The Debate Goes On!
We have the Leinster Debating crown…again… and we plan on holding it! (By the way… as with rugby, in debating, Leinster is bigger than Ireland!). And what has made St. Conleth’s such a perennial challenger for the Leinster, national and international titles? Well, it is our returning alumni coaches! Oisín ‘Opie‘ Power (Class of 2022) […]
MoreRhetorical Rookies Rock the Rostrum!
The Second and Third Years are about to battle for the O’Connor Cup, so we best clear our desk of photos from the First Year McCarthy Cup, an impressive in-house competition debating debut for many, but clearly won by Mariana Alves Branco. St. Conleth’s is, without doubt, the best debating school in the country (see […]
MoreOui Mais… Non!
The St. Conleth’s team stormed to the Finals of the Alliance Française Joutes Oratoires French debating competition. After vanquishing some impressive competition from Muckross College in the Quarterfinals and Holy Faith- Clontarf in the Semifinals, Enda Crowley, Finley O’Dea and Henry Turner impressed all and sundry with their charm, spontaneity and ability… all, of course, […]
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!” We should have laid a few quid down at Paddy Power as the Conlethian contingent at the Leinster Senior Schools Debating Final was always likely to come up trumps (can we still say that?). […]
MoreA-macing Debaters!
At St. Conleth’s, the debate never ends! Fifth Year Lochlan Flynn and Transition Year Finley O’Dea are joining Fifth Year Turlough Dineen and Sixth Years Coleman Hegarty and Leo Nolan in tonight’s round of the Leinster Finals. That’s two teams and an individual from one school: unheard of in the annals of school debating (except […]
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