Colaiste Iognaid SJ is now Connaught Champions 2019! Winners of the senior Palmer Cup. Captain Aoife McGovern scoring the winning goal in final against Salerno. Coaches and Manager Richie Malone and Mrs Clodagh Mitchell. The team, as a result, have qualified for the All Ireland finals. The Kate Russell All Ireland Hockey tournament will be […]
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5th year art students had the privilege of visiting Aria stained glass studios to see how the commission for the spirituality room is progressing. Richard Kimball and Marija Kovač gave an in depth tour of the studio space and explained the incredible process involved in the creation of stained glass art. Richard spoke of the
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5th and 6th year went to see an exhibition by Gerry Davis at Galway Art Centre. Procession a solo exhibition features highly detailed oil paintings of artist studio spaces exploring the realm of the artists’ world referencing the history of painting and where the artist finds himself within this canon. Davis ponders in vivid pictorial
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Students from Coláiste Iognáid S.J., together with their science teachers` have achieved great success at the BT Young Scientist competition. Held in the January in the RDS, Dublin over 4 days, the competition is a showcase for the creativity and innovation of Irish science students. With 4,000 applications and only 550 projects gaining successful entry, the Jes were delighted that 4 projects made the final cut. A huge amount
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Mr Revill and his 5th-year art students were invited by Edward Capital and BDP architects to have their voices heard and share their vision as part of a design consultation for Project Ceannt. Project Ceannt is an urban regeneration project on 8.2 acres of land surrounding Ceannt station in Galway city. The project proposes retail,
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After seven hours debating against 80 speakers from all over Connacht, the Connacht Junior Debating Final, chaired by the Mayor of Galway, was won by the 3rd Year Jes team of Clara O’Gorman and Tara O’Neill. Clara O’Gorman was best speaker of the day. Emily Rooney and her partner Sadbh Mannion also broke to the
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See the School’s Newsletter in the following link: Newsletter September-October (2018)
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On October 26th, Coláiste Iognáid SJ had Fancy dress fundraiser for Clowns Without Borders. (http://cwbireland.com/) The student and staff raised over €670. Here some images of the most memorable customs.
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The Coláiste Iognáid Debating Society visited The Department of Foreign affairs and the Dáil on October 23rd. They were guests of John Concannon, director general of Global Ireland who gave them a private tour of Iveagh House and Deputy Hildegarde Naughton TD who brought the group to Leader’s Questions at theDáil. They also took the
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Congrats to all students who participated in our Maths Week celebrations. Well done to the Transition Year students who organised various events/puzzles/quizzes/posters. Well done to the many winners!