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!
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!
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!
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.
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
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
It’s been another exciting couple of months for our TY students. A visit to Dublin Castle and a Life Skills Workshop in late November was followed by an action packed two day trip to Derry and Belfast. Our City Culture days continued also in November. In December, TYs went on an Irish Aid trip and attended the IFI for a French film screening. TY Enterprise have been very active and busy refining their company ideas culminating in a vibrant Christmas Market for all the school community on the 17th of December. A group of students attended a Children’s Rights Workshop on the 12th of December and all will finish off the term with Ice Skating on the 19th of December. A good rest is in order to prepare for next term with anticipation for the TY Annual Ski Trip and School Musical ‘Guys & Dolls’ fast approaching! Check out our gallery of recent events below: Belfast & Derry Trip Belfast & Derry Trip City Culture Trip City Culture Trip Children’s Rights Workshop Life Skills Workshop Life Skills Workshop Dublin Castle Trip Enterprise Christmas Market
A selection of some of the great work done by our Art students this term. We started the year with a surreal still life installation encouraging students to engage creatively with primary source objects and to practice their observational drawing skills. 2nd & 5th Year students took the surreal inspiration into sculpture projects following the same theme! 6th Year Theme Exploration Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing Still Life Drawing Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing 6th Year Theme Exploration Still Life Drawing
Check out our Sports newsletter using the link below to get all the latest sporting news over the last few months! https://stfintanshs.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sports-Newsletter-Christmas-2024-1.pdf
Today was the start of ‘Stand Up & Be You Week’. The school has been decorated with colourful displays and posters emphasizing the message of how important it is to Stand Up & Be Yourself! We kicked off the week today with music, intercom announcement and the start of voting for our ‘Tie-Dye Your Teacher’ event is well underway! In a very exciting initiative, we re-launched our ‘Cairde sa Chúirt’ Room with a great buzz of students enjoying cupcakes and hot drinks out in the yard on a gorgeously sunny November afternoon. A massive amount of work from students and teachers has gone into making this ‘home away from home’ room a wonderful facility for our students to relax and unwind. Our ‘Cairde sa Chúirt’ room will be open at lunchtimes all this week and every Monday at lunchtime from then on.. Stay tuned for more updates on events to come this week
It’s Science Week this week and we have been celebrating all things scientific with a range of events across the school. We have been running a ‘Science Question’ of the day every morning with a prize for the first correct answer. The school has been decorated with scientific facts and figures posters as part of a competition for the week. The 3rd years took part in a Science Quiz in the cafeteria on Tuesday and on Friday there will be a ‘Battle of the Sciences’ for 5th year students studying a science subject in the cafeteria.
This week sees the launch of the St. Fintan’s High School Lotto Draw! The money raised from this initiative will be used to support our student’s educational experience and the general wellbeing of our school. We have lots of ideas about how to use the funds raised but are open to any suggestions from both parents and students. Together, we can work to introduce small improvements and comforts that will have a positive impact on the day to day lives of our students, making their experience in St. Fintan’s even more enjoyable! The first draw will take place on November 21st at 8:00 pm. There will be a weekly prize of €20 and a jackpot of €500 to be won if you match all four numbers. Enter now by following the link below or by scnning the QR code. You never know, you just might win… https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/stfintanshs
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!
Maths Week kicked off on Monday the 13th of October with some lovely posters made by students and staff. The school was decorated with notes detailing many different concepts in Maths. Cross-Curricular Links with Maths Some of the events held for students included cross-curricular links with Physical Education and Maths including a basketball game. Students were challenged to problem solve and match up scoring in a basketball hoop with the matching ball. Problem Solving Games Our Junior Cycle classes took part in a problem solving game using the topic: functions, in order to build two dimensional cities. Students showed great team work, problem solving skills while learning about functions mixed with lots of fun. Well done to all who took part. Riddle of the Day Students took part in the Riddle of the Day. Answers flooded in when the riddles were announced and displayed. Well done to all who took part and those who answered them correctly. Winners were picked out from the large number of corrected answers. Please see link below for our Maths Week Newsletter with pics of the week! https://stfintanshs.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Maths-week-2-1-1.pdf
It’s been an active few weeks for our Transition Years both in school and out and about! Students have been immersed in our Life Skills & Expedition Skills modules learning skills such as woodworking and DIY, maintenance and surviving outdoors. Students also took part in a cookery class at Howth Castle Cookery School creating Italian and French cuisine. Sailing and Surfing classes have continued and our students have participated in City Culture Trips visiting the National Gallery in Dublin. We were treated to a very informative workshop on Barbering as a career by past student and Barber, Gareth Moriarty with a few students getting a cool new cut! Our Barista courses are in full swing for students and Our TY Enterprise Programme is up and running. We look forward to seeing the innovative ideas and business ventures from students in the months to come. We had a very insightful and informative talk this morning on gambling awareness and addictive behaviours from Tony O’Reilly. The students were fascinated by Tony’s own experiences and his insight into recognising addictive behaviours and triggers!
We kickstarted Dyslexia Awareness Month on the 8th of October to mark World Dyslexia Awareness Day. The global campaign ‘Go Red for Dyslexia’ is being marked around the school this month with red themed displays. We had several red themed events on the 8th including the distribution of red pins for all students, competitions and a bake sale to raise funds for our AEN Department. Thanks to all involved in highlighting Dyslexia on the day and throughout this month – Our CDI Ambassadors, TY CDI Team and CDI Staff Committee.
Our Annual Sponsored Walk will take place next Friday, 27th September 2024. it is a very important event for the school as it is our only means of raising much needed funds for PE equipment and extra-curricular sports in the school. Sport is a huge part of our identity here at St. Fintan’s. Last year, students participated in Athletics, Basketball, Hurling, Gaelic Football, Badminton, Tennis, Squash, Sailing, Rugby, Soccer, Golf, Table Tennis and Ultimate Frisbee, achieving great success at all levels. In order to help us further nurture sports in the school in this academic year, please contribute to our event on our GoFundMe page at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/2024-support-sports-in-st-fintans-high-school
It’s been a busy start to the year already with lots of events and trips taking place in the last few weeks! Our 6th Year Business Class spent an interesting day learning about STEM skills in Microsoft Dreamspace on the 10th of September. The 6th Year Music class made a trip to the legendary Windmill Lane Studios on the 19th. Transition Years have been active too with a Drama Workshop in late August. They had a career talk from past pupil Nathan Ward, Stuntman on the 6th of September and have been enjoying the late September sunshine afloat with sailing and surfing courses! We finished off this week with some personal challenge games for 1st Years during lunch time in the yard organised by the Guidance and Wellbeing Department! Have a Great Weekend all!
Sporting fixtures are well and truly up and running with lots of activity on the calendar in the last few weeks! Our Senior Footballers kicked things off with a Challenge Match in late August against St. Mary’s, Edenderry followed by a clash with Ard Scoil Rís on the 5th of September. In Rugby, our Junior Team played King’s Hospital on the 4th of September. Both Senior and Junior teams played against Temple Carrig in Greystones on the 11th of September. There was more rugby action on the 18th of September when our Seniors played Kilkenny College and our 1st Year Rugby Team were up against St. Paul’s College. Our Seniors will be in action again this Saturday morning against Rockwell College, Best of Luck lads! On the Gaelic Games front, our U16 Hurlers played St. Paul’s on the 10th of September and our 2nd Year Dublin Gaelic Football team clashed with Coláiste Eanna on the 19th. A busy start to the year for our Basketball teams so far with two U19 friendly matches, one against St. Andrews on the 10th and against Portmarnock on the 12th! In other Sports news, Senior Golf is up and running and our Transition Years have been out on the sea, sailing, surfing and soaking up the last rays of Summer whilst learning some great new watersports skills! Keep an eye out for our Fixtures Results Board coming soon over the next few weeks!
Our annual Open Night will take place next Tuesday, the 17th of September from 7-9pm. All 6th class students and their Parents/Guardians are welcome!
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