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17th February 2015

Headmaster/ Headmistress Appointment Brochure

15th February 2015

Last Tuesday (10th February), Fr Leonard Moloney SJ announced that he would be stepping down as Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College in August, after eleven years in the position. In a letter to parents Fr Moloney said: ‘Having served for almost eleven years, I will be leaving with not a little sadness and with great…read article

14th February 2015

Leinster Senior Champion Major congratulations are due to Jack O’Leary (Poetry), who won the Leinster Senior Cross Country title in Santry last Wednesday (11th February). In a pacy and tactical race, he showed great maturity and tenacity to beat a high-class field. News of Jack’s success will come as no surprise to those of us…read article

11th February 2015

How many students get to meet the author of their Leaving Certificate text? Very few, one would say. But on Tuesday afternoon in the James Joyce Library thirty one of our students got to meet Jennifer Johnston, author of ‘How Many Miles to Babylon?’. An opportunity to discuss and engage with the text in the…read article

11th February 2015

John Paul II Awards Last week, four students from Poetry along with the Rector, Fr. Michael Sheil sj and our Pastoral Coordinator, Ms Anne Marie Dolan travelled to the Seven Oaks’ Hotel, Carlow to be recipients at the John Paul II Award Ceremony. James Tyrell, Jack Savage, Frank Keating and Sean McMahon were among over 150 students…read article

10th February 2015

For three heart-stopping minutes and forty nail-biting seconds yesterday, the spellbound crowd in Donnybrook watched as wave after wave of St Michael’s players broke on the Clongowes line, only to be repulsed time after time by the the defence. The Kildare school was leading by six points at the time and many of their supporters…read article

10th February 2015

Came across this great list of reads today for young adults on the World Book Day website. http://worldbookday.com/writes-of-passage/ The majority of these titles are available in the James Joyce Library and are in regular circulation. It is reassuring that the library is up to speed with young adult literature . World Book Day will be…read article

9th February 2015

9th February 2015

Tickets on Sale February 10th for The Bicentenary Celebration 16th May 2015  https://pay.easypaymentsplus.com/feepay1.aspx?id=288  

7th February 2015

Relentless Clongowes Fall Short The Clongowes JCT drew something of a short straw when faced with favourites Blackrock in their first outing last Friday (February 6th). It was a match that bore some resemblances to last year’s SCT final between the two schools, and ‘Clongowes Digest’ was lucky to have the talented pen of Barry…read article