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!
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!
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!
Huge congratulations to the TY Class of 2024 who graduated from the Transition Year Programme on Tuesday night. Their hard work and active participation throughout the year paid off dividends and we are hugely proud of them all.
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!!
This week our TY French Exchange students will embark on their away trip to France. Bon Voyage to them and their teachers for what is sure to be a very successful and interesting trip! Tennis season continues with two away matches at Gonzaga College on Tuesday and Thursday (report to follow). On Wednesday, our Senior Hurling Team will play Castleknock. Best of luck to all sporting competitors this week. Best of luck also to our Junior Cycle students sitting their Music practicals on Thursday. Friday will be an action-packed sporting day with the All Star Basketball Tournament during the day and our Senior Sports Awards Dinner on Friday Evening.
It’s been another busy week in St. Fintan’s. A group of our TY’s have just returned from a very enjoyable sunny trip to Madrid where they got to watch Real Madrid play in El Clasico and visited the Royal Palace, Retiro Park and Parc Warner. Another group of TYs visited the very interesting and historical Kilmainham Gaol on Monday. A busy week for Sports too with North Leinster Athletic Trials on Monday, TY Soccer playing Gaelcholáiste Reachrann and 1st Year Gaelic v. Terenure College on Thursday and 1st Year Hurlers play Ard Scoil Rís on Friday. Lots of Tennis action this week also with our Minor players vs. Blackrock on Tuesday, Junior Division vs. St. Michael’s College in Sutton Lawn on Wednesday and Senior Tennis vs. St. Columbas also in Sutton Lawn on Friday.
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!
This week is National Math’s Week. Maths Week Ireland starts on the 11th October – 19th October 2025. Maths Week Ireland is an all-island initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives since 2006. This annual festival is a collaborative partnership of organisations including all the universities, institutes of technology, professional bodies, visitor centres and more. Maths Week has grown to attract participation from as many as 500,000 people annually across the island of Ireland. In 2025, Maths Week Ireland is celebrating its 20th edition! To celebrate Math’s Week, we have various quizzes and competitions planned across all year groups including a ‘Riddle of the Day’ to be solved each morning with spot prizes for winners!
Today, Wednesday the 8th of October is World Dyslexia Day and marks the start of our Dyslexia Awareness Week at St. Fintan’s High School. We started today with handing out red ribbons for Dyslexia Awareness to all students upon arriving at school and in key areas of the school we have installed Red Ribbon Displays giving information about dyslexia and profiling famous faces who have dyslexia. We have a range of events planned over the coming week including quizzes, red workshops and a Bake Sale next Wednesday to raise funds for the Aen Department and a talk by the artist Ciaran McCoy for senior students to discuss his experiences with having dyslexia. Our Bake Sale last year enabled us to buy new E-Readers for the AEN Department and we hope to be able to add to these resources in the coming year. Here’s to an interesting and eventful week celebrating diversity and inclusion across our school community! Grateful thanks to our Cake Sale Sponsors, SuperValu and Lidl for their generous donations of fresh cakes four our bake sale
We’ve had a busy start to the year already kicking off with our Open Night which took place on the 16th and showcased to prospective students and their parents the many academic, sporting and extra-curricular activities on offer in St. Fintan’s High School. The night itself was a colourful display of student’s achievements across the curriculum, sporting displays, science experiments, craft workshops and a speech and welcome from Principal, Ms. Kathy Mullen. Transition Years have had some wonderful sunny September days to experience sailing and getting to grips with their tacking and jibing while just enjoying being out on the water and experiencing the thrill of sailing! The TYs have also attended a Careers Expo to inspire and inform themselves on the variety of career options out there! Meanwhile, back at base, auditions for the annual TY Musical are complete and it’s full steam ahead now with rehearsing, dancing and designing a stage for the big nights next March. Good luck to all. Sports activities have well and truly kicked off with the Senior Basketball team playing against Portmarnock Community School , St. Paul’s, Malahide and St. Finians, two Senior Hurling matches played and a cross country running event which took place in Donabate. Here’s to a great active and productive October when we will celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week starting on the 8th of the month with events planned throughout the school!
We had a beautiful sunny blue sky day for our Annual School Walk last Friday to raise funds for Sports in our school. Over 600 students took part with nearly 300 choosing to run the course from the school along the seafront to The Tree of Life sculpture at St. Anne’s Park and back! This 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. Thanks to all who have donated on the GoFundMe link below. Our sincerest thanks for continuing to support Sports in St. Fintan’s. Congratulations to all of the students and teachers taking part. https://www.gofundme.com/f/2025-support-sports-in-st-fintans-high-school Here are the top runners in the Junior & Overall categories: Junior Race: 1st Ben Robinson 27:40, Sam Robinson 27.56, Ryan Keating 28.40, Callum Scanlon 30.14, Leo Ward 30.46, Tadhg Ward 31.48 and David Judge 31.51 Overall Race: 1st Daniel Connolly 26.03, Ben Robinson 27.40, Joseph Kirwan 27.53, Sam Robinson 27.56, Cathal O’Braoin 28.32, Ryan Keating 28.40, Eoin Brogan 28.46, Bode Dummer 29.12, Dylan Coogan 29.36 and Kyle Cullen 29.58 Well Done All!! Overall Best Race: Daniel Connolly, John’s 5
A big Welcome Back to all students, staff and their families as we embark on a new year at St. Fintan’s High School! We’re up and running and settling into a new term of study. Welcome especially to our incoming 1st Years. We know it’s a big adjustment from Junior School to Secondary School but also an exciting one with lots of new subjects, teachers and extra-curricular activities. We look forward to all the learning and achievements our students will make this year in their studies, in sport and all the extra-curricular activities on offer. Here’s to a fantastic 2025/2026 school year!
As we approach the end of term and the start of Summer holidays, wishing all of our 3rd and 6th Year students Best of Luck in their upcoming state exams. Wishing all students, staff and their families an enjoyable and hopefully sun-filled Summer break! We have some fantastic emerging painting talent in 1st and 2nd Year! Check out our gallery of landscape paintings completed by the Art classes this term and a small selection of the fabulous Senior Cycle work done this year, Well done all! Here’s to lots more creativity in September. Tim Lavin, 2nd Year Keir Mullen, 1st Year Ethan Lennox, 6th Year Zach Kelly, 1st Year Conor Iaccarino, 2nd Year Robert McKenna, 1st Year Kohsay Bell, 2nd Year Ben Behan, 1st Year Daragh Dillon, 1st Year Conor Wrixon, 2nd Year Michael Hawkshaw, 1st Year Michael O’Hanlon, 2nd Year Danny Ronan Byrne, 2nd Year Thomas O’Higgins, 2nd Year Odhrán Farren, 2nd Year Liam Brogan, 1st Year Sean O’Neill, 2nd Year Finn Neville, 2nd Year Dylan O’Shea, 2nd Year Leon Crosbie, 6th Year Freddie Krupa, 6th Year Louis Martin, 6th Year Scott Carrie, 6thYear
“Well done to another outstanding tennis team from St. Fintan’s High School. The team did very well to reach the final of The Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Tournament. The final was held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club and the team battled it out on court against St. Andrew’s College. It was St. Andrew’s time to bring the cup home. The team had a fabulous day at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club. A special thanks to Rob Turpin who coached most of the players as Juniors. Thanks to Orna Morrissey from Sutton Lawn Tennis Club, who coordinated the logistics of court allocation for all of our teams. We look forward to competing in this tournament next year and hope too see our tennis players on the court during the summer.”
We had a wonderful evening on Tuesday the 20th of May celebrating the many achievements and talents of our Transition Year Class of 2025. A selection of students shared their experiences across the year in Community Action, Gaisce, Sport, Arts, The Musical, Skiing, Trips Away, Enterprise, Work Experience and much more! Their shared enthusiasm and sense of pride was evident and we congratulate them all on a truly great Transition Year! We feel very proud of you all, TY Group of 2025! Have a Great Summer Break!
Last night, we had a wonderful and special graduation evening with our departing 6th Years. The sun shone again for our graduating class as they entered the hall looking resplendent in an array of gorgeous suits. Together with their parents, families and teachers we paid tribute to a year group that have achieved so much in the last five years. Their academic, sporting, artistic and outreach work were highlighted in a video specially compiled by Mr. Smyth. After receiving their certificates and yearbooks, Head Boy, Anthony Sheridan gave a powerful and witty speech remembering their time here. It was heart warming to see the bonds that this group have made together and their celebration of each other’s diversity and unique talents. The fantastic music and singing led by Ms. Fox was uplifting and meaningful. Thanks to Mr. O’Donoghue and Ms. Considine for coordinating such a beautiful final goodbye! We are so proud of you, Class of 2025 and wish you every success with your upcoming Leaving Certificate and beyond. We know you will make a significant impact on the world. Best of luck all!
We had a gloriously sunny day last Friday to celebrate our 6th Year’s last day of school. The festivities kicked off with the annual Student/Teacher Match. It was closely fought but with a draw came down to penalties for the decider. The students took the win to great jubilation and we all enjoyed pizza and ice cream in the sun before giving the students a guard of honour leaving the school for the last time! Congratulations all on being a great year group who have achieved so much over the last five years, academically, in sport, the arts and many extra-curricular activities. We are so proud of you all! Check out our gallery of the days events below and we look forward to a wonderful Graduation Evening on Monday the 19th!
Check out our gallery of the action packed All Stars Tournament held last Friday May 9th. It was a colourful and fun afternoon with some great basketball prowess on display.
A fabulous evening was held on Friday the 9th of May with dinner and an awards ceremony in the Royal Dublin Golf Club celebrating the huge achievements in sport by our 5th and 6th Year students in the last year. It was a great night with some very well deserved winners! Check out our photo gallery below with a selection of the winners from the night. Congratulations to all who have achieved so much through sport both for our school and personally in the last year. Hurler of the Year l/r: Joe Shepard, Ben Kennedy and Joe Doherty with l/r: Principal, Ms. Mullen, Mr.. O’Dwyer, Mr. Sugrue and Mr. Smyth 6th Year Sportsman of the Year Rohan O’Shea with Principal, Ms. Mullen 5th Year Sportsman of the Year Sam O’Leary with Principal, Ms. Mullen Rugby Player of the Year l/r: Simon Cantwell, Rory O’Connor O’Hehir and Rohan O’Shea with l/r: Principal Ms. Mullen and Mr. Kaveh
First Year Science students recently completed fantastic 3D models showing planetary systems. Their creative approach to bringing Science to life through these 3D representations is a great example of increasing understanding using a visual approach.
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. Guímid ar son na síochána san Úcráin, sa Rúis 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!
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