It was the beginning of great rejoicing in Ashton on Wednesday, 11th September, when Principal Mr Landen and Deputy Principal Ms Hewison visited Transition Year classes with news of the Junior Certificate results. Mr. Landen congratulated students on their excellent results. Bella stefan  Many students performed very well and hard work was rewarded.  In particular, congratulations […]

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After the long 10-year wait for a building project where seemed like it would never begin, Ashton School opened the doors of its new building to students today for the first time.  Transition Year student Aaron Deane, arriving to school early, was the first to set foot in the new building.  It was a day […]

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I would like to congratulate the Leaving Certificate Class of 2013 who celebrated the reward of their hard work today after opening their Leaving Certificate results. There were many smiling faces as the school community celebrated its academic success in the new school building for the first time.  Worthy of special mention is Gary Wilkinson […]

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      Recently the class of 83/84 held their 30 year reunion. It was a great success, a very relaxed evening in Rochestown Park Hotel where we had finger food and drinks! We had gathered previously for 10 and 20-year reunions and a lot of us had attended those. We were all so pleased to […]

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                                          Leaving Certificate students were delighted to receive their examination results from Principal, Mr. Landen, and Deputy Principal, Ms. Hewison at the recently built, new Ashton School. The sleepless nights of worry about grades and […]

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On behalf of Duggan Brothers, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the staff, students, parents, former staff and the Board of management of Ashton for their help and co-operation during the redevelopment of Ashton Comprehensive School. The construction process can be difficult at times, particularly in a live environment and it […]

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Ashton School echoes to the sounds of drills, hammers and rubble removal as the present red-brick building, holding a pivotal position overlooking Blackrock Road since the early 1970’s, is demolished. The smell of freshly painted rooms is a pungent reminder of the work nearing completion as builders make hour by hour progress in order to meet […]

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Mary Kelleher has had an involvement of 38 years with Ashton School. All who knew her, and were privileged to have been taught by her, will have many warm and enduring memories. Mary has spent all of her professional life, in one way or another, in the world of education.  Being the daughter of the […]

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A most pleasant ‘Afternoon Tea-Day’ was held in Ashton on Sat. May 25th, where former students and retired staff, along with present staff, reminisced about their time in the hallowed halls and corridors of Ashton school as they remembered it, before the wrecking ball would descend on the building. The Parents Committee did tremendous work […]

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