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Croke Park Cup Win!
Our Gaelic Football team reached the Dublin Schools’ Gaelic Football Shield Final in Croke Park just before Hallowe’en and emerged victorious after a great display against Wedgewood NS. This was the first time in nearly 30 years that the school’s Gaelic Football team had reached the finals in Croke Park. After losing our first two league games the inexperienced team suddenly began to click and we had 3 hard-fought victories in a row which saw us progress through to the Shield Final in Croke Park.
Mr. Booth and Mr. Lane brought a squad of 26 very excited young footballers to ‘Croker’ for a day they will never forget. We togged out in a huge dressing room and then warmed up on an indoor astro pitch. The team sprinted onto the pitch full of determination to enjoy the day and to give it their all to try to win the cup for their school.
We dominated the game from start to finish and due to some wonderful scoring we were well ahead at halftime. This allowed the coaches to bring on all of the substitutes for some ‘game time’ meaning every one of the 26 members of the panel can now claim that they played and won on the hallowed turf of Croke Park. The stalwarts of the team excelled themselves and special praise must go to Adam Carr and Evan Cummins in the full-back line, Lance and Justin in the half-back line, Jake, Paul and Aaron out around the middle, and Jack, Darragh and the prolific Evan Kelch in the forward line. Others who performed heroically on the day included Lee in goal, Malcolm, Adam, Tadhg, Dylan, Evan Murray, Sean McPeake and all of the other boys who got to play on the day.
Our captain, Lance, accepted the shield on behalf of the team. We had a great reception with food and drink back in Clanna Gael afterwards and Dublin footballer, Ger Brennan, presented the panel with medals at our annual Christmas Carol Service in Ringsend Church. Well done to a fantastic team who never give up, play with great skill and determination and have wonderful discipline. Heroes all!
Great supporters
He was never far from the action.
Carrying on the family tradition. Our dads played for our school.
Ger Brennan presented the boys with their medals before the start of the Christmas Carol Service.
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Welcome Back!
All good things must come to an end, including the Summer holidays. The 2014/15 school year began last Wednesday as the Junior Infants had their first day in school and all of the other classes moved a step up the educational ladder. Ms. Keegan welcomed her new batch of Junior Infants and we hope they enjoyed their first day in St. Patrick’s. Ms. Fitzgerald has taken her group from last year on to Senior Infants. Mr. O’Rourke has 1st Class and Mr. Fahy, our new teacher, has 2nd Class and half of 3rd Class. Ms. Purcell has the rest of 3rd Class plus 4th Class and Laura is based with her on the top floor. Mr. Lane has 5th and 6th Classes. Ms. Sherry has moved from Home-School to Learning Support while Ms. Farrelly continues in her role from last year. Mr. Booth is now an administrative Principal. We wish everyone the best for the year ahead.
The boys from 1st and 2nd had an amazing day on Mr. O’Rourke’s farm in Tipperary. They got to feed the hens, collect eggs, build walls, hammer nails, run through a meadow, find out all about rearing cattle, play football, do an assault course, ride on a pony and cart, pet a goat, go on a trampoline, do an assault course, visit an old house, examine historical artefacts, and eat some delicious home-cooked food. Many thanks to Tom, Terry and all of the family, friends and neighbours for giving us all such a memorable welcome and for helping us have a wonderful day in the sunny countryside.
Junior and Senior Infants go to the Zoo!
What a great day we had at the zoo – we saw all the animals and had great fun in the picnic area in the ‘Rainforest Playground’ – this was definitely their favourite part of the day!
Busy Builders in Senior Infants
Look at what the boys in Senior Infants have been busy making during playtime in the morning!
Soccer Semi-Final Victory.
We played St Ultan’s, Cherry Orchard in the League semi-final this week and managed to avenge our defeat by the same opposition in the Pegasus Cup by coming away with a 2-1 win. It was a fantastic performance by the whole squad and every player was superb. Jake and Darragh were our scorers on the day and we would have been further ahead but for some great saves from Igor and a dubious offside call. Our excellent opponents hit back early in the second half and it took a huge effort to prevent them from grabbing an equaliser. We now await the outcome of the other semifinal to see who we will meet in the final. Well done boys; you were all heroes and the whole school is very proud of your efforts and the admirable way you conduct yourselves on the pitch.
DSPCA talks to Senior Infants
The DSPCA brought in 2 dogs – one dog had only 3 legs but he had no problem running around. We liked petting the dog MJ.
Senior Infants say ‘Slán’ to Amaia
Senior Infants boys got a photo with Amaia who helped us in our classroom with Stations, Music, Writing Sports Day and Art. Thankyou!
Symbols Hunt
Junior and Senior Infants and some of their parents went on a symbol hunt with Ms. Sherry – we found stop signs, children crossing signs and even place name signs. We had great fun ticking off the signs we saw on our clipboards!
Soccer Update: League Champions!
We played our final two league games this week. Our first game was against St. Nicholas of Myra School and despite an even first half we managed to pull away in the second half and won 8-2 in the end. The scorers were Igor, Evan, Jake, Darragh and Dylan with Aaron Bewley and Darragh Ryan having outstanding games. Sean MacPeake made his debut for the team in the second half.
Our final league game was against our local rivals, St. Joseph’s from East Wall where the league title was at stake. Joey’s needed to win the match but we just needed to draw. The match turned out to be a cracking game with little between the teams. On a very blustery day in Ringsend Park we scored first through Jake and then Igor rattled the underside of the bar with a rocket-like free-kick. Joey’s danger-man, their number 8, equalised with a high shot from the edge of our box and it was level at halftime. Igor put us in front again with a tremendous solo goal after a nice pass from Jake. Igor dribbled past a couple of defenders and the goalkeeper before backheeling the ball into the net from a tight angle. What a goal! Again Joey’s equalised, this time from a freekick which sailed high over Cian and into the roof of the net. Ringsend continued to attack and Dylan rifled an unstoppable half-volley into the net from the edge of their box to put us 3-2 up. Joey’s, however, refused to throw in the towel and continued to press for another goal. It looked like they had grabbed an equaliser in stoppage time only for Rhys to produce an unbelievable goal-line clearance after Cian had saved from their striker. Then came the final whistle and a touchline invasion of jubilant supporters. Well done to all of the players on a fantastic win against a very good St. Joseph’s team. All of the players were heroes on the day but special mention must go to Aaron, Darragh and Tymek for outstanding play throughout. All of our subs got some game time too and young Tadhg Healy played his first game for the school team.
We are now through to the semi-finals of the League Competition where we could face St. Ultan’s again. They beat us 4-1 in the Pegasus Cup so we will be looking to avenge that defeat this time around.
