School News

Thanks to Fr. Anthony for a beautiful ceremony this week for our First Communicants as they made their First Confession!

Last week the Parents' Association presented donations totalling €2000, from the proceeds of our recent Tractor Run, to two worthy benefactors in Dunmanway Community Hospital and St. Bernadette's Oncology Ward, Mercy Hospital, Cork. Thanks again to all who helped in...

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday March 3rd this year. It is always a great day of celebration here in Kilnadur as we welcome both factual and fictional characters from the world of sport, the world of drama, from novels, from comics and from much much more....

Pupils in the Senior Room have been busy clearing our garden in recent weeks and last week planted a bed of potatoes and another of onions. We soon hope to add beetroot and lettuce to the crop that we will collect over the coming months. We have also decided to leave...

Mark Bryan has returned to us this term to show us all things dance. From Spanish Waltzes, to Line dancing, to the traditional '1,2,3's' we are loving every minute of the classes and leaving with some great dancing skills to show everyone at home! We are looking...

We were delighted to welcome Carl and Caoimhe back to St. Enda's over the last number of weeks to teach us all about safe cycling and bike maintenance. Over the first few of sessions we practiced our skills in the yard but for the final two sessions we took to the...

We kept up an old, annual Irish tradition by making St. Brigid's Crosses to celebrate St. Brigid's Day. According to legend Brigid was called to the bedside of a dying pagan chieftain. She sat by him to keep watch over him in his final hours. While sitting by the...

On Sunday 29th January we held our annual Tractor and Vintage Car Run. The day dawned bright and fresh and the turnout certainly didn't disappoint. There were almost 90 tractors, 20 cars and even a few trucks in attendance, along with a large crowd of on-lookers from...

We celebrated Grandparent's Day on Friday as part of Catholic Schools Week. After a lovely mass in Johnstown Church with Fr. Pat, many of our grandparents followed us back to school for a cup of tea, a chat and some entertainment provided by their wonderful...