Debating - Clongowes Wood College

Perpetual debating success

21st January 2014

Just before Christmas (Tuesday, December 17th) a team of three Poetry students attended a parliamentary style debate in the Naas County Council building to defend the Liam O’Connell Perpetual Trophy and oppose the motion that “This house believes that the future health and wealth of Europe is heavily dependent on the successful development of renewable…read article

Formal education does more harm than good

10th December 2013

On the 21st of November, Conor Murray, Sam Powell, and Louis Gunning (above) from Poetry represented Clongowes in the third round of the ‘Rigby-Jones Memorial’ Debating Competition. Named after the late industrialist Michael Rigby-Jones, the competition attracts teams from all over the county, including Clongowes.  This year the event was hosted in Clongowes with three…read article

Nothing to commemorate in 1916?

3rd December 2013

Nigh on one hundred and seventy seven years have passed since Daniel O’Connell founded a debating society in Clongowes in an Ireland that had yet to experience the trauma of the Great Famine. John Maher (Elements) had been in the school (in a very different Ireland) for less than three months when he encountered the…read article

H.L. Debating narrowly miss Rigby Jones Final

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

Annual Past Vs Present Debate

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

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