Back 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MoreSun and Fun at Sportsday 2025!
The exodus from one side of Dublin 4 to the other began immediately after Form Class, and though we lost a few stragglers in the meandering pathways of the Herbo, most of the students eventually arrived at he splendid sporting facilities of Irishtown Stadium, ready to enthusiastically take part in one of our most eagerly anticipated […]
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 […]
MoreSpring Sports Wrap
ur Our SCT’s and JCT’s end-of-season runs were brilliant but our Spring season featured many other sporting heroes. We have red about them regularly but here is a wrap-up of last term’s action: Tennis: Mr. Lonergan runs approximately two dozen tennis teams and we fellow teachers never complain that we have to cover Geography 2A […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MoreBuzzer Beater B-Ball Boyz!
Jack O’Connor hit a stunning buzzer-beater banker to lead our First Year Boys Basketball team to a stunning victory over Kishoge, continuing a strong season for the team. Edward Leahy also scored some key baskets. Here are some pics from two other victories, earlier in the seasons, as well as some of the Second Years […]
MoreGavinized! SCT in Shield Final!
The stories of glory days of old will be wheeled out tonight amongst the Past Pupils of St. Conleth’s, at their annual viking-fest, but one particular alumnus (Class of 2000) will have a more recent tale to tell. Yes, Gav Maguire and the lads just reminded us all that St. Conleth’s is still… A RUGBY […]
MoreOn the Offensive!
First Year Daniel Karas has a lovely, open personality with a smile and a kind word for everyone. But put a foil or an epée in the boy’s hand…. and you had better watch out! Daniel Karas recently competed in the Cadet (U17) Épée category at the Excalibur Cup and won both the trophy and […]
MoreFirst Years Bounce Marian!
And sport goes on, too, for non-state-exam years: First Year Boys B-Ball enjoyed another win, this time over traditional power, Marian College, and Second Years played well in their loss.
MoreBusiness as Usual…
Yes, the Mocks are in full swing, but life goes on as normal for non-exam years: Fifth Years practice their oral Irish; Second Years learn how to devise a PE programme; and First Years put on plays in Classics!
MoreMaking the Cut!
S St. Conleth’s sporting roots lie in cricket and the ‘slowest bicycle race’ but we have come on quite a bit since then… including in the GAA: both Gavin Sheridan (2015) and Timea Kovacs (2023) recently started for their respective Dublin Senior Teams, recently. Here are some file photos… including one of Gavin’s starring ‘staff’ […]
MoreCapt. Juliet Leaves on a High!
After that tough, penalty-time Cup loss, it as back to winning ways for St. Conleth’s Hockey! Our Senior Girls won against Our Lady’s Grove 1-0, in a thrilling swansong for our Capt. Juliet Donnelly, a great servant of St. Conleth’s hockey over the years. Well done to her, the whole team and the coaches. Now, […]
MoreA Late Result!
An update on those great X-Country results… Our Senior Girls actually finished Fourth in the top grade race (Rebecca McCullough ran for Jane Sweeney) and we see them here with the loping legend Lochlann Hannon and Luc Ween as well as our younger boys teams, in finishing order. And one last wave from stalwart Shane […]
MoreStars of Track and Field
Mr. Shay Keenan started the tradition years ago: circulate amongst the classrooms and plead, harangue and bribe as many students as possible to sign up for the latest ‘Track and Field’ event. And now Mr. Smith, Mr. Weldon and Daniel Stack are continuing the not very selective, selection process: Experienced runners: welcome! Generally fit, average […]
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