Download an autograph from the Kilkenny Hurlers, Oct 2012
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St Mary’s Shows Support For Kilkenny Hurlers (Photos and Vidoe)
Video by Dylan Vaughan of children showing support for KK Team Thanks Dylan for the fantastic photos and video!
Art Project ‘Journey’ by Michelle Byrne
Congratulations to Michelle Byrne for her work ‘Journey‘. Michelle was awarded the Conor/Moran ESB medal for outstanding sculpture. This piece is the small scale model for a public art commission that Michelle is currently undertaking for our school. Below you will find a number of photos displaying the very difficult process of constructing and designing this large scale sculpture for our school; from quarrying
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Our School Garden Opening, June 2012
(Written by Eva Moylan and Tammy Burk-Kelly) The school opening took place on Friday 22nd of June. Mrs. Walsh commenced the ceremony with a lovely welcoming speech. Then the school orchestra played the recorder accompanied by Catherine on cello. They played two songs ‘La Mourisque’ and ‘Sarabande’. Well done to Ms O’ Shaughnessey for conducting such wonderful pieces of music. Sr de Lourdes gave
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The 6th Class Cake Sale
(Written by Iona Gardener) The bell rang we were all waiting excitedly for the cake sale. We were sorting out jobs until 10:00am, my job was the kitchen. At 10:00am we all went down to the hall to prepare for the cake sale. Finally at 11:00am we were ready to start the cake sale. Class by class children arrived and parents too. Everyone was
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Trip to the Zoo! June 2012
By Orla O’Keeffe and Róisín Dempsey Our school trip took place on Wednesday the 20th of June. We went to Dublin Zoo. We all had a fantastic day. When we got out of the bus we saw lots of buses. Then we saw some benches, we went over to them and ate some lunch. We saw most of the animals, a good few people
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Primary Schools Concerts, 2012
Waterford Concert Orchestra performed in the school hall in St. Mary’s National School in Thomastown on June 12th , 2012. There were two concerts, with more than 500 children from many of the nearby schools, attending each one. The children sat on the floor, and the hall was full to capacity. The children were enthralled by the music, the choice of music was perfect,
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‘Lights, Camera, Fifth Class!’
Written by Caoimhe Kelly On the 8th of May, Miss Hogan’s 5th class did a show for 3rd to 6th class called ‘Lights, Camera, Fifth Class!’. This show included ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Mrs Maguire’s Cookery Class’ (written by Catherine), ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘News Report’ (written by Tara), and ‘Celebrity Chickens’. We used 5 minute cuts from each of these plays and put
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Thomastown’s Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Patsy Gibbons and his devoted vixen Grainne have become local celebrities in Thomastown in Co Kilkenny after he came to her rescue almost 5 years ago. Patsy, who runs an unofficial refuge for birds and animals at his cottage, took in Grainne as a cub when she was found abandoned, malnourished and close to death. The three-week-old cub was discovered in May 2007 trapped
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Our School Garden Project
A special thanks must be given to the hard-working parents and staff who were busy getting started on our school garden on Friday last (March 2nd) They were busy weeding, digging, raking, and filling our new vegetable beds with soil; our beds are now ready for planting!!! Well done to the team for their great work to date. Proposed Plan for our School Garden
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The Eucharistic Bell Comes to Thomastown, January 2012
The Eucharistic Congress Bell was traveling around the Diocese of Ossory from January 8th to January 19th. The aim of the Bell traveling around the Diocese and all around the other Irish Dioceses is to call people to prayer and bring them to a greater awareness of the forthcoming International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin next June. The bell has been fitted into a carrying
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Thomastown Boys Win the Country Cup!!! Dec 2011
On Christmas week, it had to take 70 minutes to separate Thomastown and Tullogher-Rosbercon. Right from the go, the teams were evenly matched. Tullogher, taking an early lead, looked dangerous in front of goal. With 3 minutes left, Tullogher were 3 points up. Stephen Wemyss finished a great play under pressure and Jack Barcoe nearly winning the game, shaving the post. But in extra
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Roinn A Boy’s Gaelic Football Final V Dicksboro
It was a thrilling encounter between Thomastown and St. Canice’s on Saturday last. St. Canice’s were hoping to get their 10-in-a-row victory and if it was not for our goalkeeper Mikey Murphy they could have won! Points from David Griffin, Rory Monks, Ned Kirwan, Colm Whelan and a great goal from Stephen Wemyss really changed the game. The final score was 1-7 to 0-4
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