Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal

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24
OCT
2017

Great Success at Swimming Championships

Well done to all our students who took part in the Ulster Schools swimming championship in Bangor at the weekend. The Girls Freestyle relay team consisting of Katie Mc Mullin, Niamh Hughes, Cora Rooney and Caoimhe McCauley are the new Ulster Schools Champions. The Girls Medley team (C
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24
OCT
2017

Meet the Cast!

Meet the Leads from our upcoming production of ‘Back to the 80s’: Back Row: Matthew Gallagher – Juey Jackson Ella Ruddy – Tiffany Houston Jack Brosnan – Kirk Tom Daly – Fergal McFerrin Niall Monaghan – Alf Bueller Chloe Connolly – Debbie
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24
OCT
2017

Athletics

A number of our students took part in the Regional Indoor Athletics competition in the AVS yesterday, and enjoyed a great day of athletics. 
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24
OCT
2017

Cheerios Breakfast Morning

First Years took part in the Cheerios Breakfast week event last week. The breakfast week is a fun charity breakfast which is hosted across the country to help support the ISPCC Childline services which answers calls from children in need across Ireland 24 hours a day. TYs assisted in
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24
OCT
2017

TYs attend Enterprise Day

On Wednesday last week, Transition Year students participated in a Donegal ETB Enterprise Day in the Letterkenny Institute of Technology. This event encouraged students to explore their innovative and enterprise skills by developing a product and pitching their idea to a business judg
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16
OCT
2017

School Closed Tuesday October 17th

Following instructions from the Department of Education, Coláiste Cholmcille will remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday October 17th.
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15
OCT
2017

School Closed Monday October 16th

Due to the red weather warning, the Department of Education has instructed all schools to close tomorrow, Monday 16th of October. https://www.education.ie/…/2017-Press-Re…/PR2017-10-15b.html
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12
OCT
2017

Dance Rehearsals for First and Second Year Students

If you are in First or Second Year student and would like to take part in our musical this year, come along to rehearsals on Friday Oct. 13th from 4pm to 5pm.
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12
OCT
2017

School Choir

The Coláiste Cholmcille School Choir meet to rehearse during lunch every Monday. Places are offered to any pupil with a basic singing ability who is willing to work hard. During the year, the choir sings at all the important liturgies of the school, as well as events in the local comm
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09
OCT
2017

First Year Boys Futsal

A great day was enjoyed by ten of the First Year boys at a Donegal Futsal bliz in Letterkenny last week. Nine schools from around the country fought it out for a chanve to go to Belfast for the Ulster Championships. Coláiste Cholmcille were unfortunate to lose by a single, last-kick-o
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09
OCT
2017

French Theatre

A French theatre group visited Coláiste Cholmcille last week to present two plays, one for  Junior Cycle and one for Seniors. FTFS brings the expertise of twenty five years of language learning through drama to your school. The plays are written specially for the students learning and
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06
OCT
2017

Coláiste Cholmcille 5-05 Abbey Vocational School 2-05

Congratulations to our Under 16 Boys Gaelic team on their decisive victory against AVS, Donegal, at home last week. This was the first match in the league for the team and they began the season in style winning by a 3 goal lead. Manager Mr Mc Glynn praised the boys for the commitment
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05
OCT
2017

Coláiste Cholmcille 5-05 Abbey Vocational School 2-05

Congratulations to our Under 16 Boys Gaelic team on their decisive victory against AVS, Donegal, at home this week. This was the first match in the league for the team and they began the season in style winning by a 3 goal lead. Manager Mr Mc Glynn praised the boys for the commitment
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28
SEP
2017

Una Britton is National Surf Champion!

Congratulations to Fifth Year student Una Britton who won the Women’s Surf title at the Irish National Surfing Championships in Bundoran last weekend. This is a fantastic achievement for the sixteen year old from Rossnowlagh given the quality and levels of experience of her fell
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28
SEP
2017

Christmas Cards for Schools

All First Year, Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied students are currently designing cards for the ‘Christmas Cards for Schools’ fundraiser. The deadline for returning finished card designs is Monday 9th October. This will ensure cards are printed well in advance of Chri
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28
SEP
2017

Senior History Trip to Derry

Senior History classes recently visited Derry City. Both Fifth and Sixth Years had a fantastic yet highly educational time. They toured the Derry City walls and visited the very informative Museum of Free Derry. They were told the story of what happened in the city during the Battle o
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28
SEP
2017

Bronze for Emer O’Brien at Finn Valley Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Finn Valley Athletic Club 14th Cross Country fundraiser. The club hosted schools from all over Donegal and beyond..  Athletes from across all year groups competed in the event, however Conditions were unfavourable with heavy rain making
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24
SEP
2017

Belleek Pottery Visit

On Thursday 21st September LCA 2 students visited Belleek Pottery to research their Craft Design task. They were given a tour of the workshop, where all stages of creating a piece of Belleek pottery were experienced. It was hugely informative and interesting for the students as they b
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22
SEP
2017

Head Boy & Head Girl 2017-18

Our Head Boy and Head Girl for 2017-18 are Conall Sweeny and Mary Flora Scott!
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17
SEP
2017

Orla explains the new Junior Cycle

Do you have a few questions about the new Junior Cycle course? The NCCA have provided this video to help explain some of the key changes (click on the link to watch the video on Vimeo.com).
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