Month: June 2023

Our 5th Class went on their Dundalk Walk today, setting off through fields to the infamous ‘Famine Graveyard’. Here we met volunteer Gerry Gilgunn for a history lesson on how the graveyard came about and the location of workhouses in the area. Many thanks Gerry and the team for all their work in upkeeping the…

Our 2nd and 3rd classes went off to Ice House Hill for their Dundalk Walk. They took full advantage of the good weather enjoying one of the best amenities in the vacinity of our school. Our boys weren’t the only happy ones on the day, the ducks certainly enjoyed the visit too as they got…

Our 6th Class leavers took to Annalough Loop for their sponsored walk yesterday. The bus picked us up at 9.30am and dropped us close to Fitzpatrick’s restaurant, Jenkinstown. From there the boys and teachers began on a steep incline for the start of their mountain walk. The path took us up past a megalithic tomb…

On arrival the boys got to meet Martin & John, who both work as inspectors in the station. Martin & John brought the boys on to the train to see the inside the cab- some even got to pull the horn. Station master Anthony gave the boys a guided tour of the station’s museum and…

Today was a very enjoyable day in St Malachy’s BNS with many activities across the Friary field. In the morning our lunchtime league semi-finals took place with 3rd/4th and 5th/6th playing out for a place in the final. While one grouos played, the other took part in multi-sport with penalty shoot outs and Basketball ‘shoot…

Our 4th and 5th Class both set off on their school tours this week on separte days, however they both visited Airtastic in Craigavon. Both tours were thoroughly enjoyed by the boys and teachers alike. Between summersaults into foam blocks, balance beams, pier jumps onto air bags and bowling it was a brilliantly enjoyable trip.…

Well doen to our U13 squad who put in an extraordinary effort to almost clinch a place in the Corn Bhliain Mhuire final for 2023 last week. We came up against a very strong Ardee team who led by a substantial margin at half time. However, it was in the second half we really came…

Congratulations to our Handwriting Winners for May 2023. These awards are given for excellence and improvements in handwriting. Congratulations to all the winners!

Congratulations to our two teams who went to Darver to contest the U11 All County Blitz today. One of our teams made it through to the final and led most of the game but were agonisingly beaten by a point in the dying seconds. We are so proud of the way all the boys played…

Congratulations to our 6th Class pupil Shane, who represented St Malachy’s BNS on Wednesday evening at an inter-county blitz in Darver. Shane proudly wore the red and white of Louth while taking on a school selection from Meath. Below are some pictures of the Shane and the team in action. Well done Shane, we are…

On Wednesday our 6th Class departed for the National Aquatic Centre and National ndoor Arena on their final tour in St Malachy’s BNS. The boys started their day in Aquazone consisting of a wave pool, numerous water slides and a lazy river. After drying off, the boys took a short stroll to the National Indoor…

Here are Ms Ronan’s 4th class, some future animation stars working on building their own animations. This was completed using cardboard cereal boxes which required some design work, then the addition some characters such as army men. The boys then began creating their very own animations on the ipads through recordings and pictures of movement…