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Our U14 and U16 girls had a smashing day at a friendly tournament recently in Charleville.

The TYs and their first year buddies had an egg-cellent afternoon hunting for Easter eggs. It was great to see them work together and enjoy the Spring day. They are all well and truly ready for the Easter break!

Well done to our U15 ladies soccer team who battled until the very end to come away with a win in their trophy semi final against Youghal.

We were delighted to host the Cork County Badminton Div 3 Competition last week, and what a smashing day it was! 🏸

Our 5th year Ag Science students got to visit the farm of past pupil Ronan Buckley of Ballyclough during the week. They experienced a first hand insight into the daily workings of a dairy farm from milking, to feeding, to housing.

Some of our 1st year students were lucky enough to attend the 'Make a Book' JCSP competition in Cork this week 📖 

Well done to our Boys 1st Year Soccer team who played against a strong Douglas Community School team in the Cork Cup.

Our 5th & 6th years got hands‑on with the Road Safety Shuttle, experiencing VR drink‑driving and distraction simulations, testing their reaction times, trying the motorbike simulator, and tackling coordination tasks with impairment goggles.

Well done to our U15 ladies soccer team who had a fantastic 4-1 win over Davis College Mallow. Great team skills and effort shown by everyone. Well done girls 🔵🟡

On Monday last we celebrated Evan Lin, 1st year student, on becoming the 500,000th user of the Sora app.

Senior French students had a super day last week in Cork city with Ms.Heffernan & Ms.Duggan to see a brilliant French film run by the Cork Film Festival! A great day was had by all!🇫🇷👏🏼

The Bandmates at Cope!

In October, three 5th year students Freya, Elaine and Lily along with Mr Curtin travelled to Nanjing and Shanghai in China for a once in a lifetime trip, after winning the Meihua Cup Competition in TY.

Congratulations to Ronan who received his results from the IMTA Maggie Gough Maths Competition. We're so proud of Ronan for scoring 97%, showing that his interest in maths and the hard work he puts into building his skills is really paying off.

A symphony of smiles today at City Hall!  Our students got to soak up some beautiful orchestral tunes and even rock out to a few pop hits. Massive thanks to the Cork Pops orchestra for making this annual outing such a major success!

🎃Happy Halloween🎃 from everyone in the Coláiste!

Congratulations to Uzoma, Ava, Ellie, Louise and Brian on achieving their Papal and Gold Pope John Paul II Awards from Bishop Crean and CDYS last week.

Coláiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire are celebrating Lá Gaisce 2025. Our 4th, 5th and 6th year students are sharing stories of their growth and adventure, and their community action and challenges. 🌍💪

🎓Big shout-out to Ronan for taking part in the Maggie Gough IMTA Competition today as part of Maths Week.

The 5th year music students had a wonderful afternoon yesterday, rehearsing for their upcoming concert with the BandMates from Horizons Cope Foundation. We look forward to seeing the final performance in the next few weeks.