Archive | 2010

The Scoil Aireagail’s Got Talent Show was held in the parish hall, Knocktopher just before the Christmas holidays. Fourteen acts in total took to the stage in front of a sell-out audience, and the talent on show was fantastic. Students from 1st year through to 6th year displayed their various skills, and the audience was treated to outstanding […]

The 6th year Agricultural Science class paid their farm visit to local farmers, the Daniels, in Kilmaganny recently. It was a very infromative and worthwhile trip, as it is an integral part of their syllabus for the Leaving Certificate. An enjoyable and educational day was had by all. Many thanks to the Daniels’ family for […]

Scoil Aireagail vs. New Ross Vocational College Well done to the girls who played brilliantly against New Ross. It was a close game at half time with a score of 12-6 to Ballyhale. Katie Hudson and Michelle Foran played very well under the basket, resulting in some well taken scores. Imogen Drennan and Suzi Dunphy […]

A fantastic first outing for our U19 girls team with a very convincing victory over Mooncoin. Ballyhale started the stronger side but in the first five minutes they were finding it difficult to score. A hat-trick of scores followed from Aisling Shanahan “Shan” which settled the team and there was no stopping them after that. […]

Scoil Aireagail vs. New Ross Vocational College The girls of Ballyhale played exceptionally well in this match, thrashing their opponents 23-4 at the final whistle. Through the match Julianne Malone and Emily O’ Dwyer passed the ball brilliantly, setting up some lovely scores. In the last quarter Grace Fitzpatrick scored a great 3-pointer from the […]

Hard luck to our senior hurling panel and managers Mr. Walsh and Mr. O’Hanlon following their draw with Abbey Community College, Ferrybank. Following their opening defeat to Borris, our lads needed to win to progress to the next round. Despite leading by 1-6 to 0-8 at halftime, the team couldn’t hold out for victory. Conor […]

Commiserations to our u14 Gaelic Football squad and manager Mr. O’Halloran on their defeat to Gael Colaiste Carlow.  Unfortunately, this was the boys’ second loss in competitive action this season. The following panel members were singled out by Mr. O’Halloran as having played well: Conor Reid, Ronan Coffey, Darren Audoire, Eugene Aylward, Aaron Doherty and […]

Well done to the under-19 boys’ basketball team who played very well against Comeragh College. It was level score through the first 3 quarters until Comeragh College fought back, beating Ballyhale 35-29. There was an overall great team performance, but Kieran Dowling and Shane Farrell played exceptionally well on the day. This team have already […]

Scoil Aireagail vs. Colaiste Cois Siuire This was a very intense match, with Colaiste Cois Siuire in the lead in the first 3 quarters. There was great passing by Paddy Butler, and Kieran Dowling was dominating all over the court. Yonnie Naim and Paddy Butler scored a nice 3 pointer each. At half time it […]

The Teachers in Scoil Aireagail, Ballyhale have truly reached Celebrity status with their latest fundraising event, a “Muinteoir Bainisteoir“ Gaelic Football competition.  Both Students & Teachers enthuastically signed up to participate in this fun event which will help raise funds for a very needy community  in Tanzania, East Africa visited by teacher Annemarie Fogarty last […]