Wishing all Students, Staff and their families a FRIGHTENINGLY well deserved Mid-Term Break. Have a great relaxing time CHILLING out!!! Check out our gallery of X-Ray skeleton hands done by our 1st Year Art Group!
Our 1st Year Art Class have enjoyed a wonderful day painting oil landscapes with artist Ann Daly for our Creative Engagement Project with NAPD. The results from the day are fantastic and and we can see some great emerging painting talent from this class! Well done to all!
Huge congratulations to our Transition Years on their fantastic production of ‘Beauty & The Beast’ which had it’s final run on Saturday night. Congratulations also to our TY Entrepreneurs and 2nd Year Entrepreneurs for their impressive results at the Fingal Final of the Student Enterprise Awards (report to follow). Lot’s happening this week as we lead in to Easter Holidays. In sport, our Senior Hurlers will play against Aidan’s Community College today and Transition Years and 5th Years will take part in a Hurling Blitz in DCU tomorrow! Also tomorrow, 2nd Years will take part in the All-Ireland Badminton Finals, best of luck to all competing! On Thursday, Aidan’s 3 will visit Dáil Eireann and 2nd Year Hurlers play Coláiste Eoin. All of our 5th Years will attend a campus tour of UCD on Friday and our 1st Year Gaelic Football team will play Donabate.
A brilliant opening night last night for the Annual Transition Year musical. The very talented cast of Beauty and the Beast took the audience by storm last night with great performances, amazing dance routines and fabulous entertainment. Break a leg all for the next two nights performances! Look out for further pics next week!
Another busy week ahead as our 6th Years prepare for their French Orals. Some of our 6th Year group will visit Alliance Francaise on Tuesday as part of their preparations. We are in full flow countdown to our annual TY Musical which has it’s opening night next Thursday the 14th of March. Best of luck to all in all the final rehearsals and last minute preparations. In Sports this week, our 1st Year Soccer team will play Malahide on Tuesday. There will be Athletics for 1st to 3rd Years on Wednesday and our Senior Rugby team will compete with High School at Donnybrook on Thursday for the Vinny Murray Final. 1st and 2nd Year Basketball will compete against Oatlands on Friday. Good luck to all competitors this week!
A busy few days ahead in St. Fintan’s as our Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle complete their Mock Examinations! We wish them all the best with the remainder of their exams this week. Saturday the 10th marks this Year’s Chinese New Year of the Dragon and we will celebrate this as a school community with lots of activities planned for Friday. Our Transition Years will be busy this week with a trip to the Air Corps on Thursday, continuing rehearsals for their Musical, ‘Beauty & The Beast’ and a soccer clash against Drogheda on Thursday! Other sporting action this week will see 1st and 2nd Year Basketball teams compete with Malahide on Thursday and our Under 14 Hurlers take on ArdScoil Rís on Friday. Best of luck to all competing this week!
St. Fintan’s High School Wishes all of our School Community Joy, Health & Happiness in the Year of the Dragon. We will be celebrating Chinese New Year this Friday, the 9th of February. There are lots of activities planned for Friday. The school has been richly decorated with Chinese New Year decorations and tutor classes this week will be using our special Chinese New Year Padlet to learn all about this important event in our calendar. On Friday, we will have lots of different events throughout the day including Jianzi, Chopstick Games and Quizzes. Check out our special Padlet here to celebrate this event! Look out for pics of Friday’s events later in the week! https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2024-wstckk5tjj2g
Check out our gallery of Christmas artwork completed by 1st and 2nd Years this week. Happy Christmas All!
Our 6th Year Art group enjoyed a very successful Art & Culture trip to Paris last week during mid-term. We covered a huge amount of ground over the four day trip including a visit to the Louvre Museum, The Musee D’Orsay, Museé Picasso, Sacre Coeur and the Arc de Triomphe! We got to explore the fantastic and inspiring No. 59 Rivoli, a cooperative space in the centre of Paris where the students were able to see artist’s working in their own studio spaces. We also enjoyed a trip along the Seine on the Bateaux Mouches River Cruise and a Tuk Tuk tour through the main landmarks of central Paris. It was a very enjoyable and inspiring trip for all and a good chance to practice a bit of French for the orals!! Enjoy our gallery below of some snapshots of the trip!
We enjoyed a wonderful morning with 6th Years today immersing ourselves in the magical Klimt Immersive Exhibition. A lovely chance to get to know the work of Gustav Klimt and experience his art interactively as well as take a relaxing break from study before the going gets tough!
All Star Basketball 2025 is coming this Friday!! Doors open at 13:55 with Team Broderick and Team Kinsella going head to head in what promises to be a very exciting and colourful tournament ! Last tickets available for sale in the the cafeteria tomorrow!
This Saturday, we are walking in support of Darkness Into Light for Pieta House to help people impacted by suicide and self-harm. Please make a donation through our fundraising page to support and bring hope to people in crisis, thank you!
A group of Transition Year students are enjoying a cultural trip top Barcelona. More pics to follow!
“Well done to the Junior Tennis Team on their first group stage match of the season. The boys had a fabulous day at Wesley College.” Team Gavin Murphy, Liam Iaccarino, Tim Lavin, Gerry Loughney, Michael Patton, Jack Tierney and Charlie Bredican.
Well done to all of our students and staff who ran and walked yesterday on a gloriously sunny day for our special fundraising event for 6th Year student, Alex McEleney who is bravely battling through his fourth bout of cancer. A huge thank you to all who have donated so far. An amazing €12,057 has already been raised which is fantastic! All funds raised will go towards Alex and his family. Donations are still welcome on gofundme.com – St. Fintan’s High School, Sutton – Run & Walk for Alex
Our annual Ladies Lunch is on Friday the 16th of May in St. Anne’s Golf Club. This is a wonderful event in our school calendar and a great opportunity for teachers and parents to get together for some fun and relaxation, while also raising much needed funds for the school. Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the following link: https://way2pay.org/BuyTickets/aid/947csrt=15482052191245359049.
Well done to the Senior Tennis Team! Great day out at Castleknock College on Monday the 28th of April. Team also includes Matthew Loughney, Matthew Hickey and Nathan Hann.
Happy Easter to all students, staff and their families as we break for a much deserved Easter Break. Here’s to a sun filled rest over the next two weeks in advance of our last term. Best of luck to all 6th Years in their French Orals taking place this weekend.
Congratulations to our new Head Boy Kenan Lackovic, new Deputy Head Boys, Michael Bolger and Darragh O’Sullivan and our team of newly appointed prefects. We wish them every success in helping lead the school forward over the coming year.
“Well done to the Minor Tennis Team who won their first tennis match in the Leinster School Boy’s tennis tournament. The match was played at Leinster Cricket Club. This is a huge achievement for the students in their First Year at St. Fintan’s High School and we wish them the very best of luck with the rest of the tournament. We hope to see the students playing during the Easter holidays as they prepare for the rest of their group stage matches.”
With the arrival of the warm weather, we have seen lots of great action from our Tennis teams! “Well done to the Senior Tennis Team who won their first match in the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis tournament. We wish them the very best of luck with their group stage matches. We have tennis teams competing in the Minor and Junior section and we hope to continue the success of previous years in this very prestigious schools league” Senior Tennis Team: Logan Prendergast, Michael Bolger, Ben Kennedy, Marcel Haas, Ciarán McKenna, Cillian Motherway, Cillian Bredican and Andrew L’Estrange. Keep an eye out for more updates on matches soon!
Our Transition Years have recently returned from their French leg of our French Exchange Programme. They enjoyed a great week interacting with, experiencing school, activities and home life with our French students in Lyon. Enjoy our photo gallery below of the trip!
The Dublin Senior A schools final took place in a sunny and breezy O’ Toole Park on Wednesday 27th March. It was a repeat of the final from 2024 pitting Terenure College against the holders, St Fintan’s High School from Sutton. Terenure started brightly with the aid of the strong breeze with centre forward Paul O Connor getting three early points. St Fintan’s responded in kind with points from Cathal Barrett and Daniel Moore. Both teams had good goal chances thwarted in the opening ten minutes with both goalkeepers pulling off smart saves. A green flag was finally raised when St Fintan’s centre forward Barrett got on the end of a long clearance that broke past the full back line and emphatically finished to the net. This gave the northsiders a 1-3 to 0-3 lead after 12 minutes. Terenure thundered back into the game then and had their purple patch for the next ten minutes turning a 3 point deficit into a 4 point lead on 24 minutes. This was led by Daniel O’ Kelly and Tommy Crosby Dillon in their half back line getting on top of their counterparts. Midfielder Conor Quinn hit a huge point from distance while corner forward Oisin Costello hit 1-2 in this period. The goal coming after the St Fintan’s defence were turned over coming out with the ball. St Fintan’s were under pressure during this period and got a reprieve when corner forward Ben Kennedy pushed home a goal. He then repeated the trick a few minutes later to push St Fintan’s into the lead. This was supplemented by wing back Sam O’ Leary getting forward to clip a point. Terenure responded with Billy Shouldice hitting two good points from play. This left us at half time with St Fintan’s leading by two points on a scoreline of 3-7 to 1-11. Terenure will ultimately feel it was this second quarter that cost them as they gave away two goals and at the other end of the field they missed some easy scoring chances. The second half opened with St Fintan’s having the wind adavantage. Full forward Daniel Moore was beginning to exert a big influence scoring two early points. Centre forward Barrett was unerring from placed ball too in this period. Terenure responded gamely with points from O’ Connor, Costello and Declan Power. St Fintan’s were slowly beginning to get the upperhand and Ben Kennedy completed his hat trick getting on the end of a good team passing move. A long range point from corner back Matthew Clarke stretched the lead out to 8 points at the 45 minute mark. At this stage St Fintan’s were reduced to 14 men after midfielder Tom Beary recieved a second yellow card. Terenure pushed their captain O’Kelly into the attack in order to reel in lead. St Fintan’s defended stoutly in this period lead by Ronan Fitzpatrick and Conor Wilson as well as the Heffernan brothers, Darragh and Donnacha. Barrett punished any indiscipline in this period from placed balls scoring 1-4 from them in the final quarter. The goal coming from a quickly taken 21yard free. Terenure were kept fighting until the end and captain Daniel O Kelly finished the game with a well taken penalty that he won himself. Referee David Murphy blew the final whistle after that with St Fintan’s retaining their title on a scoreline of 5-20 to 2-16. Injured captain Joe Sheppard received the cup to the cheers of his team mates and supporters. Teams and scorers. Terenure College Harry Lynch (Ballyboden St Endas), Adam Gorman (Ballyboden St Endas), Luca O’ Reilly (Faughs), Cillian Noonan (Ballinteer St Johns), Tadhg Hutchinson (Ballyboden St Endas), Daniel O Kelly 1-0 pen (Commercials),Tommy Crosby Dillon ( Ballinteer St Johns), Cormac Quinn 0-2 (Ballinteer St Johns), Cathal Martin (St Judes), Billy Shouldice 0-2 (St Judes), Paul O’ Connor 0-8 0-6 frees (Faughs), Declan Power 0-1 (St Kevins), Joe Plunkett (St Judes), Alan Delaney (Ballyboden St Endas) Oisin Costello 1-3 (St Judes). Subs/Panel:Hugh O Neill (St Judes), Joe Clohessy (Ballyboden St Endas), Jack Ledwidge ( Round Towers Clondalkin), Mark Power (Ballinteer St Johns), Jack Walsh (Ballyboden St Endas), Conor Fitzgerald (Ballyboden St Endas), Sean Ringwood (Faughs), James Norris (Ballyboden St Endas) St Fintan’s High School. Padraigh Ryan (Naomh Barrog), Joseph Doherty (Raheny), Ronan Fitzpatrick (Binn Eidear), Matthew Clarke 0-1 ( Naomh Barrog), Sam O’ Leary 0-1 (Raheny), Darragh Heffernan (Naomh Barrog), Conor Wilson (O’ Tooles), Donnacha Heffernan (Naomh Barrog), Tom Beary (Raheny), Oscar Finnegan (Clontarf), Cathal Barrett 2-14, 1-11 frees (Trinity Gaels), Evan Coyne (Raheny), Conall Kenny (Clontarf), Daniel Moore 0-4 ( Naomh Barrog), Ben Kennedy 3-0 (Raheny) Subs/panel: Darragh O’ Sullivan (Raheny), Conor Gallagher (Naomh Barrog, Cillian Bradley (Binn Eidear), Leo Keane (Clontarf), Sean O Connell (St Vincents), Michael Bolger (Raheny), Cillian Bredican (Clontarf), Kyle Comerford (Naomh Barrog), Jack Wilson (Naomh Barrog), Darrag Wilkinson (Naomh Barrog), Sean Wilson (O’ Tooles), Charlie Given (Trinity Gaels), Joe Sheppard (Clontarf), Adam Ryan (Raheny), Cian Alexander (Naomh Barrog), Michael Clarke (Naomh Barrog), Thomas Judge (Raheny), Timo Tryhorn (Raheny), Shane Wallace (Naomh Barrog), Conor Callanan (Raheny), Brendan O Byrne (Raheny), Oisin Kelly (Naomh Barrog), Kevin Cotter (Naomh Barrog), Cathal Cavanagh (Naomh Barrog), Karl Doyle (Naomh Barrog)
Our Transition Years put on an amazing production of ‘Guys & Dolls’ on March 13th, 14th and 15th. The students along with the girl’s from Santa Sabina thrilled audiences for three nights with a colourful all singing, all dancing knockout performance! Well done to all involved for the huge undertaking of putting on this show. Check out our gallery of images showcasing the production below:
Massive congratulations to the whole Performing Arts Team for the amazing opening night of this year’s TY Musical, Guys & Dolls. It was a fantastic opening night last night. Here’s to two more successful performances tonight and on Saturday night. Photo gallery to follow ….
Congratulations to all of our TY Enterprise students who have worked so hard with Ms. Browne throughout the year. This culminated in two groups, The Sawdusters and Spikes’ enterprises coming away with the Sustainability and Innovation Awards at the Fingal Enterprise Awards yesterday. Well done to Conor McCabe, Ryan McDaid, Jamie Lupo-Mullaney, Dylan Coogan, Daniel Connolly, Eoin Brogan and Cathal O’Boyle on their triumph and of course to Ms. Browne as their mentor!
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