Ashton School. Earlier this year, students in Art class with Ms. O’Shea entered the ‘Simon Community Art competition from the junior cycle within the school, and Maeve Herlihy was honoured to be chosen as runner up. For her achievements Maeve received a €50 one-for-all voucher from Niamh Quain, the Education Sector Co-ordinator for Simon Community. […]

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Cathal Merz a recent graduate of Ashton School, and currently in year two of Mechanical Engineering,  has just been selected to be the recipient of the inaugural Abbott Mechanical Engineering scholarship for the next  three years of his study at Cork Institute of Technology.   Congratulations to Cathal Merz and his Engineering teacher, Mr. Liam Keohane. […]

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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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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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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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Ashton is  pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Adrian Landen as  principal. He succeeds Mr Bertie Smith who was principal for five years. Mr Landen is a past pupil and has been a teacher at Ashton for 14 years. During that time he taught Physics, Maths and Design and Communication Graphics. Xindariservti He also […]

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Ann Delaney, Biology Teacher, and Kay O’Meara, Business  Teacher, along with Bertie Smith, Principal, retire this summer with well over  a century of teaching completed  between  them.  Their accumulated wisdom,  knowledge and supportive spirit will be missed sorely.  At a recent Assembly, Cathal Merz Second Year,  presented Kay O’Meara with a gift from   the students […]

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The 30th Annual Ashton Sponsored walk/run took  place on Wednesday April 13rh, 2011, a date which is a regular calendar event,  and eagerly anticipated.  The walk raises  funds for much needed charities each year, and this year’s beneficiaries were  Cork Deaf Enterprises, Cork Simon Community, St. Vincent de Paul, Red Cross  Japanese Tsunami Appeal, Marymount […]

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Transition Year students recently  presented a cheque 817.00 to Concern,  which was the proceeds of their 24 hour fast.   Tom Arnold, Chief Executive Officer Concern, gratefully acknowledged the  generosity of students, and thanked them for their continuing support over the  years.  He then proceeded to discuss the  work of Concern, with great passion, conviction, and […]

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