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Lucan Community College
TY Trip to Glasnevin: Well done to TY students for their excellent participation in a recent informative, historical tour of Glasnevin National Cemetery. The tour saw the students looking at the graves of major figures in Irish history, like Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Charles Stewart Parnell, Countess Markievicz, Maud Gonne, and others. They also stopped at Daniel O'Connell's crypt to learn about his impact on Irish society. Big thank you to Shane, our knowledgeable guide and all the team.
3rd year trip to Dail Eireann: Class Branson had an amazing trip to Leinster House today! As part of their CSPE course, they learned how the Irish Government works, visited the Dail chamber, and even sat in while senators debated in the Seanad. What a great way to see democracy in action! A huge thank you to Emer Higgins for facilitating the trip.
St Joseph's College Lucan
Minor Soccer: Well done to our minor soccer team who had a great win in their first league game during the week. The girls beat Hansfield College, Blanchardstown 7-3.
Leinster House Visit: On Thursday, second year CSPE students were invited into Leinster House for the day by local TD Emer Higgins. The students were given a tour of the building and given an insight into the day to day running of the parliamentary buildings.
Hockey: On Wednesday our first year and junior hockey teams were in action. The first years were unfortunately beaten 4-1 and the juniors drew 1-1. Both games were against Temple Carrig, Greystones.
Presentation Day Mass: On Thursday, we celebrated Presentation Day in St. Marys, Church. The mass was a fantastic coming together of entire school community with the sermon by Fr. Bill O'Shaughnessy. On the day we gave thanks for all we are grateful for in our lives and took a moment to think about those in the world who are suffering and grieving. Presentation Day is where we as a school celebrate our Ceist values and the spirit of Nano Nagle. Many thanks to our wonderful musicians and choir who provided excellent music throughout the ceremony.
2026 Calendar Fundraiser: We are delighted to announce the sale of our St. Joseph's College Fundraising Calendar 2026 in aid of St. Vincent De Paul. This calendar will be available from the
24th November 2025. Our calendars make fantastic planners, wall hangings for kitchens and offices and especially as Christmas presents to send all over the world!
This year's calendar features many beautiful images of Lucan and the surrounding areas. We are very grateful to our sponsors Eamon Costello (Kerry) Ltd., MyVet and Lucan District Credit Union for sponsoring our calendar once again. Calendars can be bought directly from the school (01-6281160) and will be on sale in Centra, Lucan for 10.00 euro from Wed, 26th November. All proceeds go to St. Vincent de Paul. Please
support this very worthy cause!
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Colaiste Phadraig
Soccer: Our 1st yr soccer team defeated Edmund Rice College, Castleknock 5-1 last Thursday in their 2nd group match of their Dublin Metropolitan League campaign. Having lost their opening game, the team knew that a win was vital if they were to maintain serious aspirations of a top 2 finish in the 5 team group. Edmund Rice took the lead after 10mins with a close range header. Lucan deservedly equalised on 20mins when Cian McTiernan scored with a stooping header at the back post. Lucan took the lead minutes later through an own goal. Evan Gill soon added a 3rd when he fired in a precise right-footed shot across the keeper, low into the far corner. Peter Doyle extended the lead with a close range finish at the far post and he got his second, and the team's 5th, just after half time with an unstoppable, dipping drive from 25 yrds, high down the middle of the goal. The team play both Salesian College Celbridge and Hartstown CS next week in their final two group matches.
Our u15 team drew 0-0 against Kishoge CC on Monday in their opening group stage match of their League campaign. The team produced a fine display but were thwarted by some excellent goalkeeping and some questionable refereeing decisions. Conor Brennan thought that he had given the team a richly deserved lead with a fine finish from inside the box only for the referee to disallow the goal for a very dubious off-side decision.
Our u17 soccer team drew 1-1 against Holy Family, Rathcoole last Thursday. A stunning, dipping free-kick from Sean Connell in the last minute rescued a well-deserved point for Lucan. The team face Coolmine CS in their 2nd and final group match this Friday. The top two advance to the knockout stages so a win will definitely secure qualification for the team.
Football: Our u16 football team were beaten 3-14 to 2-2 by St. McDara's Templeogue in their opening group match of their Junior Football Dublin League campaign on Tuesday. Lucan battled valiantly but their classy opponents were a level above for most of the game. Hugh O’ Neill and Finn Garner got the Lucan goals while Jack Biggs and Adam Breen scored a point apiece. Daniel Godson impressed for the team with 8 important tackles during the game, while Daniel Wallace, Shane Brennan, Ken Irwin and Rian Murphy all had good games, full of energy, endeavour and exceptional work rate.
Basketball: Hard luck to our u19 basketball team who were defeated 79-53 by an exceptional Templeogue College team in their East Boys League A 1-4 final on Monday. It was a high-quality game between two top-class teams but ultimately a strong final 1-4 from Templeogue, which they won by 16 points, was the difference. Lucan led by a single point at half-time, 40-39, with Lewis Adjinakou (15) and Joel Mananga (14) getting the bulk of the scores. Templeogue produced an impressive 3rd 1-4 display to lead by 10 points and they saved their best for last with a dominate final 1-4 to pull away from a tiring Lucan. McKenzie Knowles did score two excellent 3-pointers late on, but it was too little, too late and the team sadly exited the competition at the 1-4 stage.
Cricket: Our Junior cricket team enjoyed an impressive win against Piper's Hill College on Tuesday in their latest indoor match. Rohan Malik impressed for Lucan with 4 excellent sixes while Andrew Cyril and Jazib Iftikhar made important contributions with 2 sixes apiece. Lucan finished with 95 runs and proceeded to bowl out their opponents for just 26 to secure an emphatic win. Cricket Leinster are responsible for organising this tournament as part of their drive to build connections between schools and boost participation at secondary level especially. These indoor matches have quickly become very popular with the cricket mad students.
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