The 2025 College Mountain Race from above the Kilmashogue car park to the Ticknock gate entrance and back attracted twenty two runners. The race was dominated by Transition Year participants. No new records were set but very respectable times were recorded on this 8 kilometre up and down race. Daniel Moran was the winner in […]
Congratulations to the Senior Girls Cricket XI who have won the Cricket Leinster Schools Senior Girls final, defeating a strong Wesley side in the final at Railway Union. This was the first time St. Columba’s have won this trophy since 2006. Wesley opened the batting scoring 155 runs despite some excellent St. Columba’s fielding. AJ […]
Last Friday (May 16th), forty eight young 5th and 6th Class golfers from twelve local National Schools excitedly assembled outside the Kilmashogue Golf Club clubhouse on the St. Columba’s College nine hole course. Despite the organisers’ intention of this being a fun filled occasion; the positive but nervous energy was evident from both participants and parents. […]
The first ‘Columba’s Carnival’ took place in glorious sunshine on Saturday, May 17th. The event was organised by the Pupils’ Council, with support from the Parents’ Association, and saw pupils (and even some staff) taking part in a range of fun activities near the cricket pitch. There was live music, a charity raffle, face painting, […]
Our annual Grace Cup Lunch was held on Wednesday 14th May 2025 at the College. This year the guest list was to Old Columbans who entered the College on or before 1974. Some had not have visited the College for many years. Again this year, we were bathed in sunshine! The Warden, Mrs. Sarah Love, […]
The 2025 Art Prizes were awarded by printmaker and educator Kate Power. As usual there was a wide variety of entries and difficult choices had to be made. The Earl of Meath Art Prize was won by Sofia Gill- Torrejon, the Senior Craft Prize was won by Rachel Pollock and Violeta Mykhalova won the Senior […]
The Transition Year pupils at St. Columba’s College have had an exciting and varied start to 2025, with a wealth of activities designed to inspire, educate, and challenge them. Among the highlights were trips to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to enjoy Now That’s What I Call A Musical and a Geography-focused visit to the […]
In blazing sunshine at Lakelands Park, St Columba’s College edged a thrilling Ian McKinley League Final with a last-minute penalty to seal a 26-25 win over a powerful Oatlands side. Oatlands started the brighter, using their size up front to dominate early possession. But it was SCC who got on the scoreboard first, with Rory […]
Congratulations to the Form I boys Rugby Team who won a thrilling league final last week against a physically strong Templeogue team. The game ended 45-34 after a phenomenal team effort. Templeogue started strong, going into a 0-10 lead early on but Columba’s foght back, with a penalty and a converted try courtesy of the […]
Congratulations to the stellar cast of this year’s Junior Play – DNA by Dennis Kelly. The young cast did this incredible modern play justice, exploring the dark potential in humanity, in people of all ages. [The play mirrors many of the themes of Adolescence, a topic the Warden wrote about recently here]. Matilde Matera was excellent […]
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Music Prizes. Each of the 16 shortlisted musicians performed at the last nights Music Prize Concert with the winners decided by guest judge Colma Briscú from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. The winners are: Junior Matilde Matera and Eric Wang Senior Rebecca Flanagan, Ferdia Murray, Elliot Warnock and […]
Hands up if you have watched Adolescence. If you haven’t you probably should, if only so that you can have an opinion on it and be part of the debate that is being engendered about the issues that it raises. Really important issues about what it means to be a man, what it means to […]
We are delighted to host an Open Evening for prospective pupils and their parents will take place on the evening of Thursday 15th May, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. This will be an opportunity for pupils seeking entry in 2026, 2027 or 2028 at any age to see around the College with their parents. There will […]
After a hiatus of six years, Arts Week returns to the College calendar for 2025 with a varied and interesting mix of events planned. Some of the highlights include hand building pottery workshops, lunchtime gigs, literature workshops, circus performances, card making, “Scéal” drama workshops (as Gaeilge), fireside chats with the Lír Academy, mono printing workshops, […]
Updated: Monday March 24th This year’s Junior Play is ‘DNA‘ by Dennis Kelly, performed by a cast of Form III pupils. It will be performed on Friday March 28th at 7:00pm and Saturday March 29th at 7:30pm, in the BSR. Guests are welcome. DNA by Dennis Kelly is a gripping, contemporary drama that follows a […]
Form V pupil Safia Walker reports on the recent school trip to South Africa. During the February half-term, fifteen of us embarked on a long but highly anticipated journey to South Africa, where we had the incredible opportunity to stay in Tiger Kloof School. Tiger Kloof is a historic boarding and day school located in […]
A small school like ours with a varied intake does not often reach the final stage of their competitions. So the last nine days are almost unprecedented in more recent times when our First Year Boys competed in our fourth losing final against a strong Wesley side. Of course, it is nice to win silverware, […]
Our Senior Girls’ hockey team played their second final in a week today. The Trophy Final match was again in the Three Rock Rovers hockey club and against the same opposition, Newpark Comprehensive School. Last Monday’s encounter was a closely fought game that ended in a disappointing loss in the one-on-one eliminators. Our team knew […]
