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Scoil Aireagail students took part in GAeilge 24 on Wednesday, 13 November 2013. GAeilge 24 is a national event where students and young   people all over the country took on the challenge of speaking only “as Gaeilge” for 24 hours. Ms. Murphy and Ms. Kennedy did a great job of encouraging students and teachers to get involved […]

  1st year students recently participated in a nationwide schools’ campaign to educate and raise student awareness of littering called the  ‘Bin it!’ workshop. The campaign aims to inform young people aged 11-13 about the environmental cost and social issues surrounding discarded chewing gum. Littered gum is a topic that most students will have experience of, and […]

On Wednesday 23rd October Scoil Aireagail celebrated French culture when our French teachers Mme Kennedy, Mme Leahy, and Mme Mills hosted French week. A variety of cross curricular events were organised for students throughout the week. French posters and bunting decorated the walls of the whole school which created a lovely atmosphere and set the […]

Four of our student council members attended the Comhairle na nóg AGM on Thursday 17th October in Hotel Kilkenny. Comhairle na nóg are local “youth councils” designed to give children and young people the “right to have his or her voice heard” by being involved in the development of local services and policies. Comhairle na […]

Well done to our Students Council who organised a breakfast morning on Wednesday 16th October to raise money for Childline.  Many thanks to Ms. Mills for her hard work co-ordinating this very successful fundraising event. Thanks also to all those who helped out on the day. Staff and students enjoyed the opportunity to have breakfast together, whilst raising €233 for this […]

Our Transitiotn Year students went on a trip to the University of Limerick Activity Centre, Killaloe, Co Clare on Thursday 11th October. They had an action packed day filled with activities – canoeing, kayaking, Sailing and Windsurfing, and High Ropes. Thanks to Mr. Mcgrath and Jenny Catt for organising the trip.

The 2 mile Challenge has been taking place over the last six weeks. All 27 junior girls have undertaken the challenge of walking, jogging or running the distance over lunch break every Tuesday. With only two Tuesdays remaining before the mid-term break the leader board is very close with Orla Little (3rd Year) in first […]

On the 27th of September we participated in an U14 hurling blitz in Palmerstown. In the first game we played against Kilkenny Schools and had an outstanding 5-7 to 0-2 win. Goals were scored by Michael Murphy, Antoine O’ Shea and Luke Ward who moved up to the forwards near the end. Other scorers were […]

WIT school of Business in association with the BSTAI held their annual awards cermony last Tuesday night in the College to give recognition to those students who received an ‘A’ grade in their Junior Certificate Honours Business for 2013. It involved a select number of students from Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford and Tipperary. The picture show Pictured […]

This year’s handball started with the 60x30m competition. As always there is great interest in the sport and the following students represented the school with great distinction. Boys 1st Year Singles: Sean Fitzpatrick. Very unfortunate to lose by 1 ace to Callan CBS. Fantastic prospect. 1st Year Doubles: Billy Moran and Anton O’Shea. Win over […]