Latest News – Academic
The latest academic news from the College.
Gallery Expeditions
Antonia Bullrich and Isabelle Townshend write short reviews on…
Sculpture in the Warden’s Garden
Jeanne Levesque reports on the recent Sculpture in the Garden…
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2018
Last week was 'Seachtain na Gaeilge' - where pupils and staff…
Phil Speaks
Harry Oke, Form V, reports on the latest debating team competition…
Transition Year Pupils Attend ECO Conference
On Tuesday January 23rd eight Transition Year pupils attended…
Geoscience Week
A number of our Transition Year pupils recently took part in…
CanSat 2018
After the College's huge success in last year's pan-european…
Development Office Launch
The launch of the College's Development Office and 175th Anniversary…
Exhibition of Junior Certificate Art 2017
Abigail O Brien, Transition Year, reports on the upcoming Art…
Science Week at St. Columba’s
This week at St. Columba's there are a range of events to mark…
Senior Debating Team News
Form V pupil Harry Oke writes this update on Senior Debating…
Junior Debating Team
Public speaking and debating are important part of the College's…
Junior Certificate & JCSA Results 2017
Congratulations to all our pupils who received their Junior Certificate…
Leaving Certificate Results 2017
Congratulations to our candidates who received their Leaving…
CanSat Team Win Silver in Bremen
Congratulations to the St. Columba's College CANSAT team who…
Transition Year English Evening
On Tuesday last we held the 24th annual TY English Evening in the Big Schoolroom. The guest speaker this time was Professor Colin Graham, Head of the English Department at Maynooth University.Eight pieces from the recent Work Portf...
TY prize presentation evening
The final presentation evening of the TY year was held last night in the BSR. Mr McCarthy gave a review of the year and commended all on their positive attitude and considerable achievements. All told it was an extremely productive and enj...
TY Modern Languages evening
The sixth annual Transition Year Evening for Modern Languages was held on Tuesday evening in the BSR. Twelve pupils gave presentations in French and Spanish on subjects including La moda española, Le terrorisme en France, Le pa...
Victorious Cansat Team Prepare for Europe
The St. Columba's College CanSat Crew, ably led by Ms. Hennessy, recently won the national final and will represent Ireland in the European final in Bremen, Germany, next June. The team update us on their preparations for the European fina...
Form Prizes 2016-17
FORM PRIZES 2016-17 (these are based on the results of College examinations so far this year).
Congratulations to:-
SIXTH FORM: Douglas Boyd Crotty, Ciara Gumsheimer, Juliane Hastedt, Courtney McKee, Rafael Mendes.
FIFTH FORM: Sasha C...
Congratulations to:-
SIXTH FORM: Douglas Boyd Crotty, Ciara Gumsheimer, Juliane Hastedt, Courtney McKee, Rafael Mendes.
FIFTH FORM: Sasha C...
Transition Year Academic Prize 2017
Congratulations to Catherine Butt, from Hollypark House, on winning the Transition Year Academic Prize last night. Catherine fought off stiff competition from four of her peers from Form IV, presenting her recent research on theories of pe...
CanSat project
Many congratulations to Ms Hennessy and her team…
Ciara Gumsheimer
[ General ]Many congratulations to Ciara Gumsheimer who has been offered a place to read Economics at Downing College, Cambridge. Ciara sat an entrance exam and attended two interviews, before being accepted for one of the most competitive courses at ...
Debating final
[ General ]Ciara Murray reviews last Saturday's debating final.
Saturday nights riveting Senior House Debating final ended in victory for Gwynn’s Douglas Boyd-Crotty, Henry Carroll and Ivan Moffit. Hollypark is delighted to have made it to the ...
Saturday nights riveting Senior House Debating final ended in victory for Gwynn’s Douglas Boyd-Crotty, Henry Carroll and Ivan Moffit. Hollypark is delighted to have made it to the ...
