GONZAGA COLLEGE SJ

Well done to our GAA players on some recent achievements with their clubs: Transition Year students Charlie Quinn and Tom Brophy played for Faughs and Ben Lynch for Kilmacud Crokes in the U16 Division 1 Championship Hurling final a couple of weeks ago. And four Gonzaga lads were instrumental in Clanna Gael Fontenoy winning their Minor Hurling Championship Final on 21 November: Liam Ó Laoide (Sixth Year), Jack Maree (Fifth Year), Luke Keelan (Class of 2021), Daniel O'Byrne (S

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The annual Transition Year Sleep Out for the Peter McVerry Trust will take place on Friday 19 November. The students will be sleeping outside as a fundraising and awareness building event for the work that the Trust does for homelessness nationwide. We are very aware of how lucky we are and want to give back to those less fortunate than us. Our goal is to raise €7,500 as a group. Thank you for your support! Donations can be made online here.

Gonzaga College SJ fielded an U16 Basketball team for the first time yesterday. They held on to win 30-24 in a nerve-wracking contest against Nord Anglia International School. Congrats to the team.

Congratulations to the five Gonzaga boys who won the Dublin Minor Division 1 Championship yesterday with the impressive Kilmacud Crokes. Oisin Kirwan, Hugh Moran, Darragh Geraghty, Stephen McMahon, and David Colbert.

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Yesterday we gathered in our college Chapel to remember deceased members of our community. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this beautiful liturgy. You can watch some excerpts from the Mass here.

5th and 6th Year students of art visited the Irish Museum of Modern Art yesterday. Thanks to Ms R. McCarthy for the photos.

Global morality, the advantages of the whip system to progressive legislation, the intention of the UK on Brexit protocol, environmental standards in trade, and the formation of party allegiance were just some of the topics up for discussion yesterday when students of Gonzaga College SJ welcomed former Taoiseach John Bruton to the Coulson Theatre. Thank you very much to Pat Corkery SJ for organising the visit.

The annual Gonzaga College SJ London Alumni Christmas Drinks is back! The date is set for December 6th from 5pm in Davy's at St. James, Pall Mall and the event is being kindly supported by Niall McFadden (class of '84). We are looking forward to reconnecting with so many alumni based in the UK at this festive event. All past pupils welcome so please spread the word among your year groups and RSVP to kmahergrace@gonzaga.ie

Gonzaga 6th Years are currently taking part in Movember to raise money for SpunOut.ie. For more details or to donate online click here.

The U19 Basketball team played their first match for over two years today against CBS Synge Street in St Catherine’s Community Sports Centre. Wearing our new kit for the first time, the team secured a well-earned 44-24 victory. Well done to all the players and to coaches Myles Ryan and Patrick Kelly Bowen (both Class of 2019). Thanks to Dr Clark for the photo.

All First Year students are encouraged to take part in the 2021 MS Readathon, which runs for the month of November. The aim of the initiative is to encourage reading for pleasure while also raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Participants get sponsored to read as many books as they can during November. If your son would like to take part, he has to be registered by a parent first. Details have been sent to parents of First Years via Compass. Once a student has b

Gordon Carberry, our Chef Manager, entered the Chef Ireland Competition 2021 organised by Catex Hospitality Exhibition. This competition is held every two years in the RDS. Congratulations to Gordon who received a silver medal in the first round on Tuesday. He then went on to complete on the final day and received a gold medal and was announced the overall winner of the competition.

Winter exams will take place from 15 - 19 November. Please find timetables here.

*Update 1 November 2021* Stan O’Beirne is the winner of the Top Security Frank Maher inter-school national music competition 2021. He, along with the five other finalists, was selected from across Ireland to perform live in the final on Friday 29 October in The Mill Theatre, Dundrum. Stan receives a €5000 bursary towards his music studies. Congratulations to pianist Stan O’Beirne (6C) who has been selected as one of the finalists for the Top Security Frank Maher Music Awards