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Transition Year Graduation and Celebration
  • 26 May, 2023

Transition Year Graduation and Celebration

On Thursday evening TY students along with their teachers, parents and guardians celebrated a wonderful year that was full of new experiences and opportunities. The students entertained the audience with a mixture of music, sports…

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Junior Prize Giving
  • 25 May, 2023

Junior Prize Giving

Junior prizegiving was held on Wednesday. Prizegiving has been an integral part of our school calendar since the establishment of the school in 1857 and this whole school occasion provides an opportunity for the school…

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6th Year Graduation
  • 25 May, 2023

6th Year Graduation

The Final Farewell   This week marked the final week in Loreto Balbriggan for our 6th years. The fun started early last Friday with ‘Pranks Day’ with both staff and students joining in the fun. …

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Senior Prize-Giving
  • 22 May, 2023

Senior Prize-Giving

  Senior Student of the Year : Olivia Brennan.   Music Student of the Year: Clodagh O’Dwyer. Sports Person Of the Year: Holly Brady. Mary Ward Award : Laura Fagan. Business Student of the Year:…

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First Year Prize-giving
  • 19 May, 2023

First Year Prize-giving

Academic Achievement Award. It is very important for us to acknowledge academic achievement in school, as it is the essence of our day to day work. This award acknowledges academic excellence and recognises those students…

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Transition Year Prizegiving
  • 18 May, 2023

Transition Year Prizegiving

Transition Year students have been very busy this week attending their prizegiving ceremony and rehearsing for their celebration evening. Prizegiving has been an integral part of our school calendar since the establishment of the school in…

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The Final Weeks
  • 12 May, 2023

The Final Weeks

SciFest   Congratulations to Grace Allen and Aisling Ní Aonghusa who won the Irish Science Teacher’s Award for their SciFest@College entry “How does the Stroop correlate reaction times to age, sleep patterns, and lifestyle choices” …

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Career Fair
  • 5 May, 2023

Career Fair

On Wednesday, we held our first career fair for all  TY, 5th and 6th-year students since the pandemic. We are very pleased to say that Trinity, DCU, UCD, TUD, UL, Maynooth, along with 30 other…

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WellFest
  • 28 Apr, 2023

WellFest

On Friday we held our inaugural ‘Wellfest’ day. The aim of this day was to raise money for Pieta House and have tons of fun while doing it! Pieta House is a mental health charity…

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A Busy Start to Third Term
  • 21 Apr, 2023

A Busy Start to Third Term

Junior History. The 3rd Years had a fantastic day on their History Trip. They visited Epic- The Irish Emigration Museum and had a guided tour of Glasnevin Cemetery. Great fun was had by all.     Gaisce…

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Easter
  • 31 Mar, 2023

Easter

UCD Entrance Scholars Congratulations to our past pupils, Anna-Maria Albu, Robyn Buckley, Emma Daughton, Bairbre Logue, Doireann McAuley, Lia Mulcahy, Ellie Mulhall Walsh and Ella Walsh, who were recognised as UCD Entrance Scholars at a ceremony…

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Further Extracurricular Success
  • 24 Mar, 2023

Further Extracurricular Success

Fingal Student Enterprise Programme . Loreto Balbriggan has had a long and very successful history with  Fingal Enterprise Awards and this year the school’s success continued with two of our student enterprises scooping two of…

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Champions
  • 14 Mar, 2023

Champions

Leinster Plate Winners On Monday  Loreto Balbriggan played The Teresian school in the Leinster Plate final. It was a fiercely contested match which ended in exciting 8 second penalty runs. Our talented young team has…

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New Challenges
  • 10 Mar, 2023

New Challenges

PE Xpo On Tuesday we held our first ever PE XPo school competition. PE Xpo is a competition that examines the science behind sport. It is a project-based competition that gives teachers and students an…

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Trinity  Entrance Scholars
  • 7 Mar, 2023

Trinity Entrance Scholars

Congratulations to Ella Mc Carthy, Ella Markey and Iyobo Ugiagbe who were celebrated as Entrance Scholars to Trinity College due to their significant academic achievements at Leaving Certificate. All three students had secured the maximum…

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Saoi visit
  • 3 Mar, 2023

Saoi visit

Senior English On Friday Loreto Balbriggan welcomed poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. Her visit, in association with Poetry Ireland, marked the first ever Leaving Cert poet to address senior cycle students at Loreto Balbriggan. The acclaimed…

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Lent
  • 24 Feb, 2023

Lent

  Shrove Tuesday   To celebrate  Pancake Tuesday 5th Year Home Economics students enjoyed making pancakes. There were plenty of ‘flipping’ skills on display prior to tasting! In religion class,  students in 2A learned about…

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  • 9 Feb, 2023

  Díospóireacht Ghaeilge Sáriarracht déanta ag ár bhfoireann sóisearach agus sinearach aréir sa dara bhabhta i gComórtas Díospóireachta Gael Linn. Both teams were narrowly beaten, but judges were full of praise for their high ‘caighdeán…

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  • 3 Feb, 2023

  Internet Safety Talk for Parents Tuesday, Feb 7th, 2023 @ 7.30pm   All parents are invited to join Trend Micro host Avril Ronan on Safer Internet Day to embrace what’s truly important when it…

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Mary Ward Week
  • 27 Jan, 2023

Mary Ward Week

  This week we celebrated Mary Ward Week and Catholic Schools’ Week- The theme for Catholic Schools Week is ‘Walking Together in Faith’ and as a Catholic school, Mary Ward’s values are at the heart…

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BT Young Scientist Overall Group Runners UP
  • 13 Jan, 2023

BT Young Scientist Overall Group Runners UP

  For the fourth time, Loreto Balbriggan has been placed in the top four finalists in the finals of the BT Young Scientist and Technology competition in the RDS. Congratulations to Abigail O’Brien Murray, Olivia…

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Fáilte ar ais
  • 6 Jan, 2023

Fáilte ar ais

We would like to welcome all staff and students back to school as we begin a new term. It will be a busy term for 6th and 3rd  year students as they commence their mock…

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