News

28th September 2015

Present v Past Golf The 33rd playing of the Present v Past Golf Challenge for the Union Golf Society Shield took place on the Clongowes Course on Sunday 20th September. Organizer extraordinaire and Captain (OC’78) Ambrose O’Sullivan, with a combination of veteran experience [1963 to 2014] and youth development saw his Past team build up…read article

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

22nd September 2015

On Friday the 18th of September, accompanied by Mr. Corcoran, Ms. Dolan and Mr. Heslin, we left the school for our Grammar retreat to the Dominican centre in Tallaght. The objective of the retreat was to become more connected with ourselves and become more open towards the people around us. We arrived there at around…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

16th September 2015

Following on the eloquent statement of our Christian duty in regard to the present refugee crisis in Europe made by Fr Bradley at the School Mass ten days ago, the challenge was taken a step further this week by Fr Rector. In his homily last Sunday (13th) he recalled the appeal of Pope Francis to…read article

16th September 2015

Homily on 24th Sunday (B) – CWC – 12.09.15The Gospel of our Mass for the opening of the academic year just over two weeks ago was Matthew’s account of what Mark’s version which I have just read. In answer to Jesus’ question:Who do people say I am ? – the Apostles give the easy answer:…read article

14th September 2015

On Monday September 7th, five Rhetoric students, Daniel Lane, Michael Stapleton,  Conor Slattery, Joseph Martin and Thomas Blake (above), accompanied by Australian GAP student Patrick Sunderland and Mr Francis Marron set off for Lourdes as part of the Dublin Diocesan Annual Pilgrimage. The boys were working with over 170 sixth year students from all over the Dublin diocese…read article

12th September 2015

Conor Daly (OC’85) writes to tell us that the Clongowes Youth Café – an initiative of the Clongowes Union and the Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) – is now complete and set to open its’ doors on October 7th. The Café close to the Mater Hospital and within 5 minutes walk of O’Connell St, is a…read article

8th September 2015

Clongowes Wood College SJ is delighted to have been nominated in the Best Education/Third Level category for this year’s 2015 Web Awards to be held in the RDS on Thursday, 15th October. With over 30 different categories and some serious competition we are delighted to be in such good company in this years finals, where…read article