A meeting to elect two parents of children enrolled in the school (one being a mother and the other a father) will take place in the school on Thursday 19th November at 7.30 pm. At this meeting 1. nominations will be sought from the parents for persons to stand for election as parent nominees in…
Read MoreScience week took place from Monday November 9th to Friday November 13th. The boys from 6th class attended a science show in DKIT. We had a very successful hat competition on the theme of science week. Check out the fantastic hats in the gallery pictures below. All classes conducted various experiments during the week’s activities.
Read MoreA very successful Maths Week took place in the school, with classes taking part in daily maths problem quizzes, puzzles and online activities. 6th class took on the challenge of the Maths Boards on the Maths Week 2015 website and were ranked 2nd in the whole country at the end of the week. Well done…
Read MoreThe West Midlands theatre Co. will present Beauty and the Beast in the Friary school hall on Friday, November 20th at 1.15 pm. This is always a much anticipated show whenever the West Midlands Company visit our school.
Read MoreAs part of the preparations for the commemoration of the 1916 Rising, the Government has presented a copy of the 1916 Proclamation and the National Flag to every school in the country. These are presented to the school by members of the Irish Defence Forces. Our copy of the 1916 Proclamation and the National Flag…
Read MoreIn our experiment, we tried to predict and trial if the whole school could fit into Miss. Ronan’s classroom. What do you think? Did we manage to get 201 boys and their teachers into the 1 classroom? As part of Science Week 2015, we had a competition to make hats on the theme of science.…
Read MoreOn Friday, November 20th a group from the West Midlands Theatre Company performed their version of Beauty and the Beast with some help from the boys of the Friary. An enthusiastic audience provided plenty of volunteers to tell jokes, race around after the Beast or help Beauty. Already looking forward to next year’s production if…
Read MoreToday, Wednesday December 16th, Dundalk FC Captain Stephen O’ Donnell brought the FAI Cup and the League of Ireland Premier Division trophies to the Friary. He took questions from the boys on being a top level footballer and posed for photographs with each class group
Read More6th class pupils attended the Seinn 2016 prayer service and celebration in the Redeemer Church as part of Catholic Schools Week 2016. Music accompaniment was provide by Mr. Wynne and his band of musicians, who really excelled themselves with their quality musicianship. Check out Seinn 2016 on Youtube to see video clips of this great…
Read MoreWednesday last week, April 20th, saw the An Taisce Spring Clean take place in the Friary Boys. Green Schools Committee members and volunteers from all classes with some of the staff, spent the afternoon cleaning up the school grounds and the surrounding areas. Thanks to the work of the Green Schools Committee and all the…
Read MoreThe boys of the Friary have represented the school with distinction in many sports such as GAA, soccer, rugby, athletics, martial arts, boxingans many others at local, national and international levels. Physical Education is an important part of our school curriculum. In more recent years, football teams from the school have won County Championships in…
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