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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 […]

Congratulations to all the members of our badminton teams who reached the Leinster finals recently and well done to Ms. Hickey for her success as coach.

Kilkenny Mobile library visited Scoil Aireagail on Tuesday, 18th February. The mobile library service has added Scoil Aireagail to its list of destinations for this year. Our first year students had a great time picking out some interesting reads, so many thanks to Majella and Tom from the library service for all their help. We […]

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. […]