St. Colman's College Open
day & Information Evening 2010 takes place on Thursday
February 4th. The College will play host to visiting
students all day and in the evening a Special
Presentation will take place in the Assembly Hall. Fifth
& Sixth class students and their parents are cordially
invited to attend.
Information Evening begins
at 7.00pm with the Special Presentation scheduled for
8.00pm.
St. Colman's in
IMTA Team Maths Quiz
St. Colman's Leaving Cert
Higher Maths students took part
in the recent IMTA Team Math
2010 Quiz and came joint second in this challenging
competition.
The team representing St.
Colman's were Ross Murphy, Micheal Howard, Joe Sheehan,
Fergus Collins, Jared Auty, Eamonn Mulholland, Aidan
O'Regan & Will Condon.
IMTA Math Quiz Team 2010
St. Colman’s
College Annual Awards Night
"Standards of Excellence" was a phrase used by Awards
Night guest speaker Mike Walsh to describe the students,
staff and the departments of St. Colman's College. Many
students past and present received awards and
commendations for just that; excelling in their own
fields.
Among the stand-out awards among the pupils were the
Academic Award (Leaving Cert) to James O’Connell (Watergrasshill)
while the Junior Cert award went to PJ O’Donoghue
(Mitchelstown).
Other notable pupil awards went to Owen O’Keefe
(Fermoy), who recently swam the English Channel in aid
of Cancer research, Patrick O’Grady (Fermoy), who
received the Endeavour Award, Shane and Brian Walsh
(Fermoy) and Jared Auty in IT. Kieran Lane (Kilworth)
won the Senior Sports Award.
St.
Colman’s said a special farewell and thanks to three
great teaching stalwarts who bowed out recently, Anthony
Cleary, Tom Barry and Donal O’Connell. All three served
St. Colman’s with honour and distinction over the years
and are sadly missed. The Principal, Dermot Coakley,
spoke in glowing terms of each one’s unique and valued
contribution to the life of the school.
The huge contribution to the College over many decades
was acknowledged in the Special Contribution Award made
to Noel Barry, who has been keeping an eye on the place
since he was a small boy. ‘Noelie’, as he is known to
one and all, is, as they say in these parts, a ‘pure
legend’ of St. Colman’s.
Mike
Ross (Ballyhooly), who is at present starring in
Leinster’s Rugby team and part of Declan Kidney’s
International Squad, took time out from the intensive
training regime to accept an Outstanding Achievement
Award and Adrian Mannix’s (KIlworth) super performances
on the hurling field earned him a similar award.
A
special award was also made to Fermoy GAA on winning its
first Junior Hurling title recently. Among those present
to accept this award on behalf of the club were the
captain, Trevor Grumbridge and that great Fermoy GAA
man, John Fenton, Club President.
The
St. Colman’s College Award was presented by Dermot
Coakley to the Mangan Family in recognition of their
witness, example, dignity and incredible courage in the
face of the appalling tragedy that befell their beloved
son and brother, Stuart. Brian responded by reminding
us once more of the wonderful young man Stuart was and
how much he enjoyed life and all the diverse people and
experiences he encountered during his all-too-brief
life.
Finally, the Past Pupil Award was presented to Mike
Walsh, a well-known businessman in Fermoy. Mike has been
a great friend of St. Colman’s since he set up in
business here a few years ago and is a shining example
of how to make most of the talents given to you. In his
address he recalled the debt he owed to the people who
taught him and urged the present pupils to get out
there, do their own thing and go for it in life. He
stressed the importance of preparation and never taking
a backward step.
The full list of 2008 - 2009 Award winners is as
follows:
Academic (Leaving Cert): James O’Connell
Academic (Junior Cert): PJ O’Donoghue
Construction: Jack
O’Brien
Technology: Eolann
Sheehan/Paul Mannix
Design & Graphics:
James Barry
Art: Jamie Lee
Credit Union: Liam
Keane, Sean Sharpe, Daniel Mullins
Gaisce (President’s
Awards): Donal Horgan, Jason Mannix, Kieran Morrison,
Ton Murphy, Mark Rice, Shane Walsh, Padraig O’Regan,
Owen O’Keefe, Michael Spillane, Francis J O’Flynn, Bryan
Carroll, Matthew Condon, Joe Cremin, Steven Forde, Conor
Fenton, Aodhgan Tuohy, Darragh O’Carroll.
Leaving Cert
Applied: Johnny Magner
Outstanding
Achievement (Sport): Adrian Mannix
Business:
Richard McGrath
Economics: Ronan
Clancy
Accounting:
Kieran Lane
History: Eoin Barry
Geography: Michael J
O’Sullivan
Gradam na Gaeilge:
Seán Ó Maoláin
German: James
O’Connell
Goethe Institute:
Michael Spillane, Darragh Magner, Adam O’Keefe, Matthew
Condon, Aodhgan Tuohy, Joe Cremin, Sean Shanahan.
French: PJ
O’Donoghue
ASTI Science: PJ
O’Donoghue
PJ Doherty
Mathematics: James O’Connell
Chemistry:
Kieran Scanlon
Biology: Ben
O’Leary
Endeavour:
Patrick O’Grady
Special Achievement
Swimming: Owen O’Keefe
ICT:
Brian Walsh, Shane Walsh, Jared Auty
Leadership: Seamus Kearney
Music: Cian
O’Leary
Sports:
Sixth
Year: Kieran Lane
Fifth
Year: Stephen O’Brien
Transition Year: Nathan Byrne
Third
Year: Colm Spillane
Second
Year: Thomas Carroll
First
Year: Kevin O’Neill
Creative Writing:
Senior:
Jared Auty
Junior: Sean Moloney
Retiring Teachers:
Anthony
Cleary
Tom Barry
Donal
O’Connell
Special
Contribution: Noel Barry
Outstanding
Achievement:
Rugby:
Mike Ross
GAA:
Fermoy GAA Club
St. Colman’s Award:
The Mangan Family
Past Pupil
Award: Mike Walsh (Guest Speaker)
Dr. Frank Peters
Lecture in St. Colman's
Dr. Frank Peters from the
Physics Dept & The Tyndall Institute NUI, Cork gave a
very informative and well attended lecture entitled
"Introduction to Photonics and Physics & Ethics" in St.
Colman's College on Wednesday Nov. 11. The illustrated
lecture intended primarily for Physics Students in
Senior Cycle, was held as part of National Science Week
2009 in Room 10 of the College.
Pics: (left) Dr.
Peters signs the guest book at St. Colman's and (right)
in group shot with students.
St. Colman's student Owen
O'Keefe returned to a hero's
welcome after becoming the
youngest Irish person ever
to swim a single crossing of
the English Channel. Sixteen
year old Owen from Fermoy
also posted
thethird fastest
Irish time ever
recorded for the Channel
swim leaving Dover on
September 21, in the dark at
1.41 am and arriving in Cap
Gris Nez near Calais 10
hours and 19 minutes later.
On Friday Sept 25, Fermoy
Town Council held a civic
reception in Owen's honour
and after a welcoming parade
through the town of Fermoy
he arrived to another
reception at St. Colman's.
Later that evening he
appeared on the RTE's
Late Late Show.
Owen's remarkable
achievement was in aid of
the Irish Cancer Society and
he has raised in excess of
€10,000 to date. Donations
for this worthy cause can be
made here :
http://www.mycharity.ie/event/ec4cancer/
Very well done Owen!
FROM WATERGRASSHILL TO
THE RED PLANET
by David G. Rea
Scientists can determine
the distance from the Earth to the Moon with great
precision. This is done by reflecting laser light from
special mirrors, left on the lunar surface in 1969, and
measuring the travel time for the round return trip.
Using these results, they have discovered that the Moon
is slowly receding from the Earth, specifically at a
rate of 0.034 m each year. This occurs because the
torques due to the tides on Earth constantly transfer
angular momentum to the Moon. This is the case because
the total angular momentum of the Earth-Moon system
remains constant, and explains other less exotic
everyday phenomena like how the speed of rotation of a
ballet dancer can be increased or, in engineering, the
action of the governor of a steam engine.
When
Newton proposed his Law of Universal Gravitation in the
1660s, building on the work of Copernicus, Tycho Brahe
and Kepler, who would have foreseen that this would have
consequence for the parish of Watergrasshill, an area
encompassing what was once the most elevated tilled land
in the country? But last July, Eamonn Mulholland from
Ballinvinny (together with Gabrielle O’Donoghue, a
Loreto student) secured a place for three weeks at the
United Space School in Houston, Texas.
Eamonn, who is a final
year student in St. Colman’s College in Fermoy, and who
has special talents in the area of the physical and
mathematical sciences, threw himself into all aspects of
the Space School programme, and together with focus,
sustained work and application had, in his own words,
the experience of a lifetime. What follows describes
some of the highlights of his trip.
United Space School ‘09
- Diary of
Events
by Eamonn Mulholland
Pic:
Eamonn Mulholland (Watergrasshill),
Chris Greenfield (USS Senior Administrator) and
Gabrielle O’Donoghue (Gortnahown, Mitchlestown)
at the USS in Houston, Texas.
This is a collection
of all the events in which I participated during
the two weeks while attending the United Space
School (USS) in Houston. The whole experience
involved two of the most memorable weeks of my
life and I managed to learn so much from the
time I was there, whether it was to do with
learning about space flight and all of NASA’s
new projects, or learning about the culture of
all the different students from around the world
and simply experiencing what America had to
offer.
Sunday
26th
Gabrielle O’
Donaghue and I, from Loreto and St. Colman’s
College Fermoy, flew out from Cork airport at
around 6AM and arrived in Amsterdam with no
problems. When we arrived in Amsterdam we were
sent all over the airport to get our transfer
flight but got on the plane in the end while our
flight was delayed by 2 hours but still got
moving eventually. We arrived in George Bush
International Airport at about 2PM Houston time.
We were met by Chris Greenfield who was to be
our head teacher for the two weeks. We then
waited for some time while Chris rounded up a
few more students who were arriving around the
same time as us. We made our introductions to a
few of the students who had already arrived but
we had no idea that after our shy Hellos that we
would come to become such great friends with
everyone there. After a few more people
assembled we drove off to a house where our host
families were to pick us up. I then met my
roommate who was a Marcus Bunn from Australia.
We just spent the rest of the night getting to
know our host families better and we also got
our first experience with American fast food
where we got to try some ‘Taco Bell’. We just
spent the rest of our time recovering from jet
lag.
Monday
27th
We went for lunch on
our first day where USS was officially opened. A
few guest speakers addressed us for a while
telling us to get as much out of the whole
experience as we could and to be prepared to
work hard. After lunch we drove to the
University Houston Clear Lake (UHCL) where we
were interviewed to be put into our respective
teams. We were just asked things like why we
thought we were suited to be put into the teams
selected. I was eventually put into the Yellow
team. The teams were all to do with different
aspects of our mission to Mars we were to create
over the next two weeks. The teams were Yellow,
Red, Blue and Green….that is Yellow was mission
control, Red was getting to Mars, Blue was
Working on Mars and Green was living on Mars.
That night we had a soccer game which was
students against the staff. We would only play
for about 10 minute intervals because the heat
was so much it would dehydrate you very quickly.
In the end, we won 7-9 so it was night to be
celebrated.
Tuesday
28th
We arrived at UHCL
where we did some team building exercises for
the day so that we could get to know our team
better. After all that we got a talk from Lee M.
Morin, who was an astronaut in the previous
Apollo missions. He went into detail about the
future of space flight and explained about what
will happen when the Space Shuttle retires. We
spent the rest of the day with our host families
and got to try some more American food.
Wednesday
29th
We started working
on our team projects this day. We essentially
divided up the different parts of our assignment
and decided who would be working on what. We
also got another talk from a man who showed us a
series of pictures taken in space. That night we
were taken to a Tex Mex restaurant owned by an
astronaut. We got to try some very nice American
food there, even if it was a little spicy for my
taste. There was also some entertainment from
some students showing us a thing or two about
their home culture.
Thursday
30th
This Thursday was
one of the best days, since we got a tour of the
Johnson Space Centre where we were shown the
very mission control that the Apollo team used
back in the late 60’s and we also got a look at
the present mission control which was rather
exciting because there were two missions going
on at the time we were there, so we got to see
them in action. We then went to the underwater
facility which was used to train the astronauts
to get used to zero gravity. We were then given
a lecture about space food and told how tricky
it was to package the food to overcome the
effects of zero gravity. After the tour was
finished, we arrived back in UHCL for another
lecture, this time from a man from the Isle of
Man who taught us about Space Law which was
particularly interesting. We then worked on our
projects for the rest of the day until 5pm, the
time at which we finished every. My host family
took us to the fun fair for the night then which
was great and we met up with some other Space
School students who came as well.
Friday
31st
For all of Friday,
we were brought to Brazos Bend which is an
observatory out in the country. But first, on
our way there, we got to go to an
all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet which was very
tasty, but the one thing I definitely noticed
about the food in America was that the portions
were so much bigger than anything we have in
Ireland. When we arrived at Brazos Bend we got a
talk from a woman there explaining about the
building and then we got to take part in a
simulated mission to Mars where there were two
teams, one was mission control and the other
were the astronauts. We then switched over half
way through the mission. A Canadian girl and I
were in charge of navigation as well as a guy
from Wales and a guy from Kentucky. We had to
work with each other and direct our space craft
first into orbit and then to Mars. In the end
the mission was a complete success. After that
we got some lunch and were then give a lecture
on a good deal about astronomy. By the time that
was over we were brought up to the observatory
where we observed the Moon very close up, which
looked amazing. The mosquitoes were biting us
like mad out in the country-side so we all got a
few marks from the night. We then drove home at
which point it was around 11pm so we were all
fairly exhausted from the day.
Saturday
1st
We had no lectures
at the weekends so on the Saturday the host
family took us to Dunkin’ Donuts for breakfast
and then we were taken to Wendy’s fast food
restaurant for lunch. After that we were taken
to meet up with the rest of the students, where
we were taken to actually meet the astronauts
who just arrived back from the International
Space Station one day earlier. They held a
conference open to the public. We got a chance
when the conference finished to get their
autograph and pictures. After meeting the
astronauts, we were brought to a soccer game
which is much more different from Irish soccer.
There were even cheerleaders there who were kind
enough to pose with us for a picture. The soccer
match finished up at around 9pm, so after that
we were brought back home where we got a chance
to visit Wal-Mart. This is a huge chain store
all over America. After that we just hung around
at home for the rest of the night.
Sunday
2nd
For this day, we got
to learn much about the culture of all the other
students as a culture faire was held in UHCL. We
all had to make something native to our home
country, as well as to perform something
traditional. Gabrielle and I made a cherry
trifle which took a fairly long time to make but
turned out very well in the end. At the culture
faire I played a bit of Bodhrán while Gabrielle
did some Irish dancing. Some other things people
did were the guy from New Zealand performing the
famous ‘Hakka”, people reciting poems and
speeches from their country and plenty of
different types of singing and dancing. We all
got to try the food that all the students made
where most of it was gorgeous. After the culture
faire, we got to learn some Texas culture as
well, when we were taught how to line dance.
After that we were brought home and just hung
around with some of the other students for a
while.
Monday 3rd
The Monday evening
consisted of nothing too different; we worked on
our projects as usual and we got a lecture on
nano-technology from Pádraig Maloney from
Dublin, which most people found very
interesting. That night we went bowling for a
few hours with all the students. We were split
up in to groups of 6 and had 2 games. After that
we were driven home.
Tuesday
4th
On this day we were
driven to a place where we were to be part of a
video conference. We had a few guest speakers
talking and this was broadcasted over the
internet for the public to watch. After all that
we were taken to learn about medicine in space
and what medical precautions were necessary for
an astronaut. When we got back we had a games
night held in a café which was pretty good.
Wednesday
5th & Thursday 6th
For both these days
we were working on our projects, just finishing
them off and getting our speeches ready. On the
Thursday night we were taken to the cinema to
watch Transformer 2 after which we hung
around for a while after before going home.
Friday 7th
We spent this day
preparing our presentation; we did two mock
takes of it in front of a person who gave us
tips on how to improve ourselves. This took up
most of our day. During the evening I got a
chance to meet up with my cousin from Houston,
who came out and took me and my room mate to
dinner and afterwards took us for some Starbucks
coffee. She later dropped us home and said
goodbye to us.
Saturday
8th
In the morning we
were taken shopping for souvenirs for our
families but then later on we were taken back to
UHCL to present our projects. We each had to
talk for about 2 minutes. The topic I did my
project on was Space Law. The quality of our
projects determined whether we graduated or not.
During the night we had a pool party which was
great. It was held at one of the host family’s
house and there was a barbeque there for us too.
By the time the party was over it was fairly
late so we just went straight to sleep.
Sunday
9th
We spent most of the
day packing up our stuff, getting ready for
home. Our graduation started at 4pm so we all
dressed up in our suits and dresses. When we
arrived we got another barbeque and the
graduation certificates were given out one by
one. Everyone graduated so we were all fairly
relieved. It was also there that Chris
Greenfield announced he resignation from USS,
which took everyone by surprise. For the rest of
the night we said our goodbyes to the people we
had come to know so well over the last two
weeks. We went home about 3 hours after the
graduation finished.
Monday
10th
On this day we were
transported back to the house we arrived at on
the first day where we waited to be taken to the
airport. We all said our final goodbyes and left
for home where after a 12 hour flight we arrived
back in Cork airport safe, sound and incredibly
tired.
Those two weeks
were the two greatest weeks of my life and I was
so grateful to have had the opportunity to go
and have this memorable experience. I would
definitely advise this to anyone next year. It’s
such an amazing experience but I would tell
anyone to be prepared to work harder than
they’ve ever worked before, but also be ready
for to the time of their lives!!
St. Colman's College school
book lists for 2009-2010
The list of school book
required for the forthcoming school year can be
downloaded here. Click on the link below to access the
list you require.
Stuart Mangan, the 26 year old past
pupil of St. Colman's College who suffered a
severe spinal injury while playing rugby in
London in April 2008, has sadly passed away.
He was taken to St Mary’s Hospital in
Paddington, London on Thursday August 6 as a result
of respiratory problems and passed away
peacefully on Friday 7th August
in the presence of his parents Brian and Una
and his three brothers Keith, John and
Barry.
During his short life Stuart showed
incredible energy, enthusiasm and love for
people and since his accident he inspired so
many with his courage and determination. He took
time out to visit St. Colman's during his
visit back to Ireland earlier this year.
The staff and students of St. Colman's
extend their sincere condolences to the
Mangan Family.
Ar dheis
Dé go raibh a
anam
St. Colman's Students live sculpture
St. Colman's students
posed on the lawn for posterity to mark the close of the
150th Anniversary celebratory year of the College.
Mr. Franks choreographed
the scene and took the high level photo which is
featured as the front cover image of the school magazine
'Inkwell'
High-res version available
for download HERE
(1mb)
The final concert in the St. Colman's
College 150th anniversary celebrations featured local folk/rock
group Loudest Whisper. A very appreciative, albeit intimate audience
were treated to some excellent tunes by the legendary group. The
school hall rocked to the sounds of old favourites as well as
original numbers from the group's many musical hits.
Billed as 'a magical evening of music
and song', the classical concert Mary Hegarty & Friends in
St. Colman's College certainly did not disappoint. On Friday
evening May 8th, 2009 the Fermoy born, but world renowned soprano
Mary Hegarty, performed in St. Colman's College in front of a
capacity audience for the penultimate concert in the College's 150th
anniversary celebrations. Mary was joined on the night by the
Orpheus Choir who opened the show, as well as by Cork baritone
Joe Corbett and also by Mitchelstown tenor Eric Dolan, a past pupil
of St. Colman's. Ten year old Clare O'Leary sang just after the
interval while local flute quartet Argento entertained during the
interval. Piano accompanist for the evening was Eleanor Malone.
With something for everyone, from Joe
Corbett's rendition of The Star of the County Down to
Mary's wonderful delivery of I dreamt I dwelt in Marble Halls
to the rousing version of the Banks and Claire's Popular, the
show provided atmosphere, variety and world class talent. Certainly
an evening to remember.
Death
of Ven. Archdeacon W. C. Twohig
The Venerable Archdeacon
William Christopher Twohig, former President of St
Colman's College, Fermoy, died peacefully at his
residence in Ballyvourney, on Monday, April 27, 2009.
Archdeacon Twohig, a
native of Ballyvourney, was ordained in 1947 and served
as President of St. Colman's from 1968 - 1981, one of
the longest serving in that position. He joined the
teaching staff in 1951 and became Vice-President in
1958. When he left the College he was appointed Parish
Priest of Midleton and later Member of the Cork Regional
Marriage Tribunal.
The Priests and staff of
St. Colman's extend their condolences to his nephews,
nieces, grandnephews and grand- nieces.
Archdeacon Twohig's
Requiem Mass was concelebrated in St. Gobnait's Church,
Ballyvourney and he was interred in the Church Grounds.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a
anam
St. Colman's Film Festival
The Student Council hosted an eclectic mix of short films as part of their
Film Festival 2009, which ran for one week in the Croke
Library -
Monday March 30th to Friday April 3rd.
Films shown ranged
from live action to animation to documentary.
St. Colman's Concert a great success.
The traditional Irish Music
Concert held in St. Colman's College on Friday March
27th was deemed a great success by all. The packed house
gave a very warm and appreciative welcome to the star
line up of Seán O Sé, Jimmy Morrison & Friends, Na Filí
and Sliabh Notes.
Pics. ( from left ) Sean O
Se, Na Fili, Tomas O Canainn
Pic. (above) Sean O Se,
Matt Cranitch, Tomas O Canainn & Tom Barry on stage
Pic: Sliabh Notes in
action
St. Colman's on TV
St Colman's College Fermoy
featured on local TV programme "South Tonight" recently.
Gus Kelleher from St. Colman's discussed the school's
history and the 15Oth anniversary year with interviewer
Martina O'Donoghue. The magazine
programme on Cork's dedicated TV station Channel South
(Chorus Channel 107) was broadcast on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at
7pm.
St. Colman's College on the air
St. Colman's
College will feature on local radio station C103 (formerly
County Sound) on Sunday February 22 and again on Sunday March 1,
2009. A programme of chat, music and history was recorded
recently in the College and will be broadcast over the two Sunday
evenings at 7pm on the Scriocht House programme. The host of the
show is Bob Jennings (below) who was assisted on the night by Geoff
Gould.
Musicians featured
are Fr. Eamon Barry, Fr. Micheal O'Lionsaigh, Fr. Aidan Crowley,
Brian Sheehan and Chris O'Brien. Other contributors include Kieran
Leahy, Triona Sheehan, The Keane Sisters and well known piper Sean
McCarthy. Speakers include current and past pupils including Cork
hurler Denis Murphy.
The show will also be made
available on CD.
Open Day
Pics
St. Colman's Student reaches finals of Google
competition
Jared Auty representing St.
Colman's College was chosen as county finalist for the Doodle 4
Google "My Ireland" competition 2009.
Each county
finalist went forward to the next round of
judging to determine the winners with the overall winner
decided by public vote. Well done Jared.
St. Colman's 150 Calendar
A limited edition
St. Colman's College 150th Anniversary calendar is now available
to purchase from the school or from selected local outlets in
Fermoy. The beautifully produced calendar features images from
the Fr. Bertie Troy Collection depicting school life over the
years and would make an ideal gift. Calendar costs €10 and
export or mail orders can also be catered for. Details from
school or from Gus Kelleher on
086- 372 8436 or email
HERE
Physics in Ireland magazine features St. Colman's
The last 'Physics in Ireland' newsletter of 2008 again featured an article on
St. Colman's College in the magazine. This report details the College's
celebrations at the launch of the CERN's Large Hadron Collider experiment. Full
article reproduced above.
Book Launch at St. Colman's
St.
Colman's College was the venue on Friday December 12, 2008 for the
official launch of a new publication by local natural history expert
Christy Dorgan. The launch was held in the historic surroundings of
the College Library.
The
new publication entitled "Irish Birds, their Nests and Eggs" is a
very attractive book, an excellent source of reference and is now
available from local outlets or direct from the author on 087-942
0688
St. Colman's Allstars v Cork Exhibition Match
Pics: Trevor Franks
The 150th anniversary exhibition hurling game featuring St
Colman's All-Stars versus Cork was a huge success with an estimated
3,000 to 4,000 crowd attending including a television crew from RTE.
The match was played in
Pairc Mhic Ghearailt, Fermoy on Sunday afternoon November 23rd
and the
crowds who braved the inclement weather witnessed a unique game
celebrating the great hurling
tradition of the
College since it's inception.
St. Colman's introduced all
30 players on their panel at various stages of the match all
donning a special
commemorative green & white hoop jersey. This was the style of
the old jersey before changing to all green in the 1960's.
The referee was inter-county ref Willie Barrett of Tipperary, a
man who has been in charge of several Harty Cup games involving
St Colman's over the years, and the music of the Castlelyons
Pipe band entertained.
For the record, Cork won the game but by just one point and they
must have felt satisfied with their
overall display against such a talented St Colman's side who
kept up the pressure right to the last minute.
The St. Colman's College All-star
team included amongst their panel Mark Landers (Killeagh)
captain of the 1999 All-Ireland winning Cork team, as well as
Cork Inter-County Stars Fergal McCormack (Mallow) Timmy
McCarthy (Castlelyons) Neil Ronan (Ballyhea) Brian Murphy
(Bride Rovers); From Waterford Eoin Murphy (Shamrocks) & James
Murray (Tallow) & From Limerick Andrew O'Shaughnessy
(Kilmallock) & Maurice O'Brien (Garryspillane) as well as a host
of other former students who have distinguished themselves at
club, college and intercounty level.
Souvenirs of 150 Match
The
specially commissioned "hoop" style jersey as used by the St.
Colman's Allstars is to be made available to the public for a
limited period. This collector's item based on the old style St.
Colman's strip was especially made for the 150th anniversary
game but can now be ordered through the College. It is a perfect
memento of the occasion and would also make an ideal gift.
Please note that delivery for Christmas can only be guaranteed
if the order is placed before Thursday December 4th. Full
details prices and delivery from Gus Kelleher on 086- 372
8436 or email
HERE
A limited number of commemorative
programmes for the Exhibition Match are also still available
from the College at the above contact details. This programme is
very well produced and contains a comprehensive history of St.
Colman's sporting pedigree and will prove an invaluable source
of reference in the future.
Free Souvenir Allstars wallpaper
Put St. Colman's Allstars on your
computer with our free downloadable commemorative wallpaper.
Various sizes available here:
Instructions: click on link above
and wait for download. Right click on downloaded image and
select 'set as background'
St. Colman's College Awards Night 2008
The annual St. Colman's College Awards Night took place in the
College Assembly Hall on Monday November 10, 2008 at 7.30 pm.
The guest speaker was Mr. Aidan
Cotter, Chief Executive of An Bord Bia, himself a past pupil.
Award winners were as follows:
John Healy (Academic); Owen O'Keeffe (Academic); Conor Fenton
(Technology); Andrew Callanan (Construction); Robert Carlile
(Art); Christopher O'Mahony, Brendan Cotter & Robert Carlile
(Credit Union Awards); Mathew Colbert, Ronan Gubbins, Daniel
Howard, Conor Healy, Maurice Keane, Micheal Howard, Raymond
O'Brien, Eamon Mulholland, Liam O'Brien, Ross Murphy, Darragh
Sheehan, John O'Flynn, Jared Auty, Ronan Fenton & Fergus Collins
(Gaisce Awards); Henry Moran (Leaving Cert Applied); Cian Byrne
(Transition Year); Brian Condon (Economics); Brian Phelan
(Business); Christopher O'Mahoney (Accounting); Brian Phelan
(History); Eoghan Healy (Geography); Joseph Sheehan (ICT);
Darragh O'Carroll (Gradam na Gaeilge); John Healy (German); Owen
O'Keeffe (French); Barry Moroney (P.J. Doherty Award); Mark
O'Leary (ASTI Science); Eoghan Healy (Physics); Mark O'Leary
(Chemistry); Brendan Cotter (Biology); Kieran Dempster
(Endeavour). Special Achievement Awards went to P.J. O'Donoghue
(Science); Cormac Haydon (I.T.); Brian Walsh & Jared Auty
(Olympiad).
The Build-a-Bank group of Conor
Healy, Mark Flynn, Raymond O'Brien, John O'Flynn. Jared Auty &
Fergus Collins took the In Enterprise Award while the Music
award went to Colm Shinnick.
Outstanding Achievement Awards
went to Gearoid Towey, Michael Collins, Michael Ahern, The
Donnellan Brothers & Liam Kearney.
Sports Awards went to Martin
Brennan, Tom Condon, Darragh O'Carroll, Ian Pratt, Kieran Lane &
Thomas Ryan.
Creative Writing Awards were won
by Conor Healy & Adam Forde.
The St. Colman's College Award
2008 was presented to the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the
Past Pupil Award was presented to guest of honour Mr. Aidan
Cotter.
St. Colman's College celebrated
Science Week with a series of exiting events. Poster competitions,
debates and a variety of science events made for a very enjoyable
and memorable Science Week. Some of the highlights were:
A series of cartoons involving
Schrödinger's Cat (from Tuam)
A poster display from the Whipple
Museum on the life and work of Isaac Newton
The SCC science week raffle
Students were invited to each
bring along one puzzle, game or toy with some scientific or
technical principle.
Transition Year Students
take 2nd Place in National Final
On
May 1st, Croke Park hosted the "AIB Build a Bank" Challenge National
Final . The competition began last September and was open to all
second-level schools; 176 took part and 20 won a place in the final.
Second place overall in the Challenge
was awarded to the St Colman's College entry with each team member
picking up a Nintendo DS Lite along with a glass trophy for the
school. All participants in the final received an AIB 'Build a Bank
Challenge' certificate of participation.
The Bank members are John O' Flynn, Jared Auty, Raymond O' Brien,
Mark Flynn, Fergus Collins and Conor Healy. Well done to all.
St. Colman's
archive photo collection
A
truly wonderful historic collection of photographs has been
acquired by St. Colman's. The entire collection of images taken
by the late Canon Bertie Troy during his time at the school was
loaned to the school this year where the process of scanning
and digitizing these began.
The
collection which for the most part comprised documented and
catalogued negatives, recorded individual portraits, class pictures,
sports fixtures, building works and general day to day occurrences
over an approximately 25 year span.
Some
9,000 images have been scanned and stored on computer disc and the
task of indexing them on a database will be next.
St.
Colman's on the front page!
The renowned publication 'Physics in Ireland' has featured St. Colman's College
on the front page of its magazine. In an article by Mr. David Rea, the magazine,
published by The Institute of Physics in Ireland, highlights St. Colman's
achievement especially the efforts made for celebrating Einstein Year.
You can download a high res. image of the magazine article from
here.
In the News.....
Successful past pupils of St. Colman's are nothing new as the school has
always had a proud record of achievers both academically and in
business. Some of these success stories have been in the news recently
and include:
Fergal Barry from Fermoy, who is now Financial Controller with Aer
Arann.
Michael Leahy from Conna, Chief executive of Standard Life Assurance
Co.
Aidan Cotter from Glanworth, Chief Executive of An Bord Bia.
Kevin Kelly, one of the founders of Treasury Holdings which
announced $1.2 billion property investment in Shanghai during the
Taoiseach's 2005 visit to China.
Dr. Joe Barry from Fermoy, Senior Lecturer in Public Health at
Trinity College, Dublin and Irish Medical Organisation spokesman.
St.
Colman’s said a special farewell and thanks to three
great teaching stalwarts who bowed out recently, Anthony
Cleary, Tom Barry and Donal O’Connell. All three served
St. Colman’s with honour and distinction over the years
and are sadly missed. The Principal, Dermot Coakley,
spoke in glowing terms of each one’s unique and valued
contribution to the life of the school.
Mike
Ross (Ballyhooly), who is at present starring in
Leinster’s Rugby team and part of Declan Kidney’s
International Squad, took time out from the intensive
training regime to accept an Outstanding Achievement
Award and Adrian Mannix’s (KIlworth) super performances
on the hurling field earned him a similar award.
The
St. Colman’s College Award was presented by Dermot
Coakley to the Mangan Family in recognition of their
witness, example, dignity and incredible courage in the
face of the appalling tragedy that befell their beloved
son and brother, Stuart. Brian responded by reminding
us once more of the wonderful young man Stuart was and
how much he enjoyed life and all the diverse people and
experiences he encountered during his all-too-brief
life.
When
Newton proposed his Law of Universal Gravitation in the
1660s, building on the work of Copernicus, Tycho Brahe
and Kepler, who would have foreseen that this would have
consequence for the parish of Watergrasshill, an area
encompassing what was once the most elevated tilled land
in the country? But last July, Eamonn Mulholland from
Ballinvinny (together with Gabrielle O’Donoghue, a
Loreto student) secured a place for three weeks at the
United Space School in Houston, Texas.
St Colman's College Fermoy
featured on local TV programme "South Tonight" recently.
Gus Kelleher from St. Colman's discussed the school's
history and the 15Oth anniversary year with interviewer
Martina O'Donoghue. The magazine
programme on Cork's dedicated TV station Channel South
(Chorus Channel 107) was broadcast on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at
7pm.
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St.
Colman's College was the venue on Friday December 12, 2008 for the
official launch of a new publication by local natural history expert
Christy Dorgan. The launch was held in the historic surroundings of
the College Library.
The
specially commissioned "hoop" style jersey as used by the St.
Colman's Allstars is to be made available to the public for a
limited period. This collector's item based on the old style St.
Colman's strip was especially made for the 150th anniversary
game but can now be ordered through the College. It is a perfect
memento of the occasion and would also make an ideal gift.
Please note that delivery for Christmas can only be guaranteed
if the order is placed before Thursday December 4th. Full
details prices and delivery from Gus Kelleher on 086- 372
8436 or email
