15 girls from the school participated in the Connaught Schools Badminton Competitions at Under 14 level this year. They competed against schools from Westport, Tuam, Galway City, Ballaghadereen, Louisburg and Roscommon. They narrowly missed out to the Convent of Mercy, Roscommon in the final. Well done to all the participants.

Our Transition Year students  spent the day discovering the local points of interest in a history tour facilitated by local historian, Paul Connolly.

Transition year parents Fergus Naughton of Ross Engineering, Rosemarie Trayers and Maureen Carty visited our Transition year students to discuss their experiences of entrepreneurship and volunteerism in their relevant areas of employment. 

An chead bhliain ag cur crócais bhuí, ag comóradh Lá Cuimhneacháin an Uileloiscthe, ag obair trí Ghaeilge do sheachtain na Gaeilge. Smaoinímid ar na páistí a fuair bás san Uileloscadh.

Our Senior Business and Accounting students visited the Future Sparks Festival in the RDS recently. It was a great opportunity to listen to inspiring speakers and to talk to business leaders and young entrepreneurs.

Our Transition Year students traveled to Athlone Institute of Technology as part of Engineers week.

Our first years ventured into the local Aughrane forest to explore the ancient ring fort as part of their geography and history courses.

Our Erasmus+ week concluded on Friday last after a very successful week. We thoroughly enjoyed the range of activities and events which took place to immerse ourselves into European culture through our theme of gender equality and inclusion. Well done to everybody involved in its coordination and to our own students for being so involved…

Hard Luck to the Junior Boys Rugby team who lost their final game of the season to a very strong St. Enda’s team from Galway. The final score was 31-14.