The Presentation Castleisland U-16 basketball team hosted the mighty Scoil Chríost Rí from Portlaoise on Monday. There’s a lot of history between the two schools, having met many times over the years in the late stages of national competitions. Home team and management knew this was going to be a hard fought contest. The game…
On Friday, Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland held a virtual celebration to acknowledge the achievement of the school’s U-15 girls basketball team. The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with the team’s plans to compete at an international level. However, on this occasion team members: Orlaith O’Connor, Doireann O’Sullivan, Blathnaid Casey, Muireann Walsh, Rebecca Reidy, Ciara Cronin, Clodagh…
Morning Ireland journalist Aimi Ní Riada paid a welcome visit to Castleisland Community College last week. By Doreen Killington The purpose of the visit was to interview those affected by the present Transition Year Programme and how it has been adapted within the context and disruption of the present school year. She spoke with the…
The U-14 A basketball team from Presentation Castleisland won the All-Ireland Schools’ Basketball League on Sunday 12th May in UL. By defeating rivals, Portlaoise on the score 34/17 the team completed a unique double as in February they defeated the same opposition in the cup final in the National Arena, Tallaght. A Double Double The…
Presentation Castleisland held its annual Student Enterprise School Final and Christmas Carol Service in St. John’s Hall just before Christmas. On the day, 11 First Year Enterprises were on display and one Second Year Enterprise. “A total of 45 students took part in this year’s programme and two prizes in the first year category and…
Desmond’s 3-11. Abbeydorney 5-3 Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club U-12 Ladies had a great win against Abbeydorney. A power packed second half guided Castleisland Desmonds to the Rose Hotel Division 2 Plate title at Ballyrickard on Tuesday evening. It was a great team effort by all the players. At half time the score was Abbeydorney 4-3.…
