NEWS

Coláiste Iognáid 13 Summerhill College 7 The Jes retained the Top Oil Connacht Senior Schools Cup with a dominant display over Summerhill College at the Sportsground on Wednesday 15th. Gary Keane scored the only try in the first half and a successful penalty and conversion  by  Jes captain Diarmuid Codyre meant the Jes led 10-0 at half-time. A late penalty by ... Read More »

For the first time since 2006 both the Jes Junior and Senior Squads will represent the school in the Top Oil Connacht Schools Cup Finals in the Sportsground on the 15th March.  The Seniors won a decisive victory 29-7 over Sligo Grammar in terrible conditions in Newcastle on the 2nd.  They will face Summerhill in the finals. The Juniors saw ... Read More »

Congratulations to the Jes Senior Hockey team who beat Salerno 2-0  in the Palmer Cup Final on March 3rd. Despite the terrible conditions in Dangan on the day, they held firm against a strong Salerno team.  They now go on to compete against the best schools in Ireland in the national school championships in Banbridge on the 23rd and 24th March. ... Read More »

The Western Regional Drugs Task Force (WRDTF) in conjunction with the Gardaí, HSE and Western Region Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Support Service will be holding a talk in the Griffin Hall at Coláiste Iognáid on Wednesday 8th February, from 7.30 – 9pm. During the evening, the Gardaí will present the current situation with drugs in the region, the ... Read More »

We would like to wish all our parents, students and staff a peaceful and prosperous 2017. Read More »

It was a clean Sweep for the Jes at the Galway Advertiser City Schools Debating Competition. Liam Carton and Fionn Ryan (both 3rd year) won the Champion team and Kate Duggan (6th year) won Champion Speaker. Read More »

Happy Days To be honest, none of us expected the show to be such a success. Between strikes, tests and trips abroad tensions were running high. As personalities clashed in the cramped room of 17G, we wondered if this would be worth it. However, now we long for those days… Having heard that our musical was Happy Days, there were ... Read More »

As the first in the 2016/17 series of Vision Evenings, the Ignatian Identity Group in the Jes brings you Fr. Peter McVerry SJ. Peter McVerry is a Jesuit, and has worked tirelessly to provide shelter and support to vulnerable young people on the margins of society in Dublin for over 30 years. The Peter McVerry Trust manages eleven homeless hostels, ... Read More »

Coláiste Iognáid debaters swept the boards at the Connacht Junior Debating Final on Saturday 1st October beating 64 speakers from around Connacht. The Jes had three teams in the Final (Harry Redfern, Stephen Hynes, Liam Carton, Fionn Ryan, Amy O’Gorman and Ruby Lynch) with Harry Redfern deemed best speaker in Connacht as well as best speaker in the final. The ... Read More »

THE PARENTS COUNCIL AGM 2016  WILL BE HELD ON  WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER AT 8PM Please click on the button below to view the AGM agenda Read More »