Senior Sports Day 2017

The senior classes had an amazing day of sport in Fr. Burke Park today. It was great to see how the children have improved their fitness in recent years. Well done to everyone who tried their best and, most importantly, enjoyed the day!

Well done, also to the deserving recipients of the Brendan Forde Perpetual Trophy and our Sportstar of the Year trophies. Special thanks to Mr. Geraghty who put so much effort into organising the day.

Claddagh World Cup Final 2017

Excitement was at fever pitch yesterday in Stadio del Dominico as the Claddagh World Cup reached its final with an epic showdown between Argentina and Germany. Skill, dogged persistence, high drama, agony and joy were all to be seen as each team gave everything to a game in which either could have emerged deserving winners. 

Germany dominated the first half, with a hailstorm of shots clattering into the Argentinian net. Despite their best efforts, Argentina could formulate no effective response to this relentless onslaught, and entered the second half as underdogs without much prospect of finding the upper hand.

To everyone's surprise, though, the South Americans finally found their mojo, and staged a dogged and ever-more confident comeback as the final whistle drew closer. Again and again, the ball rocketed past the German keeper, leaving the Europeans in despair - and the Argentinian fans in ecstasy. 

With the able Mr. Rogers refereeing, both teams played fairly and gave everything in pursuit of victory, but there could be only one winner: Argentina takes the Claddagh World Cup for 2017.

Meanwhile, spectators were entertained at the breaks by the novelty of witnessing highly sporting and supremely skilled demo matches between teachers and students. 

Bike Week Fun

The children in Claddagh have had some great two-wheeled fun this week for National Bike Week. We've had bike skills workshops, a maintenance workshop from An Mheitheal Rothar, and did Claddagh School proud when over 70 children and staff participated in the City Lunchtime Cycle. We were very proud of the children, who showed how far they have come in developing their cycling skills and safety awareness on the open road.

Itadakimasu! (Let's eat!)

Rang a IV pictured having lunch at Tamodachi Japanese restaurant on Eglinton Street, where they were treated to a sushi-making demonstration by head chef Liam Wang, before getting to enjoy a fresh, healthy sushi lunch featuring salmon, avocado and cucumber. The children visited the restaurant to celebrate finishing a project on Japan.

Thanks so much to Liam, who has over 20 years experience working in Japan as a chef, and to Teresa, who organised the visit with us, for a very yummy, great-value lunch.

Lots of clean plates - we will definitely be back!