Open night at St. Joseph’s College Borrisoleigh a great success

A very successful open night was held at St. Joseph’s College, Borrisoleigh on

Thursday 15th October.  A large group of 5th and 6th class pupils, along with their parents attended presentations in the specialist class rooms and met the teachers.

This was followed by the principal’s address and former student, Tipperary hurler

James Woodlock fondly recollecting his school days at St. Joseph’s. A big thank you to all the teachers who as usual put in great work to make sure the night was a success.

For anybody who missed the open night and would like to view the school please

contact Mr. Kevin McCarthy at 0504 51215.

Other school news

St. Josephs’ College, Borrisoleigh took part in a blitz in Kilfeacle ran by Munster. We had 2 games in our pool and then progressed to the final. In the final we met Nenagh College and it ended in a draw, 10-10. Sean Dunne scored a great try to start off proceedings early in the match. It wasn’t long before Nenagh did the same. Cian Stapleton then barged over the line with the help of Kevin Maher to score our second try. Nenagh College then equalised in the dying minutes. Man of the match was awarded to our own captain Kevin Maher who played outstanding as did a lot of our players who took to the rugby field for the very first time. Dan Ryan took a knock in the first game and all the team would like to wish him a speedy recovery

On Wednesday, October 14th,  the leaving cert music class attended a presentation

and performance of one of their prescribed works, Mozart ‘s Piano Concerto in A

major K 488 at the magnificent St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick. Peter Barley gave an

insightful analysis of the work with the orchestra illustrating his words. This was

followed by a performance of the complete concerto conducted by Peter Barley. Stuart

O Sullivan was the piano soloist. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to

experience a live performances of the work they had studied and they found it to be

of great interest and benefit. They even got the opportunity to speak to Stuart

after the concert about his career as a pianist, his style of playing and his

favourite music. Most enlightening indeed.

Junior music students will have their opportunity to hear a live

orchestra when they visit City Hall Cork for a performance by Cork Pops

Orchestra on November 5th. This will be presented by Evelyn Grant, well

known conductor, educationalist and presenter on lyric fm.