Supporting Parents to Support their Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

Apr 17, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The Parents’ Association Committee would like to invite you to attend the following talk which we are hosting on April 26th: “Supporting Parents to Support their Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing” The programme was set up by The National Parents Council in...

AEN Coffee Morning

Apr 14, 2016 | P.A. Events | 0 Comments

The next A.E.N. Coffee Morning will be held on Friday 22nd April in the Iona Centre, room 5 from 10am until 12pm. All...

All-Ireland Senior Football Club Champions

Mar 18, 2016 | Sport | 0 Comments

Congratulations to Ballyboden St Endas on their All-Ireland Senior Club Championship win for the first time in the Clubs history in Croke Park on St Patrick's day. (Picture from Ballyboden GAA website taken by Sean Gilheaney) The team includes no less than 10 past...

1916 Re-Enactment

Mar 17, 2016 | School Events | 2 Comments

Today the Senior School re-enacted one of Ireland’s most inspiring, passionate & poignant events in Irish History - The 1916 Easter Rising. They told of the fight that was fought with passion and the Volunteer’s believe in their country and its right to freedom....

Flag Raising Ceremony

Mar 16, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Today the school had its flag raising ceremony. Both the Junior and Senior Schools along with parents, grandparents, Fr Martin & T.D. John Lahart gathered on the green to witness the raising of the Flag. Mr Kearney welcomed everyone and then both Mr Boyle and Ms...

First Confessions

Mar 10, 2016 | School Events | 1 Comment

Last night and Tuesday night saw the seven 2nd Classes from the Junior School make their First Confession. As always at the beginning of this ceremony the kids had quite a lot of butterflies. They would grin nervously at each other, a few were taking deep breaths,...

Touch Typing in Knocklyon

Mar 9, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Since writing about the Touch Typing classes being run by Searsol, it has come to my attention that there is a touch typing and spell class being run here in Knocklyon by Deirdre McAuliffe. Deirdre is herself from Knocklyon and has been running these courses since...

After School Typing Course in St Tiernan’s Community College

Mar 7, 2016 | Parent Info | 0 Comments

Searsol are running a new after school typing course in St. Tiernan's Community College on Wednesday 6th of April at 4pm. Searsol are currently offering a free introductory first session trial of the typing course for any child who is eight years old or older that may...

Knocklyon Community Games

Mar 6, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The Community Games have been a big part of Knocklyon for as long as I can remember. Last year however there was only one person that volunteered to help out with the trials for the Community Games and for the first time ever Knocklyon faced the prospect of not being...

Confirmations

Mar 4, 2016 | P.A. Events | 1 Comment

The confirmations are now over for this year and they went extremely well. Congratulations to all those that got confirmed. I didn't get a chance to go over to the Church myself but there was high praise for the choir & trad group from the school. People thought...