Scoil Dara Kilcock

Delighted to see Scoil Dara past student Sean Byrne Melia announced as a designer on RTÉ’s new series Super Garden! 🌿 The show airs next Thursday on RTÉ One at 7:30pm and will also be available on the RTÉ Player. Wishing you the very best of luck in the competition, Sean.🌹🪴

1B ag fágáil slán le Ms. Murray inniu tar éis sé seachtaine. Míle buíochas léi as ucht na hoibre ar fad. ☘️☘️

Our 2nd year students enjoyed an unexpected live performance at breakfast club this morning, setting a great tone for the day. They then took part in their final retreat session with Fr. Joe, wrapping up day two. A sincere thank you to everyone who helped to make it a success.

Congratulations to the incredibly talented Katelyn Harrington, who won Season 14 of The Voice Kids Germany! Katelyn’s incredible voice and standout performance of You Raise Me Up truly set her apart. Today, her classmates had their opportunity to congratulate her.@ceist

A huge thank you to Fr. Joe McGrath from Throwfire for his wonderful, engaging ,fun retreat for our 1st Year students today. Special thanks as well to Ms. Payne for organising the day, and to Michael, our caretaker, for setting up the room. @CeistTrust

Huge congratulations to Penny Smith on her incredible achievement in the Relove Fashion Competition! Not only did Penny enter the competition, but her design was selected as a finalist. A fantastic accomplishment!! She created this entire piece by reusing old materials.

Congratulations to our amazing Students of the Month! 🌟👏 1st Year – Katelyn Harrington 2nd Year – Finn Shannon 3rd Year – Jack Murphy TY – Kayla Byrne 5th Year / LCA 1 – Josh Malone 6th Year / LCA 2 – Ester Bekes Well done to all on this fantastic achievement! 🎉

Congratulations to our 2nd Year Girls Basketball Team who overcame Kilcullen today with a fantastic 32–14 victory! 🏀 Well done to all the players, and thank you to our coaches for their continued support and preparation on match days.

Do you have what it takes to beat the Grand Master? ♟️ If so, this is the event for you. Show off your chess skills and take on the master! Friday, April 24 Registration now open Prizes for top places

Thanks again to Anne-Marie Doran, our Lidl Schools Mentor, for delivering such an engaging and enjoyable team-building workshop for our 2nd year girls Gaelic football team. Well done to the girls on engaging so well all the activities 👏🏐

Congratulations to Matthew Murray(2A) who recently won a bronze medal in the U15 Long Jump National Indoor Championships held at TUS Athlone. Matthew jumped a new personal best of 5.17m 👏🥉

Reminder to parents/guardians of incoming First Year students: Our Information Evening will take place on April 22nd at 5:30pm in Scoil Dara. All incoming 1st Yr students are invited to enjoy an evening of fun activities, while parents/guardians attend the presentation.

Today our TY students were treated to an exciting juggling workshop facilitated by the renowned artist Stephen McGinley from Juggle.ie 🎪🤹 Students had a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and challenge themselves. Thank you to Mr Ryan for coordinating.

Congratulations to Scoil Dara past pupil and award-winning author Louise Nealon on the launch of her new book, Everything That Is Beautiful, at Dubray Books. A big thank you to Ms Butler for sharing. @LittleMissB7

Just over one week to go before our Careers Evening! Looking forward to seeing all our students and parents there. Thursday, 23rd April 6.30-8.30pm.

Many thanks to Black Church Print Studio,for facilitating a wonderful print workshop for our TY students today. A special thank you to tutors David and Siobhán for delivering an engaging and inspiring Fine Art Print / Drypoint Etching workshop Thanks to Ms Ellis for sharing.

As part of Engineers Week, we welcomed Graham Reynolds from Nicholas O’Dwyer to speak with our senior students about all things engineering. Recent graduate Jennifer also shared insights into her engineering studies and her current role with the company.

Congratulations to Scoil Dara’s past pupil Louise Nealon, on the launch of her new book, Everything That Is Beautiful, in Belfast , pictured with her good friend Rebecca O'Keefe . Thank you to Louise’s former teacher Ms Butler for sharing . @LittleMissB7

Well done to our 1st and 2nd year girls basketball teams who completed a two hour training session in Scoil Dara this morning. It's fantastic to see such wonderful commitment from all players and their coach Mr. Downey. All enjoyed well earned treats afterwards.

Huge congratulations to Scoil Dara’s first-year student, Katelyn Harrington, on winning the 14th season of The Voice Kids Germany! Katelyn’s incredible voice and standout performances of songs like “Never Enough” and “You Raise Me Up” truly set her apart. Well done 👏 🎉