School News

BT Young Scientist 2022 – Diarmaid Byrne & Simon Considine

BT Young Scientist 2022 Congratulations to Diarmaid Byrne and Simon Considine (both T Year) who received a special award at the BT Young Scientist from the Irish Science Teachers Association [...]

Digital Schools Award – European Programme

Digital Education Blackrock College Scoops Top European Award for Digital Education Practices Blackrock College is among the first in Ireland to be recognised under new European digital schools award Blackrock [...]

Table Quiz 3rd Year, Dec 2021

Vincent de Paul Table Quiz 3rd Year Congratulations to ‘Bolivia’ – Ollie Crosthwaite, Cuan Fallon, Jason Marrow and Darragh O’Neill on winning the 3rd Year Table Quiz, held last Friday [...]

Table Quiz 2nd Year, Dec 2021

Vincent de Paul Table Quiz 2nd Year It was great to see such enthusiasm in Second Year for the annual Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal which this year was a [...]

Public Speaking – Senior Certificate, Dec 2021

Public Speaking December 2021 Congratulations to Michael White and George Francis (both 6th Year) who gained Distinctions in their recent Senior Certificate in Public Speaking exam! The exam consisted of [...]

Christmas 2021 Newsletter

Blackrock College’s Christmas Newsletter is out now! Christmas Newsletter 2021

Science – Seán Treacy – Certificate of Achievement

Science Update Congratulations to Seán Treacy (5th Year) who has qualified for Round 2 of the Irish European Olympiad which will take place on Saturday 22nd January 2022 from 11.00-3.30pm [...]

Senior Debating, November 2021

Senior Debating November 2021 Last week’s in-school debate that was won by James Carroll (6th Year) and Dennis Kelleher (5th Year) who opposed to ‘This House supports the forcible redistribution [...]

Science – Biology Section – Irish European Olympiad of Experimental Science

Irish European Olympiad of Experimental Science Biology Section Congratulations to Sean Tracey (5th Year) who has qualified for Round 2 of the Biology Section of the Irish European Olympiad of [...]

Basketball 2nds East Leinster League, Nov 2021

Basketball East Leinster League 2nd Year BLACKROCK COLLEGE 47 WOODBROOK COLLEGE 14 We commiserate with Captain Keith Lyons (5th Year) and his squad as the match didn’t go our way. [...]