123.ie All-Ireland Schools’ Track and Field Championships – Silver for CPR Boys Relay team. The 2024 edition of the 123.ie All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships gave us some thrilling events in a sun-drenched Tullamore Harriers Stadium on Friday 31st May and Saturday June 1st. The two-day athletics extravaganza saw over 1000 athletes from 300 […]
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School News – 31 May 2024
Annual Staff Cycle to Work On Wednesday morning staff from Coláiste Phobal gathered in Dunkerrin to do their annual cycle to work in aid of Offaly hospice. In recent years the cycle has been dedicated to the memory of Mick O’Shea. Mick was a Science teacher here in the Coláiste and an avid cyclist. Rain […]
School News – 24 May 2024
Annual Awards Ceremony 2024 On Wednesday May 22nd we held our annual awards ceremony in school. This is a whole school event and a chance to celebrate not just the academic achievements of our students, but also their personal, extra-curricular and sporting successes. It was a wonderful occasion and a fantastic opportunity to recognize the […]
School News – 17 May 2024
School tours We had a busy week this week with both our First and Second Year students heading off on their school tours. Our First Year students went to Lough Boora while our Second Year students went to Emerald Park. Both groups had fantastic experiences and thanks to the teachers and SNAs involved for facilitating […]
School News – 10 May 2024
Boys East Munster Athletics Championships. The boys enjoyed a great day in Templemore on Wed. 5th May. There were many winners and super performances throughout the day, with a tally of 9 individual medals and 2 relay teams winning gold. All these athletes, along with Marie and Lily-Anne qualify for the Munster Championships in Templemore […]
School News – 03 May 2024
Gerard O’Brien Tournament On Weds May 1st we hosted the annual Gerard O’Brien Memorial Tournament in Holycross. Eight teams took part in what was a fantastic day of hurling. Congratulations to Coláiste Mhuire Johnstown, who ran out eventual winners and were presented with the cup as well as to Nenagh College who won the shield […]
School News – 26 Apr 2024
U15 Hurling Our U-15 hurlers were in the Munster hurling semi final Wednesday against a very strong Ennistymon CBS school, the boys started off very well and saw themselves down by 4 points at half time and managed to bring it back to 2 points with approximately 10 mins left. The boys showed great work […]
School News – 19 Apr 2024
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT First Year student Luke Marks has been selected to represent Ireland as part of the 2024 Quadrangular event been held in National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes, England from Friday 26th April to Sunday 28th April. Luke is an accomplished badminton player and has represented both the Coláiste and his club, Roscrea Badminton Club […]
School News – 22 Mar 2024
ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS! Massive congratulations to our u16 Girls Badminton team who have just won All Ireland on Thursday 20th March. Their first game was against Salerno of Galway and they beat them 4-2. Up next was The Presentation Kilkenny and they overcame them on a score of 5-1. And finally they took on Sullivan […]
School News – 15 Mar 2024
Student Council Update The Coláiste Student Council have launched an initiative to breath life back into the school library and encourage its use as a social space. Their first fund raising initiative was a well supported non-uniform day. Students and staff were very generous and over €700 was raised towards the library rejuvenation fund. A […]
