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St Mary’s Showing Support for the Thomastown Team!!!

Excitement is growing here at St Mary’s in advance of the big game tomorrow! Wishing Thomastown all the best in the All-Ireland Club IHC final tomorrow in Croke Park. Hon the Town!!! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]


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Seasonal Sing Song, December 2023

Please click on the link below to view the Seasonal Sing Song which took place in school on Monday.  It is best viewed on a laptop or Smart TV.   Thank you to Mr. Reade on piano, Mr. Herity on camera and Mr. Boland on laptop!  Special thanks to Barbara Kelly from Music Generation and Colette Kenny (recorder teacher) for preparing the children for the assembly, as well as our
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Santa Visits St Mary’s, 2023

It was wonderful to welcome Santa to the school once again for his annual visit en route to Temple Street Children’s Hospital. The children were all thrilled to meet him and to see his amazing sleigh. Thank you to all the families at St Mary’s for their generous donations, totalling €425, for such a worthy cause.  ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]


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Science Week at St. Mary’s

Classes engaged in investigations, discussions and many experiments during science week. Great fun was had by all. Enjoy this selection of photos from our budding, young scientists at St Mary’s….


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Well Done Girls

The school girls Gaelic football team beat four other school teams on their way to their final in November. They can be proud of their performances all term, just coming up short in the final. They played their hearts out. We look forward to the camogie already in the new year! Our 5th and 6th class girls tucked into a well deserved treat after
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C’mon the Town!

Best of luck to the St. Mary’s NS girls’ Gaelic football team in their county final tomorrow! The match takes place in the James Stephens grounds on the Kells Road near Kilkenny City.  Throw in is at 11.15am.  All support welcome.   Pádhraic Moran


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Thomastown Intermediate Champions Bring Cup to St Mary’s

St Mary’s was a sea of blue and white today to help celebrate the victory of the Thomastown Intermediates last Sunday in Nowlan Park. The cup was proudly brought to our school today by 28 members of the team. They patiently signed autographs, jerseys and hurls and posed for countless pictures – they are a credit to their club. Well done lads! The Noel
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The 2023 6th Class Cake Sale

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Calendar for School Year 2023-2024

download the school-calendar-2023-2024 here!


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Lá Glas at St Mary’s, 2023

We had forty shades of green all around the school today as we celebrated Lá Glas organised by Ms Power. It was lovely to see the wide variety of St Patrick’s Day t-shirts, dresses, football jerseys, face paining, badges, and leprechaun hats. Well done to all the classes for performing such a wonderful display of Irish songs, poetry and dancing. Please find a small
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Credit Union School Quiz, January 10th 2023

On the night of January 10th, there was a Credit Union School Quiz in the Community Hall in Thomastown. There were 14 different teams; 6 in the U-11 category and 8 in the U-13. There were schools from Thomastown, Ballyhale, Bennettsbridge and Goran present. There were 10 rounds of 6 questions in the U-11 group and 12 rounds of 6 question in the U-13
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Christmas Assembly at St Mary’s, 2022

Well done to all the children, from Junior Infants, right up to Sixth class, who participated in the Christmas Assembly this year. The children were fantastic, each performing something unique. It was a wonderful and truly uplifting occasion. Also, a huge thank you to Barbara, our Music Generation teacher, Ms Kenny, our recorder teacher and Mr Reide,  for providing such beautiful music for this
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Thomastown’s Senior Camogie Champions Visit St Mary’s

Thomastown are the new Kilkenny Senior Camogie champions, following a one-point victory over Dicksboro in Saturday’s decider in Freshford last weekend. A late point from Eva Hynes was the crucial score as they pulled off an incredible victory over the seemingly unstoppable Dicksboro team. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all the team. Thank you to Eva Hynes, Emer Farrell and Sinéad O’ Keeffe for bringing the cup to St
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The O’ Duffy Cup comes to St Mary’s, Oct 2022

There was great excitement in St Mary’s today as Katie Power and Sinéad O’ Keeffe brought the O’ Duffy cup to our school. The children sported their black n’ amber in support of the girls. Kilkenny claimed All-Ireland Senior Camogie title glory after a thrilling battle with Cork at Croke Park last August. Well done girls! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails”]


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Roald Dahl Day

(written by Matthew Garry) Hello, I’m here to tell you all about Roald Dahl Day. Everyone was dressed up in costume. It was really fun! After break we took loads of photos of our class. Then we took a group photo with the two fifth classes. That’s it! RIP Roald Dahl