Maths Week in Marist College began with a 1st year poster competition ‘Maths in my Everyday Life’. The standard was extremely high with Dónal McDermott winning 1st place, Darragh McGrath in second place and Aindriu Lynam winning third. First years also took part in outdoor activities including the jumping maze, which proved very challenging but enjoyable for all the students. 2nd years took part in a Table Quiz and, with an impressive score of 26, the quiz was won by team mem

All first year students were invited to Ericsson to participate in ‘Hackaton’ workshops. Students had the opportunity to work in groups of four, where they developed and presented a project based on the computer programming languages HTML and CSS. Winning teams were presented with prizes and all students got the opportunity to participate in a plant tour with a Senior Software Engineer. They engaged in a technique called ‘Mob Programming’, a concept familiar to all Ericsson s

Marist College 1-17 Colaiste Eoin 1-5. Well done to our senior Gaelic side who qualified for the north Leinster league final with a win over Stillorgan outfit Colaiste Eoin in Pairc Chiarain last Wednesday. The Marist played some sintilating football in the opening minutes and settled well with scores from Ciaran Sugrue, Colin Murphy, Paul McGrath (free) and Ian O’Rourke. Colaiste Eoin drew level with a goal and a point. The Marist replied through a well taken penalty from Ki

Congratulations to Francis Derwin who represented Marist College in the Inter Schools Showjumping Championship in Mullingar Equestrian Centre.

We were extremely honoured and privileged to welcome Mr. Tomi Reichental to Marist College this week. Tomi is a Holocaust survivor who powerfully spoke about his experience in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He also spoke about the importance of remembering the past and engaged in a question and answer session with our students. This collaboration took place in conjunction with the Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, and we thank Tomi and HETI for this amazing educational op

Marist Week 2018 was celebrated recently in Marist College in conjunction with the other Marist schools in Ireland, Moyle Park and Marian College in Dublin. Named in honour of our founder, St. Marcellin Champagnat, our annual Champagnat Mass was celebrated by Fr. Liam Kelly OFM in St. Mary’s Church on Monday, 8th October. The whole school community gathered along with the Athlone and Dublin Marist brothers. We were especially privileged to welcome the family of the late Maur

Marist Leaders is a leadership programme for senior students of Marist College Athlone, Moyle Park and Marian College in Dublin. As part of their leadership development programme, students recently visited the home of Marist founder Marcellin Champagnat in L’Hermitage, near Lyon in France. The overall purpose of the weekend was to develop leadership and community through a shared experience of activities. The centre delivers an experiential wilderness programme, which was tai

Marist College – 23 St. Colmcille’s CS, Knocklyon – 19 Our U16 Basketball team got off to a great start in the Subway All Ireland Schools Cup, travelling to St. Colmcille’s CS in Knocklyon, Dublin. Well done to TJ Mumia who was top scorer on this occasion. The team now progress to the Quarter Finals in November.

The 2018 All Ireland Inter-Schools Sailing Championship took place this weekend in Sutton Dinghy Club, Dublin. Two days of tough racing against the top schools in the country saw Marist College Athlone take the overall Team Championship title, along with the Conor Nolan Memorial Trophy. The team members Alexander Farrell, Eoghan Duffy, Darragh Elliott, Mathew Fallon and Dylan Farrell battled strong winds and tides. In a nail biting finish, it came down to the final race where

Marist College 3-13 Moate CS 0-3. Well done to our Senior Gaelic panel who won their second round clash versus Moate CS in the North Leinster A league on Tuesday, securing qualification for the semi-final with a game to spare. After a slow start, the Marist got off the mark through points from Shane Reid, Colin Murphy and Fred Kelleher. Two goals, one each from Ruairi Smith and Reid, gave the Marist some breathing space and they followed these goals with points from Murphy (f