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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 […]

Commiserations to our u14 Gaelic Football squad and manager Mr. O’Halloran on their unsuccessful trip to play Colaiste Mhuire Johnstown in their first competitive match this year.  The following panel members were singled out by Mr. O’Halloran as having played well: Conor Reid, Ronan Coffey, Darren Audoire, Conor O’Dwyer, Conor Doolan, Sean Grace, Aaron Doherty […]

This year Scoil Aireagail has become affiliated to the Leinster Rugby School’s branch for the first time. In preparation for their first outing in the Senior Development Shield they visited Kilkenny Rugby Club last Wednesday where they took part in a coaching session with the local club’s Leinster Rugby Develpment Officer Barry Daly and the CBS […]

Zoltan Zinn Collis, survivor of the Holocaust and author, paid his annual visit to Scoil Aireagail, where he spoke to two 3rd Year classes about his life’s experience. Zoltan spoke for about an hour, describing the horrors of life in a concentration camp and he also talked about his life in Ireland following his escape […]

Our senior soccer squad started their season with a 4-1 win over Pobail Osrai Kilkenny in Ballyhale last week. In difficult conditions, both teams tried their best to play soccer on the ground, and this resulted in an enjoyable spectacle. Scoil Aireagail’s twin strike force of Thomas Jones and Emmet Frisby shared three goals between […]