Well done to our TY students who helped out at Cara House and we look forward to supporting Cara House for the year ahead.
Thanks to Ms. Aine Minihane, Ms. Orla O’Sullivan, Mr. Conor Uhl and Ms. Gretta Burchill for organising.
Everyone in Skibbereen Community School were delighted to welcome our new first year students for their Induction Day on Monday August 25th.
Students gathered for an official welcome from our Principal Mr. Anton O'Mahony, Deputy, Ms Mary Belton and Year Head, Ms Sarah McCarthy.
Students spent the morning in fun ice breaking activities before being divided into class groups and getting their timetables and lockers.
They have now successfully completed their first full week of timetabled classes and are settling in well.
We are looking forward to working with this fantastic group of students and following their journey over the next six years.
Pictured are Katie and Sam Kingston winning the Scottish Javelin Championships held in Aberdeen two weeks ago.
Katie secured a Triple National title over the summer winning the Irish, Welsh and Scottish Javelin Championships.
Katie also competed alongside three time Olympic Gold medalist Thiam in Brussels. Katie achieved a PB in this competition and took silver.
The School Community would like to congratulate and acknowledge Abigail Fowler, 6th Year, on representing Ireland in the recent U19 Coupe de la Jeunesse 2025 in Austria.
Abigail rowed in the Women’s U19 4-.
Well done Abigail.
The School Community would like to wish our past pupil, Ms. Enya Breen and the Irish Rugby team the very best of luck in the Rugby World Cup in England this month.
Congrats to Enya on scoring a try against Japan in their opening Pool Match last weekend.
LEAVING CERTIFICATE RESULTS 2025
We wish the LC class of 2025 the very best of luck receiving their results on Friday 22nd August. Students will be able to access their results on the Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) from 10am. It is very important that all students should check their log-in details for the portal in advance of Friday.
Students are very welcome to visit the school Friday morning from 11:30am to 1:30pm to gather and celebrate, have their queries answered or receive their results in person if they so wish.
Some important information from the SEC is outlined below.
The School Community would like to congratulate and acknowledge Caoimhe Flannery, 6th Year on representing Ireland in the recent U20 European Athletics Championships in Finland. Caoimhe ran in the Women’s 3000m Steeple Chase. Well done Caoimhe!
The School Community would like to congratulate the Cork Ladies Minor Football Team on winning the All-Ireland against Dublin. We in particular wish to congratulate our 5th Year SCS players of Ali Tobin, Éabha O Donovan and Katie Carey. Well done girls. It’s an incredible achievement!
The School Community would like to extend its deepest sympathies to Dovydas’ Family, Friends and Year Group on his tragic passing. Dovydas was a well liked, talented and much valued student of our school. He was a hard worker who had a talent for woodwork and had just begun his apprenticeship. He will be sadly missed by us all. May he rest in peace.
Well done to Caoimhe Flannery on winning the West Cork Sports Star Award 2025 in The Celtic Ross Hotel on Friday, marking her fantastic success in Athletics this year.
Various other awards were presented on the evening, celebrating the wonderful achievements of young people, involved in an array of sports, from the West Cork region.
It was great to see so many of Caoimhe's family and friends in attendance at this wonderful event, including Ms. Uí Shúilleabháin and Ms. Belton from Skibbereen Community School.
Congratulations Caoimhe!
SCS wishes you continued success.
A memorable weekend for the SCS athletes ,who had qualified for the All Ireland Schools' Track and Field in Tullamore last weekend.
2 gold medals , 1 silver ,two 5th places and all seven athletes finished in top 8!
Sam Kingston : 1st in Junior Boys' Javelin (600g) 45.16m
Caoimhe Flannery : 1st 1500m S/Chase 4: 56 ,a new Irish Schools Record ,by 5 seconds.
Katie Kingston: 2nd Senior Girls' Javelin (600g) 37.15m
Ciara Delaney :5th Senior Girls' 800m 2:16.03 PB
Diana Coakley: 5th Senior Girls' Hammer 36.33m
Elaine O'Sullivan: 6th Intermediate Girls'Javelin(500g) 32.55m
Lorraine Coakley: 8th Intermediate Girls Javelin (500g) 31.54 .
SCS were an incredible 2nd overall out of 123 schools in the Senior Girls category (Points accumulated by Caoimhe,Katie, Ciara and Diana for their placings.)
The School are tremendously proud of all their achievements both this weekend and over the entire season. They have done themselves, their families, their school and their Athletic Club so proud! Many thanks to them for their efforts and to their parents and club coaches for all the support.
Best of luck to Diana Rose, Lorraine, Sam, Ciara, Katie, Elaine and Caoimhe in the All-Ireland School’s Athletics Championships in Tullamore this weekend. They are pictured with Mr. Anton O Mahony, School Principal.
Huge congratulations to the winners of this year's Field of Stones creative writing competition:
Sophie Scarlett for Junior Poetry.
Alice Sparazynska for Senior Poetry.
Overall winner Olivia Cahalane for Senior Short Story.
Well done to all.
We look forward to reading your fantastic work in next year's Field of Stones magazine.
Skibbereen Community School bid a sad farewell to the Leaving cert Class of 2025 at their Leaving Cert Graduation Ceremony last Wednesday. Over 750 parents, friends and staff were in attendance to see them graduate. Fr. John Heinhold and Rev. John Ardis officiated at the ceremony.
Mr. O Mahony, Principal, Ms. Burchill, Year Head and Student Rep, Will O Donovan, delivered outstanding speeches that beautifully captured the spirit of this year group—their compassion, resilience, humanity, and the genuine kindness they showed one another, in face of the hardships they endured over their six years. They truly are a remarkable group of young people.
The School Community would like to wish everyone of them the very best of luck in their upcomimg exams and in their future endeavours. The School Community would like to thank all their Teachers, SNA’s , Admin and Auxiliary Staff who journeyed with them. Thanks also to the Parents/Guardians, local Sports Clubs, Organisations and Businesses who supported the school over the time.
Mr. O Mahony mentioned and quoted the famous scientist, Ms. Marie Curie in his speech. “ We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." "Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood."
Last week saw Mr. Kelly's 1st years take on the role of solicitors in a model courtroom and compete in groups in a series of heated debates on the legacy of Christopher Columbus and his role in the slavery of Native Americans. These debates came about after they had conducted heavy research and compiled their evidence.
This exercise tied in with Learning Strand 1.2 of the Junior Certificate History curriculum whereby students are encouraged to consider controversial issues in history from more than one perspective and discuss historical roots of a controversial issue in the contemporary world.
After some hard-hitting points from both our Prosecution and Defence teams, as well as contributions from our Court Clerks and Jurors it was deemed only right that they got rewarded with ice lollies and chocolate!
We once again thank all students for the huge effort that they have put in over the last couple of weeks and we wish them well in their exams.
Skibbereen Community School hosted a “Safe Summer” presentation for First Years on Tuesday 20th May.
Ms. Katie Mann of Skibbereen Cycle Sense was invited to show the students on how to wear a helmet correctly. Fifth Year students were then invited on stage to tell everyone about an accident they were involved in sending a very clear message that wearing a bike helmet saves lives. Thanks to Odhran Herlihy, Eoghan Whooley, Neill O’ Sullivan and Liam Hogan for this. The broken helmet from that accident was passed around the audience.
Skibbereen based Garda James Crowley said a few words about Road Safety and Mr. Des Quinn and Mr. Tom Collins spoke about Fire Safety. Mr. Gary Minihane and Mr. Brendan Leahy spoke about their role in the Ambulance service. They also showed pictures of real situations.
Mr. Diarmuid O’ Donnabháin spoke about Water Safety before the Coast Guard explained their roles in rescuing people in danger at sea and on land. Mr. Brendan Cahill, Ms. Micheala Cooper, Mr. Nick Murphy, Ms. Emma Burton and Ms. Anu Helina also displayed their equipment and what to do in the event of an emergency.
The afternoon finished off with a raffle of 10 bike helmets thanks to funding secured from Bike Week. A clear message was sent out regarding the importance of safety in Summer. After the presentation, all students received ice creams from Lidl. A big thank you to Roger Earl and Ms. Catherine Burns from the school’s SCP Team for organising this.
We are hugely grateful to all the Emergency Services who gave up their time to visit our school. Thanks also to the BAM staff for their support. Thanks especially to Ms. Orla O’ Sullivan and Ms. Sarah Mc Carthy for organising the event.
Congratulations to all our TY Students who graduated from SCS today. They were truly a remarkable bunch. They definitely got out of TY what they put in!!!Congrats to all the Award Winners and we wish to particularly thank Mr. Conor Uhl, TY Coordinator for his outstanding work today and all year. Many thanks also to Mr. PatJoe Whooley, Year Head, Ms. Colette Brennan and the TY Band, Ms. Mary Kelleher Fowler for the brochures and to all parents/guardians who attended. Many thanks to all those TY students and Second Years who set up the hall and provided refreshments. Have a great summer and we’ll see you all in September!!
Pictured below are the Green Schools Committee having a pizza party celebrating getting their Green Flag for bio diversity.
Well done to all.
Mr. Roger Earl and Ms. Catherine Burns from the School Completion Programme gave a talk to all First Year and Second Years this week on the importance of good attendance and presented exemplary Attendance Certificates to a number of First years. Also pictured is the First year Year Head, Ms. Karen Sheane and Mr. Tom Foley, Deputy Principal. The talk was followed by an ice cream party sponsored by Lidl Supermarket Skibbereen. Many thanks to them!