Ronan McGovern, Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge, Co Kildare, after receiving nine A1s in his Leaving Certificate results yesterday. His were the best results in Ireland.Ronan also got one of the highest marks in German in his Junior Cert and won a 2 week scholarship in Austria from the German Embassy
Student website wins the Eastern Regional Finals of Junior Achievement 2008 read more
Congratulations to eleven of our past pupils who played against Cork in this years All Ireland Football Quarter Final. The team many of whom are past pupils visited the school recently and the photograph was published in the Leinster Leader. Is this a record??
Ian O’Boyle and Paul Cummins
both past pupils of the Patrician Secondary that play on the Irish national team.Ian is currently playing on the University of Ulster team where he is doing his masters and Paul is playing professional basketball with a Scottish team
while attending Edinburgh University doing his masters.
Leaving Certificate 2001
Student Eoin O'Callaghan (above) with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and teacher Pat O'Leary.(the present Deputy Principal)
Technical Eoin keeps up a fine tradition
NEWBRIDGE student Eoin O'Callaghan continued a proud tradition for his school when he achieved the highest Leaving Cert. mark in the country for technical drawing.Eoin, from The Village, Newbridge was presented with a gold medal for his achievement by Taoiscach Bertie Ahern at a technology teachers' conference.The 18-year-old is the second student in four years from the Patrician Secondary School to attain the top grade in the country. try. In 1997 number cruncher"Colin Hickey was first in Ireland in Higher Level Maths with anA 1 grade.
Both high achievers reached their full potential thanks in no small way to teacher Pat O'Leary who described Eoin's achievement as "just reward for hard work and an excellent problem solving ability."
No less than eleven students from the same class achieved A grades in technical drawing, reflecting the time and effort put in by the drawing teachers at the school.
Pat's colleagues in the drawing department are Larry Curtin, Robert Roche, Pat Maloney and Sharon Mitchell. The high academic standards were maintained by the higher level maths class where 14 students achieved A grades.
Eoin scored more than 95 per cent in his higher level technical drawing paper and is now studying Mathematical Applications at Dublin City University.
School principal Seamus Mulooley along with
Colin Hickey and
Minister Micheal Martin. Colin received an award for
achieving the highest grade in the country in Leaving Certificate honours maths
Debating in our school has a very strong and successful history.Here are a collection of past winners of the prestigeous Rigby debating competition. photos
Wayne Kerr,who is an ex-pupil of the Patrician Secondary has made the squad as prop for the rugby league world cup in Australia read more
Wayne Kerr
All Ireland Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships
Mountain Barrack Wood, Kilworth, Co. Cork
17th April 2008
Organised by Irish Schools Orienteering Association (Founded 1988)
First Year Boys (2.7 km, 65 m, 15 c)
FIRST Brian Hill Patrician Secondary School, Newbridge
SECOND Timothy Barnaby Colaiste Mhuire, Buttevant
THIRD Ciarain Jones Colaiste Mhuire, Buttevant
