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If you’re going to start out on a journey of 5324km you pick the strongest man you can find. We picked our All Ireland Winning Hurling heroes. But if you want to finish a journey and see it through to the end you need a woman! We’re proud to announce that local hero Breda Irish […]

Scoil Aireagail would like to congratulate our All Ireland winning hurling past pupils who have been awarded with All Star awards. Paul Murphy, Joey Holden, and Michael Fennelly picked up the coveted award because of their outstanding performances throughout the championships. We are so proud of the lads who are an inspiration to all in […]

One of our past pupils Ryan Thomas is in the running to sing the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. 20 Year old Ryan Jai, has submitted a song as a Swiss entry for the Eurovision 2016 and is asking for support from Irish people at home and abroad along with other music lovers, to […]

The wheels are still turning and we have cycled just over 4700km so far and are only 400km from Syria. Big thank you to our hairdressing students who have opened up the salon today and are offering students blow dries with all money collected going to support the Syrian refugee crises. Students are being asked […]

We’re over halfway there! We’ve just cycled through Belgrade in Serbia and have pedaled a whopping 2800km since Saturday. The students, teachers, and local community have been flat out this week on the bikes and have covered thousands of kilometres all in support of the Trocaire Refugee fund. Big congratulations to the Transition Years who are […]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kilkenny-hurlers-saddle-up-for-cycle-for-syria-360113.html Here’s a report written by our past pupil Kelly O’Brien who writes for the Irish Examiner about the Cycle to Syria launch on 17th October. Monday, October 19, 2015   By Kelly O’Brien Reporter Kilkenny hurlers faced a challenge of a different kind at the weekend as they embarked on a metaphorical cycle to […]

The bikes are peddling hard towards Syria and we are now in Eichen Bruch, Germany having cycled 1287km since Saturday. The atmosphere in the school has been amazing over the last few days with everyone doing the hardest to complete the 5000km journey from Scoil Aireagail to Damascus in Syria. Just a reminder that if there […]

If you’d like to donate to the Trocaire Refugee crises please click on the above link.   https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/trocaire/cycle-to-syria

Our Transition Year and 6th Year students enjoyed a very informative day last Thursday 15th October at the U.L open day where they listened to talks and got to experience campus life at U.L. Thanks to their teachers Ms. O’Dwyer and Ms. Dennehy for taking them on the trip.

Scoil Aireagail TY students are proud to announce the launch of the Scoil Aireagail ‘Cycle to Syria’ in support of the Trocaire Refugee Fund. The cycle will kick off this Saturday 17th October at 11am in the school hall. Past pupils and Kilkenny senior hurling All Ireland winners Joey Holden, Michael Fennelly, Colin Fennelly, and […]