21 May 2025
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Leinster ‘A’ team to play Connacht ‘A’ tonight at the Sportsground in Galway, Captained by Conor Gilsenan featuring 5 C.W.C. boys in the starting 15. Steve McCauley O.C. ’10 also represents C.W.C. on the wing for Connacht. LEINSTER ‘A’ Team v Connacht 15: Adam Byrne 14: Andrew Boyle 13: Rory O’Loughlin 12: Jordan Coghlan 11:…read article
The Elements Choir from CWC travelled to Drogheda on November 21st to take part in the Drogheda Youth Choral Festival. The Boys represented the College in the most exemplary fashion, both in terms of choral excellence and conduct, and hence brought back the Fr.P. J. O’Kelly Trophy to Clongowes Wood College where it is on…read article
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
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
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.
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
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
[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
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
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