Education
History of the Irish Province
May 10, 2012
At the Province Assembly in June 2011, Bruce Bradley, rector of Clongowes and newly named as the incoming editor of Studies, delivered an excellent account of the Irish Jesuits, who...
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Belvedere mourns Garret FitzGerald
May 24, 2011
As the entire country mourned the death of Garret FitzGerald, all those associated with Belvedere College felt a special sense of loss at his passing. One of the College’s most...
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Crescent: good excuse for a party
May 24, 2011
Crescent College Comprehensive has won the Munster Schools Junior Rugby Cup for the second year running. It clinched the title in a thrilling win over Ard Scoil Ris 22-3, all...
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Garret FitzGerald: the Jesuit dimension
May 24, 2011
The death and obsequies of Garret FitzGerald dominated public attention at the weekend, when the country was united in affectionate admiration for our senior statesman. The former Taoiseach had many...
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Crescent en el Camino
May 24, 2011
Twelve Leaving Certificate students in Crescent College are gearing themselves for a further challenge when the exams are over: they will walk the pilgrim path to Compostella, some starting 800...
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A happy Saturday
May 24, 2011
On 21 May the Saturday papers made you feel good for once, looking back on the happy visit of Queen Elizabeth – who shook hands with one Jesuit, Peter Sexton, senior...
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Belvedere in song
April 19, 2011
There are two school successes to report this week. The Colaiste Iognaid basketball team, coached by Adrian O’Neill, and captained by Sophie Coll, won the West Region First Year Girls...
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Colwell challenges Galway
April 5, 2011
Mary Colwell, a Bristol-born producer of TV shows, spent a day in Galway last month talking to students and staff of Coláiste Iognáid and the general public on an ecological...
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Plato in Ballymun
April 5, 2011
J.U.S.T., the Jesuit University Support and Training Project in Ballymun, run cultural programmes in addition to their work with undergraduates. Director Kevin O’Higgins SJ launched a course of Philosophy for Beginners, hoping that...
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What makes a school Jesuit?
April 5, 2011
Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard was back in Ireland in late March to give three workshops. On Friday 25 March, he led teachers from the Jesuit colleges in exploring what it...
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A Jesuit priest at Drumcree church
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WWII – ‘A humanitarian disaster on a global scale’
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Clongowes students shares about his faith
October 1, 2026 - Twelve-year-old Clongowes student Anthony Buday won the National Knock Basilica Art Competition with his model of the basilica made of sugar cubes. He has a singular devotion to Mary.
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