- 10 Nov, 2023
Armistice Day 2023
This Saturday, the 11th of November is Armistice Day and each year in London a remembrance service takes place at the Cenotaph to mark the cessation of hostilities in World War I. In 2014, the…
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- 10 Nov, 2023
Senior Basketball League Success
The cadet and senior basketball teams had a victorious day on Tuesday in Loreto St. Stephen’s Green. The cadets won 59-22 and the seniors won 52-10. Many thanks to our opponents for making us feel…
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- 10 Nov, 2023
TY Radio Transmissions Course
On Friday 10th Nov a group of TY students took participated in the TY Radio Transmissions Workshop. Students had a great day learning about all the work carried out behind the scenes to produce Radio…
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- 9 Nov, 2023
Minor Hockey League
The minor Hockey team had great success today in the Leinster League winning 3-0 against Santa Sabina. The team worked hard for each other and their teamwork paid off with 3 fantastic goals scored by…
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- 9 Nov, 2023
Junior Soccer
The u15 Soccer League started today with a very impressive win Vs Lusk CC. Goal scorers included Cathy Carey, Caoimhe Devane, and Aisling Grant. A great start for this brilliant and improving football team!
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- 9 Nov, 2023
Poetry Aloud Competition 2023
Congratulations to Alana O’Connor who has made it through the regional heats of the National Poetry Aloud Competition. Alana had to recite the poem: At the Court of the Curlews, Magheramore, by Martin Dyar.Poetry…
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- 9 Nov, 2023
Senior Gaelic win
The Senior Ladies GAA Team had another great win on the Thursday before the Mid-Term Break where they saw off the challenge posed by Holy Faith, Clontarf. The girls now look forward to their final…
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- 8 Nov, 2023
JPIC Trócaire Visit
We were delighted to welcome today Stephen Farley, the Education officer from Trocaire, to facilitate a workshop on Global Citizenship, Justice and documentary making. The fifth year group thoroughly enjoyed the morning and were inspired…
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- 27 Oct, 2023
School Spirit Day
Friday 27th was ‘School Spirit Day’, a special day where we celebrate our Loreto ethos . Both students and staff got into the spirit of the day by dressing up for Halloween. Anne Boleyn,…
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- 27 Oct, 2023
Music Week
Music Week took place from the 23rd to the 27th of October and featured an impressive array of musical performances by students from 1st to 6th year. The combination of group and solo performances during…
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- 26 Oct, 2023
Inter Loreto Hockey Blitz
1st Years enjoyed a great afternoon at the Loreto Hockey Halloween Blitz in Loreto Foxrock. All teams put great engery into their games and had a spooktacular time!
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- 25 Oct, 2023
Paralympian Guest Spaeker
Today the TYs had a very special guest speaker today! Greta Streimikyte – who is a blind Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in 1500 metres at international level events. Greta was invited to the school…
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- 24 Oct, 2023
Extra Curricular Basketball
It was a great week in basketball for the cadet and senior teams! They were both victorious against Loreto Beaufort with the cadets winning 26-57 and the seniors winning 19-47.The seniors fought a hard game…
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- 23 Oct, 2023
Transition Year Trip to Delphi
Many thanks to the PE department and Transition Year team who organised a very successful adventure trip to Delphi in Co Mayo over the wekend. The girls participated in Big Challenges, Archery Tag, High Ropes,…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated every October for the last 90 years. It is called “Pink October” as people around the world adopt the pink colour and display a pink ribbon to raise…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Maths Week
This week we celebrated Mathematics in various ways. From famous women mathematicians, maths games, quizzes and competitions, even corny jokes, every angle was covered!!! 1A enjoyed a lesson from TY computer science class on the…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
3J Visit Dáil Eireann and Seanad
Ms. Agnew’s CSPE class was invited by Darragh O’Brien T.D. to visit the Dáil and Seanad on Friday. The girls found the whole experience to be very informative, igniting a possible career in politics for…
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- 20 Oct, 2023
Joutes Oratoires Comprtition
Félicitations to Senior French Debaters Hannah Waters, Grace Anderson, Kayan Butt and Isoken Ugiabe, who won their first round of the Alliance Française Joutes Oratoires, against St. Conleth’s College. They were praised for their strong…
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- 18 Oct, 2023
Alliance Francaise Trip
Ms Kearney’s sixth year French class visited the Alliance Française in Dublin for an oral prep course on Thursday. The students then received a talk from Trinity College’s linguistics department on the opportunities that are…
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- 18 Oct, 2023
Amazing Junior Cert Results
Congratulations to our Transition Year students who received their Junior Cycle results today. It was wonderful to see everyone’s excitement as the students along with their parents eagerly opened the envelopes. It is true to…
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- 17 Oct, 2023
Loreto Swimming Gala
Loreto Balbriggan had great success at the Loreto Swimming Gala, which was held at the National Aquatic Centre on Tuesday. Students competed across all age and stroke categories, with many students progressing to the finals….
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- 17 Oct, 2023
Future Leaders 1st Year Olympics
Loreto Balbriggan is proud to provide the Future Leaders Programme in Transition Year. The programme is a joint initiative from the GAA and the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). It is a cross-curricular programme comprising…
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- 15 Oct, 2023
Killossery Interschools Competition
Congratulations to our school equestrian team who placed 2nd at today’s Killossery Interschools competition. Our team members this week included Ruth Barrett, Eimear Keogh, Gráinne Delany and Ailbhe Hartford.
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- 13 Oct, 2023
Focus Ireland
On Friday 13th of October over 150 Loreto Balbriggan Transition Year students joined in solidarity with schools, clubs and other groups throughout Ireland to raise awareness and vital funds for homeless charity Focus Ireland. Despite…
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