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Picnicking in Ireland might conjure up images of rain gear and over-crowded picnic shelters at your favourite public park, or sand in your sandwiches along the sea shore. We live and die for those rare summer days when the sun starts of searing high in the sky and if there is any chance of a… Read more »
Free entertainment, lectures, competitions and more at Claregalway Castle. This year’s much-awaited Galway Garden Festival will take place on July 5th and 6th at Claregalway Castle. Now well established on the Galway summer calendar, this fifth annual event which runs from 11am to 6pm each day has it all—free guest lectures, family entertainment and music,… Read more »
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 »
The following was read out at a very special Mass of the Angels today in remembrance of baby Doireann Dunleavy, daughter of Cathy and Brendan, Claregalway, by Fr David Cribbin in Claregalway Church, which we feel is worth sharing as it is so poignant. It was written by an old man who shares his thoughts with… Read more »
There was general disbelief as the news spread that John McGrath had passed away suddenly on Tuesday morning. John, a larger than life figure, was well known and hugely popular. He farmed for most of his life and was a great judge of livestock and an excellent tillage farmer. In his younger days he captured… 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 »
Could soil be the new Prozac? This is a question prompted by a recent research study, which found that treatment with a specific soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae, can alleviate the symptoms of depression. Scientists set up an experiment whereby mice were put in a beaker of water and watched to see how long they would… Read more »
Two Galway girls, Sofia Badalova from Knocknacarra and Caoimhe Keenan from Carnmore, have proven that smiling improves your mood and health, in their project “Smile for a G☺☺d M☺☺d and G☺☺d Health”, which they presented at the Sci Fest at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. The two 2nd year students in Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill… Read more »
Beautiful photo taken this evening by Marie Dempsey at 7pm while saying the Rosary at the Grotto in Claregalway Church.
