Pictured below are our first year students who participated in the 1st year sports day last Friday.
Well done to all & to our TY students for organising the event.
Congratulations to our Senior Ladies’ Football Team and their coaches, Ms. Ella Ryan, Ms. Anna Ward, Ms. Kate O Donovan and Mr. Ger Carey on winning the County “A” Football Championship today in Kilmichael. They beat St.Mary’s of Midleton, one of their fiercest rivals, in a cracking match under blue skies. This win completes the treble for this amazing team who have now won the County, Munster and All-Ireland “A”titles for 2025.
The School Community wish to thank all of these girls for their fantastic efforts this year. They have made incredible memories for themselves and the school. We are so proud of all their achievements. We wish to particularly thank the 8 Leaving Certs; Kathlyn, Leah, Becca, Niamh, Eleanor, Maeve, Hannah and Tara for their long service and wish them well in their exams and future endeavours. We cannot thank our coaches enough for giving so much of their time and energy to help this team reach this greatness. We wish to also acknowledge the efforts of the local clubs who have also helped to shape this bunch. Many thanks to our staff, parents and students who have travelled the length and breath of the country to support our girls. 2025 will go down in the annals of the school’s history!
Congratulations to all our students who participated in the first West Cork Schools Badminton tournament in Clonakilty Community College.
Students had a great day out where they competed at all age groups and came home with a variety of medals for their efforts.
Well done to SCS students Niall O’Callaghan & Dan McCarthy who played for the Cork minors in their victory over Tipperary in the Munster football semi-final last night. Niall scored one point & Dan scored four points. Well done also to the Cork minor coach Mr. Moore.
They will now face Kerry in the Munster final next week.
Gaisce Trip
As part of the Adventure Tour for Gaisce, this year students attended the Fastnet Marine & Outdoor Education Centre in Schull.
On day 1 students completed the Seefin Loop on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula with some amazing views on offer.
On day 2 students walked from Schull to Ballydehob on the Butter road walk.
All students had an amazing time.
Congratulations to all our students who participated in the South Munster Track & Field Championships at MTU on Friday 9th May.
A huge congratulations to all our students who participated in the South Munster Track & Field Championships in MTU on Friday 9th of May - Dáire Bohane, Sam Kingston, Evan O'Sullivan, Diana Coakley, Ciara Delaney, Caoimhe Flannery, Lorraine Coakley and Laura Mae Coakley. A fantastic bunch of athletes, with many bringing home medals on the day. Well done!
Wishing them the very best of luck with the next stage of the competition, qualifying for the All Irelands!
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Final Results -
Senior Girls -
•Ciara Delaney 1st in 800m
•Caoimhe Flannery 1st in 1500m and 1500m Steeplechase (CBP)
• Katie Kingston 1st and Diana Coakley 2nd in Discus
•Katie Kingston 1st in Javelin
Intermediate Girls -
• Elaine O'Sullivan 2nd and Lorraine Coakley 3rd in Discus
•Elaine O'Sullivan 1st and Lorraine Coakley 2nd in Javelin
Junior Girls -
•Laura Mae Coakley 1st in Javelin and 2nd in Discus.
Intermediate Boys -
•Evan O'Sullivan 3rd in Javelin
Junior Boys -
•Sam Kingston 1st in Javelin
Congratulations to Evan Collins, Niamh O’Driscoll, Abaigh Buckley, Adam O’Donovan, Paddy Collins, Jack Heaton Jones, Ailise O’Sullivan and Naoise Quinn, students from Skibbereen Community School who each received a Garda Youth Award last Friday night in The West Lodge Hotel in Bantry.
Sincere thanks to An Garda Síochána and everyone who organised the wonderful event.
The school were delighted to welcome Ms. Carrie McCarthy lecturer in MTU to Skibbereen Community School today.
She gave three wonderful presentations to third, fourth and fifth years on nutrition and tips for exam students. The student body found it very informative especially the fact that they should be having seven fruit and vegetables a day and the importance of hydration for well-being.
There was a huge demand for her presentations and we look forward to seeing her back again.
Thanks very much to Ms. Orla O’Sullivan for organising.
Congratulations to our Senior Ladies Football Team on beating St.Mary’s of Macroom in the County Semi Final on Tuesday last, May 6th. They now go on to play St. Mary’s High School Midleton in the County “A” Final on Tueday May 13th, 2025 in Kilmichael GAA grounds. Throw in is at 11am. We wish them the very best of luck!
Skibbereen Community School were delighted to support the Skibbereen Cycle Bus this morning.
The sun was shining at 8.25am as we took off from Cois Caol and made our way to all the local Primary Schools: Abbeystrewery NS, St. Patrick’s NS, An Gaelscoil and St. Joseph’s NS.
Accompanied by Cycle Sense, supportive parents, Skibbereen based Garda Jason Daly, Principals Ms. Audrey O’ Sullivan and Mr. Alan Foley, it was a huge success.
We are encouraging all of our students to take part in the upcoming Skibbereen Bike Week. We look forward to seeing them cycling their bikes up the hill to our school and to continue to support this Cycle Bus!
Tomasz Firek of local CNC company Versa CNC, taking 3rd year students, Oisín Moore and Michael Wynn through the process of CNC routing.
Versa CNC are CNC routing a F1 car body ahead of the F1 in schools National finals which take place in Kinsale Sports and Community Centre on Tuesday 13th May.
Tomasz gave a demonstration on using the software to generate the tool paths, on the simulation software, on setting up the tooling and machine ahead of routing and cut the first prototype on the machine.
The students found this training very interesting and informative.
SCS 3rd year students Oisin Moore, Michael Wynn, Aran O Driscoll and Paddy Jedryszczyk have qualified under the team name `Shadow Racing`.
Congratulations to BuzzGum (Leo Farrell, Kegan Evans and Conor Worboys) who are 1 of 5 schools in Ireland to be selected to attend the Patch Lab Innovation camp.
As a result, these 5 enterprises have been invited to showcase their businesses at the National finals of the Student Enterprise Programme in the Mullingar Park Hotel, on Thursday 8th May.
A wonderful achievement for these three budding entrepreneurs and we wish them all the best.
A big thank you to Sharon and Gráinne who visited our class today. Both local entrepreneurs, Sharon runs pure_fitness_west_cork and Gráinne runs The Favourite/Style Bar in Skibbereen. They gave a passionate talk about their careers to date and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of running their own business but also encouraged the students to follow their dreams and stressed to pursue a career they really enjoy.
An enjoyable morning for all and thanks to Jason and Dylan for preparing the refreshments.
Pictured below are 4th years litter picking this week.
Many thanks to Skibbereen Tidy Towns, Cork County Council and Ms. Orla O Sullivan, Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Liz Leonard for organising.
Well done to our 1st year boys footballers who won the B final in the O’Herlihy Cup Blitz in Dunmanway today.
The school wish to thank our Boston friends for coming to visit Skibbereen Community School. We wish them the very best and look forward to seeing them again in the future.
Thank you to Mr. Ryan Beatty, Ms. Kellie Bell and Ms. Jenn Wade Baker for accompanying the students and for their wonderful company and professionalism.
This exchange had been a huge success and we wish to thank all our host families for accommodating our American students. The trip was a massive success and only made possible by a community effort both here in Skibbereen and in Boston.
We are very grateful to Ms. Kate Ciulla our link teacher in Scituate Boston, and to Ms. Brenda O’Connor and her team for their help.
We wish to acknowledge the wonderful hospitality we received each day from everyone who supported the school. Thank you to Kate Jacob from Jacobs, Baltimore for her hospitality on Monday night. On Tuesday we wish to thank Pa and Ger Carey for their hospitality in the Horse and Hound. On Wednesday we wish to sincerely thank our retired colleague Mr. Mick Murphy for organising kayaking in lough Hyne. On Thursday we wish to acknowledge the wonderful hospitality we received in the Whale’s Tail in Clonakilty and De Barra’s. On Friday evening we wish to thank Christine and her team in the Church Restaurant in Skibbereen. On Friday night we also wish to acknowledge Paula McCarthy and Lizzie Henwood Broderick for their hospitality in The Skibbereen Eagle.
We are so grateful to Mr. Damien Long and his wonderful team as well as Bam for their constant professionalism. Finally we sincerely appreciate the effort that all the staff members involved made throughout the week in organising the exchange this year. We are already looking forward to the next one.
The following are a few pics from various other activities that went on during the week. As you can see, the sun shone each day!
Some photos from the 1st year girls football blitz last Thursday. Thanks to our helpers Eve Minihane, Kate Carey and Donna Woods. A great day out for all.
On days 9 and 10 our Boston friends went to Dublin. There was a huge send off on Saturday morning. We were sad to see them leave.
Our History teacher Mr. Luke Carolan was their tour guide and we were very thankful to him and to Phil from Long’s buses for giving up their time to show them the sights and scenery of Dublin.
The group visited Trinity Library, Dublin Castle, Grafton Street and Government Buildings. Thankfully the sun continued shining for the two days.
Then it was off to Dublin Airport for their return journey home. It is hard to imagine that the trip is over!
Day 8 started out in Skibbereen Heritage Centre. We were very grateful to Ms. Terri Kearney for her excellent presentation to our students. At the end of this we officially handed over the “Christening of the Patrick Gallagher” booklet to Ms. Terri Kearney. This was a very significant and poignant moment as it travelled all the way from Scituate to its forever home in Skibbereen. We are very thankful to Ms. Brenda O’Connor from Scituate for organising this.
Afterwards the students spent an hour in Skibbereen to enjoy the sights and shops. We can confirm that all of our wonderful Skibbereen businesses did a bumper trade today! From coffees, jewellery, clothing, books and designer footwear we have something for everyone. Local resident Mr. Eamonn Barry & others took the time out to say hello.
With everyone happy with their purchases for home, we made our way back to Skibbereen Community School where our Principal Mr. Anton O’Mahony and our TY Coordinator Mr. Conor Uhl designed a specific timetable to give our American students a taste of what schooling is like in Ireland.
They attended their first Irish class thanks to Ms. Mary O’Driscoll and Ms. Mary O’Mahony. Ms. Sarah McCarthy organised a Home Economics class baking scones and Mr. Uhl organised a Woodwork class where everyone made coasters.
Our American friends got an opportunity to use our canteen too and were very impressed with their salads and soup. We will be very sad to see them go at 7am tomorrow morning where they will be travelling by bus to Dublin to spend two days sightseeing.
Well done to the SCS students who were among the hundreds of students participating in Day 1 of the South Munster Schools Athletics Championships at MTU in sweltering conditions yesterday.
Remarkably all nine students finished in the top 4 and claimed 8 medals between them;
6 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze, with two of the gold medallists setting new South Munster Schools records;
Caoimhe Flannery in the Senior (U19)Girls' 1500m Steeplechase and Sam Kingston in the Junior Boys'(u15) Javelin.
Other gold medallists were;
Ciara Delaney Senior Girls' 400m
Katie Kingston Senior Girls' Javelin
Elaine O'Sullivan Intermediate (u17) Javelin
Laura Mae Coakley Junior (u15) Girls' Javelin
Silver Medallist was Lorraine Coakley, Intermediate Girls' Javelin.
Bronze Medallist was Evan O’Sullivan, Intermediate Boys' Javelin.
4th; Dáire Bohane Intermediate Boys' Triple Jump.
The top 3 in each category will proceed to the Munster Schools' Finals on May 17th.
Many of these athletes will compete in a different event on Day 2 of the South Munsters on Friday May 9th.
