedy or JFK, as he…
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The Academy Considers Psychopaths and Sociopaths
What is the Academy? The Clongowes Academy was set up by Fr Hilary Lawton, Prefect of Studies, back in the 1950s as a modern-day version of Plato’s Academy from Ancient…
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Welcome to the New Australian GAP Students
We recently welcomed our GAP students from Sydney, Australia who have travelled half-way across the globe to spend the year immersed in life here at Clongowes. As part of the…
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Elements Author Visit
Yesterday, the author of Dangerous Games, Mr James Butler, visited Clongowes to discuss his very successful novel with our Elements group. Dangerous Games, set in Ireland, is a gritty and suspenseful…
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A Comedy Show for Syntax
On Saturday, December 14th, Transition Year students were entertained by Ger Carey, a very successful Irish comedian who performed his hugely popular stand-up comedy act ‘Psycho Spaghetti‘. Ger has achieved…
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The Feast of the Epiphany
They set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. Matthew 2:1-12…
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