Easter Art!
As Conlethians celebrate Easter with their families, we thought we would share some of the amazing art the students did in the lead-up to the holy day. First up, Ms. Mellon’s Juniors’ ‘Little Bunnies in Fames’! And Ms. Halpin’s First Years’ Animal Masks!
MoreEthos in Action!*
(*With new photos!) Since his arrival at St. Conleth’s, Mr. Lonergan has worked tirelessly to reinvigorate our Christian ethos, while simultaneously (no contradiction, there!) engaging and encouraging our students to improve their own spiritual and physical wellbeing and that of others. The ‘Ember Team’, a group of Fifth Year volunteers interested in putting their faith […]
MoreRoisin’s Rugby Rise!
Club (Seapoint) leader… Leinster stalwart… now, Irish star! St. Conleth’s Sixth Year Roisin has risen to an even another level of rugby success! Here she is scoring a try in the Irish Women’s U-18 victory over Italy. Roisin also played her part in the team’s win over England as the Irish ladies started 2-0 in the […]
MoreThe Debate Goes On!
We have the Leinster (Irish) Debating crown…again… and we plan on holding it! And what has made St. Conleth’s such a perennial challenger for the Leinster, national and international titles? The last echoes of our sensational (and sensationalist) Senior Debates are finally dying away as some new (and some familiar) names will now be etched […]
MoreThe Debate is Over…
…and the motion has been carried: “That this House declares St. Conleth’s to be the greatest debating school in the land!” Finley O’Dea (as is his wont) laid a few quid down at Paddy Power as the Conlethian contingent at the Leinster Senior Schools Debating Final was his little wager come up trumps (can we […]
MoreBuy Someone Lunch, Today!
Today is the last day to contribute to The Ember team’s Mary’s Meals fundraiser! Donate here: https://marysmeals.ie/fundraising#/detail/701P500000PxkQOIAZ… …The Ember Team are looking for your support!
MoreDarius the…
…Third! Yes, Darius III (not II !) was the particular ”King of Kings’ of the Persian Empire who lost to Alexander the Great at Issos, Gaugamela etc… and tt was one of the few questions, at The Ides of March (and April) Classics Teachers Table Quiz last week, that our leading ‘Olympian’ team of Isobel […]
MoreDelphi Dip!
It was the First Years turn last week to head west for adventure, this time to Delphi Resort, where the students enjoyed the rough and tumble… and the teachers wallowed in the hot tub! (as well as mind 40+ manic preteens 24/7 for three days!) The First Years learned all about the importance of teamwork […]
MoreAn Infinite # of Mathematicians Walk into a Bar…
…and the first asks for one beer, second for two, third for three and so on. The bartender sighs and pours out 1/12 of an empty glass. No. We don’t get it, either. But we are sure that the 160 young mathematicians who gathered in Portlaoise for the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association National Finals did! (Not […]
MoreHouse Proud!
House Sheppard held a bake sale at break-time on Friday, raising at least €1233 (with donations still being accepted online.) All proceeds will go directly to the Irish Cancer Society to support their vital work in cancer research, care and prevention. Well done to Sheppard, the first of our Houses to take on charity fund-raising, […]
MoreDavid is Goliath!
The dominant giant of squash, that is! Transition Year David MacNicholas participated in the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club Appleby Squash Championship last weekend. He won the Shield in the Men’s B Squash Championship and he was also the winner of the FLTC Junior Squash Championship and was awarded the Tom Clancy Perpetual Junior Squash Championship […]
MoreBuzz, Buzz…
Cecilia Franken stays busy in both the Junior and Senior Schools: here, she escorts First Form to the Oval in Ballsbridge to see the action in the beehives: a hands-on (carefully) Green experience!
MoreEnabled!
Our Transition Years and Third Years learned about different abilities the hands (and other limbs)-on way as Enable Ireland Adult Services paid us another visit and everyone got active in the school hall: wheelchair basketball and obstacle course, ball-toss, wrestling… were all on the agenda, as well as a presentation in the Performance Hall. Once […]
MoreRugby Rules!
Well, there is the rugby rule that says when a ball goes over the sideline, it cannot be considered in play and subsequently touched down for a try… but we will not quibble the small stuff! Ardscoil na Trionoide were honourable and fair-minded opponents in the McMullen Shield Final and they fully deserved their 36-16 […]
MoreGang Gaeilge!
Shhhh… do yo hear that? It’s Arthur Wellesley, The First Duke of Wellington, rolling in his grave! Why? Because, during Seachtain na Gaeilge, even a school which lies at the top of Waterloo, Wellington and Clyde Roads is very proud to come out ‘all Irish’! Not that our Irish Department has ever been shy about celebrating our […]
MoreAnother Classics Coup!
They came. They spoke. They conquered! St. Conleth’s rocked the rostrum at the Classics Speech Competition at Trinity College, taking two of only four prizes on offer, with Milo Smith winning First Prize in LC and Amelie Timmins taking Second Prize in JC. Milo came to bury Caesar but ended up praising him, channelling Shakespeare’s […]
More3.14159265359…
Yes, tomorrow, is Pi Day! (3/14 in the American calendar) At the Irish Maths Teachers Association Regional Pi Quiz 2025 in Wesley College, our Third Year team narrowly missed out on the tie-breaker round for first place by just one point, having scored a very commendable 15 out of 20 points! Perhaps the team of […]
MoreTYs and Other Reptiles
Our Transition Years are recently back from two weeks of Work Experience and we missed them dearly while they were gone. Especially the double period on the Friday afternoon. And since they have been back, they have been involved in an especially hectic flurry of activity, not that there is ever a dull moment throughout […]
MoreNew World Order
The Donald had better watch out! Mr. Baneham has brought St. Conleth’s back to the Model United Nations and Belarus might soon be a real player on the world stage! Yes, after years of isolationism, St. Conleth’s has once again entered the world’s debating chamber, having last been there in the 1990s with the late, […]
MoreBen Takes Centre-Stage!
Ms. McGuinness and Ms. O’Dualing led the St. Conleth’s School Choir to take part in the Emmanuel Concert at The Helix with Third Year Hannah Murphy performing a showstopper as a soloist. Hannah was chosen over hundreds of competitors in a nation-wide contest and her colleagues in the choir were only too happy to offer […]
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