Welcome to St Brendan’s College
St. Brendan’s College has an energetic, expert staff, focused on the provision of a holistic education for all of our students. We enjoy a rich educational heritage, we are housed in an exceptional building, excellently formatted to ensure progressive facilities for a 21st century education. Under the Major Capital Works Programme, we are now planning a €20 million re imagination of these buildings.
We offer a broad curriculum, beginning with a first year taster programme, the Junior Certificate and a breadth of Senior Cycle programmes including Transition Year, Traditional Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate…
PROGRAMMES
At St. Brendan’s we offer comprehensive student centred Junior and Senior Cycle programmes – with a choice of....
SPORTS/ACTIVITIES
Our school is synonymous with the provision of a breadth of sports and extra activities. Every lunch time...
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First and Sixth year pupils present a cheque to Kerry Hospice, Palliative Care Unit for 1,400 Euro. The money was raised by way of a Movember campaign and Cheltenham at the Sem initiative. Thanks to Mr Declan O’Donoghue and Ms Cora Kelliher for organising.
Our Transition year students in 4A and 4E enjoyed a visit out to Sera Husky and Animal Rescue in Lisselton today, the boys had a fantastic day spending time with the dogs and learning about what rescue is really like. The boys braved the rain and both students and dogs had a hugely enriching experience. Huge thanks to Maurice and Kevin for having us. A massive thanks to all at Sera Husky and Animal rescue for all the visits out and the visits in to our school this year. We look forward to doing it all in the next school year Sera Husky and Animal Rescue
1st Year Football
In a historic occasion for St Brendan’s college our two first year teams reached the final of the Aodhan O Connor Cup. The game took place in Dr.Crokes played in beautiful footballing conditions. St.Brendan’s Green came out on top and emerged as the winners in what was a sporting battle between club mates,friends and neighbours. The cup was presented to Darragh Keane from Our own Mr.Barden chairman of the board.
A special word of congratulations goes to both teams for the hard work and dedication throughout the year and also to their management team of Ms.Saunders, Mr.Moriarty and Mr.Clifford.
Finally a thank you must go to Vince Cooper, James Darmody and Tom Doyle for their work with the lads all year.
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Tonight’s the night!
Last chance to grab your tickets for tonight’s raffle! Some fabulous prizes on offer, thanks so much to all of our generous sponsors. Tickets will also be available at the quiz tonight in The Golden Nugget kicking off at 7:30pm.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Reminder all raffle tickets need to be dropped into the school tomorrow, Tuesday for the chance to signed Keeey Jersey.
Photos from FAI Schools’s post
Transition year Dublin Trip – on Saturday students went to Emerald Park where they enjoyed lots of amusements which was enhanced by the sunshine
Transition year Dublin trip- following on from a visit to Croke Park, students went to Jump zone in Sandyford and then had an hour shopping in Dundrum. Later that night students went karting to the zone in Navan.
5th year students enjoyed a trip to Emerald park last Friday. LCVP students also had a business talk which will help them in completing their portfolios.
Transition Years started their Dublin trip last Friday morning leaving the Sem at 4.30am. Our first visit was to Croke Park where students received the Skyline Tour with famous landmarks of Dublin being pointed out.
Well done to our students who competed in the South Munster Track and Field Schools competition in Castleisland on the 8th of May. We won a relay medal in every age group and came home with 18 podium finishes on the day!
Minor boys:
Ryan Vickers – gold in the 800m, gold in the 100m.
Kieran Moloney – silver in the shot put.
Aidan Hickey – bronze in the sprint hurdles.
4x100m relay – Gold (team members: Ryan Vickers, Hammad Atiq, Aidan Hickey, Eoin Brosnan).
Junior boys:
Aaron O’Connor – silver in the 1200m walk.
Conor Duffin – silver in the 1500m.
4x100m relay – Silver (team members: Leo Allen, Kiernan Kelly, Rafsan Bhuiyan and Junior Mayunga).
Intermediate boys:
Isaac Vickers – Gold in the u16 mile, gold in the 800m.
Dominik Wasila – Silver in the long jump (new PB 6.24m)
4x100m relay – Bronze (team members: Finn O’Neill, Alex Courtney Sheehan, Dominik Wasila, Samuel Scroope)
Senior boys:
Ted O’Gorman – Gold in long jump.
Colin Looney – silver in long jump.
Oisín Lynch – silver in the 800m.
Seán O’Donovan – silver in the 1200m walk
Gabriel Ortega – silver in the 2km steeplechase
4x400m relay – Gold (team members: Ted O’Gorman, Jacopo Ristuccia, Colin Looney, Isaac Vickers).
We would like to wish our 22 qualified students the very best of luck in the Munster Schools Track and Field competition which is taking place in Templemore on Saturday 18th May.
Sem Wins Double
In a notable accomplishment for the school, Sem YSI students have secured two awards at the YSI awards ceremony held at the Aviva Stadium. The "Men Of Honour: Redefining Masculinity" class won the Brighter Futures award, while "Men Have Mirror Too" received the bronze award, placing them 3rd overall and marking a first for the school. Among 378 projects entered nationally, winning two of the ten awards available is a significant achievement, highlighting the impressive work of these young men who have led important and inspiring projects this year.
1st Year Soccer – Munster Final
St Brendan’s College 3-0 St Francis College (Rochestown)
The Sem had a quick start and within a minute they took the lead when Ryan Vickers was put through by Eanna Hennigan,with his first touch, he controlled the ball beautifully, and then struck a 35 yard screamer into the far top corner for one of the best goals you will ever see at an underage match.
Rochestown, a really well organised and technical side fought back with some great play down the wings but the ever present Adam Moynihan and Conor Moynihan were dogged and kept them at bay.
Midway through the first half, Jayden Hurley played an exquisite through ball that spilt the defence, Darragh Keane timed his run to perfection and rounded the goalkeeper to slot home the second.
Another spell of excellent defending and teamwork, after a flurry of Rochestown attacks, saw the Sem retain their two goal cushion and reach halftime.
The second half was a very tight match up, with Rochestown seeing their fair share of the ball. Oisin Cryan was unlucky not to score after his shot was cleared off the line with some excellent defending.
The partnership of Vaughan and Nash at centre back fought together throughout the match. With Sean Lyne, Bennett and O Donoghue putting in serious shifts in midfield on at very warm day at St. Colmans Park, the home of Cobh Ramblers.
The introduction of Marco Mosca put the Rochestown defence on the backfoot, with his honest running and physicality causing problems.
Late in the second half the Sem clinched the third, when Brendan McHugh stole in between the goalkeeper and defender to roll the ball across the 6 yard box for Vickers to finish for his second.
A hard fought victory against a hardworking and very talented Rochestown side.
Next Up:
FAI Schools First Year Boys National Cup Semi Final (Under 14, Large Schools)
St. Brendan’s College, Killarney vs Willow Park Senior School, Blackrock
Venue TBC
Thursday, May 16, KO 1pm
Player Of The Match: Conor Moynihan
Captain: Jayden Hurley
Vice Captain: Patrick O Donoghue
Kit man: Oliver Zuchowski
Assistants: Luke Doolan & Brian O Shea
GK Coach: Caolan Mitchell
Our 10th Annual Liam O’Connor Chapel Concert featured, once again, some wonderful performances from our students. Maurice Joy sang ‘Dirty Old Town’ and was backed by the trad musicians. Seán Fleming featured solo on tin whistle while Fionn Doyle gave a beautiful rendition of Tennessee Whiskey,accompanied on piano and backing vocals by Music Teacher Niamh O’Connell. Ronan Bennett and Shane Doolan sang ‘Where did I go wrong’, accompanied by Dara Lynch on keyboard. First up to dance were 2nd and 3rd year students Colm 0’Connor, Jeremy Brosnan and Maurice Joy while, later on, our senior dancers, Cillian Cronin and Jack Rudden, were joined by teacher Niamh Sexton. The 70 strong choir, featuring students from all year groups, opened the second half of the show with their beautiful arrangements of ‘Can’t help falling in love’and ‘Rolling in the Deep’. As always Liam 0’Connor and family helped to showcase the very best in our boys and made it another memorable evening for all in our school chapel.
Quiz Night in the Golden Nugget loading!! 📝🤓 A huge thank you to some of the businesses that have donated prizes to our raffle. The quiz is starting at 7:30pm on Tuesday 14th May. Raffles tickets can be bought in the staffroom or on the night!
6th yr Cork Art Gallery Trip- 2nd May
6th yrs enjoyed a well-earned trip to Cork to visit Art Galleries on the 2nd of May
The first stop was at The Glucksman Gallery at UCC where they engaged in an art workshop hosted by Tadgh- taking inspiration from the current artwork exhibit ‘ Groundwork’ with the theme of Climate change and action.
The next visit was to the Cork print-makers studio and gallery. Students gained a wealth of info from our host Brian on different print processes- lithography, screen-printing amongst a few and also got to experience the authenticity of artists at work in studio.
After a quick break to recoup, it was onward to Crawford Gallery to see a wonderful exhibit of photographic, sculptural, and multimedia-based art installations called ‘ A Matter of Time’ displayed over two floors, as well as a fabulous collection of Roman sculpture casts.
A wonderful enriching experience of Art & Culture was had by all!
Well done to the five teams from the school who qualified for the National Secondary Schools Pitch & Putt Competition Finals on May 17th in Clonmel following Friday May 3rd’s Munster event in Fermoy. Seven teams from the school took part in yesterday’s event with the Top 9 going through to the National Finals after.
It was a 1-2 for the school in the overall order as the team of Brian McCarthy, Nathan Cronin and Ben Kelliher won the competition from Robbie Harnett, Fintan Martin and Ronan Bennett in second. It is the fifth time in the competition’s history a team from the school has won this event. Special mention also to Noah Sexton on the fourth team who shot the best individual score on the day with seven under par.
Thanks to Mr Doyle for travelling to the event.
TY Boat Building
TYs worked in teams to design and build their own boats using a large variety of materials. The boats were then tested in two heats and a final in Killarney National Park
TY Ecology Field Trip
The final TY Ecology field trip took place on May 2nd. Students took part in a variety of ecological activities such as fluvial kick sampling of micro-invertebrates and a species scavenger hunt.
CULTURE & ARTS
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CAREERS
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