Bravery Blankets from Castleisland to Crumlin Children’s Hospital

Bravery Blankets from Castleisland to Crumlin Children’s Hospital

Transition Year students from Castleisland Community College completed their bravery blankets project for Saint John’s Ward in the Children’s Hospital, Crumlin before the end of the school year. They have now been sent to the voluntary organisation Friends of Saint John’s Ward who will deliver them to the cancer ward in the hospital. Friends of…

Red Oak and Time Capsule Complete 30th Year College Celebrations

Red Oak and Time Capsule Complete 30th Year College Celebrations

In the final act of its 30th year celebrations, teachers and students at Castleisland Community College also marked the winter solstice by planting a symbolic red oak tree in the grounds of the school. The end of the calendar year, in which the college celebrated the 30th anniversary of its relocation to its current base,…

Friday Favourite from 2004

Friday Favourite from 2004

This week’s Friday Favourite concerns an U-10 team from St. Mary’s Basketball Club. The girls  made history at the Castleisland Community Centre one morning in October 2004 when they became the first team from the club in that age category to take part in the county-wide competition. Have a look at the faces before looking at…