Category: Events

It was an absolute pleasure to have a visit from past pupil and local author Liam Cunningham or L.G Cunningham as he is known. Liam hadvery fond memories of the Friary to share with the boys and fitting too that he should tell these stories as well as that of his very own book release Pretty…

Originally part of a fundraising initiative set up in the 50’s. The Wheel of Fortune at the Friary is as popular now as ever. Recognised by many local people as a significant date on the Christmas calendar, the wheel has generated significant funds for the Friary schools over the years. Friends of the Friary get…

A huge Congratulations to our Halloween Art Competition winners for 2019. The judges, made up of the student council members alongside Ms Hughes had an extremely tricky job in adjudicating this competition as the standard was exceptionally high. Well done to all the boys on their excellent entries. Check out the picture of our winners…

It was that time of the year again, our science extraordinaire Mr Z visited for his Science workshop. The boys had a fantastic time building rollercoasters with drops and loops a plenty. Thank you Mr Z for the workshop and thanks to the boys for taking part and building such fantastic pieces. Check out our…

While Mr Z treated our seniors classes to a science workshop, our second classes enjoyed a fantastic day with Lego Bricks. As you’ll see from the pictures, the boys thoroughly enjoyed building and creating magnificent buildings, vehicles and so much more. Well done boys and thank you to ‘Bricks for Kids’ for visiting. We hope…

Well done to our 4th Class boys who competed in the FAI 5-a-side Futsal competition in DKIT Sport. The boys showed fantastic character throughout each of their three games. The standard was very high and we enjoyed a fantastic day. Well done to all the organisers and other team taking part. We will ,look forward…

The boys have really been enjoying Maths Week 2019. It has consisted of Maths trails, frenzies, quizzes and a whole Maths day!! Thanks to our fantastic SET team of Ms Hughes and Ms Shevlin alongside our excellent Student Council members, every class from 2nd right up to 6th got a taste of Maths on so…

A huge congratualtions to our U-13 Friary GAA team who reached the Semi-Final of the Urban Schools competition this week. We had a number of very competitive and full blooded matches against locals such as St Joseph’s, Realt na Mara and De la Salle amongst others. This week however, we were defeated by a very…

Our annual Halloween art has made it’s return with Monday, October 21st the closing date for entries. We would encourage pupils to hand in artwork on Friday, October 18th to avoid disappointment and the likelihood of forgetting the artwork over the weekend. Lsst year we had a fantastic response and a very high standard. We…

It’s that time of the year again when the boys efforts on sports day is rewarded with certificates and medals. As per the last few years, the boys competed at their age levels and so we had finalists and winners of sprints, sack, egg & spoon, long jump, long run and relay races from U-8’s…

Every class took to the Friary field to watch the much anticipated Lunchtime League Finals of 2019 and it certainly did not disappoint. The junior final between 3rd and 4th class was a very tight affair with the ‘Black & White’ team winning in almost the last kick of the game. The senior final was…

Ms Halpenny’s 2nd class took to the kitchen to bake beautiful buns for themselves and the staff. Ms Halpenny took the class through the ingrediants and steps to create the tasty buns. Here’s hoping they can treat those at home to more buns over the summer. Check out our photos. 

On arrival the boys got to meet Dessie, one of the station’s inspectors. Train driver, Andy, brought them on to the train to see the inside of his cab- some even got to pull the horn. Stationmaster Anthony gave the boys a guided tour of the station’s museum. A few boys got to try on his hat as…