Ashton past pupil John Jermyn realised the Olympic hockey dream shared by many after being chosen for the Irish squad for Rio.  He begins Ireland’s Olympic quest on Saturday, 6th August 2016, when Ireland will play India at 3.00 p.m. A year ago Ireland came through an arduous qualifying campaign to rightly claim a berth […]

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Transition Year students at Ashton School, Blackrock Road, Cork keenly anticipate this particular awards night, at the end of a very busy year.  Parents come to view and appreciate the work students have completed with great detail, imagination, and creativity. T.Y. Co-Ordinator Ms. Ryan welcomed everyone and used the ‘journey’ motif to impress on the […]

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As Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students sit their examinations, we wish them peace of mind, and heart, knowing that they have done their best.  We also wish their parents luck and lots of patience!. As an annual event on the school calendar, the P.E. Department, headed up by Mr. Eddie Kirwan, Ms. Siobhain Dennehy, […]

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Proclamation Day was celebrated with grace and dignity.  Students, staff and invited guests paid respectful and dignified attention to most interesting and informative presentations, co-ordinated by Mrs. Carmel Murphy, Maths Department. She informed every one of the historical background and context of Ireland’s history over the centuries up to 1916. Presentations were made by Muireann […]

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Ashton Students continue their Spanish winning ways. Olé Olé! Cian Murphy and Reece O’Reilly Butler –  5th Year students at Ashton School, Blackrock Road, recently meeting the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland, José-María Rodríguez Coso, and receiving their prize of a week’s scholarship to study Spanish at the university of Valladolid, in Valladolid, Spain. This was […]

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Ashton was host to the German based DeineMaids from Cologne, the Cork RTA Choir (Primary) and the Cantabile Vocal Ensemble also from Cork.  Musical Director for the event was Ms. Mary O’Brien, Music Teacher at Ashton, Accompaniest Mr. Stobart, based at St. Finbarr’s Cathedral, and Co-Ordinator Mr. Drew Ruttle, Chaplain at Ashton, and Musical Director of […]

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BKinniu based in Kildare, held students spell-bound as they taught them deportment skills, good make-up and hygiene advice, etiquette, personal development topics, along with grooming and image development. Students initial task was to walk the ‘red carpet’ with poise and elegance, which all students completed with style and panache. Laughter abounded, and the experiential element […]

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Ashton School First Year students Futsal team became the first Cork school to win the FAI Post Primary Schools Munster Futsal Championship. Victories by the team at Ashton School, Blackrock Road, Cork over De La Salle Waterford, CBS Sexton Street Limerick, Mercy Mounthawk Tralee, and CBS High School Clonmel, meant Ashton emerged as victors with […]

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Leaving Certificate results were received with relief and joy by hard-working students and their parents in mid-August. Mr. Landen congratulated all students, complimenting them on their examination success, and wished them well as they now embark on new and interesting areas of study and training. The Graduation Evening was held recently at the Rochestown Park […]

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Fergus Dunne, 6th Year, was awarded First  Prize in Ireland in the U18 Creative Writing for Youth category at Listowel Writer’s Week recently, the result of work he did in English class at Ashton, throughout Junior Cycle years, and in Senior Cycle, guided by Ms. Michelle O’Leary.   Fergus was presented with his prize on the […]

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