First Year English
Congratulations to the winners of Ms. Muckley’s 1st year poetry competition. 1st place Michael Meaney, 2nd Lillia Dulas, joint 3rd Elissa Russel & Irina Todoovic, 4th Emma Burke. The theme was ‘My New School’.
Senior Camogie Panel
A winning start to the 2023 -2024 campaign for our senior camogie panel against a very strong Edmund Rice Carrigaline. It was a very close and competitive game with our girls pulling away in the end. Eimear Fouhy (2-2) Maeve Geary (0-7) Shauna Hennessy (1-0) Taylor Caplice (0-1)
Student Council 2023-2024
Introducing our newly elected 2023-2024 student council: 1st year: Ella Cotter, Evan Tobin, Puja Casey 2nd year: Abigail O’Dwyer, Alex Browne, Sean Prendergast and Polina Yevdochenko 3rd year: Zac D’arcy, Emma Slattery, Jennifer Lacey, Colm King TY. Sophie O’Shea. Jayden Lynch 5th year: Hazel O’Brien, Aine O’Sullivan, Alanna Stone-Pomery 6th year: Billy O’Keeffe, Donal Nolan,…
Senior Ladies Munster Football Champions
Congratulations to our Senior Ladies Munster Football Champions and their coaches Ms. A McGrath and Mr. J Ivory on a superb display of football against St. Patrick’s Comprehensive, Shannon Co. Clare. The game was played in Knocklong on 19-4-22 and the final score was – Coláiste Fionnchua 5- 17 St. Patrick’s Comprehensive 2- 3 We…
Silver Healthy Home Chef All Ireland Winner
Massive congratulations to third year student Abbie O’Keeffe on placing second in the All Island Healthy Home Chef competition. Abbie beat off stiff competition from 16 finalists after qualifying from over 600 entries. We are extremely proud of her achievement. Abbie prepared and cooked a Herb Crusted Fillet of Hake served with a black pudding…
Science Buddies Initiative at Coláiste.
First year Science students participated in ‘Science Buddies’ and paired with pupils from Bunscoil na Toirbhirte for a workshop. The workshop was presented by Ms. Roisin Ormonde of Munster Technological University and it proved to be a fantastic learning experience for all involved.
Science Camp
Well done to our 1st year students Cara Burke, Alisha Roche, Leon Saich, and Sam Delea who received their certificates after taking part in a Science Camp, which was jointly run by UCC Plus and MTU recently.
Quiz Whiz – Primary School Quiz
We would like to invite you to our School Quiz “Quiz Wizz” for primary school pupils. Our annual school event for primary schools here in Coláiste Fionnchua, is returning after a short break due to the pandemic. It will be held in our school library on Thursday the 30th of March at 7pm. Entry to this event is free. Fantastic…
Business in the Community
A huge thank you to Celine from Business in the Community who, in partnership with Dairygold, visited our 2nd year students on Friday. Celine, along with Maureen Cunningham and Sean O’Donovan from Dairygold, spoke to our students about their own career paths and introduced them to the world of work.
Go Girls, Formula Female!
Girls with an interest in STEM, ranging from 1st to 5th year, experienced the Go Girls, Formula Female programme. It’s aim is to engage, educate and empower teenage girls all over Ireland. The programme is run by Olympian Nicci Daly, former international hockey player for Ireland and 2018 World Cup semi finalist. It provided an…
