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St Patrick's College, Cavan.
Many more news items from this school year can be found
on our old news 08 page.
Pictured above is the St Patrick's College under 14 soccer panel with team coach Mr Sean Reilly
and Ms Melissa Smith of Synergy Health and Fitness who kindly sponsored a new soccer kit for the team.
St Patrick's College wish to thank Synergy Health and Fitness for their generoussupport.
Pictured above are the St Patrick's College Parents Association with Mr Alan Beatty (3rd from left back row) National Floral Demonstrator who gave a most entertaining, informative and imaginative display/demonstration in the Hotel Kilmore, Cavan on Dec 10th.
All funds raised on the night, through Alan's displays , the sale of Christmas cards of the College facade and raffle tickets, go towards the continued instalment of IT software and hardware in classrooms in the college.
To date the Parents Association have funded the provision of data digital projectors in twenty classrooms in the College as well as upgrading the computer room.
Back row, l-r; Alan Finan, Breda Kelly, Alan Beatty (National floral demonstrator), Carmel Kelly, Liam Mc Niffe (principal), Nick Van der Speck.
Front row l-r; Con Dolan, Geraldine Hayes, Eileen Connolly, Deirdre Brady, Jo Devlin, Mary Thornton Connolly, Carmel Truyen, Michelle Mc Caffrey, Anna Marie Cullivan.
Cavan Parish Drugs Awareness recently ran an awareness programme for students of St Patrick's College. Pictured above is Philip Bogue presenting Ms Nathalic Mc Caul (programme faciliator) with a bouquet on behalf of the student body. Also in picture are Fr Kevin Fay and Mr Michael Mulvey (Cavan Parish Drugs Iniative).
Pat's Factor returned to St Patrick's College, Cavan on December 4th to a SOLD OUT show. As with the first Pat's Factor show held last May1st , this years show proved to be equal to last May's show and proved that St Patrick's College has many more fledging performers waiting in the sidelines. Congratulations to Ms Marie Henry and her hard working student committee for this fantastic adeventure.
Josh and Precious were the proud winners of this years Pat's Factor 2009-10. Precious was one of last years Pat's Factor participants with a riviting Beat Box routine. This year he returned with accompanist Josh Mc Clorey on accoustic guitar.
Last years winners Tungsten and the Light Bulbs got Pat's Factor off to a roaring start
The projects produced some fine music on the night which reflects the professionalism this group of musicians take their music making.
Featured are Alan Callery on vocals, Cian O'Reilly on guitar,
Tomas Kelly on drums and Aaron Lynch on keyboard.
Two and a Half Men are composed of Ronan Sweeney, Cein Sweeney and Fergus Bogue. They provided a unique view into the traditional music scene on the night. Each of the lads are highly accomplished musicians with their respective instruments.
First year student Bradley Denny wowed the judges in his audition and didn't dissappoint on the night either. Even though he was the first act on stage the nerves that should be associated with that didn't show. Bradley's outstanding performance guarenteed him a place in the second round performances.
The Yellow Snowmen, Glen Farrelly, Sean Van Haster, Craig O'Callaghan, Sean Finan,Pauric Donnelly returned this year brimming with confidence.
Westside made a huge impression on the audience with their very entertaining act. They are l-r; Cian Mc Kiernan, Pauric Sexton and Daniel Mulligan.
Daniel O'Neil impressed the audience with his expert singing voice and guitar playing
Colin Burke amazes the judges and audience with his very unique dance routine
Cormac and Michael going through their routine for Pat's Factor. Their inovative dance routine added spice and variety to the competition.
The Spice Girls (aka' Ms Egan, Ms Brady, Ms Madden, Ms Fulton and Ms Keogh) made a surprise appearance on the night, entralling all the students with their finely tuned dance routine.
As with all these productions a huge thank you must go to the organising committee under the steerage of Ms Marie Henry.
The judges/mentors Ms Ann Burke, Ms Orla Murphy, Mr Raymond Hackett and Ms Frances Galligan. Student committee members Conor Smith and Feargal Smith must be commended for their supberb sound and lighting, Conor also for his fantastic poster design and powerpoint show to introduce the acts. James Knight once again took control of the position of compere on the night with a professionalism only seen on television. His engaging banter with both the participants and the audience put everyone in good humour.
The committee menbers who worked on video shots, promo photos, programme design and floor duties on the night must be congratulated for a very proffessional job. Their work is carried out quietly behind the scenes,
so thankyou to; Conor Hayes, Luke Smith, Pauric Barry, Samuel Brady, Ferdia Donohoe, Marcus Sheridan, Luke Mc Guinn, Oisin Gallen, Daryl Dunne and Shane Kelly.
St Patrick’s College are immensely proud to congratulate two of their students, Ryan O’Reilly and Jonathan Leddy for their selection to the International Under 15 soccer squad. Both students are an integral part of the College’s Under 16 soccer team who are currently through to the third round of the Ulster Cup.
Ryan and Jonathan are also delighted to be representing their respective club teams Ballyjamesduff F.C. and Cavan Shamrock’s.
In Photo left to right; Mr Sean Reilly, Dr Liam Mc Niffe, Ryan O’Reilly, Jonathan Leddy and Mr Edward O’Callaghan.
The GAA honours the Late Fr Dan Gallogly in St Patrick's College.
The GAA, as part of its 125 years celebration, unveiled a plaque to the late Fr Dan Gallogly,
commemorating his Presidency of the Ulster Council, 1989-92.
Pictured from left to right are: JJ Reilly, Geraldine Smith, John O'Shea, Liam Mc Niffe, Aoghan Farrell,
Michael Greenan, Liam Mc Cabe, Tom Reilly and Fr Kevin Fay.
Pictured above are Dr Liam Mc Niffe, Principal and Professor Niall Moyna with some of
the Leaving Cert students he spoke to on Tuesday 6th Oct regarding the primary importance
of physical activity and good health.
Later on that evening Professor Moyna addressed the Parents Association on a similar theme.
Congratulations to Pauric Donnelly
who secured a very impressive 12 A's
in his Junior Cert Exams.
Pauric is one of only nine students
countrywide to score 12 A's.
Pictured above are Sean Connolly, Stephen Murray, Garreth Tierney
Pauric O'Reilly, Liam Sharkey, james Galligan and Pauric Donnelly
after receiving their Junior Cert results.
Congratulations and best wishes to Mr Tony Prunty, Mr Fergus O'Connor and Mr Bernard O'Brien
on their retirement from teaching at St Pat's. We also wish Mr Micheal Collins every good wish on his retirement.
Between the four men they have clocked up 140 years of teaching at St Patrick's College.
Pictured above are Paul Smith, Dr Liam Mc Niffe, James Donoghue, Dr Alan Finan (Parents Association) and Eamonn Galligan. Paul and Eamonn recieved a mountain bike each sponsored by Halfords, Cavan and James got two tickets for the U2 concert in Dublin this summer. The three boys were the top sponsorship raisers for the Pedal for St Pat's Cycle. A special thankyou to all members of the Parents Association for their continued support and hard work. Thank you to the students and parents who took part in the 30K cycle. Over €5,000 was raised.
Tungsten and the Lightbulbs are a four piece band who formed for the Pat's Factor competition.
They are from left to right, Cathal Mc Caffrey, Fiachra Mc Goldrick, Fergal Moore
and Conor Hayes. A total of ten acts performed to a very large audience with Ferdia O'Brien
being the first artist to take the stage. After the ten acts had performed, the audience were asked
to vote for their favourite three acts with two more acts being saved for the final round by
judges and mentors, Raymond Hackett, Fiona Mc Mahon, Orla Mc Caffrey
and external judges, Frances Galligan and Pascal Lyons.
Second place was taken by Ferdia O'Brien and third by Kavan Donohoe.
Ferdia performs one of his own compositions.
Sean and Donal came together as an act especially for Pat's Factor.
Allan Beat Boxing. Incredible sounds!
John and Darragh performing
an Osasis number.
John and Darragh conversing with compere James Knight.
James skill as a compere and link person for the night was carried out with a professionalism seldom seen in someone of his age, well done James.
Alan's talent was first recoginised when he took part in last years "Little Shop of Horrors".
Kavan who has proved his musical talents many times before entrhalled the audience with yet another fine performance.
Luke sings Tom Jones "She's a Lady". Luke's talents also came to light in last years musical, Little Shop of Horrors.
Precious performs a Beat Box with a difference.
Tungsten and the Lightbulbs going through their well polished number
"Hey Ho Le'ts go" from the Ramones.
The Yellow Snowmen. were the second of only two bands in the competition and did themselves proud with a very engaging sound.
The venue was packed to capacity on the night with everyone enjoying all the acts.
on Saturday 25th. Pictured here are students
and parents all ready for the journey to the
Bent Elbow and back. Thankfully the
promised rain didn't arrive until long after all
the cyclists were back home.
This fund raiser was organised by
St Patrick's College Parents Association.
He is pictured here at the awards ceremony with his teacher Mr Gerard Gunne in the Clearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe.
Liam was also awarded a scolarship to UCD based on his outstanding Leaving Cert results, where he is currently studying Architecture.
Congratulations to Liam and Mr Gunne.
Friday night last saw the conclusion of the
Creative Engagement Project in St Patrick's
College, co-ordinated by Art teacher Leon Lynch.
This is the third year the College has been fortunate
enough to have been chosen to participate.
Creative Engagement is co-ordinated by
The National Association of Principals
and Deputy-Principals.
A special thanks to our Music Teacher Ms Mairead Maguire whose involvment in this part of the project was invaluable.
The music workshops were conducted by Joey Burns, Robert Perry and David Aymerich.
Caoimhin O'Caolain TD and Senator Joe O'Reilly visited St Donnacha's CSPE class on Friday 6th March. The visit was part of a project organised by Sharon Murphy local Outreach Officer who did a lot of work prior to the visit informing the class of the work and importance of An tOireachtas.
Under 18 Soccer.
The under 18 soccer team qualified for the Ulster Cup semi-final recently with big wins over St Aiden's comprehensive, Coothill and Abbey Vocational School, Donegal. St Pat's defeated St Aidens 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after neither team could break the deadlock in extra time when the scores were level at 0-0.
Abbey Vocational were the Quarter Final opponents and with the aid of an early 2-0 lead, St Pat's were victorious. Abbey applied great pressure in the final 20 minutes but St Pat's held out for a 3-2 win. Ryan Johnston, Darragh Mc Govern and Andrew Ward were the St Pat's goal scorers.
St Pat's met an exceptional St Eunan's team in the semi-final. Despite St Pat's best efforts St Eunan's won 6-1.
Panel: Fergal Flannagan, bryan Grogan,
Shane Mc Kiernan, Andrew Ward, Darragh Sexton, Darragh Mc Govern, Sean Hanley, Jimmy Fallon, Shane Reilly, John Fortune, Ryan Johnston, Fergal Flanagan (Butlersbridge), Peter Donohoe, Marcus Sheridan, Declan Callaghan and Killian Doonan.
Under 16 Soccer.
St Pat's qualified for the Ulster Quarter Finals with wins over St Aidan's Comprehensive, Coothill and Brefne College, Cavan. St Pat's beat St Aidan's on penalties after extra time when the match ended 2-2. Match goal scorers were Michael Hatton and Craig Murphy. In the next round St Pat's defeated Brefne College 3-1 with goals coming from Michael Hatton, Kevin Johnston and Craig Murphy.
Quarter Final; St pat's 2-1 Inver College.
St Pat's had to come from behind in to book their place in the semi final. They were 1-0 down at half time but fought back bravely and secured the equaliser through Kevin Johnston and Michael Hatton scored the winning goal.
Semi-Final;Carndonagh CS 3-0 St Pat's.
Carndonagh CS ended St Pat's run in the competition. Carndonagh scored the first goal after 15 minutes but St Pat's battled well. Despite good pressure they couldn't find the equaliser. Carndonagh secured the win with two goals in the last five minutes.
Under 16 Panel: Joe Masterson, Eoin Mc Govern, Shane Mc Kiernan, Justin Dunne, Conor Higgins, Andrew Graham, Stephen Murray, Paul O'Connor, Ryan Johnston, Kevin Johnston, Craig Murphy, Michael Hatton, Killian Devine, Craig Wright, Paul graham, Aidan Nultu, Shane McGonagle, Shane Wharton.
Report: Sean Reilly.
Pictured above are this years winners of the Junior Cadettes boys All-Ireland Volleyball final with their PE teacher and trainer,
Ms Bowler.
Colaiste Chathail Naofa, Dungarvan two sets to one.
Great praise was heaped on the supporters who helped keep team spirits high throughout the game.
(Co Cavan Arts Office), Mr Leon Lynch, Mattthew O'Kane
"Creative Engagement, The Arts in our Schools Programme" which St Patrick's College participated in.
The students were asked to design seating suitable for an open courtyard area of the school which would be aestetically pleasing. The two selected designs were fabricated by local steel fabricators Multi-Tech Design, Cavan.
A special thanks to the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals and to Cavan
Co Council Arts Office for helping make this project happen and to Mr Denis Brady (Multi-Tech Design) for his on-going assistance with making these seats a reality.
Last Thursday the Department of Education and Science included St. Patrick’s College in a list of schools to progress to the tender and construction stage. This means that the College will very shortly be submitting its Department approved detailed plans for a totally new school with Cavan County Council. It is then hoped to move swiftly to the tendering stage and as soon as possible thereafter to begin construction. Barring delays it is hoped that construction can begin early next year.
The new state of the art school will be built on a green field site on the existing College grounds. It is hoped that construction will be completed in eighteen months to two years. The school will include two woodwork rooms, metal work room, design and communications room, three science laboratories, art and music rooms, a large sports hall and gymnasium as well as numerous other specialist rooms and classrooms. The new building will greatly facilitate using the latest information technology in teaching.
The College principal, Dr. Liam Mc Niffe expressed absolute delight at the recent announcement. He was pleased not only that the College will get its new educational facilities, but that a much needed boost to the local economy with jobs, and its knock on effect in increased economic activity, will follow.
In addition over two thirds of the old College has access to broadband and twelve of the thirty six classrooms are equipped with the teachers having their own laptop and a digital projector installed in each of these rooms. All this will mean that the College will hit the ground running when we hopefully arrive in our new surroundings.
The Principal thanked Minister Brendan Smith for his support and effort on behalf of the College and also
Rev. Dan Sheridan for his great work as Chairperson of the College’s Board of Management.
The St Pat's Cadettes squad are; Darragh Mulhern, Gary Galligan, Daryl Dunne, Shane Kelly, Gary Galligan, Christopher Cahill, Fergus Bogue, Paul Graham, Alan Kelly, Parraig Sexton, Christopher Cahill, Andrew Graham and Eoghan Martin.
St Patrick's College student, Liam Farrelly, from Laragh who recently won an Entrance Scholarship to UCD, based on his Leaving Cert results. Liam who is studying architecture is pictured here with College Principal, Dr Liam McNiffe, at the award ceremony in UCD.
Padraig Cahill, Patrick Clerkin, Fr John Gilhooly, Paul Fitzpatrick, James Brady (Capt) and Eddie Halligan.
All those pictured above are past pupils of the college.
The College Football strip has been
re-designed.
The new jersey, togs and socks can be
purchased from the College office or through
My Brendan Sweeney, College GAA Coach.
The boys were asked to complete ten tasks asking them to describe their town and its relationship to the world beyond, using a variety of media.
The project has now been completed and last Friday Nov7th the boys returned to the Johnston Library to see the fruits of their work on display. As a bonus to the visit Orla conducted a further workshop in 3D Map Making using the many hidden laneways of Cavan as source.
A special thanks to Rhonda Tidy, Co Cavan Arts Office for involving us in the project.
Pictured here is Philip Smith with his English teacher Ms Mary Brady. Philip was highly commended in the Junior Cycle section of the the Teaching English magazine for his poen 'Night'. Philip's poem will be published in the upcoming edition of the Teaching English magazine.
Congratulations to Philip!
Night - Philip Smith.
As the sun sets,
The darkness approaches.
The moon savours,
The time when the sun wavers.
The earth is covered in a blanket of black,
A small mouse scurries through a farmer's shack.
In this time nothing stirs,
A cat looks at the stars and quietly purrs
And waits for the night to end.
The sun rises to send,
Its rays of light onto the sand,
And the darkness retreats from the land.
Pictured above are this years Transition Year students with their Business Sudies teacher Ms McCaffrey and on right is Mr Francis Verling, Business Advisor, who conducted a very successful Ideas Generation Workshop as part of their Mini Company Project. This workshop was organised by Ms McCaffrey with the help of Cavan Enterprise Board.
St Pat’s boys delighted with results.
Pictured are Ahmad Asad, Laurence Brady and Liam Farrelly having just received their Leaving Cert results at St Patrick’s College, Cavan. Ahmad who secured 590 points hopes to study medicine, Laurence who secured 570 points hopes to study actuary and Liam who secured 580 points hopes to study architecture, all at UCD.
"The College Boys".
The launch of "The College Boys" written by Mr Raymond Dunne
and the late Bishop Francis J. MacKiernan took place on 12th June in the
College. The book was officially launched by Sean Cardinal Brady.
This book lists the names and original home addresses of the thousands
of students who attended the Kilmore Academy
(1839-73) and St Patrick's College, Cavan (1874-2000). It is an important
record of the students who attended both these colleges and is complimented
by an informative introductory text and photographs from the early days
of the College to the present day.
The idea of compiling a short history with a list of names, dates and
addresses of every student who passed through the doors of the colleges
came about after a conversation between Bishop Francis MacKiernan and
Raymond Dunne six years ago.
Dr Liam McNiffe welcomed everyone to the College and paid tribute to Ray Dunne and the late Bishop Francis for their commitment and hard work on the book. The book is an invaluable resource not only to historians, but also to the thousands of past and present students and staff.
Bishop Leo O'Reilly welcomed everyone to the College and congratulated
and thanked Ray Dunne and the late Bishop Francis MacKiernan who died
unexpectantly on December 23, 2005, for what had become a labour of love
for both men.
Cardinal Sean Brady congratulated his good friend Raymond Dunne,on completing
the book which he and the late Bishop MacKiernan had began six years earlier.
He said he was sorry that the late Bishop Frank hadn't lived to see the
publication of the book, but he felt that he was certainly present in
spirit.
Fr Liam Kelly' representing Cumann Senchais Bhreifne congratulated Ray and Bishop Francis and said the Society was delighted to be the publishers of The College Boys.
Copies are available from the School Office. Contact Geraldine at (049-4361888) Price €35.00 (excl. P&P)
Pictured above are Bishop Leo O'Reilly, Mr Raymond Dunne and Sean Cardinal Brady with portrait of the late Bishop Francis McKiernan. The book was the brainchild of Raymond Dunne and Francis MacKiernan.
