NIALL BEDDY 0C ‘04 Clongowes Union are delighted to announce that Níall Beddy OC 04 is our Alumnus of the Year 2019. Niall, emigrated to South Africa in 2010 with the aim of volunteering with a wildlife conservation programme for a few months, ten years later he is still there. A thoroughly devoted and selfless…
The Alberto Hurtado Endowment Fund Launch Event, 28th January, 2020 at the Merrion Hotel, Dublin 2. The Alberto Hurtado Endowment Fund is an externally managed, permanent fund, whose objective is to secure the funding of the Alberto Hurtado Programme. The Alberto Hurtado Programme (AHP) was launched in 2007. It is a bursary scheme inspired by…
There will be a Memorial Mass at 11H00 in Clongowes Wood College on Sunday 19th January 2020 for the late Fr Philip Fogarty, S.J. who died in Pittsburgh, USA, on 26th November and whose funeral took place there on 3rd December. May he rest in peace. Philip was a Past Pupil of Clongowes…
Nominations are requested from Old Clongownians, the Jesuit community, Clongowes staff and current parents, for suitable candidates to receive the Clongowes ‘Alumnus of the Year’ award. This award was first presented at the Clongowes Union Annual Dinner in February 2015, and annually thereafter. Nominations will be welcomed for outstanding Old Clongownian candidates…
We regret to inform you that Fr Phillip Fogarty SJ has died in Pittsburgh, USA. May he Rest in Peace. The funeral and burial will take place in Pittsburgh, USA. Fr Philip was Headmaster at Clongowes Wood College from July 1976 – Aug 1987. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
A reunion of Old Clongownians who currently reside in North America took place on Saturday 28th September at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park in New York City. The dinner was attended by just short of 50 people of which, 32 were past pupils of the College. The incoming President of the Union Paul…
We are currently looking for volunteers to donate some of their valuable time to help out one evening a week. What does volunteering involve in this situation – well just being able to have a chat and maybe play a game of chess/cards. Please contact Maelosia Power or Paul Maher for further details @ union@clongowes.net…
On June 19th 2019 Clongowes welcomed back over 140 Old Clongownians who had left 40 years or more to celebrate Fr Peter Kenney Day. On arrival all convened for refreshments in the Castle Library for a quick catch up before Fr. Michael Sheil celebrated Mass in the Boy’s Chapel at 11am. All were uplifted by…
Clongownians and the First Dail
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