A Portrait of the Artist as a TY
Transition Year is, in a sense, ‘a year out’. For some, at times, that seems to be interpreted as ‘a year out… of full consciousness’ as they somnambulate through the school day, traipsing from class to class and activity to activity, wearing a pleasant but dopey smile on their faces. Well, it is an important […]
MoreA Distinctive Set of Results!
The Junior Cycle results are in… and the St. Conleth’s Junior Cycle Class of 2025 did exceptionally, no- distinctively, well! Yes, the current TYs are fully immersed into their ‘year of transition’ but they did take out the time to contemplate and celebrate their excellent Junior Cycle Results. The Performance Hall was awash with Distinctions, […]
MoreOf Points and Plans!
There is nothing wrong with a bit of friendly competition, especially when the end result is a shared victory. On Leaving Certificate Results Day, in a sense, everyone is a winner as everyone gets that piece of paper (or digital missive) which serves as a key in unlocking their future. Obviously, there is always a […]
MorePlease, DO take his Kodachrome away!
Due to our former staff photographer being shangaied into a new position, alumni thought they were safe from the dreaded ‘Alumni Selfie-Cam’… but they were wrong… as Oisin Power (2022), Paul Cahill (2001), Robert Somerville (2012) and Ross Wainer (2007) found out! Yes, we did try to take away his Kodachrome, but before he surrendered […]
More“Mommmm! The Boys are Making…”
Candace would be shouting about these two, too! All of us boomer St. Conleth’s teachers have fond memories of alumni brothers, Kyrill (2012) and Artyom Zorin (2013): they were the Wozniak and Jobs of their time when they graced the halls of 28 Clyde Road, winning the Technology Section of the Young Scientist competition and […]
MoreEarly Doors!
Most of the teachers at St. Conleth’s long ago jettisoned the ‘Don’t smile till Christmas!’ advice handed down by our austere teaching elders and it seems like our First Years have responded in kind. Mind you, it was not a particularly taxing First Day, with the last day of the Activity Camp, a tour of […]
MoreWelcome Back!
Yes, the Junior School, once again, takes the lead, with a full day of school for everyone except the Junior Infants, who get one more weekend of summer holidays. And our Senior School welcomes our incoming First Years to No. 28 Clyde Road for their first school lunch, as part of their Induction and Activity […]
MoreThe Last Waltz
Before we enthusiastically shift into ‘back-to-school’ mode, we best wrap up some important business from last term. Every year, in early summer, we gather as a school for our last assembly, where all our ‘undergraduate’ awards are given out and the House Champion is announced. We displayed for you our award-winners in an earlier article […]
MoreBack to the Future!
We have been reporting First Year Daniel Karas’s amazing fencing exploits all year, and now the mainstream media has caught on. The Sunday Independent featured Daniel’s story recently and it is a harrowing but inspiring read. It adds considerable background and depth to a boy who has already won us over with his talent and […]
MoreAlumni Cam!
Our serendipitous encounter with Anthony Steyn reminded us that we had other recent alumni news to share… Regarding Anthony’s own graduation year of 2022, comes news of a Beijing reunion. Oisín Power welcomed classmates Seamus Joyce, Ryan MacDonnell, Ignacio Sadofschi and Coleman Hegarty (2023) to China where Oisín is currently studying and teaching debating and […]
MoreIs That You… Anthony?
Anthony Steyn (Class of 2022) was that rare ‘combo’ student at St. Conleth’s: very talented in Maths and the STEM side of things… but also able to tell and take a joke! All of us teachers enjoyed having his wit, warmth and bright-eyed enthusiasm in class. But when we happened to run into him on […]
MoreIt’s OK to Win!
When Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble’s competition for a seat on space mission came to its inevitable conclusion, a NASA official awkwardly tried to lessen the blow for you-know-whom: ‘Gentlemen, you’ve both worked very hard. And in a way, you’re both winners… But in another, more accurate way, Barney is the winner.’ Well, we at St. […]
MoreHouse Heaney Helps!
It is not just Mr. Baneham’s name, wardrobe and manners which make him seem like a character out of Dickens: it is also his Victorian morals… but in a good way! With Mr. Baneham it is all about charity: he’s charitable in his supportive comments to colleagues; charitable in his encouragement of the students (you […]
MoreHalcyon Herbo!
May has actually agreed this year that it is the start of summer, and many of us have carpied the diem and moved class to our educational annex: Herbert Park! Here we see Sixth Year Gaeilge, Fifth Year Classics and Second Year Wellbeing, all al fresco! What else goes on at the Herbo? Second Years […]
MoreTYs: The End of the Yellow Brick Road!
Transition Year is a long and winding road, and eventually it does lead back home but it is the various stops along the way that make it such a special and formative year. Our TYs took their first steps in September, most memorably off a pier in Carlingford, and after many victories, mishaps and adventures, […]
MoreDaniel, on that Point!
First Year Daniel Karas performed very well in our recent First Year Debate Competition, but he really makes his points felt in fencing! At the Spring Blades Adult Épée Competition he took 2nd place among 23 participants… at just 13 years old! And for the second year in a row, Daniel has been named the […]
MorePlease Clear Your Desks…
TTá an ghrian ag scoilteach na gloch… so it must be exam time! Our spanking new exam secretary, Mr. Smith, has unveiled the exam schedule (pdf) and the all-important rules: please read them!
MoreTYs Plead le Cinquième!
Ms. Crowley’s TY French class welcomed the Fifth Formers to Secondary school and taught them a few French games… in French! The youngsters were delighted to get the attention ‘en français’ and the TYs were well able to manage the kids’ ‘overenthusiasm’ as the roles were reversed, for once! (Bienvenue dans notre monde!). A final […]
MoreTotal Football
Things did not look good for the Staff Team in the moments leading up to kick-off. Yes, we had retained the legendary ‘Goblet of Fire’ for seventeen years. Yes, we always play a stylish sort of football, which leaves the students and the various Irish national teams which frequent the Irishtown facility gnashing their teeth […]
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