St. Patrick's College Cavan

*Oisín McGrath Cup* Well done to our McGrath (U15.5A) team & coaches Mr McNerney, Mr Duignan & Mr Sheridan who overcame Abbey CBS today in the quarter final at Garvaghy ⚽️ St Patrick’s College Cavan 1-16 Abbey CBS 1-13 🔵🟡 @ulsterschools

*Welly Throwing Winners* Pictured are the students who were victorious in the welly throwing competition organised by 6th yr students. €652 was raised for Embrace, which seeks to offer assistance to Irish families in the aftermath of death and serious injuries on farms 👏

They now qualify for the national finals in April! We wish them the best of luck! 🤞 🏆

*IAMTA Senior Applied Maths Quiz* Sixth year students Oisin Hilton and Leo O'Callaghan travelled to Athlone yesterday evening to compete in the IAMTA Senior Applied Maths Quiz. They came second place, with just 1 score off first place. What an achievement! 👏

*Insulated Drinks Bottles* Towards a cleaner, greener school and a more sustainable environment for everyone. As part of this initiative, staff and some Year groups have received personalised insulated drinks bottles to help reduce single-use plastic ♻️

*Seachtain na Gaeilge* Thanks to Ms Lynch and the boys for their fabulous performance at breaktime today as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge ☘️ 🪕 🇮🇪 Maith sibh 👏 #seachtainnagaeilge #admeliora

A big day lies ahead for our U17 soccer team who advance into the All-Ireland series tomorrow after their provincial success last week ⚽️🔵🟡 We wish the 3rd, TY & 5th year students involved & their coaches Mr Monahan & Mr O’Callaghan the very best of luck 🤞 Ad Meliora lads!

*FAI Schools Tom Ticher Junior National Cup Semi Final (Under 17, Large Schools)* St. Patrick's College Cavan vs St. Joseph’s Patrician College Galway 🏟️ TUS Athlone (4G), Co Westmeath 📅 Tuesday March 10th ⏰ 13:00

Dr McNiffe's book 'Pounding, Praying, Playing', based on his experience as a boarder in St Pat's, is also available to purchase via the school office. More details are included on the image above ⬆️

As both a past pupil and principal of the college, Liam is uniquely placed to outline the history of our school, from its inception in 1874, right up through to modern times. Attached is a link to a video of the presentation delivered by Liam ⬇️ 🔵🟡 stpatscavan.ie/dr-liam-mcniff…

*Dr Liam McNiffe - A History of St Patrick's College Cavan* In January, we were delighted to welcome back Dr Liam McNiffe to our school, as he delivered presentations to our six 1st year base classes on the history of St Patrick's College Cavan.

*Win the Wellies Fundraiser* Some of our 6th year students are hosting a ‘Welly Throwing’ competition tomorrow afternoon also, with the prize of a new pair of wellies up for grabs! 👨‍🌾 🚜 Students can enter by donating €2 to the 6th year organisers 👍

*Win the Wellies Fundraiser* Tomorrow Friday 6th March, we will have a 'Wear Our Wellies' Day in the school to fundraise for Embrace Farm, a charity who support families who have experienced injuries or sudden deaths in Farm related incidents.

*Fire Safety Training* Thanks to James Good for coming in to carry out fire safety training with our 5th year engineering students yesterday 🔥 🧯 A very beneficial and engaging experience for the students!

Tip off is at 14:30 and the match is available to watch via the stream attached below ⬇️ 🏀 Beir bua lads 🙌🤞 basketballireland.tv/home/videos/8k… 🔵🟡🔵🟡

*U16A Basketball All-Ireland League Final* A big day for our U16 basketball team as they travel to Cork to contest the ‘A’ All-Ireland League Final against Colaiste Eanna from Dublin 🏀 🏆 Best of luck to the students involved and to coaches Mr Malley & Ms Gregg!

*Unwanted Clothes Collection - 2 DAYS LEFT* A reminder that tomorrow & Friday are the last days to drop off unwanted clothes bags for our fundraiser 👕 👖 Drop Off Point: GAA storeroom under old ambulatories opposite St Augustine’s main entrance See the poster for info ⬇️

*Digital Awareness Week 2026* This week is ‘Digital Awareness Week’ in St Patrick’s College Cavan and nationwide Safer Internet Day is also being celebrated 💻 ⚠️ Stay tuned for the many events being organised throughout the week by our TY’s to highlight this important topic.

*D’Alton Cup Round 1* Our D’Alton team made a positive start to their campaign defeating St Michael’s Enniskillen in tough conditions at Kinawley today ⚽️ They & their management of Mr Fitzpatrick & Mr O’Reilly will take on St Malachy’s Castlewellan in their next game 🟡🔵