Abbey Apple Juice
Congratulations to Aodán Kirwan, Josh Powell and Tom McKeon whose company Abbey Apple Juice were runners up in the Senior section of the Offaly Student Enterprise awards on Wednesday March 2nd. We waited in suspense as the awards were being announced until it came to the senior section, they narrowly missed representing the county in […]
Nine Day Novena
Fr. Malachy celebrated mass in the College Chapel for nine consecutive days for our Cistercian Community, both on the College Campus, and all those extended members who are also part of this community. The Novena was to ‘Our Lady of Lourdes’ and the prayer to her was acclaimed each day for her protection and healing […]
BT Young Scientist 2022
Congratulations to the three groups that qualified to take part in this years BT Young Scientist Competition. This is a great achievement for the College and we are very proud of how they represented themselves and the College.. Very well done! All students taking part are Transition Year students and were mentored by Ms […]
CCR Christmas Fundraiser
Students and staff of Cistercian College raised 750 euro for the Obera Trust, a charity developed by the late Fr. Liam Hayes from Cappamore. This money will go directly to the running of three homes in Obera, Argentina. Mentally handicapped children that were previously abandoned on the streets of Obera are now lovingly cared for […]
Monastery Walk and Cookery class for International Students
Our TY international boys enjoyed a guided tour of our monastery grounds on Tuesday morning. Thanks to Mr. Paddy Smyth for taking the time to accompany the students on a walk which included both the prayer path and the esker. It was a fresh, misty morning outside but the boys soon warmed up with the […]
TY students get a taster of hurling and horse-riding
TY internationals enjoyed a break from the classroom yesterday when they got the opportunity to try some new activities. Well done to all the students for stepping out of their comfort zones in taking part. Thanks to Mr. Diarmuid Whelan for giving the boys the opportunity to play hurling, we certainly have some talented international […]
ABBA comes to CCR
Each night over this week the Recreation Hall of CCR came alive as our talented students took on the great challenge of performing iconic ABBA hits. The atmosphere in the hall was electric and the audiences were delighted to be able to return to one of the highlight events in the school year – the […]
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
As is customary at Christmas our College supports the Shoebox Appeal. It is so important that we all show kindness to each other and our students are to be commended for the kindness that they showed in taking the time to organise their shoeboxes. This initiative will bring such great joy to children who have […]
Cistercian College launches exciting partnership with N-Pro
For the first time ever in Ireland, a pioneering long-term player welfare programme has been put in place at schools’ level, which will see all the College’s first and second year pupils wear the most advanced rugby headgear in the world. Developed by Galway-based sports tech company N-Pro, who are taking part in a World […]
Caleb Schofield places 7th in the U18’s World Mounted Games Pairs Competition.
Congratulations to our 5th year student Caleb Schofield (left in photo) and his Mounted Games pair Darragh who competed in the World Pairs Competition. They qualified after four difficult sessions for the A Final (top 8 in the World). The final proved to be a very challenging competition. Caleb and his pair were in third […]