Castleisland Community College Gesture of Hope and Gratitude to Tralee Nursing Unit

Castleisland Community College Gesture of Hope and Gratitude to Tralee Nursing Unit

Castleisland Community College staff, students and teachers sent their hearts to Tralee Community Nursing Unit recently as a gesture of appreciation, hope, support and thanks. “The school community united to send a combined message of thanks to our front-line workers and to also lift the spirit of the elderly in Tralee Community Nursing Unit,” said…

Katie’s Christmas Card and Grease – Winners in Their Fields

Katie’s Christmas Card and Grease – Winners in Their Fields

Katie O’Connor, a Transition Year student at Castleisland Community College, had her work selected as the winner of the Kerry ETB Christmas Card Competition. The card is being distributed across the country as Kerry ETB’s official Christmas card. Katie won herself a Samsung Galaxy tablet for first prize. Rock ‘n’ Roll Classic Grease Transition Year…

The Spirit of Christmas Abounds at Castleisland Community College

The Spirit of Christmas Abounds at Castleisland Community College

The spirit of Christmas has certainly begun at Castleisland Community College. An incredible 202 Shoe Boxes full of clothes, goodies and toys were collected this year. The Castleisland Probus group donated 12 of these. A €4 top-up was contributed for each box which made a grand total of €808. School Community Involved “The Shoe Box…

Lucy and Ruth through to Junk Kouture Regional Finals

Lucy and Ruth through to Junk Kouture Regional Finals

Castleisland Community College Transition Year students, Lucy Setterfield and Ruth Borgeat have reached the regional finals of the Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture recycled fashion competition in UCH Limerick on March 9th. There, they will have 60 seconds to impress the judges on the catwalk. Importance of Recycling Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture is a…

The Visitors Launch at The Seanchai on Friday Evening

The Visitors Launch at The Seanchai on Friday Evening

Margaret Thornton will launch her book of poetry The Visitors at the Seanchaí Centre in Listowel on this Friday evening, May 20th at 7-30pm. How difficult is it to maintain composure when a world of feelings, emotions, states of being exist behind the public persona? Society is created in such a way that this conflict…

Wild Atlantic Woman on Junk-et in The Island

Wild Atlantic Woman on Junk-et in The Island

Meet the ‘Wild Atlantic Woman! Castleisland Community College is a biteen inland in terms of the Wild Atlantic Way and that’s the reality. Reality, however, is only for those who lack imagination. On that basis, the CCC students and their art teacher, Pia Thornton entred the Bank of Ireland Junk Couture 2016 competition in response…