December has been an incredibly busy month at St Mary’s with children and teachers doing Christmas art, practising and performing poems, plays and Christmas carols. We even had a surprise visit from Santa as he heard our pupils have been so well behaved! Wishing all our pupils and families a wonderful, peaceful Christmas. [Show as slideshow] 12►
(Written by Orla O’ Keeffe) On Saturday last, 5/12/14, Thomastown girls – Áine Kirwan-2nd, Ellen Ryan- 49th (presentation), Ciara O’Keeffe-44th (loreto), Orla O’Keeffe-55th , Edie Maher, Anna Cass – were running in Santry Demense, Santry, Dublin. The six girls ran a superb race yet again this year through muck, swampy grounds and slippery surfaces. Striking gold yet again this year. There were 150 girls
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(Written by Aoife Coverdale and Hannah Hughes) We got to the Roinn A football final. We were playing against a very strong St. Canice’s team. Our captain was Dearbhla O’ Reilly (and a good one too!) In the first half St Canice’s played well. At the end of the first half the score was Thomastown 1-0 to St. Canice’s 1-1. In the second half
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‘Journeys’ the book is about the journey our ‘Per Cent for Art’ stone made from the quarry, where a 7 tonne block of Kilkenny limestone was removed from the quarry bed, and was taken to McKeon Stoneyard in Stradbally, Co. Laois, where it was worked on by the sculptor, Michelle Byrne for 6 months. The stone, which represents our pupils’ journeys to school, continued
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(Written by Aoife Coverdale) Thomastown under 10’s won the Shield Trophy in Danesfort when they were playing in the final against Mullinavat. It was hard going but they won in the end so it was great. They had a good strong team including Sarah Hudson, Aoife Coverdale , Eabha Doherty ,Róisín Lynch, Fiona Farrell, Molly Rice, Sadhbh O’Neill, Niamh Galway, Ally Tennyson , Laura
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After many years of blood, sweat and tears, we are finally ready to reinstate the swimming area at Thomastown Weir. Thomastown Community River Trust (TCRT) will be holding a final clear up of the site on Thursday 2nd October from 9.00 am so please come along and help if you can (bring garden tools, strimmers etc!). We plan to flood the swimming area at
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(Written by Alex and Anna Cass) On September 27th, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final replay was taking place. Róisín O’ Meara from Tipp and myself, Alex Cass, were bringing out the Liam McCarthy cup. First we went into the Tipp dressing room, then the KIlkenny one and of course they weren’t there. Then we went to the physio room and the indoor ball wall.
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First Class Ms Doyle First Class Ms. O’Shea Mr. Reade Second Class Ms. A. Stapleton R3 Ms. Hogan Fifth Class Ms. Kelly Senior Infants Ms. Lanigan Senior Infants Ms. Moore Second Class Ms. Murphy Fourth Class Ms. Murphy Third Class Ms. O’Connor 4th Class Ms. Power R2 Ms. Tyrrell Third Class
(written by Róisín Dempsey and Áine Kirwan) This year the U12 girls had a great year in soccer. We played ten matches and were undefeated throughout the year. The team players were Clíona, Ellen, Lissey, Áine, Róisín, Dearbhla, Shauna, Maeve, Katie, Caoimhe, Daragh, Sadhbh, Amy, Hannah, Lisa, Annie and Lauren. The team received the league cup and Ellen Molloy was rewarded Player of the
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Diarmuid Galway and Eddie Donnelly were awarded ‘Sportsmen of the Year’ for leadership behaviour and good hurling. They reached the Roinn A quarter final to lose to CBS, who they had beaten earlier in the league. Well done to both boys on receiving these outstanding awards.
