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23rd November 2012

The Higher Line debating team of Billy O’Regan, Tom Cantillon and Jonathan Inglis made it to the final round of the annual Co.Kildare Inter Schools debating competition for the Rigby-Jones trophy, on Thursday, November 22nd. Named after the late industrialist Michael Rigby-Jones, the competition attracts teams from all over the county, including Clongowes. Unfortunately the team…read article

22nd November 2012

Tonight the Rhetoric Drama, “Journeys End” directed by Tom Carroll premiers in the Sports Hall at 7:00 p.m. Don’t miss it. (But if you do, it runs until Saturday) Break a leg lads. Picture by William Lappin, Rhetoric and posed by Oscar Hassett [Capt. Stanhope] This year’s Rhetoric drama is R.C. Sherriff’s 1927 anti-war drama…read article

21st November 2012

Congratulations to the new Captain and Vice Captain of the Clongowes Wood College 2013 Senior Cup Team. Captain – Sebastian Fromm Vice – Captain – Stephen Keelan The very best of luck to them both.

20th November 2012

Belated Congratulations  to Graham Murray (POETRY)  who was selected over the mid term to play for Leinster U18 team in a match against Ulster U18. The match took place in Greenore on October 31 and Leinster won 5 – 3. This is a big honour for Graham and an acknowledgement of his personal achievement so…read article

19th November 2012

The U.C.D. Entrance Scholars awards were held on Thursday evening in the O’Reilly hall. The following Old Clongownian students were recognised for 2012. U.C.D. College of Engineering and Architecture:  Michael Joy, Eoin Mc Mullan, Viet Nguyen (a.k.a. Johnny Gunning) Sports Scholarships:  Bryan Byrne,  Edward Byrne, Peadar Timmins. College of Health Science:  Patrick Daly. Mr. Frank…read article

18th November 2012

[easyrotator]erf_65_1351094989/erc_15_1353426343[/easyrotator] Congratulations to our two Senior science teams who competed successfully in the Regional Final of the Irish Science Teachers Association Senior Science Quiz held in N.U.I. Maynooth on Thursday 17th Nov. There were 23 schools teams competing and we achieved joint 2nd and joint 3rd places, separated from the team above by only one…read article

15th November 2012

Picture by William Lappin, Rhetoric and posed by Oscar Hassett [Capt. Stanhope] This year’s Rhetoric drama is R.C. Sherriff’s 1927 anti-war drama “Journey’s End”.  It’s a compelling tale of life in the trenches of World War I, capturing the grim reality of the lives of the men who served in the British army. ‘Journey’s End’…read article

13th November 2012

On Friday last, November 9th a group of eight Poetry students* from Clongowes, accompanied Mr Tom Carroll and the Rector, Fr Michael Sheil S.J. travelled to Portora Royal College, Enniskillen, for a Remembrance Day Ceremony. This is an annual visit and one of a number of events that have served to strengthen the links between…read article

12th November 2012

[easyrotator]erf_65_1351094989/erc_52_1352805929[/easyrotator] Comic artist, Kev F Sutherland made a return visit to Clongowes on Thurs 8thNov to present a workshop to art students in Rudiments and Elements. Using his unique humour Kev guided the students through the art of drawing and storytelling for comics. By the end of the session students had created a class comic…read article

9th November 2012

[easyrotator]erf_65_1351094989/erc_5_1354099260[/easyrotator] The annual Daniel O’Connell memorial debate will take place in Clongowes on Wednesday, November 14th.  This year the present will be attempting to retain the title having beaten the past last year.  This year, the motion before the house is:  This house believes we are dominated by journalism.  The present will propose the motion….read article