Archive | 2011

  Commiserations to our junior ladies camoige panel and trainer Ms. Power following their recent defeats to Birr and Castlecomer schools. Nonetheless, Ms. Power was very proud of the panel’s efforts and she is sure better results lie ahead. Well done to all concerned and best of luck in the upcoming fixtures.

Congratulations to our u16 hurling panel and coach Mr. Walsh following their thrilling victory over St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny recently. A closely fought encounter ensured a tight finish, with the city side two points ahead coming near the end, yet Ronan Corcoran grabbed a late win for the boys from Ballyhale with three points, bringing […]

On Tuesday 22nd March the transition year students of Scoil Aireagail, along with principal Mr. Pat O’Hanlon, met with Liam Grant, Chernobyl Aid Ireland, and handed over 60 boxes of humanitarian aid for the Grozova Orphanage in Belarus. This consignment of food and toys is valued at over €6000. We would like to thank the […]

            Congratulations to Scoil Aireagail’s Check Mates who qualified for the All Ireland Finals following the Mid Ireland championships, held in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Well done to Turlough Kelly, who was crowned Mid Ireland Individual Chess champion, whilst the team of Turlough, Luke Kedney, Adam Doherty & Eugene Stanley finished […]

Well done to Scoil Aireagail’s senior boys soccer team who defeated Pobail Scoil kilkenny in an enthralling fixture in Ballyhale. Both halves saw real end to end action, and there were goals galore, with the Ballyhale boys coming out on top at the end. Best of luck in the next match v Duiske College, Graignamanagh.

Scoil Aireagail Ballyhale celebrated World Book Day on Tuesday 1st March. We had lots of activities throughout the day, including a visit from the mobile library, who also had a stall available for would-be book worms to sign up and become members of the library, and they also gave wonderful presentations to our students on […]

Commiserations to our Junior Camogie panel and coaches Ms. Murphy & Ms. Power following their defeat to Colaiste na Sionna, Banagher in the Leinster final. The girls lost out by just four points in a closely fought encounter. Ms. Power wished to highlight an all-round quality team performance, as all members of the panel played […]

Well done to 6th year student Kieran Dowling on finishing 3rd in the 100 m butterfly at the Leinster Schools’ Swimming Championships, held recently in Dublin. Kieran also finished 6th in the 100m butterfly in the Irish Senior Schools’ Swimming Championships. Unfortunately, Kieran just missed out, by only 4 seconds, on making the Irish team […]

Congratulations to our Public Speaking team who got through to the regional finals after defeating Kilkenny C.B.S. on Tuesday, 1st February. Scoil Aireagail’s team consisted of Brendan Burke, Amy Murphy and Michael McGrath, and they spoke on the topic “children are more in need of models than they are of critics.” Well done to all […]

U16 – Congratulations to our u16 girls team who were crowned Co. Kilkenny Schools’ Champions recently. Unfortunately they lost out to Naas in the Leinster final. Nonetheless, well done to the girls and coach Ms. Hickey. Team: Stephanie Walsh, Danielle Catt, Shauna Kenneally & Julieann Malone. U19 – Well done to the boys U19 badminton […]