It was a busy year in the school for sport in our Autumn and Summer Cumman na mBunscol competitions in both football and hurling. The school has performed so well in both competitions the last number of years and this year we won both the football and hurling competitions. A massive thank you to Ms. Flynn for all her hard work in training the team and organising matches. Also, a thank you to Ms. Gath who also gave a massive help during the hurling this year. 

While taking a break form our Sports Day, Offaly Leinster Minor Footballer Tomas Carrol and past pupil came back to the school to hand out the football and hurling medals to the children in the senior room. It was great to have Tomas back, while came on his lunch break from work which was very much appreciated. It is great to see a past pupil doing so well in GAA. Obviously Coolanarney championed him and gave him his football start!!! 

Thank You Tomas for taking the time to come back to the school and answering the questions from the children! 

As another school year comes to a close,  we have had a busy year with Ms. Killeen during music. We've learned some great songs on the tin whistles, sang some great songs and through all of that learned about a number of music concepts and literacy. 

Here are two performances we have been working on the past few weeks. And if this is anything to go by we are in for an amazing treat and performances during our upcoming Christmas show in December!!! 

​This year the Middle and Senior rooms went to Navan Adventure Center where the children got to do loads of different outdoor activities. From Laser Tag to Football Golf to an Obstacle Course there was not a lull in the day. The rain held off for most of the day apart from one or two big showers which didn’t put a downer on the day. On the way home we stopped off at Supermacs in the Kinnegad Plaza where the children were well fed and hyped up on sugar too!
It was a brilliant tour and everyone seemed to go home happy! 

On Wednesday 27th May 2026, our Cumman na mBunscol team, consisting of the children from 4th, 5th and 6th class, played in our Hurling final against Coolderry NS and were victorious in the match, despite the very hot weather!

A big congratulations from everyone in the school community on this major achievement. The boys and girls must be commended for their teamwork, their respect towards the other team and the way they represented the school. They gave every match their all throughout the competition and showed great sportsmanship. 

A big thank you to Ms. Flynn for all the hard work and dedication she put into training the children and organising the matches. And a thank you to the parents too, who brought children to matches. Your help is very much appreciated. 

​The future of hurling is strong in the parish! 

The next day, the team, and the rest of the school, were treated to hot food from Tom Doolans. The team got food boxes each and the rest of the children in the school got a platter of chips, sausages and chicken to share amongst their class. 

A big thank you to Tom Doolan for the lovely treats - they went down a treat! You have always been so good to the children and to the school. It is very much appreciated. 

Congratulations to our 6th Class pupils who made their Confirmation this week. 

We would like to thank Bishop Tom Deenihan for presiding over the ceremony and for making it a really special day for our 6th class children and all other children making their Confirmation too. A big thank you to Fr. Meade and Ms. Flynn for preparing you for so well and to Ms. Killeen for providing the music for the ceremony. 
We hope you had a wonderful day and that the bad weather did not dampen the celebrations. 

Over the past number of months the children in the Senior Room have been putting in a lot of time and hard work into preparing for the VEX Robotics Regional Event (Offaly). The children put in great work and came up with great ideas, strategies and worked so well together.

The children performed very well on the day of the competition - placing in 8th place overall which is a great achievement. The children represented the school and themselves really well showing great teamwork and playership towards the other teams. And most of all they enjoyed the day. 

We would like to say a big Thank You to Offaly County Council for facilitating the VEX Robotics competition in Offaly and for supplying the resources to the school. Also we would like to thank Ray Bell and Dean Hodge, who are the STEM officers in Offaly County Council, who lead the initiative and give a lot of their time, their knowledge and assistance to the schools. It is very much appreciated. 

And finally, with the ever changing world around us, with technology becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives, the VEX robotics competition gives the children the knowledge and understanding of how things around us work. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths all make up the area of STEM, which is currently being phased in as a curricular area within Primary Schools across the country. So, the VEX Robotics gives the children in the Senior Room that opportunity to engage with STEM in both an educational, enjoyable and competitive way. 

The Senior Room had a very enjoyable day in Colaiste Naomh Cormac attending their Sciencefest day! The children got to see lots science experiments being carried out and also got to try out some experiments themselves! 
A big thank you to CNC for inviting us and well done on a spectacular day!