Senior Arts – St. Conleth's College

It’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. […]

Halcyon 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 […]

TYs: 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, […]

Conlethian 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. […]

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!

Ben 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 […]

Making Movies!

We assume it is the highest of contemporary compliments in the world of matinee idols to be designated ‘the next Paul Mescal’ but, at St. Conleth’s, we also know that Ollie West (Class of 2023) has been setting pants on fire for years! In fact, Mr. Mescal has to pick up a few more talents […]

Christmas Crooners!

The term, and the year, at St. Conleth’s ended on a high note with our traditional Christmas Carols Concert! Every year was represented, including some cross-class collaborations. Here are the highlights, complete with two perspectives of Milo Smith’s new Conlethian anthem!

This Means Plenty to Them: Oh, Vienna!

The Music Department has, once again, taken the lead in providing adventurous learning experiences for our students. Led by noted vagabond Ms. McGuinness, who was last seen within regular classroom walls in 2019, a not-so-motley group of Fifth and Sixth Years put paid to Midge Ure’s desperate cry. Vienna means plenty to this crew after […]

Stone Aged!

Yes, the Conlethian D4-ers and SoCo-ers might have been forgiven for thinking that Irish culture began at Teddy’s on the Pier and ended at the Liffey, with a narrow extension into Terminal 2, but now they have no excuse: after Ms. Halpin and Ms. Speller bravely led a coach full of Fifth and Sixth Year […]

St. Conleth’s, Distilled

We have been writing much about Conlethian ethos and spirit lately, and serendipitously we ran into an alumnus who is one, big, boisterous, walking, talking vessel of that true, old St. Conleth’s essence: Gavan O’Connor Duffy (Class of 2009), or as our Sixth Years know him, now, the Earl of Gloucester. Yes, the Leaving Certificate […]

Art… Worked!

It was an evening to remember, as the Conlethian creatives, and their many fans, gathered to celebrate our 85th birthday with Artworks, a multi-storey, multi-media tribute to our artistic legacy. The art works of both professional and talented amateur alumni were on display, as well as those of staff and current students, but the greatest […]

Art Matters!

Over the years, St. Conleth’s reputation for casual cool, our liberal interpretation of the uniform and general quirkiness has led to the rumour that we were, in fact, an ‘art school’. (And maybe a ‘drama school’.) Well, that reputation suits us just fine, as we have always had a vibrant art scene, and we are […]

Beauties, No Beast!

Conlethians took centre-stage at the Rathmines & Rathgar’s Jr.’s Musical Society’s production of ‘Beauty & The Beast’ last Thursday evening in the Mill Theatre in Dundrum! 5th Yrs. Ben Nolan and Margarida Lamy starred and their classmates (and teachers) enjoyed the show, with Jane Sweeney even making a celebratory poster!

It is OK to Win!

And the Winner is…

We cannot seem to cut our ties with the Class of 2024! To be honest, they are just such good company! Two last bits from Graduation to interest you: the complete gallery of Sixth Year Award Winners and the video of the visit to the Hill of Tara, incredibly produced by Mr. Weldon on the […]

L’année de Transition, C’est Moi!

If anyone should be allowed some royal hubris, it is Gav Maguire. For five years he has ruled Transition Year… with a velvet glove, only matching the more authoritarian Louis XIV in girth, the love of pastry and the possession of two fine calf muscles. For Gav is a kind master, one who built unbreakable […]

TYs are GO!

Months in the making… multiple diva explosions and walk-outs …. numerous wardrobe malfunctions… the Kirwan twins on the loose: it has been a hectic run-up to the premiere of ‘The Game of Tiaras’, but tonight it will all be worth it! 18:45 in the Performance Hall. See you there, and, in the meantime, enjoy these […]

Art in April!

With JC and LC Art finally in the bag (or, rather, State Examination Commission envelopes), let’s turn the spotlight on the art that Ms. Halpin and her charges get up to, every day of the term. After all, that’s what is all about: creativity and fun! Below you see Fifth Year’s Batik/Embroidery Self-Portraits (Can you […]

Pitch Perfect!

When Manus Macgearailt (Class of 2020) was studying Music at St. Conleth’s, his own performances were always ‘pitch perfect’… if not always so, his classmates’. When his fellow students would perform, Manus would good-naturedly grin and hum along, for a while… but eventually the unintended variance of one more single, slender note would just be […]