Junior Sports Jumble!
Junior School Sports Head Honcho Louis Magee reports: The Tennis squad are into the Semifinals of their league: a fantastic achievement beating Willow Park 2-1 on Friday. And the golf team played in a Leinster competition last Thursday and finished with a very strong score, and are awaiting the final tally. And Junior Sports Day? […]
MoreFrom STEM to Sissonne!
First Yr. Siún Hickey’ danced in the prestigious Irish National Youth Ballet’s 30th anniversary show last weekend, having been selected selected from hundreds of youths from different ballet schools all over Ireland. And Siún will go to Florence for a two week intensive course with the even more famous Bolshoi Ballet! Ms. Crowley (always on […]
MoreSTEM Stars!
The Science Department’s argument for the necessity of our grand, new STEM extension just received another boost: another piece of glittering glass has joined their already burgeoning collection of awards and trophies! Yes, The St. Conleth’s Sci Guys and Gals are at it again! On Thursday, 8th May, eleven students ventured to the Glasnevin Campus […]
MoreFrom Ember to Flame!
After a year of faith-and-fun-filled activities, our Ember Team of Fifth Years travelled to DCU for a special Graduation Ceremony where they made a very well-received presentation on their extensive list of fundraising, awareness sparking and comaraderie-building projects. Well one to all those involved and to Mr. Lonergan, who initiated this great programme at St. […]
MoreTitans of Tennis!
There have been tennis matches galore at St. Conleth’s and Mr. Lonergan has been sending all and sundry out to mind them… Highlights? First Year girls surprising everyone, including themselves, sweeping a recent match: Shanael Rebin, Juliette Brady, Elsie O’Connell, Chloe Mullarney, Beatrice Campus and Nishka Aderwall all won! And (less surprising) Senior Boys are […]
MorePlease… No More Ice Cream!
Before their Gaisce Hike sorted out their leg muscles and stamina, TY Co-Ordinator Mr. Trenier organized a hard-hitting talk about drug and alcohol addiction for them and Fifth Year. A timely lesson! And that Gaisce Hike? Well, compared to previous years, when the weather was torrential and tormential, TYs’ ‘resilience’ was not quite so much […]
MoreKeep TrYinG!
TYs are getting ready for the two, huge end-of-term events, the Gaisce Hike and the TY Musical, but they are still finding time for a variety of activities and events, e.g.: Cecilia, our Green Czarina, led an eager group on a mission with the Tidy Towns gang to clean up cycle and pedestrian paths in […]
MoreRoad Warrioress!
Mr. Lonergan, recently returned from Waterford and Međugorje (and is he in Rome, right now?), has logged some impressive miles in service of St. Conleth’s lately, but he cannot quite match those traveled by our official Road Warrioress, Ms. McGuinness! She just returned from Killary, where the Second Years enjoyed an exhaustive but thrilling adventure […]
MoreRhetorical Rookies Rock the Rostrum!
The Second and Third Years are about to battle for the O’Connor Cup, so we best clear our desk of photos from the First Year McCarthy Cup, an impressive in-house competition debating debut for many, but clearly won by Mariana Alves Branco. St. Conleth’s is, without doubt, the best debating school in the country (see […]
MoreFaith and Fun!
It’s a long road to Waterford but with proper rest, nutritious snacks and the right training, Fifth Years had a great time surfing the waves (and their souls) as Road Warrior Lonergan was at it again. leading them off to Glencomeragh for a Holy Family Mission Retreat. Faith, philosophy, fun, friendship… and a bit of […]
MoreClassic Gold Hits!
Yes, that’s right, Boomers, time to listen to (and watch) more Classics Gold Hits! Our Third Years took First Prize in the Junior Cycle category and two Fifth Year groups tied for Third in the Leaving Certificate category at the Young Classicists Symposium at UCD for their classics-themed videos. And the phalanx of 70+ supporters […]
MoreConlethian Clan Cultural Connection!
TY Naoise McCann was with his classmates on an art outing to the National Gallery… and he ran into one of his photographer father’s famous portraits of the artist Brian O’ Doherty. Fionn McCann (Class of 1991) is also a proud Conlethian! Fionn is a renowned portrait photographer. And Naoise’s TY friends (escorted by Ms. […]
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