Archive | 2014

Congratulations to our 6th yr student Eve Touhy, singer songwriter who was a finalist in the 2014 YADA (young artist development awards).

Scoil Aireagail Winter Concert was held on Wed 3rd Dec in Carmelite hall Knocktopher where a large crowd attended. It was an evening of music , song and dance which featured 60 students from 1st yr to 6th year performing music across many genres including pop, rock, classical and trad. Proceeds on the night went towards […]

Well done to all 30 girls who participated in the 2 mile challenge over 8 weeks.Everyone made great strides and some girls took over 6 minutes off their stating time in the 8 weeks. Congratulations to Aisling O Mahony (1st Year) who made the greatest improvement and was the overall winner closely followed in 2nd […]

Every Autumn the President of the University of Limerick recognises the voluntary contributions of students by awarding ‘President’s Volunteer Awards’. Congratulations to former Scoil Aireagail student Daniel Kedney who received a ‘Gold President’s Volunteer Award’ for his contributions to the UL Mountain Biking club. Over the past 2 years he held the positions of Treasurer […]

Students in Scoil Aireagail took part in Gailge 24 recently. The aim of the day is to encourage students to speak Irish at home, in school, in shops. Thanks to Bean Uí Mhurchú for organising the day.  

Our Transition years travelled to Dublin on Tuesday to watch the Ireland soccer team take on the USA. Kick off was at 7:45 so they stopped off at Dublin Zoo and Dundrum town Centre beforehand. They had a great day and thoroughly enjoyed watching Ireland beat the USA by 4-1. They also got to see […]

On the 4th of November 2014, Scoil Aireagail Senior Camogie team took on Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew in their home pitch. After losing to this school last year in the Leinster Semi-Final, we were eager to get revenge and defeat them. Sadly the match did not go in our favour but it was a great team […]

Members of the minor and senior all-Ireland winning hurling squads visited Scoil Aireagail on Wednesday 5 November to share their success with the students and the wider school community. Past pupil Ronan Corcoran, who enjoyed a stellar campaign with the Kilkenny minors, displayed the Minor All-Ireland to the tremendous appreciation of his former schoolmates. Senior […]

Last week Scoil Aireagail faced Bridgetown of Wexford in the South Leinster semi final. The team got off to a great start with Patrick Hearne picking up the first point of the game. This pushed on the Ballyhale team who scored 11 points in the first half and kept the Bridgetown side scoreless at half […]

On Monday the 13th of October 2014, Scoil Aireagail Senior Camogie Girls took on St. Fergal’s Rathdowney in Ballyhale. In the first few minutes the other team got an early lead scoring 2 points. A point was added to Scoil Aireagail’s scoreboard by Ciara Phelan after great tackling from Lucy Elvidge and Valentina Kavanagh. Ciara […]