School News

CADLC – Digital Escape Room, May 2020

Digital Escape Room May 2020 10 staff and 13 students participated in the Digital Escape Room competition organised from the CADLC section on Moodle!! A laughing virus had taken over [...]

Senior Gold Medal Debate 2020

4th & 5th Year Gold Medal Debate 2020 The motion for the 4th and 5th Year Gold Medal Debates was: TTH believes that human beings are essentially selfish creatures In [...]

Junior Gold Medal Debate 2020

Junior Gold Medal Debate Monday, 18th May 2020 Motion: This House Believes that human beings are essentially selfish creatures. This year’s Gold Medal Debate Winners: Gregory Quinn (2nd Year) Ben [...]

Music – Sir James Galway Summer Flute Festival, Switzerland

Sir James Galway Summer Flute Festival Weggis, Switzerland Friday 17th to Sunday 26th July 2020 Congratulations to Evan Walsh (5th Year) on his selection for the Sir James Galway Summer [...]

MUN – Claregalway College 2020

Coláiste Bhaile Chláir COMUN 2020 Claregalway College hosted their first online MUN conference on the 24th and 25th of April and hosted 50 participants. Blackrock entered 6 delegates Michael Lucey [...]

Virtual Sports & Family Day 2020

It is with great excitement that we are going to launch Blackrock College TV’s first ever live event that will take place on our YouTube channel, on Friday 15th May [...]

TY Retreat – Do Not Be Afraid

Transition Year Retreat on Teams Wednesday, 6th May 2020 Over 180 boys tuned in, at different times, to the Transition Year Retreat on Teams 10.00 am – noon, Wednesday the [...]

Sing Ireland – Ireland’s Call, Virtual Band & Choir

Ireland's Call Virtual Band and Choir Friday, 1st May 2020 24 students from 5th and 6th Years participated in an arrangement of Ireland’s Call which was broadcast on The Late [...]

The Lockdown Relay Marathon

The Lockdown Relay Marathon Congratulations to Max Caskey, Max Brophy, Danny Clarke, Colm Cowhey, Will Fitzgerald, Matthew Galligan, Sam Green, Joe Tansey, Andrew Harvey, Freddie Mullin, Fergal O’Sullivan, Shane O’Sullivan [...]

International Competition for Young Debaters 2020

International Competition for Young Debaters Hosted by Oxford University on May 2nd and 3rd Congratulations to both Patrick Hayden and Luca Kenny (both 2nd Year) on their performance in the [...]