Humphrey’s Run Launches Castleisland Races Weekend

Humphrey’s Run Launches Castleisland Races Weekend

As the athletes were converging on Castleisland’s Limerick Road from all sides – except Farranfore – an angry old sky  growled frequently and loudly. Its empty retching produced far less rain than its appearance promised. Thunder Rumbled Even as the participants in the seventh annual Humphrey Murphy Memorial 10km and 5km road race limbered up…

Easter Camp Trip to China for Students Eibhlís and Darragh

Easter Camp Trip to China for Students Eibhlís and Darragh

Two students of St. Joseph’s Presentation and St. Patrick’s Secondary Schools Transition Year Programme have been awarded much coveted places at the Study in China 2018 Easter Camp. As part of the T.Y. programme offered by both schools students study Chinese language and culture through an in-school learning module. Eibhlís Brosnan and Darragh Bourke will…

Transition Year Students Exhibit their Take on the World

Transition Year Students Exhibit their Take on the World

An exciting exhibition of photographs has recently opened in Castleisland Library and it’s displaying the talents of local students. Transition Year pupils from St. Patrick’s and Presentation Secondary schools have spent the last few months taking photographs and experimenting with photography. Their exhibition comes under the theme of My Point of View and it holds a…

Local Schools Vroom into F1 National Finals

Local Schools Vroom into F1 National Finals

In what has been described by local teachers as “an amazing achievement” two Castleisland school’s teams have qualified for the national finals of the F1 in Schools Competition to be held in Dublin Castle on May 4th. Team JAMCAS from St. Patrick’s Secondary School and Team Flight from Presentation Secondary School will battle it out…