Manus Heenan and Abbey Bread – a Year’s Journey.
Manus Heenan is a Fifth Year student here at Cistercian College, and he is celebrating his first year in business with his company Abbey Bread! This time last year he embarked on a journey that was one of the highlights of the College and Monastic Community. Manus’ journey began when he made the decision to […]
Transition Year Update
The 2018-2019 transition year class began their year with a trip to the Delphi activity centre where they took part in a variety of team building activities, including raft building, a bog challenge and high ropes. This was the start of what has been a very busy half term, while there is a full academic […]
Les Miserables
Rehearsals for the annual musical, Claude Michel Schonberg’s epic ‘Les Miserables’, are well under way. With over 80 students treading the boards and the Transition Year students working hard to design and create our set (under the watchful eye of Mr Chris O Donoghue!). The whole student body is rallying to make this a run […]
Abbey Bread continues to Rise!
Congratulations to Manus Heenan 5th Year who has qualified for the National Taste of Ireland – 2018 Blas Awards with Abbey Bread, this event takes place next weekend and we wish Manus well. Earlier in the year Manus won the Senior Category of the National Student Enterprise Awards with Abbey Bread, this was a huge […]
Junior Certificate Results 2018
Congratulations to the Transition Year and 5th year students who received their Junior Certificate results this morning. There were nervous scenes as students opened their envelopes which contained their results and following this they all made a phone call home. This group of students participated in the full College curriculum last year and their co-curricular […]
New 1st Year Class of 2018
The College welcomed back all students on Monday and Tuesday nights. Information seminars were delivered to each of the year groups and their parents. 38 First Year students joined the College on Monday night and new students also joined in all of the other years. The introduction of 5 day and day boarding options […]
Top marks for class of 2018 !
Students and parents of the Leaving Cert class of 2018 arrived at Cistercian College from early morning to collect their results. There were emotional scenes as students nervously opened their envelopes to read their results. The Principal and Deputy Principal of the College were there to meet the students and their parents and congratulate them […]
Open Day/Introductory Weekend
TY Latest News
The 2017-2018 TY Programme official came to an end on Thursday May 23rd with a graduation mass and presentation of certificates. We celebrated after a very successful year with students taking part in a multitude of events and activities, many discovering talents that they didn’t know they had. One of the highlights of this year […]
Irish Life Health All Ireland Schools T&F Championships
The All Ireland Schools T&F Championships were held on Saturday June 2nd in Tullamore. Representing Cistercian College were Lúc Culliton in the Senior Hammer and Lorcan Mullen in the Junior 1500m. Lúc was placed 5th in the Senior Hammer with a PB of 43 Metres. Lorcan came 6th in the Junior 1500m. Well done to both […]