Sports Awards 2018
The following are the recipients of this year’s sports awards General Golf: Sam Murphy Tennis: Junior: Peadar O Muiri Senior: Manus Heenan Soccer: Juan Garcia Overseas Sportsperson Of the Year: Rocco Morales Equestrian: Paddy Sheeran, Caleb Schofield and John Nolan Athletics Minor: Max Flynn Junior: Lorcan Mullen Inter: Sean Frawley Senior: Lucas Culliton Coaches Award: […]
Musica Vivit 2018
On Thursday May 3rd, the students and staff of CCRs Music department took to the grand stage of The University Concert Hall, Limerick once again for the annual music concert- Musica Vivit. This year, the music department staff, led by Mr William Cullagh brought a record number of students to the stage; almost 100 in […]
National Student Entrepreneur 2018
Congratulations to Transition Year student Manus Heenan who yesterday was awarded “National Student Entrepreneur 2018” after he won 1st place in the Senior category of the competition, in addition to being the overall winner he was awarded the prize for most creative use of social media. His project “Abbey Bread” was based on the original recipe […]
The Barry Nash Memorial Hurling Competition
The annual Barry Nash Memorial hurling competition was played on Wednesday afternoon. Barry and his two brothers Cathal and Diarmuid were all past students of Cistercian College. All three brothers were keen hurlers and their father Jim was a prominent member of the Hurling Support Committee. Tragically Barry lost his life in 2014 in a car accident. In […]
Academic Awards 2018
On Tuesday last May 1st the College hosted the Annual Academic Awards, the entire school community attended the awards. This annual event recognises the academic achievement and the classroom and study hall commitment of the student body. Awards were presented to: Vladimir Nikulin – The Haugh Cup for Science Lorcan McDonnell – The Cussen Cup […]
Fr. Peter Garvey Memorial Lecture
On Friday night Mr. Brian Cowan, former student and former Taoiseach, delivered the keynote speech at the inaugural Fr. Peter Garvey Memorial lecture held in the Recreation Hall. In his speech Brian gave his reflections on the Good Friday Agreement – 20 years on. Fr. Peter’s family were all in attendance along with members of […]
Sherry Cup
On Wednesday April 25th the Sherry Cup music competition was held in the Recreation Hall at the College. There were several entries both in the Junior and Senior categories, the competition was of a very high standard making it difficult for the adjudicators to select winners. For the audience it was a very enjoyable evening. […]
TY Trip to Italy
At 2 a.m. on Friday morning last a group of 22 TY students left the college to catch the 7 a.m. flight to Milan to begin their 4 day tour. First stop was the city of Milan, fashion capital of the world, where they had time to stroll in the Galleria Viktorio Emmanuelle home to […]
The Gold Medal Debate
The 2018 Gold Medal Debate took place in The Centenary Room of the college. The following sixth year students took part in the debate, David McEvoy, James Dillon, Thomas Martin and Conor Perry. Each speech was of a very high standard, which made adjudication very difficult. However, David McEvoy emerged as the worthy winner speaking in […]
TY Build a Bank launch
On the 12th of January 2018, the Cistercian College Build a Bank team officially launched our bank with Junior House and Transition Years in attendance. Bank Manager, Shane Connolly, and Director of I.T., Adam Lambkin, both spoke excellently as they explained the team’s ambition for the year. Adam, the director of I.T., urged the boys […]