Gael Linn Díospóireachtaí an Phiarsaigh 2019
Our Senior Irish Debating Team sailed through to Round 2 after a well fought debate in the Ursuline on December 6th. They fought off competition from Scoil Chríot Rí Portlaoise and Heywood Community School. The boys were one of two teams to progress to the next round of the competition, the other team being the […]
School Tour to Vienna, Salzburg and Munich
On Thursday 6th December forty-seven students, five teachers and two gap students boarded a 2 a.m. bus for Dublin airport for a five day tour to Austria and Germany. The group flew to the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, which is just an hour away from Vienna and we checked into our hostel. After a quick lunch […]
December First Friday Mass
Members of TY class participated at this mass with Tom Mckeon and Harry Duffy from 1st Year stepping into their new role as altar servers. Fr. Liam celebrated the mass. Thanks to the Cistercian community and Br. Malachy for all their assistance with our celebration. Back row: Oscar Gilligan, Sam Walsh, Dylan Keane, Riley Canavan, William […]
German Debating
On Thursday the German Debating Team won the second round of the GDI national debating competition. The motion for the debate was that mobile phones are necessary in class. The CCR team was proposing the motion and the Ursuline Convent Thurles was opposing the motion. Lorcan McDonnell was team captain and was praised for his […]
TCD Entrance Award
Conor Perry from Cork completed his Leaving Cert in our College last June and he received outstanding results in August. He is now studying Business, Economics and Social Studies (BESS) in Trinity College Dublin. Last Wednesday night TCD honoured the students in 1st year who received excellent Leaving Cert results. Conor attended this ceremony with […]
U-15 Hurlers win Tipperary Schools Hurling Final
CCR 7-5 Borrisoleigh 4-8 Our U-15 hurlers captured our first underage hurling title in many years with a deserving win over St Josephs Borrisoleigh. Borris got the first score from a free. CCR took over for the next 5 minutes and crashed in 3 goals. Sean Treacy was quickest to react when he smashed home […]
Opening Mass for Academic Year 2018-2019
Dom Laurence celebrated our Open Year Mass for the Academic Year 2018-2019. The readers for the Mass were 6th year students. During November we remember the Dead. A Remembrance Book was placed in the front hall and staff, students and parents have added the names of the deceased members from their own families and friends. […]
LES MISÉRABLES
Last Thursday night saw the closing show of this year’s college musical “Les Misérables”. And what a run it was! With over 70 students involved with both cast, crew, orchestra and set design, it was one of the school’s most memorable shows. Led by Musical Director Mr. William Cullagh, Producer Ms. Aoife O Neill and […]
Science Week 2018
This year National Science Week was held from the 11th – 18th November. Both 1st and 2nd years were in attendance in UL last Monday at the Xtra-Ordinary Science Show which was aimed at students of Junior Cycle Science. Topics such as Forces, Digestion, Acids and Bases and Energy were brought to life in a […]
UCD Entrance Scholars Awards
We would like to congratulate Liam Crowley and David McEvoy who were acknowledged by UCD as Academic High Achievers based on their Leaving Certificate results, both students sat their Leaving Certificate in 2018. The UCD Entrance Scholars are first year students recognised for their academic achievement who have achieved 560 points or more in their […]