Category: Current News

September 24th marked the celebration of Mercy Day, 199 years after Catherine McAuley opened her first House of Mercy in Dublin. In Mercy Secondary School Kilbeggan, Student Council members organised and led a Kindness Café for First Year students. This celebration linked with celebrations around the country as other Mercy Schools, under CEIST, marked the…

Thank you to Kieran from ‘Kada Ka Boom Arts’ for facilitating Samba Drumming workshops for our TY students throughout the week.

On Wednesday, 13th of May, we hosted a soccer tournament for students from our Autism classes as well as Autism classes from Gallen CS, Ardscoil Ciarain Naofa Clara and Columba College Killucan. It was a fantastic event, which brought great fun, friendship and happiness to all involved. We were delighted to host such an event…

Kelley Keogh from Westmeath County Council (pictured with Sinead O’Brien, Mrs. O’Rourke, Mark McGivney and Dominika Lazarewicz) recently visited our school to give us some fantastic podcasting equipment. We are very thankful to receive such great equipment and we look forward to using it across the school. 

Asgard students and our TY Mentors finished off the year in style with a trip to Athlone for some bowling and shopping on May 11th. A big thank you must go out to our 2025-2026 TY Mentors, who had a fantastic year of fun and friendship with the students from Asgard. 

We welcomed the Swedish Ambassador to our school on the morning of May 11th in celebration of Europe Day.

101 of our TY students have just returned from their TY Tour to Barcelona. An action packed trip saw our students and 8 of our teachers entertained from start to finish with standout events including visits to Portaventura and Cosmo Caixa, attending an Illusion Show and trips to the beach. Our TYs had an amazing…

Our 2nd Year Girls Basketball team delivered an outstanding performance on April 16th in St Mary’s Hall, Portlaois, securing a well-earned victory over Coláiste Lorcáin in the Midlands Final. In a game full of determination, teamwork, and skill, our girls emerged victorious on final score line of 24–14. From the opening whistle, the team showed…