Díospóireachta an Phiarsaigh
On Thursday night our Senior Irish Debating Team progressed to the 3rd round of the All-Ireland Competition. Our motion was ‘Sárbhliain a bhí againn in Éirinn anuraidh’ – we had an excellent year in Ireland last year. Luckily we were in favour of the motion and Jacob Faughnan began with the Pope’s visit to Ireland, […]
February Open Day
Open Evening on Friday February 8th from 4 – 7 pm. For Day, 5 Day and 7 Day Boarding
Physics Revision Course
The Leaving Cert Physics class attended a revision course this afternoon in the University of Limerick with their teacher Mr. Grealish. The practical section of the course accounts for 30% of the exam. Students get a hands on experience in the University’s laboratories and complete all 24 experiments. This is a great opportunity for the […]
Top Junior Certificate Student Receives Gold Medal
On Sunday the President of the Past Pupils Union Mr. Fergal Keane presented the PPU Gold Medal to James Dunne. The medal is presented each year to the student who received the highest results in his Junior Cert. Congratulations to James and to his family who joined him for the presentation. James is from Portarlington, Co. […]
Presentation to St. Vincent de Paul
At last Sunday’s Carol service a bucket collection was held outside of the Monastery church in aid of St. Vincent de Paul. Today Conty Cunningham, President of St. Cronan’s Conference, and John Lupton, Regional President of St Vincent de Paul, visited the College and were presented with a cheque of €1750 by Mr. Grealish. Also […]
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 […]
