HURLING: Well done to our Senior hurlers who advance to the
@leinstergaa
Semi-Final after a hard fought win over St. Peter’s College Wexford. See below for a brilliant individual goal from Luke Hogan.
@topoil
FAREWELL ANN:
We said farewell to one our finest teachers today when Deputy Principal Ann Walsh celebrated her well deserved retirement after 40 years of magnificent service. 👏👏 Happy retirement Ann from the entire
@CBSKilkenny1859
community.
A sad day in Kilkenny. RIP to the much loved Willie Meighan, a CBS man who will never be forgotten. Deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends at this time.
GRADUATION 2020:
It is with great fondness that the entire CBS Kilkenny community remembers Colm Dunne at this time. He was truly a student, person and friend in a million.
HURLING CHAMPIONS:
Congratulations to all of our senior hurlers and their mentors on their victory in the League Final versus St. Peter's on a score line of 3-19 to 1-16. Well done. We are very proud of you all.
#BrothersTogether
MAIRÉAD: Forty years after she started working in CBS Kilkenny as a young girl, we today congratulated our very hardworking and much loved secretary. Congratulations Mairéad and sincere thanks for all you do for all of us.
RETIREMENTS:
We bid farewell to two stalwarts of CBS Kilkenny today. Wonderful teachers, colleagues, mentors and friends. Happy retirement Fergal & Niall
#BrothersTogether
.
U20 ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONS: Congratulations to
@KilkennyCLG
on their amazing U20 All-Ireland victory today. We are so proud of Niall R, Bill, Timmy, Niall H, Gearoid and Man of the Match Billy Drennan!
#BrothersTogether
Congratulations to the CBS Kilkenny U14 hurlers who won the Br. Anselm Cup in the WIT Arena today. Andrew Brennan accepts the award for POTM and captain Cian Byrne lifts the cup. Well done lads
#brotherstogether
@KilkennyCLG
Congratulations to our 1st Year Hurlers who defeated St. Peter’s College in the Larry Doyle Leinster 1st Year Hurling final. Captain Ollie O’ Donovan accepts the cup for CBS Kilkenny.
Great picture of CBS student Zac Bay Hammond celebrating Kilkenny’s All Ireland Minor Hurling Semi-Final victory in Croke Park on Saturday. Best of luck to our lads in the final.
#brotherstogether
Zach Bay Hammond of Kilkenny celebrates after beating Limerick in Saturday's Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Semi-Final at Croke Park.
SOCCER SPONSORSHIP:
Huge thanks to
@gourmetstorekk
for their recent sponsorship of a set of jerseys for our Senior Soccer squad. We are very grateful to the entire Gourmet Store team for their continued support of our school and our teams.
HURLING: Congratulations to the CBS junior hurlers on their victory over St. Kieran’s college in the Kilkenny Schools league final today in Dunmore. Well done lads. CBS abú
CBS KILKENNY STAFF: After a great summer of weather, the new academic year opened officially today for the hardworking CBS Kilkenny staff. We look forward to welcoming students back over the coming days.
Congratulations to our 2nd Year hurlers, crowned Leinster Champions with a memorable win against St. Kieran’s College today in Nowlan Park. We are very proud of you all.
BR MICHEÁL Ó'DONNCHÚ: It is with deep regret that we learned of the passing of Br Mick, former principal of CBS Kilkenny and a very kind man who hosted our students & teachers in Zambia, RIP. His signature tune was "Happiness, oh Happiness!". Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
KILKENNY CAPTAINS:
Best of luck to the
@KilkennyCLG
u17's and u20's this weekend, especially all past and present CBS Kilkenny students. We're proud to see two CBS Kilkenny men, Timmy Clifford and Mikey Butler, captain the teams.
#brotherstogether
CBS Kilkenny got off to the perfect start in their Corn Ui Dhúill Semi Final today.
They booked their Final berth after a dramatic game with Good Counsel College.
Watch the game back in full on Clubber TV now ⤵️
#LeinsterPP
@CBSKilkenny1859
Congratulations to brothers Gearóid and Tomás Dunne who won the CBS Juvenile and Junior hurler of the year awards. For the first time ever these two awards are going home to the one household. Comhghairdeas, maith sibh.
@TullaroanHurlin
Hurling: Congratulations to the CBS Senior Hurlers who beat St. Peter’s College today. CBS take on Midleton CBS Saturday week in the All Ireland Q/Final
#BrothersTogether
NEW SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT: We are delighted to be at the design stage for our new school. We appreciate the great support we have received to secure excellent educational provision in Kilkenny well into the future. Things are moving apace now.
Past pupil Sean Heary and Brandon Flowers of The Killers rocked out the 3Arena last night. Sean was called on stage to play A Dustland Fairytale with the band 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 check out the video
HURLING: Hard luck to our senior hurlers who were defeated in the Leinster semifinal in Bunclody today after a hard fight in very strong winds. Thanks to all of our great players and their fantastic mentors for a great season.
Congrats to past pupils Huw Lawlor (All Star) and Mikey Butler (Young Hurler of Year, All Star) on receiving their awards. Congrats also to Paddy Deegan who was nominated. The 3 lads are wonderful ambassadors for our school. We are so proud of their achievements
#BrothersTogether
HURLING HOMECOMING:
Delighted to welcome our
@KilkennyCLG
stars to school today to show the U-20 Leinster and All Ireland Trophies & present medals to our 1st Year Leinster A Hurling Champions, not to mention meet 1st & 2nd year Hurlers of the Year Ollie & Zac!
#BrothersTogether
UNLEASHTHEJIG:
#dontletmrcantonwin
but Ms Maher is very dainty on her feet! Get yourself over to Facebook and maybe enter your own!
#unleashthejig
#welldonebentoo
You could always pledge your prize to your favorite local club or charity.
U-11 HURLING BLITZ 2022:
@HuwLawlor
and
@PaddyDeegan
back on their old training ground, inspecting the U-11 Trophy - Skill Development Board for our U-11 Hurling Blitz on Saturday.
Sorry lads, unfortunately you can’t keep them as they are only for those who participate!
Best of luck to Tristan, Zach, Liam, Billy, Timmy, Aran and Jamie in the All-Ireland Minor Hurling semi-final vs Limerick tomorrow. Great to see 7 CBS men representing us in Croke Park tomorrow.
A Week of Welcomes:
Our 1st Year hurlers enjoyed their first training session today in James’ Park wearing their club jerseys to highlight how broad our community is.
#BrothersTogether
.
ENTERPRISE AWARDS: Brilliant news for Conor and Colm who won the senior category in today’s Kilkenny County Enterprise awards with their amazing recipe book Katfood.
HURLING: Congratulations to the CBS U14 hurling team who defeated St. Joseph’s CBS Nenagh in the Rice Cup Semi-Final yesterday on a scoreline of 4-13 to 4-12. CBS Abù
ALL-IRELAND: Huge Congratulations to John Kiely, busy principal
@abbeytipp
@ERSTIRELAND
, and his Limerick panel on a wonderful All-Ireland victory yesterday.
GREEN FLAG: After a lot of hard work and change of habits, we are delighted to announce CBS Kilkenny has earned its first Green Flag. Congrats to Mr Mulhall and the hardworking team and to the whole school community on this fantastic achievement.
@GreenSchoolsIre
@ERSTIRELAND
ATHLETICS SUCCESS:
Massive congratulations to Billy Coogan who finished 2nd for the Leinster team in the 1500m steeplechase at The Irish Schools Tailteann Games on Saturday. He will now represent Ireland in the schools international in Derby, Uk on September 25th.
Hard luck to our wonderful Junior hurlers that lost the Leinster Final today after extra time. They showed great character and skill and were unlucky not to win the game in normal time. They did themselves, the school, their clubs and their families proud
#brotherstogether
SOCCER SUCCESS:
Congratulations to our senior team on their 4-2 victory over St Mary’s CBS Carlow in the Carlow-Kilkenny League Final. 👏👏👏
#BrothersTogether
@ERSTIRELAND
As a mark of respect to the family of the late Colm Dunne and the school community, the American Tea Party due to take place tomorrow Thursday 26th has been postponed.
At Dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
Huge congratulations to past pupils Mikey Butler and Huw Lawlor on winning consecutive All Star awards. Congrats also to Paddy Deegan who was nominated again. Amazing achievement
@kilkennyclg
#brotherstogether
SCHOLARSHIPS: Huge congrats to James Bourke from LC2018 who has been awarded an Entrance Scholarship at Maynooth University, and to Conor Heary, also LC2018, who has been awarded a Sports Scholarship at Maynooth University. We are very proud of your achievements.
SCHOLARSHIP: Warmest congrats to Johnny Collins who was awarded a Quercus Scholarship
@UCC
last night, where he is studying Medicine. Johnny achieved 7H1s and 1H2 in his LC in June. We are very proud of you and wish you well.