School News

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. [...]

5th Year Career Talks, November 2021

5th Year Career Talks II Saturday, 6th November 2021 Last Saturday morning, 6th November, saw the second of our two sessions for the 5th Years organised in association with the [...]

Junior Debating – MACE Debate in Holy Child Killiney, Nov 2021

MACE Debate in Holy Child Killiney Tuesday, 9th November 2021 On Tuesday last (9th November), the following students competed in a MACE against Holy Child Killiney. The motion was THW [...]

Senior Debating – UCD L+H Debates, Round 1

UCD L+H Debates 2021 Round 1 Congratulations to the following students on progressing to next round in the L+H (UCD) Schools Debate competition. Students: Matthew O’Donnell & Colm Fagan James [...]

Autumn 2021 Newsletters

Blackrock College’s Autumn Newsletter is out now! Autumn Newsletter 2021Autumn Castle Chronicle 2021

Debating – Junior Team Update, Term 1 2021

Leinster Junior Schools Debating Competition November 2021 This term, we have four teams competing in the Leinster Junior Schools Debating Competition organised by the Law and the Literary and Historical [...]

3rd Year Family Mass, Nov 2021

3rd Year Family Mass Sunday, 7th November 2021 Chief Celebrant Fr. Cormac O’Brolchain, in an excellent homily, urged the boys to be the best they can be and to think [...]

Maths Week 2021

Maths Week/Numeracy Day October 2021 The last week before midterm saw the launch of the College’s Maths Week 2021. The week (plus Numeracy Day) was a feast of diverse and [...]

French Debating, Round 1 – Blackrock Vs St Andrews

French Debating Round 1 Blackrock Vs St. Andrews Congratulations to our team of Eoin Dunne (captain), Michael Paran, John Duffy and Mark McCabe (all 6th Year) who won their Round [...]

BT Young Scientist 2022 Qualification

BT Young Scientist 2022 Qualification Congratulation to the following students on their qualification for the BT Young Scientist Competition which will be held virtually in January. Diarmaid Byrne & Simon [...]