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 […]
MoreMaking 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 […]
MoreChristmas 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!
MoreThis 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 […]
MoreStone 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 […]
MoreSt. 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 […]
MoreArt… 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 […]
MoreArt 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 […]
MoreBeauties, 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!
MoreIt is 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. […]
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