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 […]
School News
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 […]
World Book Day – St. Ailbe’s School’s Contribution
World book Day, despite the name, spans over the whole of the Month March. Since the first ever world book day, which occurred on 23rd April 1995, we have gone through sixteen, each one inspiring more and more young readers than the last. World book day was started by UNESCO, an organisation dedicated wholly to further […]
Physics Lecture from the University of Limerick
On Thursday the 16th of January a physics lecturer from the University of Limerick came to visit our school to speak to students and make us more aware of the science courses available in the college and how physics can help us in our day to day lives. We were asked a series of physics questions […]
TY Market Day
At the start of the school year the TY class were given the opportunity to run their own business. In total there were four different teams taking part, each with a different idea in mind. One team sold t-shirts and jumpers another sold wristbands, one sold different types of pens and biros, and another sold […]
TY Golf Lessons
As part of our Transition Year P.E. program we were fortunate to get golf lessons from Marian Riordan who is a local pro in Ballykisteen and also a past pupil of this school. We started off playing SNAG (Starting New At Golf) to get the basics in a fun and easy way. SNAG (Starting New At Golf) is […]
U17 Soccer Challenge V St. Clements, Limerick
On the 17th of January St. Ailbes U17 soccer team played a challenge match against St. Clements of Limerick city. They were prepared for a tough game. St. Clements had an early penalty appeal but the referee decided he dived saying “You were doing a Chelsea kind of a thing.” The next big event in the […]
U16 Girls South East Basketball Semi-Final
On the 2nd of December our U16 Girls Basketball Team played their South-East Regional semi-final match against Tullow, Co. Carlow in our new Sports Hall. It was a great bonus to have home advantage in this crucial game. St. Ailbe’s got off to a great start with 4 points by Sarah Halligan, 2 points by Aisling […]
