Former Tipperary player and coach Tommy Dunne joins Cistercian College as Head Hurling Coach

Cistercian College Roscrea is pleased to announce that former Tipperary player and coach Mr Tommy Dunne will join the CCR hurling coaching team as Head hurling coach for the 2023 to 2024 season coaching both Junior and Senior teams at the College. Mr Dunne enjoyed a distinguished playing career with Toomevara Club and Tipperary with […]
Cistercian College Roscrea continues to attract top talent and announces Mr Frank Kelly as new Deputy Head of Boarding and Dean of Study

Cistercian College Roscrea are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Frank Kelly as Deputy Head of Boarding and Dean of Study. Mr Kelly joins Cistercian College with a wealth of experience and knowledge of boarding schools in Ireland. He holds a primary degree from NUIG as well as a H.Dip in education and taught accounting, maths and business […]
New Director of Rugby Mark Butler empowering and upskilling Cistercian College Rugby players

Cistercian College Roscrea (CCR) has appointed Ireland and Munster rugby underage coach Mark Butler as their Director of Rugby. The well known coach is originally from nearby Thurles and started off his rugby playing career with his local Thurles RFC, then within the Munster and Ireland under age grade squads before graduating onwards up the […]
Cistercian College announces Colm Maloney as new President

Cistercian College Roscrea has announced the appointment of Mr Colm Maloney to be President of the College with effect from August 1st 2023. Mr Maloney is currently Head of Boarding at Kilkenny College, a post he has held since 2019. (Kilkenny College is a mixed school with a roll of 970 pupils of whom 470 are […]
Cistercian College Musica Vivit

Cistercian College Roscrea made our return to the University Concert Hall Limerick for the Musica Vivit, annual music concert on Thursday April 27th.
Stations of the Cross officially open

The new stations of the Cross were officially opened and blessed by Fr. Malachy on the grounds of Mount St Joseph Abbey. We welcomed parents, friends, staff of Cistercian College, board members and the members of Mount St. Joseph’s Abbey to come together for the blessings of the stations along with our first year and transition year […]
Cistercian College Annual Gala Ball

Our recent Cistercian College Annual Gala Ball which was held in the County Arms Hotel in Birr, Co. Offaly and organised by the parents association was a huge success. This annual event brings the past and present Cistercian College Community together every year and we are already looking forward to next year’s event. A huge […]
Junior Cert Results

A huge well done to our Junior Cycle Class of 2022 who received their result on the 23rd of November. These results will help them in selecting their subjects for senior cycle. Thank you to all our teachers and study supervisors for their great work in supporting our students’ learning over the last three years.
Cistercian College mourn the death of former President Dom Kevin Daly O.C.S.O

Cistercian College mourns the death of former President Dom Kevin Daly O.C.S.O. This College community are greatly saddened by the news that Dom. Kevin died earlier this morning. Dom Kevin came to CCR as a student and he sat his Leaving Cert in 1953. He joined the monastery in 1958. He served as both Dean […]
UCD Entrance Scholarship Awards 2022

We would like to congratulate Darragh Conroy, James Dunne and Fionn McWey who each received a UCD Entrance Scholars Award earlier this week. Entrance Scholars are first year students recognised for their academic achievement in achieving 560 points or more in their Leaving Certificate examinations. These awards are part of a range of UCD initiatives […]