A Guide to Surviving School Life
The following link is to an essay written for English class by 5th year student Caragh Collins-Smith. It is a guide to surviving school life as a teenager that was so well written and packed with so much useful advice, we decided to post it here for everyone to read.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sNUgI3wvLK28TyaVB5hoOYhYHQ8v-EFPBQsNxtmEDoo/edit?usp=sharing
2nd & 5th Year Summer Exam Timetables
Please find below the summer exam timetables 5TH YEARS’ Summer Exam Timetable 2017 (in PE Hall) Time Monday 8th Tues 9th Weds 10th Thurs 11th Fri 12th 8. 50 – 9 00 Registration Registration Registration Registration Language Orals 9 15 – 10 45 English ...
DCU Camogie Blitz
A group of camogie players from St Mac Dara's travelled to DCU to compete in the annual blitz day. The blitz is held in order to form alliances early and to show prospective students the sports facilities and dedication to sport at the university. Three Kilkenny teams...
Richmond Barracks
Mr O’Brien’s TY history class went to Richmond Barracks Museum in Inchicore on the 28th of March 2017. Richmond Barracks was built between 1810 to 1814 and it was originally used as a station for the British Regiments. The Barracks was originally 14 acres in size, now...
Under 16 Football Champions
St. Mac Dara's CC 1-06 V Terenure College 0-07 Congratulations to the Boys Under 16 Gaelic Football Team on winning the Dublin B Championship with a hard fought win over Terenure College. It was a hugely impressive performance by the team considering the tough...
Senior French Quiz
Well done to the Senior French Quiz team who came 5th in the recent French Teachers' Association Quiz. A fantastic result. The team was made up of Liam Frabetti, Kevin Black, Alex Daly and Alanna Massey. A big thank you to the French department also.
History Quiz
Congratulations to the 4 Leaving Cert History students from St Mac Dara's CC, Tiernan Mulligan, Ciara O' Riordan, Sadhbh Turner & Michael Keating Dake, who finished 2nd in the Dublin Senior Cycle History Quiz in Tallaght Community School last Monday night. The 4...
Senior Cycle Options
Presentation for parents and guardians of Third Year and Transition Year students on: Senior Cycle Options & Subject Choices Monday February 27th, 2017 at 7.30pm in the College The purpose of the talk is to help parents and guardians better understand: • Program...
Incoming First Years
Assessment Tests for Incoming First Years 8th February 2017 We look forward to welcoming your son/ daughter to the St. Mac Dara’s Entrance Assessment on Wednesday 8th February from 9am to 1pm. For the entrance test, incoming students are asked to bring...
Mock Exam Timetables
The very best of luck to all our students in the upcoming Mock Exams. Both the 3rd and 6th Year Timetables can be found by clicking on their respective links below. MOCK EXAMS LEAVING CERT 2017 MOCK EXAMS JUNIOR CERT 2017 ...
Interschool Show Jumping
The second interschool show jumping training session took place on Saturday 07th Jan 2017 in the Lion’s Den in Newcastle Co. Dublin. Well done to Luke Bryan, Rebecca Keane and Shaun Smith who took part on the day. Members of the team will start to compete in the TRI...
Capuchin Day Centre
On behalf of Mr O’Brien’s CSPE class, 3 Aran would like to thank everyone for their generous donations of toiletries for their CSPE action project. The class collected over 500 toiletries including shampoo, shower gel and toothpaste...
Bastketball
Well done to the Basketball team who played extremely well last week against Marian College. Anyone who is interested in joining should speak with Ms Byrne or Ms Smith.
Equestrian Interschools
Training for the interschools equestrian league started last week with Rebecca Keane, Luke Bryan and Laura Creighton who took part in giving an excellent display of equestrian skill. The team will be starting to compete in the TRI Interschools...
Blue Day September 2016
A 'Blue Day' took place on Friday 16th, in the college. The cost of this was €2 and all money raised will be going towards new changing facilities for all sports in the school. Students and staff were asked to wear Dublin jerseys, GAA jerseys or blue tops. Well done...
CAO Important Dates 2016/17
CAO Information Evening A reminder that the CAO Informastion Evening for all 6th Year Parents/Guardians takes place on Monday evening 3rd October 2016 at 7.30p.m. at the college. Representatives from Universities and Third Level Colleges will be in attendance to...
5k Fun Run
This year the College will host its annual 5kFun Run on Tuesday 17th May 2016. This is a fundraising event for facilities for the school as well as Down Syndrome Ireland. It promises to be a great day for all.
Athletics
The athletics teams have enjoyed another very successful and enjoyable season. Well done to all who took part this year and a big thank you to Ms Galligan on all her hard work!
All Ireland Champion
First year's Aimee Kenna has succeeded in claiming the title as All Ireland Cross Country Champion 2016. A big congratulations to Aimee and best of luck in her running career.
1916 Celebrations
List of Events For 1916 Commemorations in St.Mac Dara’s CC Wednesday: History Day - With 1916 the main focus Thursday: 1916 Commemoration Ceremony in the Canteen The ceremony will start at 1.50 and finish at 3.40. All 3rd years, 5th years & 6th year students will...
Stars of St Mac Dara’s
A massive congratulations to first year Róisín Connolly who came first in St Jude's stars in their eyes competition in The Helix and to Ms Butler who came third. They did Mac Dara's proud!!