Board of Managment As another school year draws to a close, Clonkeen College the Board of Management would like to wish all our students sitting exams their very best wishes and hope they all Summer 2011 achieve their own personal goals now and in the future. We also want to wish all parents the best and hope they survive the stress over the from the shy lost boys who entered PRINCIPAL’S FOREWORD. exam period. As a parent of one such only six years ago, now ready to go student sitting his Leaving Certificate, I Welcome to the summer and end of out into the world and make it their fully understand the stress and anxiety. year edition of the Clonkeen College own. In this they have great examples I am however extremely grateful as a newsletter. It is a time to look back in past pupils, such as Darren O'Dea, Parent and Chairman of the Board of over the year and celebrate our suc- Kevin Nolan, Sean Tracey, Colum Management for the professional dedica- cesses. What a year it has been! Our McCann and Philip Nolan to mention tion of all the teachers in Clonkeen Col- students, both past and present have but a few who have excelled in their lege. I am always struck by the general concern and interest the teachers take in distinguished themselves in all walks chosen fields. of life, educational, social, political, the students; they really do care. Finally, I look forward to starting on sporting and the arts. To all the Staff: Mr Twomey, Mr Barry, the works that are planned for over the Teachers, Administration Staff and I wish to thank and congratulate the the summer months. The main focus Maintenance/Caretakers, thank you one school staff for their commitment, this year is in improving the ICT and all. hard work, expertise and pastoral teaching and learning methodologies What can we look forward to in concern for the students in their care. available in the classrooms. 2011/2012? Their team spirit and genuine warmth The real possibility that our new School towards all who enter here makes this extension will start. As planning permis- one of the most rewarding work envi- sion is now granted we are at the Tender ronments imaginable and gives stage and hopefully the efforts of many school life the richness of texture people over the past 10 years will finally become a reality. which has always been its trademark. This upgrade of our IT facilities in the Inside you can read of the contribu- school will greatly enhance the teaching tion of the parents’ Association and and learning facilities, again something Students Council in making the we are really pleased about. school a better place for all. At the It is no secret to say we are living in sixth year graduation mass one could changing times with all the cut-backs. only be impressed at the calibre of The Board of Management have man- the students graduating from the col- aged to maintain and indeed improve the lege. Fine young men, very different services to our students and teachers due to the great support we receive from so Colum McCann wins IMPAC motif around which to assemble the many parents. Award stories of 10 New York characters. Given that this support comes mainly through the Voluntary Subscription we New-York based Irish novelist, and The novel, which won the coveted are so grateful to so many parents who former Clonkeen National Book award understand our desire to give our sons student. Colum in the United States the best education possible in these eco- McCann has won in 2009, was de- nomically challenging times. the world's richest scribed by the Impac Thank you all for your efforts in keeping literary award for his judging panel as a up this very important financial support. We know some parents make a great novel Let the Great "remarkable literary World Spin . effort to keep this going and we really do work". appreciate it. Colum beat nine oth- Congratulations to We take great pride in the achievement er nominees to be- Colum on this mar- of our students and know that the sup- come the second vellous achievement. port we get from parents is a serious Irish author to win On his visits home to factor in this outcome. the €100,000 Inter- May I conclude by wishing everyone see his parents Col- associated with Clonkeen College a very national Impac Dub- um is a frequent and lin Literary Award. happy summer. always welcome visitor to the school Have a good break and we look forward Let the Great World Spin uses and has addressed senior English stu- to seeing you all back fresh and rearing Philippe Petit’s famous high-wire dents on several occasion to go in early September crossing between the Twin Towers of J. Byrne Maurice Hedderman the World Trade Centre in 1974 as a Chairman of the Board of Managment

1 So long, fare well, Auf wiedersehen, Goodbye Parents’ Association After six pretty tough years of balancing hard work, As the academic year draws to a close, the Parents Asso- study, stress, and everything that goes with it, with the ciation can look back on another busy year. Recent activi- fun and excitement of spending 7 hours a day, 5 days a ties this term included the Healthy Eating Seminar for week, with our friends it is all over and the time has come First Years which was given by PA members, Assumpta to take our place in the big bad world. Dunne and Yvonne O’Regan, in conjunction with the Student Council. The Parents Association was delighted Many thanks must go to our Principal, Mr Twomey, and to support the Clonkeen Past Pupils Gala Dinner in April our vice Principal Mr Barry for working so hard for us, …and a couple of “firsts” this term – the first social and also simply for being there, when and if we needed it. evening for first year parents was held and the first Even if Mr Barry kept telling me that in a few years I’ll Clonkeen Uniform Swap event will take place on 7th June have a hairline like his.. from 1.30 to 3.30 pm. I’d like to draw everyone’s attention to our year head, Mr We say goodbye to members who are retiring from the McBride in particular. During the past two years he has PA this year and extend our appreciation for the time and gone above and beyond to be understanding and fair to all talent so willingly given to the PA. At our AGM which of us, and I’d like to extend to him our thanks.. And, he’s will take place on Wednesday 5th October at 7.45 pm, a Liverpool fan too, so he has taste as well.. we will seek to elect two members to represent each class year. A Guest Speaker will be arranged and refreshments To our families; parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, will be provided by our wonderful Social Committee. All and grandparents, thank you for supporting us for the past parents are welcome. six years, and we apologise for our horrible mood – there Just to remind you that the Allianz Pupil Personal Acci- is light at the end of the tunnel for all of us. dent Insurance, administered by the Parents Association To all our teachers, I wish to extend thanks, on behalf of on your behalf, provides cover on a 24 hour 365 day ba- all graduates. For your patience, for your helpfulness, and sis for social, domestic, leisure and school activities. for down-to-earth-ness, throughout the time we’ve spent This policy offers parents great peace of mind, knowing here. Whether it was the football at the weekend, the new that the boys are covered right through the school holi- film that was out, or who actually starred in Pretty Wom- days. an, and sorry Lehane, Mr Byrne was right, it was Julia We really appreciate the enthusiasm of the Student Coun- Roberts. For all of your good natures, thank you. cil, the hospitality of the Social Committee and the inval- I’d like to thank the secretaries, Ms Lynch, Ms McGov- uable input and interest of Mr Twomey and Mr Barry at ern, and Ms Bird for all the work they’ve done through- our monthly meetings. Special thanks too for the work out the years. that Teresa Bird, Mary Lynch, Sandra McGovern, Mi- chéal Gormley and Jim Hedderman undertake on our The caretakers, Jim behalf. Finally, we wish to thank the Board of Manage- and Michael for ment and all the staff, students and parents who we meet helping us with any- along the way. There is a vibrant spirit of cooperation in thing we needed, Clonkeen which makes working together for the benefit from any aspect of of our boys a privilege and a pleasure. school life. The Parents Association would like to wish the third and I’d also like to high- sixth year students the very best with the exams! Enjoy light all the staff the summer! that are no longer Bernadette Hussey, PRO, Parents Association here in the school, but who have cer- Golf Classic: tainly had an influence on the men we have grown into Time again for all Golf enthusiasts to make the best of today. I’d like to thank Mr O’Toole, our principal that the summer months and get out there to prepare for the welcomed us into Clonkeen when we first arrived. Mr Annual Clonkeen College Golf Classic. Collins, who was traded for another Corkman, (as well as This year the venue for this grand occasion is the Pow- a 50 million pound transfer fee which will part fund the erscourt Golf Club. The event takes place on the 9th of schools development plans). Although we hear he’s only September with a shotgun start at 12 noon. scored once so far down south, so not bad business after It is a fantastic day out and a chance to meet up with all. Of course the irreplaceable Mr Noonan, who we still friends at the 19th hole and talk about the good old days hear from, through rumours from our Nice Kind Art with a meal to follow. Great prizes!! Teacher. Although whether he’s actually shaved his beard For tickets and further details please contact Paula Fry at off is questionable. Dyl’s got 13/1 odds on it, so it’s not 086.617.9000. looking good. Once again our thanks must go to Paula for her commit- Adam Byrne Hetherington ment to the school and her work over the years in making this one of the major events in the School Calendar. D.Ed

2 Clonkeen Golf Society Student Council We have had a fantastic year of golf thanks to the 50 enthu- A year down now for the new student council and great devel- siastic students who turned out in all weathers trying their opments are already in progress. This new council took over in utmost to bring home the silverware! We had a very talent- February of this year with 18 new fresh faces ready to represent ed Senior Team, Adam Shortall (Captain), Cian O’Hara, the school and their students. Danny O’Hara, Mark O’Grady and Carl Wallace who val- Conor Swords (Chairperson), Cormac Spain (Secretary), Jack iantly beat St. Andrews, Benildus, and CBC Monkstown in O’ Donoghue (Vice-Chairperson), Sean Gailigan (Vice- the Leinster Inter Schools Competition. Delgany Golf Club Secretary), Brian Allen, Matthew Roche, Peter Torsney, Denis have shown tremendous interest in our society and are very Vavasour, Sean O’Connor, Luke McMorrow, Niall Harney, impressed with the standard of play and fantastic etiquette Luke Foy, Ben Naughton, Luke Kelly, Naoise Greene, Stephen the boys have shown on the course. Delgany in turn opened Moroney, Niall O’Dowd and Conor Lehane all stepped forward up junior membership to all clonkeen students involved in to become members of this years council and have been work- our society. Many students have taken up this offer and are ing hard day in and day out for the benefit of the student body now fully fledged junior Delgany members. Any other stu- and the schools well respected name all year long. dents interested can contact Paula through the school office. Students are forever stopping us and asking: “What are the We played many competitions using stableford, strokes and st council actually doing?” “A lot actually!” I am proud to say! matchplay formats. The 1 year only stableford competition We’ve a number of exciting projects scheduled for next year was, as always, hugely popular and great fun. Results – 1st nd rd including the renovation of the school showers and the introduc- Shane Hanney, 2 Eoin O’Connor Joint 3 David Nolan tion of a new system for having food before after school study and Dylan Watts. for 6th years including microwaves and kettles, this will avoid Neil O’Toole Trophy (1st-3rd year) Winner – Danny O’Ha- constantly trudging down to the shops time after time. A possi- ra; Runner Up-Shane Hanney Cat 2: Winner Robert Philips; ble social/disco for the incoming first years is also being lined Runner up-Stephen Carroll up for around late September and many other exciting projects Billy Noonan Trophy (4th-6th year) Winner-Carl Wallace; are also on the horizon. Runner Up-Daniel Hussey Cat 2: Winner Robert Carr; Run- The lads have been a pleasure to work alongside and I know I ner Up-Niall Carville. can expect the same dedication and even more hard work next Championship Competition Results: Overall Winner Cian year. It’s been an exciting first few months and we look forward O’Hara net 60 and Best Gross Danny O’Hara with a gross intently on the challenges the new school year will provide. I score of 75. There was very tight competition between these would like to thank Mr Brennan, Mr Daly, Mr Noonan, our two brothers with only one shot dividing the scores so watch Vice Principal Mr Barry, and our Principal Mr Twomey who were greatly involved in helping set up this new council and this space! were also incredibly accommodating in helping and facilitating st Senior Cat 1: 1 Luke Hedderman net 66; 2nd Daniel Hus- us with our tasks throughout the year. Thank you also of course rd sey net 67 back 9; 3 Carl Wallace net 67 to the Student Council and I will see you all next year! st nd Senior Cat 2: 1 Oran Colhoun net 69; 2 Robert Carr net Conor Swords (Student Council Chairperson) 80 The current council will continue to work until next December st nd Junior Cat 1: 1 Shane Hanney 35 points; 2 Jack Donnel- at which point they will have their own pressures with the Leav- rd ly 33 points; 3 Simon O’Rourke 24 points ing certificate over the horizon and a new council will be elect- Junior Cat 2: 1st Stephen Carroll 32 points; 2nd Robert ed from the 5th year students. rd Philips 27 points; 3 Dylan Watts 24 points. Below we have last year’s council pictured at their recent grad- All prizes were presented on our prize giving day in May. I uation mass. They see to be coping well with the pressures of would like to congratulate Adam Shortall who was our most the exams just around the corner. D. Ed deserving winner of our Golf Merit Award this year. To us, this is the most deserving award of all prizes. While this award is not about golf ability, Adam is a very accomplished golfer and captain of our Senior Team. He has shown tre- mendous leadership skills and has been a true advocate of golf in Clonkeen. He is very deserving of this award. Don’t forget to hand in your cards in all competitions played over the Summer as we will be asking for GOLF NET printouts in early September in order to select school teams. Also the idea of a Clonkeen polo t-shirt has been proposed – clonkeen crested in black?? Any ideas talk to me in Septem- ber. Finally, many thanks to Mr. Hedderman, Chairperson BOM, Mr. Neil O’Toole, Mr. Billy Noonan, Mr. Dom Twomey, Mr. Kevin Barry and Mr. Kehoe (our photographer) for their presence on prizegiving day. A special thanks to Mr. Twomey, Mr. Barry and Mr. Noonan without whom Clonkeen Golf would be dormant. Best of luck to all our leaving and junior cert students – the effort will be worth- while. 3 Enjoy the Summer. Motor Vehicle Preserva- Burren Trip On our return home we passed Leme- tion and restoration. Ms Murray organized an educational trip neagh O’Brien Castle17th century and Every now and then we get to the Burren on May 10th 2011 with a Bunratty Castle. We stopped for refresh- to hear of a student with a group from first year. The bus departed ments in Roscrea and continued on to particular interest just a from Clonkeen college at Clonkeen College arriving at 8 O’clock little bit different. 7.30 a.m.. The first port of after one David Payne in Transition call was the Aliwee Caves in Ballyvaughan, followed long year is one such student enjoya- whose interests lie in me- by a short stroll over the limestone plateau to exam- ble day. chanics and restoring vin- Some tage vehicles. ine the clints and grykes of this unique environment. students This is his story re- On the way through the marked Brought up along-side agri- burren that it cultural machinery I always the stu- was the had an interest in vehicles, dents best day vintage or not. visited of their In late 2006 and early 2007 Polna- lives. I began to become more brone The following day the stu- involved in the family busi- dolmen, dents organized a thank ness which specialized in one of you card for Ms Murray as Vintage and executive the most a token of their apprecia- Coach hire. As thing’s pro- famous tion. gressed I began to get more of all our and more involved with the portal K. O’Donoghue mechanical, and maintain- dolmens. On the way home there ing the coach fleet and the The jour- was a very special treat restoration of two of the ney continued on towards Corofin, with a th for one boy, who, it was claimed was cel- company’s Coaches. tour stop at the 15 Century Dysert ebrating his birthday!!! The rest of us O’Dea Castle, we visited the Dysert One of these was a 1971 have our doubts but the event was cele- O’Dea Cross and the Round Tower near- Plaxton Panorama Elite II - brated in traditional McDonald’s Style by. Due to a detour we had to postpone Leyland Leopard with a 5 … is that an oxymoron? English teachers our visit to “Craggy Island Parochial speed semi auto gear box to the rescue please. D. Ed House”. which has only had two owner’s since new in 1971. As I then began to get more and more interested in The From Football Leagues to Ivy League programme where I lived like a freshman; Transport end of things I Daragh Nolan is one of the lucky ones, staying on campus, going to lectures, eat- joined the Motor Vehicle even before he sits the Leaving Cert he ing in the dining hall, going to extra- Preservation Society of Ire- already has his college place assured and curricular activities and meeting the other land who restored and pre- not only that but he had a choice Harvard students who will make up the Harvard serve cars to trucks and eve- or Yale…. Class of 2015. I still haven’t gotten over rything in between the shock and I don’t think anything really I had a nervous 3 months between the sunk in until I bought my plane tickets to I have even gone to great time I submitted my college applications Boston. I have been presented with this length to find a start restor- and when the results came out. Receiving enormous opportunity and I can’t wait to ing one of my uncle’s trac- two letters of acceptance from two of the embark on this massive adventure. tor’s he had on his farm best colleges in the world was one of the before it was sold on, back best experiences of my life and one of the Daragh Nolan in 2002 and I plan to contin- most prestigious, especially considering Daragh is joining the growing number of ue this throughout the fol- this years acceptance rates of 6%! Harvard students from Clonkeen College who have lowing years … and Yale sent me welcome packs to help gone to study in some of the most prestig- By David Payne (16) make the hardest decision I have ever ious colleges in the world including Ox- faced a little bit easier. After taking into ford, Cambridge and the Sorbonne. To the account academic opportunities, reputa- best of my knowledge Daragh is the first tion and above all the financial aid pack- to attend Harvard, as an undergraduate in ages, I eventually settled on Harvard. I any event. Best of luck and send the odd was invited over for a three day visiting postcard.. D.Ed

4 C.D Project: session musician for other acts. GAA: Congrats to former Clonkeen What a great success this year has been Finally “Sub-Motion” were superb on College students Oisin Gough for all those involved in the cd project. the day. It was great to see just how far and David Treacy who were key It seems like a very long time ago now this band has developed over the years. players on the Dublin team that when we assembled on that freezing They exuded the panache and confi- won the inter-county Senior afternoon last November to begin work- dence of a band that works hard on its NHL Division One title in Croke ing on the songs, some of which made it material and practices a lot. Park recently with a resounding victory over the out-of-sorts cats into the final selection. Great praise and Around €800.00 was raised on the day encouragement must go to all those mu- of Kilkenny. This was Dublin’s for the Third World Support Group and first Senior Hurling National title sicians who put in such a lot of work the great work they all do. over the last six months. Well done to since 1939. you all and in particular well done to A big thanks must finally go to all stu- Commiserations to former Clonkeen College student Kevin the first year group “Energetic Col- dents who attended on the day. Your support is really appreciated. Nolan who was on the Dublin ours”, because it is never easy doing team that agonisingly lost out to this the first time. Also the wonderful J Clarke Cork in the inter-county Senior singing of Cathal Taylor added a new Third World News: NFL Division One decider. dimension to the whole musical experi- Congrats to… FIRST YEARS ence this year. The Third World Support Group raised Oscar Puszcz, Jimmy Turner, €3000.00 from our Easter raffle! Thank This years CD sleeve was designed by Jamie Prenter, Conor Flannery, you to all who participated. A further Diarmaid Malone in second year. He David Nolan Matthew Ridge and €800.00 was raised from a concert in James Moffatt did a great job and was ably assisted in the school. Our thanks to Mr. Clarke for SECOND YEARS…... the duplication and packaging by Carl all his efforts. In early May we raised Andrew Creighton Eoin Haverty Hume and Ronan Carrigan. Well done €1,125 from a church gate collection in and Cathal Taylor…who all play lads. You did great work there. Foxrock Church. for the Geraldines P. Moran J. Clarke. GAA Club. These lads won the Our project school in Kenya is pro- division six football Feile by The Concert: gressing well and it is hoped it will be defeating Na Dhubh Ghall in a The concert went brilliantly. It is such a completed by the end of the year. Our very exciting final by three privilege to watch young musicians im- new project in 2012 is a water well in points. prove on last year. “Sweet Leaf” looked rural Tanzania. Soccer: Congrats to Ryan Matthews’ very much at ease with themselves. It In very difficult times we are still man- was a joy to see how confident they team Belvedere who won two nil aging to help the poorest of the poor. v. St. Joseph’s in the Paul appeared on stage. This was surely their This is a tribute to the spirit that perme- McGrath Cup Final (u-16 Prem- best performance so far. Darragh Cullen ates all of Clonkeen’s work. Well done ier). showed us all his great skills once to all. … Clem McGauley, Third Congrats to Paul Moffatt in fifth again, both as a solo artist and on stage world Support Group year who played for Crumlin in their u-18 Premier Final victory over Aaron Leonard’s and Eric Clonkeen College Gala Dinner Event night. Redmond’s team St. Joseph’s. It 2010. Mr. Barry Murphy, of Aprés Match was a very close match and went On Friday, 8th April 2010, the much fame, was the M.C. on the night and, as all the way to penalties in the anticipated Clonkeen College Gala Din- Gunther the German, he kept the audi- end …Commiserations to Aaron and Eric. ner Event took place in the Burlington ence in fits of laughter with his quirky Congrats to Oran Colhoun, Hotel. It was a wonderful night, where accent and withering one-liners! Luke Hedderman, Robert the Clonkeen College community, in The professional presentation of the Browne, Robert Carr, Brian particular the past pupil community, College on the night was very impres- Lavelle, Darragh McGrath and was show-cased in a splendid fashion. sive. The team of organisers behind the Michael Curtin (all 6th years), This was the third such Gala Event, the Event did a fine job, in particular the who played for Cabinteely in their victory over Darragh previous ones being held in 2005 and Principal Mr. Twomey. It was his tenac- 2008. In total, the Gala Dinner Events Mooney’s Wayside Celtic in the ity and networking, allied to the sup- u-18 Major Final of the Red- have raised over €135 000 for the porting role of the Event Organisation school. mond Cup. Tough one for Dar- team under the direction of Board of ragh Mooney! It was also a very special night for the Management member Ms. Paula guests of honour, the very first McCarthy, which ensured that the I wonder will meeting the Queen Clonkeen College class to graduate - the whole Event came together. All in- help Kevin Nolan get over the Class of 1972. These gentlemen have volved, in particular Mr. Willie Braine disappointment of losing out to retained their links to their alma mater and Mr. Dermot Malone. deserve the Cork. Kevin was one of the play- over the years, and it was a privilege for highest praise and gratitude on behalf of ers who met the Queen on her the College to honour them on the the College. 5 European Youth Parliament Transition Year News internal debates held weekly and external debates. The much anticipated “Clonkeen Athens At the end of year presentation of certifi- vs Cluny Annual Debate” took place in For the last few years Daragh Nolan 6th cates and prizes the following three stu- March. The motion for debate for the year has been involved in politics at a dents were adjudged the best of the year juniors was “That This House believes local (DLRCC), national (Comhairle na in each of the three TY groups: Douglas that the Media Rules our lives” and for n’Og) and now international level. His Bell, Daniel Baker and Carl Wallace. the senior debate “That This House be- interests and the feedback he has provid- Prizes was also awarded in German, Me- lieves that single parent fathers should ed to other students has encouraged dia Studies, Science and Computers. A have equal rights as the mother”. Con- others to become involved. Here is his large number of students successfully gratulations to every body who took part account of his latest adventures in the completed their ECDL examinations and as both debates were that of a very high world of international politics. will be awarded certificates in the au- standard. Joseph Morris and Luke The 66th International Session of The tumn. Other certificates in Canoeing Sharkey (best speaker) took victory European Youth Parliament, Athens and for Gaisce (The President’s Award against the Cluny girls while the seniors 2011 was without a doubt the best 10 Scheme) will also be given out early in were unable to defeat their strong oppo- days of my life. fifth year. nents. Many thanks to Niall Murphy, Fio- During the last week of term, each TY na Lester, Katie O’Byrne and Laura I was on the Committee on Constitution- Spain for carrying out the adjudication on al Affairs 1 with young people from all student did a course in fire safety and prevention. The emphasis was on safety the day. This year was an enormously over Europe, from places like Latvia, successful year for 1st year students. They Turkey, Sweden, Cyprus, Spain and Ro- in the home and each student got hands on experience of using a variety of fire have grown in confidence since Septem- mania. fighting equipment. The importance of ber and there is no doubt the society is in Our committee topic was the embodi- smoke alarms in the home was particular- safe hands for the future. Conor Wallace, ment of what the session was about; ly emphasises by the professional fire Ryan Higgins, Joseph and Anthony “Rediscovering democracy in it’s birth- prevention instructor Mr Danny Healy. Clarke competed in a debate in The Holy place”. After 2 days of teambuilding, Mr Healy is a former student at the col- Child, Killiney. The motion for debate where we got to know one another inti- lege and his company provides all the fire was “That this house believes that uni- mately, we began our discussions on extinguishers and other equipment used forms should be banned” and congratula- issues like iVoting, corruption, the EU’s in the school. tions to Joseph and Anthony Clarke who institutions, democratic deficit and the J. Byrne were successful in proposing their mo- tion. Many Thanks to Ms. McEvoy who movement of democracy into the 21st century. gave up her lunch hour every Wednesday The Clonkeen College Debating Society to Liason for our society and provide It wasn’t all academics though and some As the school year comes to an end, it has connections to other schools. There is no of the highlights of the 10 days occurred been another successful year for the de- doubt 2011/12 will just be as successful at night. The best event of the 10 days bating society in Clonkeen College. as this year has been. was EuroVillage, where every country Clonkeen students participated in both C Wallace represented (32 countries!) had their own stand with which they piled high with their national food. I got to sample Student Awards at Graduation Mass salty liquorice from Sweden, wine from Italy, crepes from France and reindeer Best L.C. 2011 - Des Cryan from Norway. Des achieved 7 A1's in his Leaving Certificate and so had maximum 600 Ireland won the best table award for cre- points. A terrific achievement by Des. He is now studying Actuarial science ating the best atmosphere! The plenary in UCD along with two of his Clonkeen classmates. This is the second time in session or General Assembly as it’s 3 years that a member of the Cryan family has won this top award of top called took place in the Old Parliament Leaving Certificate performance, Des following in the footsteps of his brother building in Athens and at the opening we Shane. were addressed by a European Commis- sioner and the Head of the Hellenic Par- Social Concern: Greg Clarke, Andrew Dowling, Jason Mooney, Sean liament. Thankfully, my committee’s McDonagh resolution passed by a huge margin and Academic Distinction: Adam Hetherington, Darragh McGrath, Rory we celebrated that night at the farewell McNab, Darragh Nolan, Conor Scanlon, Dennis Shanky-Smith, Jamie party where plenty of tears were shed. I couldn’t believe that I could get to know Whitehouse 14 strangers so well that I was heartbro- Leadership: Greg Clarke, Sean Craddock, Stephen Lehane, Aaron Leonard, ken to leave them after less than 2 Andrew Lynch, Sean McDonagh, Jack McGovern, Daragh Mooney, Eric weeks. Hopefully, I will see some of Redmond, Dennis Shanky-Smith, Philip Swords, Michael Whelan them again at the 67th International Ses- sion of The European Youth Parliament, Outstanding Leadership Achievement: Adam Hetherington Grenoble 2011! Captains: Daragh Nolan Senior Gaelic Captain: Adam Hudson. I would love to know how Ireland man- Senior Soccer Captain: Eric Redmond/ Aaron Leonard. (Shared) aged to win the best table award when you are up against Reindeer, wine and Sportsman of the Year 2011: Adam Hudson crepes!! D. Ed Student of the Year 2011: Darragh Nolan 6 Athletics 1st Year Soccer This year has been a very successful one The 1st Year soccer team managed to reach the Dublin League Final, played last where Clonkeen athletes represented the Monday, the 23rd May 2011. After winning their semi-final 5-3, coming back from school in the Edmund Rice games, East three nil down with twenty minutes to go, the team went into the final against St Leinsters and the Leinster finals. Benildus’ College with real hopes of winning. The final was played in Richmond Park and both teams struggled to cope with the The following athletes won medals at the high winds and the big pitch. Clonkeen lost the toss and played with the wind in the first half. Despite their hard work and a lot of pressure, Clonkeen were unable to Edmund Rice Games score. In the second half Clonkeen had a big challenge, playing against the wind as the legs tired on a big pitch. Clonkeen played the better football and carved out Senior Shot: Gold James Lee nd more opportunities than St. Benildus’ were able to against the wind. Cian Fox- Senior Relay: 2 James lee, Naoise Walsh caused a lot of problems down the left wing and Stephen Hanley and Gavin Greene, Brian Lavelle, Dominick O Dris- Howard seemed to be winning the midfield battle. coll As the second half wore on, and legs tired, the Clonkeen defence were put under Inter Javelin Senior: Jeffrey Byrne 1st more and more pressure. Shane Hanney played excellently throughout, snuffing out Inter 100m: Daniel Flynn Fallon 3rd the threat of a very dangerous centre forward. On a couple of occasions Oskar Inter relay: 2nd Daniel Flynn, Justin Pusczc ran in behind the St Benildus’ defence but was quickly closed down. Banqued, Dara Lavelle, Chris Roche David O’Driscoll had to be withdrawn because of injury early in the second half Junior Relay: 1st Stephen Carroll, Eoin and was replaced by James Moffatt, with Ross Broderick dropping back to right Haverty, Sean Keating, Jacob Marrar back, joining his brother Jamie who was playing at centre-half with Shane Hanney, Junior Long Jump: 1st Leon Spencer and Jordan Brown at left back. Junior Long Jump: 3rd Piotr Nowak When St Benildus’ won a free-kick about forty yards out with fifteen minutes to go Junior High Jump: 2nd Kyle Leonard the wind finally took its toll. A solidly struck free-kick from distance seemed to be Junior Javelin: Oisin Corrigan 3rd and going nowhere until it took a deflection and span viciously into the air and into the 3rd in shot Clonkeen penalty area. Goalkeeper Jamie Prenter had no choice but to come and try Minor Relay: 1st Killian Waldron, Ste- and gather the spinning ball in high winds but when it fell to the ground, Benildus phen Hanley, Cian Fox Walsh, Gareth capitalised and went 1-0 up. Keogh Clonkeen had to now chase the game against the wind, pushing Jordan Brown fur- Minor Relay: 1st Justin Keogh, Shane ther up the pitch and bringing on Ryan deFelice for Jack Davis. This left space for Hanney, Ciaran Mooney, Oskar Puszcz Benildus’ to get in behind Clonkeen. Jamie Prenter made one excellent save down Minor 100m: Killian Waldron 2nd low to his left, stopping and gathering a difficult shot. Then with less than a minute Minor Long Jump: Stephen Hanley 2nd to go, St Benildus’ grabbed a second. Minor High Jump: Cian Fox Walsh 1st The game ended 2-0 to Benildus’ but in truth there wasn’t much between the teams. The 1st Year soccer team performed well all year and got a great run of games in both Cup and League. Thanks to all the players who contributed and to Mr McBride East Leinster Results: who put an enormous effort into training and organising for the team. Senior Shot: James Lee 2nd J. Toomey Junior 100m: Daniel Flynn Fallon 2nd Inter Relay: 3rd Daniel Flynn, Justin U-16 Gaelic Leinster semi final must go to Garreth O’Carroll who has Banqiued coached all the lads to a great level over the Junior Long Jump: Ken Fleming 2nd Clonkeen Vs Rathoat Within the first ten minutes Clonkeen found last two years. Well done everybody. Junior Relay: 2nd Stephen Carroll, Eoin themselves 2-2 to 0-5 up. Two early goals J. Clarke / J Keogh Haverty, Sean Keating, Jacob Marrar from Adam Mooney and Conor O’Sullivan Junior Relay: 1st Oisin Corrigan, Pio- got Clonkeen off to a flying start. Sean Toner Gravity towk Nowark, Ryan O Carroll, Kyle O was accurate to a tee with his free taking. On the 3rd of May the TY students once again Keeffe Clonkeen were unfortunate to find them- took to the shores of Wexford. Gravity Ex- Senior Discus: Kimji Cayabyab 2nd selves a point down at half time after a strong treme Adventure Forest Park was the venue. Minior Relay: 1st Shane Hanney, Gareth Rathoat comeback. At half time Mr Brennan Bravery, teamwork skills and individual Keogh, Killian Walldron, Cian Fox Walsh and Mr Bennett gave an inspirational team skills were all tested as the lads contested the Minor Relay: 2nd Daniel Healy, Ciaran talk. Clonkeen came out king for the second famous leap of faith and then navigated their half. Clonkeen fought bravely with one of the Mooney, Justin Keogh, Oskar Puszcz way around the aerial obstical cource before highlights of the game being Sean Toner zip wiring down through the forest. scoring an amazing goal, but were unfortu- We visited courtown strand and had a picnic Leinster Finals: nate to lose the match to the eventual winners outdoors. Minor Relay: 1st Killian Waldron, Ste- of the Leinster Competition by only 2 points. The lads got to relax in the pool before head- phen Hanley, Gareth Keogh, Cian Fox C O’Sullivan, A Murphy, S Byrne, E Bren- ing home. Walsh, Shane Hanney nan A great day was had by all. Many thanks to Junior Relay: 3rd Oisin Corrigan, Jacob the lads for their excellent behaviour and co- Marrar, Stephen Carroll, Eoin Haverty, Tennis operation. The Gravity instructers remarked Minor High Jump: Cian Fox Walsh 3rd What a year it has been for the tennis teams on how nice the lads were to deal with; so in Clonkeen Coollege! Not only did we reach well done and thanks. Thanks also to Ger Mr Sheehy, Br. Kelly, Mr Byrne the final of the Leinster Junior Cup (Runners Barry for his help on the day. Looking for- up) but we WON the Leinster Senior Cup. A ward to seeing you all again in 5th year. Have year of great success for all those involved in a great summer. The Clonkeen Tennis Club. It’s great to see E. Kavanagh. all that training paying off. A huge thanks

7 U-14 and FIRST YEAR GAELIC FOOTBALL Ryan O’Carroll, Seán McManus, Justin Byrne, Tom We had the misfortune to be drawn against the eventual Kelly and Conor Flannery who were presented with tro- winers St. Mac Dara’s C.S. in our first match out in the phies at their prize-giving for excellent commitment to Tom Quinlan Shield, the Dublin First Year Champion- training and their team. Well done lads! It was good to ship. But we put up a good performance - indeed we gave see Conor Flannery flying the flag for Geraldine Morans them their hardest match before our perennial rivals ran in their special and highly successful season. Hope it en- out winners in the final quarter. So like our U-14s in the courages more representation in September! January semi-final, we were second only to the future The rest of the U-14 and First Year Panel will also re- champions. ceive certificates in September: Our U-14 All-Star Team is a reward to our Top Trainers S1 Mateusz Balinski, Seán Cullen, Jake Finlay, Like Fleming, in both the U-14 and First Year campaigns. All will be Stephen Hanley, Jack Matthews, David O’Driscoll, Jimmy given Certificates in the new school year: Turner; S2 Shane Casey, Shane Hanney, Conor Murphy, Oskar Puszcz, Nick O’Sullivan Spain; 1.Luke Allen (Capt.), R.1 2.Conor Brennan, R.1 3.Finn Ellard, R.1 4.Ben Hogan, R.1 S3 Mike Allen, Joshua Brerton, James Moffatt, Ciarán 5.Cian Ushioda, S3 6. James Shiggins, R.1 7. Karl Schütte, R.6 Mooney, David Nolan, Jamie Prenter, Conor Priestly, Matthew 8. Stephen Carroll, R.2 9. Ryan O’Carroll, R.2 Ridge, Conor Wallace; 10. Seán McManus, S3 11. Justin Byrne, R.2 12. Killian Lanigan, R.1 R.1 Oisín Corrigan, Caolán Mooney, Robert Phillips; 13. Tom Kelly, S1 14. Brian Murphy, R.1 15. Conor Flannery, S2 R.2 Eoin Gannon, Seán Keating, Des Markey, Mark O’Connor; R.3 Jack Donnelly, Diarmaid Malone, Cian Moriarty Maguire; FIR IONAD: 16. Ross Broderick, S3 17. James Broderick, S1 R.5 Scot Leigh Cummins; 18. Eoin O’Connor, S2 19. Robert Behan, S3 20. Conor Mur- R.6 Bastin Jose phy, S3 21. Brian Fitzpatrick, R.2 22. Chris Roche, R.6 Training resumes on Monday, 5th September and every 23.Shreyash Pattanayak, R.6 Monday after that. See you there! A special mention to our Top Trainer Trophy Winners: Pauline Murray and Jim Lynch Luke Allen, Ben Hogan, Karl Schütte, Stephen Carroll,

Past pupils in the news National League for the first time since the 40’s!!!!.

David Tracey and Oisin Gough, both Colum McCann, Clonkeen Road NUI Maynooth. recent past pupils of the College, are (LC 1982 ), has just won the world's Dr. Philip Nolan (LC 1984) has been members of the hurling panel. richest literary prize of £100,000. He appointed President of NUI David Tracey returned in the final won the IMPAC International Dublin Maynooth. after a year’s absence due to injury. Literary Award for his acclaimed Philip was Registrar and Vice Presi- Well done to both and best of luck in novel 'Let the Great World Spin' pub- dent of UCD and is credited with the championship. lished in 2009. much of the reorganisation of that Kevin Nolan -L.C. 2008, (of meet This book has already won the Na- college especially the introduction of the Queen fame) is a current member tional Book Award of America, the the horizon programme, where stu- of the Dublin Senior Gaelic Football first Irish author to do so. For the Im- dents study subjects outside their core Team who lost to Cork in the Nation- pac Award nominations were from choice. al League in the final. libraries worldwide with an interna- We wish him well. They remain however, one of the fa- tional judging panel. The competition At Maynooth he will be joining an- vourites for the all Ireland final. was organised by Dublin City Librar- other past pupil of the college, Aiden Br. Kelly ies in association with Dublin City Mulkeen, who is, at present, head of Council and is in its 16th year. the Education Department NUI- Br.Kelly, Clonkeen College and Pat Maynooth. First Year End of Year awards S1 O'Connell, St.Brigid's Boys Students of the year: Mateuse Ba- N.S.Foxrock were at the presentation Soccer. linski and Ronan Brennan and celebration in the Mansion Darren O'Dea took his opportunity Academic award: Kieran Cossan House. with both hands in recent internation- In his excellent acceptance speech he als against Macedonia and Italy. His S2 expressed his appreciation to both commitment to the cause should have Student of the year: Jack O’Riordan, schools for their contribution to and some influence on Trapattoni in fu- Neil Toner influence upon him, a point which ture selections. It will be interesting Academic Award: Eoin O’Connor was much commented on, positively, to see the team selection for the key S3 by many guests present. autumn matches. Student of the year: Mike Allen, Cian Congrats to Colum on his outstanding Dublin Senior Teams. Ushioda achievement. Dublin Senior Hurling Team win the Academic Award: Cian Ushioda

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