On Wednesday the 2nd of April the TYs and 5th years of St.Ailbes school embarked on a trip to Dublin. The bus departed at 8:30. The bus drive was long but extremely enjoyable, after a few stops on the way we finally reached Dublin and proceeded to Croke Park where the first activity of our day awaited […]
School News
Warhorse
On the 8th April 2014 there was a large exodus of students and teachers from St. Ailbe’s – destination, our Capital. As the numbers were large we split into two groups. The Transition Year group went with the 1st years to visit The Dáil and were given an all exclusive tour. We saw the Dáil […]
South East Munster U15 Soccer – Round 1
The St. Ailbe’s U15 Boy’s Soccer team took to the Saint Michael’s pitch on Monday the 7thof April as our own pitch was unplayable because of construction for the first round of the South East Munster Championships. The St. Ailbe’s team consisted of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year players with the majority in 1st year. This was the […]
South Tipperary Student Enterprise Awards
South Tipperary Enterprise Awards were held in the L.I.T. Building in Clonmel on the 7th of March. Our Business teacher Mr. Keating was in charge of the project in our school. The Enterprise Project requires students to create a mini-company which involves research, product design, graphic design, marketing, and business plans. The event ran for six […]
U17 Hurling Championships
On Friday the 21st of March, 2014, St. Ailbe’s and Roscrea played the first match of the U17 Boys’ Hurling Championships. The organising teacher and coach was Mr. Denis Keating. The team arrived in Thurles following a half hour bus ride, and they were out warming up quicker than you can blink. Dark purple clouds loomed […]
U15 Munster Football Championship
On Thursday the 20th of March St. Ailbe’s played Killenaune in the second round of the Munster U15 Football Championship. It was a wet day and that was made even worse by the terrible condition of the Killenaune field, which was extremely long for a football match and had many lumps and bumps. Killenaule got the […]
Ireland says “Goodbye” to Our Greatest Hero
On Saturday the 8th of March, it was truly a great day for Irish rugby. Not only did Ireland hammer Italy into the ground, with an amazing score of 46-7, but it was also Irish hero, Brian O’Driscoll’s last home game in Ireland. He left in style becoming the worlds most capped player and also becoming […]
2nd Yr. Girls Basketball Semi-Final
St. Ailbe’s 2nd year girls’ basketball team played against Colaiste Bhride from Enniscorthy on Wednesday 12th March last week. The match was the South-East Region semi-final and was played in our new sports hall. The match was organised by Ms. Maireád O’Connor and Ms. Siobhán Casey. Before this game the girls had played two previous rounds. The […]
“Friends for Life!”
The ‘FRIENDS for life’ is a school-based mental health programme. From September 2014 we will be running a programme with all our first year students. It will become part of the social and personal health education within the school. This programme will help student to develop effective strategies to deal with worry, stress and change […]
St. Ailbe’s Escape Close Encounter with Thurles
Last Thursday the under 15 Football Team took to the field on a very windy day to play the 1st round of the County Championship. The match was to be held in golden GAA pitch and despite the harsh weather the field had held up well. The opposition on the day were Colaiste Mhuire, Thurles who […]
