Last year, we won the Cumann na mBunscol A Final for football. We were re-entered this year. We started off with the mini sevens and we got to the final but lost by a point to Craughwell. Cumann na mBunscol was played at Claregalway centre. We were in Group A along with Cummer, Maree, Craughwell… Read more »
During book week, the children of Claregalway NS has the opportunity to dress up as book characters which was great fun! The author Kate McMahon came to visit our school. It was a great honour to meet her as she has written many successful books, for example Timber Twig and A Horse of Another Colour. On the… Read more »
Our Trip to War Horse In February, our teacher Ms McKiernan did a couple of weeks of Scriptwriting with our class. After a great deal of preparation, we were all asked to write a 500 word scene from a play or movie on the theme of friendship for a competition called the Bord Gáis Student… Read more »
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir students crowned Young EdTech Innovators of the year Our young entrepreneurs spent a gruelling five weeks working on their technology solutions for teaching and learning problems. At the end of which one group went forward to represent the school to face the Dragons Den and compete in the Young EdTech Innovators of… Read more »
I know that sometimes I can be guilty of hyperbole, but recently I visited a garden that I think could transform Ireland. One of the recipients of a community food growing grant from AIB via the GIY Get Ireland Growing Fund last year was the Headlands Community Garden. Headlands is an attractive housing estate in… Read more »
Congratulations to Claregalway/Lackagh U12 Girls and U10 Boys footballers who won the Co Galway Community Games finals in Ballinderreen. Our U10s competed last weekend in an invitational tournament hosted by Na Fianna GAA club in Dublin. A total of 27 of our players took part in an 11 a-side and a 9 a-side competition against… Read more »
Claregalway U14 Ladies have been busy preparing for the upcoming National Féile which will take place in Connaught over the last weekend in June. Claregalway will be the host Club to Kilkenny City Ladies for the weekend. Our visitors won the Division 2 Title last year in Derry and will be seeking to add the… Read more »
Carnmore National School The boys from Carnmore National School were victorious in their bid for the title of Cumann na mBunscol Gaelic Football County Champions on Wednesday last, 4th June in Loughgeorge. They earned their place in the County final by winning all their games and topping their group, in a series of matches played… Read more »
Claregalway/Lackagh U16s are the proud Galway Community Games Chess champions for 2014. This is the first time that Claregalway/Lackagh team won the U16 competition, having been runners up last year. The breakthrough was made when they defeated Ballinasloe in the final. Claregalway/Lackagh defeated both Clarenbridge and Castlegar on their way to the finals. Claregalway/Lackagh will… Read more »
Claregalway Basketball Club has had a very successful season this year with many teams competing in the local Galway Leagues and Cups for U10 boys and girls up to Senior men and women. Our Annual All-Star Awards Night was a huge success again in the Claregalway Hotel. A massive thank you to the Claregalway Hotel… Read more »
Ursula Ociepka, from leading hair salon Spa Hair Studio in Claregalway, has been recognised as one of Ireland’s leading professional hair stylists following her success at reaching the Irish Heat of the hairdressing industry’s most prestigious competition, the Wella Professionals Trend Vision Award 2014, in the Color category. Following the first round of judging for the… Read more »
This year’s World Fly Fishing Competition is being held in Czech Republic at the moment, the competition finishes on Sunday the 1st June. Eugene Nolan of Annaghdown Angling Club is this year’s Captain. Eugene (wearing a hat in the photo) represented Ireland in the same competition in Norway last August when the team came in… Read more »
