Well done to all of our students who brilliantly represented our school in the Poetry Aloud competition in the Mullingar Arts Centre.

Ciara Why pictured with Prof Aidan Mulkeen, Vice President- Academic, Maynooth University and Principal of Coláiste Mhuire Ballgar, Emma O’ Malley at the recent Entrance Scholarship Ceremony at Maynooth University. Ciara is a former student of ours and is currently studying Arts.

On 9th of October, our school was presented with the ‘Health Promoting School’ flag by Mr. Paul Gillen of the HSE. We were awarded the flag in recognition of the positive changes made in our school environment in relation to positive mental health, healthy eating and caring for the environment. Throughout the school year of…

Well done to our Junior Certificate Business Studies students who were presented with certificates from NUI Galway in association with BSTAI. Each of the students achieved an A grade in the Junior Certificate exam. Well done to their teachers Ms. Nolan and Ms. Tiernan.

The finishing touches are well and truly underway for next weeks performances of High School Musical. Our staff and students have been auditioning and rehearsing over the last number of weeks in preparation for the three shows. Tickets are now available from the school office.

Both our first and second year boys rugby teams took part in the recent seven a-side blitz in Lisnamult in Roscommon. Ethan Glennon and Andrew Naughton took on the role of mentors for the day.

An evening of music, song and poetry was staged by the very talented students of Coláiste Mhuire, Ballygar on Culture Night. There was also an impressive exhibition of art work and woodwork projects. The paintings and drawings were produced by the students in art class under the expert guidance of their art teacher, Ms Cuddy…

  Coláiste Mhuire Ballygar

Our TY group enjoyed their first bonding trip of the year where they traveled to Delphi Adventure Center on Tuesday last. They were accompanied by Mr. Madden and Ms. Kelly for their overnight excursion. They were involved in several activities which included the High Ropes Challenge and surfing along with some bonding activities along the…

This week, we were informed that we were have been successfully recognised as a Health Promoting Schools. We are now members of both the Irish Health Promoting Schools’ network and the Schools for Health in Europe network. The Health Promotion School team coordinated by Ms. Robinson and assisted by seven other teachers engaged in array…