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Open Morning: Saturday 27th September

All prospective pupils and their parents are most welcome to our annual Open Day on Saturday 27th September. No booking is necessary. Visitors should arrive between 10.00am and 11.30am. More details.

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Culture Night 2025

The College is once again delighted to take part in Culture Night, on the evening of Friday 19th September. No booking is required. Come for an hour-long architectural and historical tour of our fascinating campus. The school has been on this site since 1849, and a series of interesting buildings includes the Butterfield-designed Chapel (1880), […]

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House Quiz

Saturday 6th, 7.00-9.00pm: House Quiz in the Big Schoolroom. Day boys and girls are encouraged to attend. Sunday 7th: Evensong, 8.00pm (Preacher: the Warden. Collection: the Emergency Fund).

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Start of Michaelmas Term

Tuesday 2nd September: First Form induction afternoon. Wednesday 3rd September: New pupils and their parents (other than First Form) arrive early afternoon. See email for full details. Other boarders arrive between 6.30pm and 8.30pm. Thursday 4th September: Day boys and girls arrive at 8.50pm.

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2025 Leaving Certificate

Many congratulations to our Leaving Certificate candidates on their excellent results: their average points score across all subjects this year is 505, a superb achievement.

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Leaving Certificate results

From the Department of Education & Youth: “The Leaving Certificate Helpline will be open from 10am to 5pm on weekdays (22nd, 25th–29th August) and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays (23rd and 30th August). Text replies will be sent during helpline opening hours. Call the Helpline on 1800 265 165, or text GUIDANCE to 086 1800 […]

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Transition Year English Evening 2025

This week we had the 30th Transition Year English Evening, the longest-established TY event in the College. It was planned primarily as a celebration of pupil work across the year, with an external guest speaker. There is no competitive element. This year we were delighted to welcome back a former teacher, Mr Paul Reidy, who […]

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Voices of Poetry 2025

As happens annually, and has done for about 40 years since former Head of English Mr John Fanagan initiated the event, Voices of Poetry took place on Sunday evening, the last major event in the BSR of the school year. And as happens annually, many pupils and a handful of staff read or recited short […]

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Junior Public Speaking Competition 2025

The Junior Public Speaking Competition at the end of May each year is part of a continuum of public speaking opportunities which our pupils have, and which help them build confidence and fluency. This starts in the First Form competition in front of their peers in English class, and includes the Transition Year House Speeches […]

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ASTI award for Mr Jones

Many congratulations to our Head of Science, Mr Jones, on his Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland Achievement Award in recognition of his exceptional contribution to education. In the words of the ASTI: “Humphrey Jones is a teacher of science, biology, and agricultural science, as well as a career guidance counsellor at St. Columba’s College […]

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Warden’s Blog:

The latest piece from the Warden is from his contribution for the new Old Columban Society Bulletin (published in May for members): Every year has its challenges and I will not bore you with some of mine! Nevertheless the challenges that we face over here as a sector are nothing compared those faced by the […]

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Biography of William Butterfield

A couple of weeks ago there was the publication of the first-ever biography of the architect of our Chapel, William Butterfield (1814-1900), and has just been published in a splendid production by Lund Humphries of London. Its author, Dr Nicholas Olsberg, visited the Chapel some years ago, and writes in the book that it is […]

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Culture Night, Friday 20th September 2024

This year the College is again taking part in national Culture Night, enabling visitors to the campus to learn about the history of the school, as well as its architectural heritage. Come and visit us on Friday 20th September (from 6.3opm – pupils will guide you from the car parks, and the talk starts in […]

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Transition Year Awards 2024

It’s been an incredibly busy final term for our Transition Year pupils, capping off an extraordinary year (read the end of term report here). Last night, at the prize presentation evening in Whispering House, our Transition Year co-ordinator Ms Lynch wrapped up the year, reflected on the various experiences and, finally, announced the following awards […]

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Transition Year English Evening 2024

The 29th Transition Year English Evening was held on Tuesday 30th May in the Big Schoolroom. Again, it was a showcase of some of the best writing done during the year in English classes (there is no competitive element). Mr Jameson hosted the event, and the guest was former English teacher here, Mrs Annie Donnelly, […]

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