Latest News – Events
The latest events from the College.
Culture Night 2017
A large crowd of 120 people gathered at the College Chapel yesterday…
A Busy Weekend at St. Columba’s
St. Columba's College, being a seven day boarding school, organises…
Open Day, September 30th
We are holding our annual major Open Day this year on Saturday…
Junior Certificate & JCSA Results 2017
Congratulations to all our pupils who received their Junior Certificate…
All-Ireland Senior Prefects’ Conference
Last Friday, September 8th 2017, saw the inaugural All-Ireland…
Alex Panayotou
On Thursday 1st June in the Big Schoolroom, Old Columban Alex Panayotou will talk to all V, IV, II, I and Primary (those in exam Forms are welcome too).
A motivational speaker based in Spain and Greece, with an extraordinary story in extre...
A motivational speaker based in Spain and Greece, with an extraordinary story in extre...
Confirmation 2017
[ General ]Yesterday 15 candidates were confirmed at the Ascension Day service in Chapel on a gloriously sunny day by the Archbishop of Dublin, Most Reverend Michael Jackson, assisted by the Chaplain, Reverend Daniel Owen. Pictured, the group after th...
Open Evening, Thursday 18th May
We are holding our regular summer term Open Evening on Thursday…
Arts Week 2017
There is a tremendous variety of activities on show in our annual…
Remembering William Trevor
The most distinguished Old Columban writer, William Trevor, died…
Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
[ General ]We are delighted to annouce details of St. Columba's College's second Mental Health Awareness Week, beginning next Monday February 13th 2017. We have a jam-packed programme of events, centred around the theme 'Mind You Mind'. Pupils and sta...
‘Phil Speaks’
[ General ]The ‘Phil Speaks’ Debating Competition 20th /21st January
Harry Oke-Osanyintolu reports:
The Phil Speaks competition 2017 was nothing close to what we imagined; it was much better. We arrived at Trinity College, Dublin at arou...
Harry Oke-Osanyintolu reports:
The Phil Speaks competition 2017 was nothing close to what we imagined; it was much better. We arrived at Trinity College, Dublin at arou...
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 ...
Remembrance Service
Yesterday on Remembrance Sunday, the Chaplain, Rev Daniel Owen led the service broadcast from the RTE studios. The Chapel choir, directed by Mrs Malone Brady, played a major part singing Hewson’s ‘Let us now praise fa...
Walsh Memorial Concert
The Reverend B.W.N. Walsh Memorial Concert was held last night in the Chapel to mark the Walsh Fund for restoring the organ. It was a superb evening of high-class music-making, particularly by the 'headline act', the Old Columban Co...
European Day of Languages
Every year around this time in September the European Day of Languages is celebrated. It is an ideal occasion to raise the awareness of modern languages and the department has organised many different activities for all age groups. There ar...
Junior Cultural Trip to London
We are delighted to annouce details of this year’s Junior Cultural Trip to London. The trip will take place over the January Exodus (Friday Jan 27th to Monday 30th Jan) and is open to pupils in Forms II, III and IV, but is stric...
Start of Michaelmas Term 2016
We look forward to welcoming pupils to the College for the start of the 2016-17 academic year.
