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!
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 โฌ12,057 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
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.
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, Ciarรกn McKenna, Cillian Motherway, Cillian Bredican and Andrew L’Estrange. Keep an eye out for more updates on matches soon!
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)
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.
Well done to the Senior Tennis Team who reached the semi-final of the Leinster School Boy’s tennis competition. They won all of their group stage matches defeating St, Columba’s College, Clongowes Wood College and Gonzaga College. It was a 3-2 loss for St. Fintan’s High School against St. Gerard’s School. Well done to Eoin Quinn who secured a point for the team in the singles event and also to Ben Kennedy and Marcel Haas who also attained a point in the doubles event on the day. Many thanks to Sutton Lawn Tennis club and Rob Turpin for facilitating all of our matches at Minor,ย Junior and Senior level. Well done to all players in reaching the semi-final and we wish our 6th Year tennis players the very best of luck in their Leaving Certificate! Team: Eoin Quinn, James Dunne, Andrew Fennell, Marcel Haas, Hugh Dummer, Ben Kennedy, Christian Proctor, Josh O’Sullivan and Max Stanley. e
It’s been an action packed few days for our Graduating Class 0f 2024! First they won the Senior Dublin Hurling Final last Thursday! Congrats to All! On Friday, their last day of school, the students took on the teachers in the annual Students V. Teachers Football Match. After enjoying pizza in the sun on Friday afternoon, some very competitive playing ensued but the 6th Years were triumphant in the end! However, with all in good spirits, the teachers gave the students a celebratory guard of honour as they left the school gates for the last time as St. Fintan’s Students! Their sadness was lessened a little with an ice-cream truck parked outside for refreshments after the game! Last night, we had a fabulous Graduation Ceremony celebrating all of the many achievements of this 6th Year Group. We are sad to see them go and we will miss them. Best wishes lads in the Leaving Certificate and in all of your endeavours beyond St. Fintan’s High School.
It’s an extremely busy week ahead as we prepare for Summer Exams and to say goodbye to our 6th Year’s on Friday! We are holding a ‘Focus on Wellbeing/Focus on Nature’ event all week with various activities organised for students as they prepare for their end of year exams. Transition Years started the week with their interviews showcasing and discussing their achievements and successes this year! On Tuesday, it’s another active day for our TY group with a talk from a visiting Barrister and the Gaisce Bronze Award Trip which will take place in Glendalough. Also on Tuesday, Tennis Season continues with our Minor Team competing with Gonzaga College. Finally, our 6th Years will attend their 6th Year Mass to mark the end of this very important year. On Wednesday, TY’s will have a further talk with a representative from the Central Bank. Our students will be competing in the Athletics Leinster Finals in Santry and our 1st Year Hurling Team will play Terenure College. Also on Wednesday, our Senior Tennis Team will compete with St. Gerards. On Thursday, our Senior Hurlers meet Terenure in the Senior Hurling Final. Finally, on Friday there is much anticipation for the annual Student/Teacher Match and farewell celebrations for our 6th Year Graduating Class as they prepare for their Leaving Certificate Exams! We Will Miss You, Class of 2024!!
Jubilant scenes last Thursday afternoon as our Senior Rugby Team beat High School to take the Vinny Murray Cup! A fantastic achievement and another milestone in the success of St. Fintan’s Rugby! Huge congratulations to all of the team and their coaches Mr. Kaveh and Mr. Hennessy
This week, we celebrate our founder, Blessed Edmund Rice whose feast day was on Monday, May 5th! We honour and give thanks for the life of Blessed Edmund Rice. His feast day is a time to celebrate his unselfish work for others. Edmund Rice had a great love for all of creation. We pray for our planet and for communities across the world as we unite to live in harmony with allof creation. Blessed Edmund faced personal pain during his own life and showed resilience and great faith in God. He lived through the challenging times of revolution, the Napoleonic war and famine. Today we pray for all those in Ukraine, Russia and across the world who are suffering because of war or violence. Guรญmid ar son na sรญochรกna san รcrรกin, sa Rรบis agus ar fud an domhain. Edmund welcomed people from manycountries into the port city of Waterford. He extended the hand of friendship and helped people find work so they could start a a new life. Today we offer sanctuary in our schools and across Ireland and welcome those displaced by war and seeking refuge. We celebrate his Life, Love, Spirituality and Charism. We give thanks for his vision and mission, the raising up of the poor and the oppressed to be pillars ofChrist’s presence in our world.
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 โฌ12,057 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: ย https://way2pay.org/BuyTickets/aid/947csrt=15482052191245359049. ย
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, Ciarรกn 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 ….
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