Our 2nd Years recently took part in Scifest 2025 presenting a fantastic range of projects for judging from the Scifest team. The winners were Conn McElligott and Kasper Halligan for their project Fertiliser Face Off! Congratulations to all involved!
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!
Well done to the Junior Tennis Team who reached the final of the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Tournament! They played Gonzaga College in the final at Templeogue Tennis Club. It was a 3-2 loss for the team, however the students played highly competitive tennis and had a great day out in the sunshine. The team did very well in their group stage matches, defeating schools such as St. Andrew’s College, St. Michael’s College and Blackrock College. They also met with Belvedere College and Gonzaga College and had very challenging matches against those schools. Ciarán McKenna and Matthew Hickey secured points for the team in the singles event on Finals day and everyone else played really well showing great resilience and determination. We wish our 3rd Year tennis players the very best of luck in their Junior Cycle Exams and we hope to see them out playing tennis during the summer! Team: Ciarán McKenna, Matthew Hickey, Gavin Murphy, Liam Iaccarino, Gerry Loughney, Advik Ajay, Charlie Bredican and Michael Patton.
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!
Well done to our 3rd Year students who entered the Pi Quiz which was held at Santa Sabina Dominican College on International Pi Day! The students competed in a quiz against many local secondary schools and answered some very complicated Maths questions. There were 32 entries in total. St. Fintan’s High School entered 4 teams and we came in 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th place in the competition. This is the first year we have entered this competition and we would like to thank Santa Sabina Dominican College for their hospitality on the day.
We had a very successful Scifest Week last week with lots of activity around the school. On Tuesday last, our 2nd Years took part in SciFest@school. 45 science projects were on display. The students had spent weeks researching and testing their hypotheses before putting their findings on display. Students shared their work with their peers and other year groups. The work was judged by Ms. Catherine Tattersall from SciFest, Dr. Peter Knief and our own Ms. Aideen Lambe. The winners were: 1st Prize: How does hand sanitiser affect bacteria? by Joseph Kirwan and Kyle Coogan 2nd Prize: How does the length of time an egg is in vinegar affect how high it bounces? by Kamal Risk, Erikas Sruogis, Harry Stone and Kyle Trehy Highly Commended: Investigating how temperature affects the bounce of a tennis ball: by Gavin Pluck, Craig Smart, Leo MacAmbhlaoibh Fintan’s Spirit Prize: Insoles and their effect on how high you jump: by Conal Feely, Ronan Magsalay, Liam Cronan Eir Grid Prize: What insulates a person best? by Max Casey, Anthony Hobbs, Josh Egan Well done to all involved! Last Thursday, our 5th Years had a very interesting talk by Scientific researcher and Lecturer Dr. Bernard Drumm of Dundalk IT. He outlined why and how he became a Scientist. The students learned about all the pathways to become a Scientist and the opportunities that lie ahead for them. On Friday, our 1st Years enjoyed a Science quiz and Science riddles facilitated by the Science Department and Prefect volunteers. All during the week, tutor classes were shown short Science related videos and we had a school wide Science riddle announced every morning with a prize for the first student to solve the problem! A very enjoyable week overall where we all learned and discovered lots. Many thanks to the Science Department for all the hard work involved!
Check out our gorgeous seasonal artwork produced by 1st Years in the final week of their Art module just in time for Halloween! Linking Science looking at the bones in the hand and Maths through the use of Zentangle patterns to decorate their pumpkins!
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!
Our 2nd Years recently took part in Scifest 2025 presenting a fantastic range of projects for judging from the Scifest team. The winners were Conn McElligott and Kasper Halligan for their project Fertiliser Face Off! Congratulations to all involved!
We have lots of events planned this week to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge in the run up to Lá Fhéile Pádraigh this coming weekend. See below the schedule for the week and our photo gallery coming up in the next few days. Bíodh seachtain iontach agaibh uilig!
Yesterday goes down in history as our first ever Semi-Final in the Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup. St. Fintan’s fans came out en masse to support their team and school. Sadly, we lost out to Terenure College who will proceed to the final. Our team’s achievement in reaching this stage of the competition is something to be extremely proud of and to celebrate. We salute you Senior Rugby Team 2025 for your heroic effort and great achievement. Well done all and well done to the magnificent supporters who kept the momentum going until the last minute and beyond. Congratulations Terenure College and here’s to many more memories on the rugby pitch in years to come… Final Score: Terenure 51-Fintans 7
Our Transition Year musical ‘Guys & Dolls’ is in final rehearsals before opening night next Thursday the 13th of March. The show promises to be as fantastic as ever as our guys and dolls dance and sing their way through 1930’s New York. Tickets are on sale now and will be on sale for the first 15 minutes of lunchtime for the rest of this and early next week. €10 for students & €15 for adults!
A fantastic and memorable week was enjoyed by our Transition Years in Italy over mid-term. Despite some falls and tumbles, it was a really enjoyable experience for all and a highlight of the year for all of the students!
St. Fintan’s have done it! In a nail-biting clash against Castleknock College today at Donnybrook. After a closely fought game, it was in the closing minutes when Castleknock were ahead 27-24 that Michael Bolger touched down and sealed the win for the school. A massive well done to all the team and their coach Mr. Kaveh. Thanks to all the fantastic supporters who travelled en masse today to support their school! Final Score St. Fintan’s High School 29 – 27 St. Vincent’s Castleknock College See full report here on Leinster Rugby and other press coverage on the following links https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/2025/02/13/st-fintans-reach-first-schools-senior-cup-semi-final-with-dramatic-win-over-castleknock https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2025/02/13/michael-bolgers-late-try-secures-historic-first-semi-final-spot-for-st-fintans https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/michael-bolger-rises-to-the-occasion-as-fintans-book-their-place-in-leinster-schools-senior-cup-semi-final/a511093224.html https://www.balls.ie/rugby/st-fintans-leinster-senior-cup-semi-623060
Come join us for an Easter Cookery Demonstration on Tuesday the 25th of March with Celebrity Chef Edward Hayden at 7pm in The Abbey Tavern in Howth. It should be a really enjoyable and social evening! Tickets available from the School Office or by using the WAY2Pay link below: https://www.way2pay.org/BuyTickets/aid/91687
For the 1st time ever, Our Senior Rugby Team have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup. After securing a 48-15 win over Temple Carrig Greystones on the 5th of February, we will play Castleknock College tomorrow, the 13th of February in Donnybrook. Tension is mounting but we know our lads will give it their all tomorrow and we wish them the very best of luck.
We enjoyed a great day and had lots of fun celebrating Chinese New Year 2025 last Friday, the 7th of February. The whole school was colourfully decorated in red including red fan displays made by students in a special workshop the week before. Tutor time was dedicated to Chinese New Year and all students received a fortune cookie from our Culture & Diversity Team. We enjoyed intercom announcements celebrating the event and Lunchtime was action packed with Jianzi played all through the break on the Astro and music accompanying Chinese Fortune Telling and students queueing up for our ever popular Chopstick Challenge! A very Happy Chinese New Year to all!!
Today marks the start of Chinese New Year. The school has been decorated to represent The Year of the Snake this year and we will be celebrating Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for February the 7th. Follow our padlet link below for lots of information and activities to celebrate and Happy Chinese New Year to all! https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2025-exaquwnvvfeg7tnu
On Monday, our Transition Year enjoyed a special JFK Forensics Workshop uncovering all of the mysteries surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. On Thursday, in sporting news, the school will compete in the Senior Leinster Frisbee Cup and our 2nd Year Hurling team face Terenure. On Friday the 24th, the TY football team play Skerries. This is also Catholic Schools Week with various activities planned throughout the week and time given during Tutor periods to reflecting on this year’s theme of ‘Living life to the full in areas of our lives like Friendships and our communities etc.’ More information on Catholic Schools week is available on the following link: https://catholiceducation.ie/catholic-schools-week-2025-alive-in-christ/ We are also approaching Chinese New Year on the 29th of January. This year is The Year of the Wood Snake and TYs are busy decorating the school for this next week! We hope to have some events on Monday to celebrate the advent of this year’s New Year!
It’s a cold start to the new term but we’re ready for lots of work and preparation for the term ahead. Our exam years will be kept busy preparing for their Mock Exams and our Transition Years have lots of activities planned aswell as preparing for the School Musical production of ‘Guys & Dolls’ and their upcoming Ski Trip. Wishing all students and staff a productive and enjoyable new term ahead!
We’re just about nearly ready to head off on Christmas Holidays. Well done to all of our students for all of the hard work completed this term! Wishing all students, staff and their families a very Happy and Restful Christmas! 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art
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