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6th Year History Students travelled to Dublin to visit the Collins Barracks Museum and partake in the 1916 Rising Walking Tour. The Walking Tour was greatly received by the Students, bringing the rebellion to life in the Capital. The Tour had added significance as the 1916 Centenary celebrations will be very prominent in the coming

St. Fintinas’ Senior Hurling Team progressed through to the North Leinster Semi-Final after a brilliant win over Athboy Community School in Longwood GAA pitch on a scoreline of 4-12 to 0-11. The team led from the start to the finish in what was an excellent overall team performance. Mr Moore noted that Robert Quirke, Niall Mulvey,

Ms Murray and Ms Ward accompanied the 2C CSPE Class on a visit to the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin. Students did a tour of the Courts with a Barrister, carried out a Mock Assault Case Trial and attended live Court Sessions in both the District Court and the Central Criminal Court.

Today the Principal presented Shauna Keogh 5B with a special plaque in recognition of her achieving the best Junior Cert Results in her Year Group. Shauna sat the Higher Paper in all her subjects and achieved As and Bs.

Last Friday Ms Purcell’s 6th Year Geography Class carried out their Geographical Investigation (20% of Leaving Cert Geography) on coastal geomorphic processes in Howth Dublin.    

Pictured below are our new First Years. They already have a week completed in their new learning environment and are settling in well. The first photo shows the whole Year Group, the second photo shows the 1A Class, the third photo the 1B Class and the final photo the IC Class.  

Pictured is Joe Boyd who was the highest achiever in his Year Group in the 2015 Leaving Cert achieving 570 Points. He was offered a place in Trinity College Dublin on the “Human Health and Disease” degree course however all year Joe wanted to secure a place in the University of Glasgow on the “Microbiology”