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Staff Photograph IFCContents 1Principal’s Foreword 260th Anniversary Celebrations 3Editorial 3All Shook Up 4L’Hermitage – TY 6Gaisce 7Dcode 22 8Iceland Trip 11Stewarts Christmas Appeal 13Hillwalk / Badminton / Table Tennis 14Scholars Ireland 15Italian Ski Trip 16French Cultural Exchange 18New Teacher’s Experience 19?????? 20Achievements 216th Year Graduation 2017 22Green Schools Committee / 6th Year LCVP 23Autographs 24?????? 256th Year Students 2018 266th Year Group Photo 326th Year Form Photographs 34TY Photos 37First Year Form Class 38Student Council 40Marist Leaders 41Gaelic Football - U16s 42Gaelic Football - U14s 43Senior Gaelic 44Athletics 46Soccer - 1st Years / U15s 47Soccer - U17s 48Senior Soccer - U19s 49Basketball - 1st Years 50Basketball - 2nd Years 53Basketball - U16s 54Basketball - U19s 55Hurling - U14s 54Hurling - U16s 55Boxing 57Rugby 58Bridge21 TY Graduation / Herald Athletic Sports Star Award 60Clondalkin Community Enterprise Event 61Green Day 62Our Marist Family 64

2 Moyle Park College Yearbook 2018

As our 2017-2018 school year draws to a close, we bid farewellto the Class of 2018. These young men entered the College 5-6 years ago, ambling through the corridors, full of enthusiasm,excited at the prospect of commencing Secondary School. Wewitnessed their triumphs and losses and guided them on theirjourney through the school. They have grown as young men andare ready to take on the challenges ahead. We wish them wellas they take on the next phase of their life journey and hope thatthe values we shared as a Marist school community will travelwith them through life.

Education is experiencing rapid change with Junior Cyclereforms and changes to the Leaving Certificate imminent. Wehave introduced a new Junior Cycle English, Business, Science,Irish, French and Spanish curriculum. Our TY’s and Fifth Yearswere the First to receive the new Junior Cycle Profile ofAchievement in place of the old Junior Certificate. The reformscreate a more holistic picture of a student’s educationalprogression, taking extra-curricular and co-curricular activitiesinto account. This past year has also seen the introduction ofmore stringent Child Protection, Data Protection and VettingProcedures. With growing numbers and increased pressure onspace and resources, we face new challenges ahead as aschool. Staffing shortages, lack of resources and budgetaryrestraints have added to the challenges faced in 2018. OurSchool Community have embraced the changes and workedtirelessly to create an innovative environment where Teachingand Learning evolves.

In October 2018, we celebrated our 60th Anniversary,commemorating the foundation of the College in 1957. TheMarist Brothers have supported the community of Clondalkin formany years and the school has become an integral part of thefabric of the village. Our Marist Community of Brothers, Br.Nick, Br. PJ, Br. Kieran and Br. Colman work tirelessly for thecollege community, supporting families in need through theirwork with the various Charity Organisations and CommunityGroups and working in supportive roles within the school. Theyalso work on Committees such as the Marist EducationCommission and the Mission Council advancing the work of theMarist Brothers across Europe and worldwide. We would alsolike to thank Ms. Aisling de Maison, Director of Marist Educationwho has worked with the three Marist schools in Ireland, MaristCollege Athlone, Marian College and ourselves developing theMarist Student Leadership Programme and the Marist CoreTeams.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of theCollege Community, Deputy Principals, Mr. Mac Gabhann, Ms.Kilcoyne and acting Deputy Principal Mr. Quinn, the teachingstaff, the SNA’s, the support staff and the Marist Brothers for theirtireless efforts and their ongoing dedication to the students ofMoyle Park College. I would also like to thank the SchoolCompletion Programme coordinated by Eve and Sonia andthank them both for their dedication to the students of theCollege. I also thank them for their work with our clusterschools, fighting to retain the funding for the Programme which

provides support to so many families within the ClondalkinVillage schools. We welcomed the opportunity to collaboratewith St. Joseph’s and Scoil Mhuire in our St. Vincent de PaulFood Appeal at Christmas and of course our wonderful musicalcollaboration ‘All Shook Up’ with the staff and students ofColáiste Bríde.

Our extra-curricular and co-curricular activities bring colour andcreativity to our school curriculum. We relish the achievements ofour many teams and individuals and hope that 2018-2019brings further success. Programmes such as the Marist StudentLeadership Programme, the TA21 Programme, the ScholarsProgramme and the introduction of a new Student Council havebrought an entirely new dimension to student voice and studentleadership in the College. The Droichead programme for theinduction of newly qualified teachers, and the commitment ofstaff to Continual Professional Development have enhanced ourteaching and learning. The dedication of Year Heads, Formteachers, counsellors and SEN (Special Educational Needs) staffhave ensured that all student needs are catered for. Newinitiatives such as the Coding Club, the Design Club and theintroduction of a Wellbeing Curriculum broadens the learningenvironment of the College.

Our Parents’ Council are at the core of Moyle Park College. Iwould like to thank them for their dedication and commitmentto the College. They ensure that the voice of the parent body isheard and is part of the ongoing development of the College.This year the Parents’ Council, chaired by Mrs. Audrey Burke setup a fundraising committee and raised €30,000 for thereplacement of the sports hall floor. They continue to plan for thefuture and I encourage everyone to support them in their futureendeavours. I would also like to thank the local community andthe many businesses who have supported our efforts throughoutthe year. We hope to collaborate on many more projects in thefuture.

A huge thank you to the Board of Management and chairpersonMr. Tommy Flynn for their ongoing commitment to the College.They have provided support and guidance in the developmentof school projects and are proactive in their efforts to improvethe school environment, enabling us to embrace change.

I wish to thank the students of Moyle Park College, in particularour Sixth Year students who have witnessed much change duringtheir time in the College. I would also like to thank our Mariststudent leaders who have helped out at our many InformationEvenings, Parent Student Teacher Meetings, Enrolment Evenings,our First Year Taster Day among others. Thank you to all thosewho have assisted teachers with clubs, sports, classes andcommittees helping to enhance our school environment. Iextend my best wishes to all of our students in particular ourexam students as they prepare to sit their exams in June.

I would finally like to thank the editorial team Ms. Quigley, Mr.Kerins, Mr. Carter and students Emmet MacDonald, LukasMisiulas and Stephen Thomas for the fantastic work inproducing this Year Book.

Foreword

by Ms. Niamh Cahalane, Principal


As the school year 2017/2018 ends wewish our exam students well.

We hope you will take a moment to readabout the many activities that took placein Moyle Park College this year.

A word of thanks to Mr. Damien Carterwho took all the photographs, Mr.Richard Kerins, English teacher and thestudent editorial team; EmmetMcDonald, Steven Thomas, and Lukas

Misiulas.

Final word of thanks to all who helped tomake the yearbook possible.

Enjoy reading!

Fiona Quigley (Editor)

Editor

Ms. Fiona Quigley

Editorial:

60th Anniversary Celebrations


All Shook Up!

From top:

Scene from All Shook Up

Dylan Wall as Chad

Louis O'Loughlin as Matilda's son,

Mateusz Gawronski as Jim, Dylan

Wall as Chad, Patrick Dam as Dennis

& Jaso Agu as Earl.

Scene from All Shook Up

Left hand page:

Supporting Cast


Transition Years from Moyle Park College, ColáisteBride and Coláiste Chillian came together at the startof the school year to put together a musical.

All Shook Up is a new musical comedy built arounda number of songs made famous by Elvis Presley. Ittakes place in 1955, somewhere in Middle America.A mysterious roustabout helps the town discover themagic of romance and the power of rock & roll.

The production team, Michelle Dooley, GraceLanigan and Sarah Kelly, put the musical together.Dee Lumsden was the Director and Choreographer.The musical direction team included MeaghanCunningham, Jacqueline Wall, Michelle Dooley andMairéad Ní Mhathna.

Early in the school year, TYs auditioned for main rolesand lead dancing. All the TYs from the three schools

got along well. The TYs and production team workedhard to achieve the end goal, a phenomenal musical.

Hannah Cullen played the role of Natalie who is ayoung woman and an excellent mechanic. Dylan Wallplayed Chad who is a great lookin’ roustabout.Mateusz Gawronski was Jim, Natalie's father. JudithEsokpanoba had the role of Sylvia, the owner of abar. Jenny Ekeziem played Lorraine who is Sylvia'sdaughter. Patrick Dam plays an awkward young manwho aspires to be a dentist, named Dennis Farrell,Jasmine Ennis was the Town Mayor, Matilda Hyde.Louis O’Loughlin was Matilda's son who goes tomilitary school. Jason Agu was the town Sheriff, Earl.

We would like to thank Ms. Cunningham and Ms.Kelly for all the work done in Moyle Park College.


On Friday the 23rd of March 2018, seven TransitionYear students along with Brother PJ, Ms. Campbelland Mr. O’Mara embarked for the annualL’Hermitage trip. L’Hermitage is the centre of theMarist Brothers in Europe and a place of greatimportance to Marists all over the world. Afterspending a tiring day travelling we arrived atL’Hermitage. We were greeted with open arms andhad supper with the Marist Brothers who live there.After this we were shown our rooms and had sometime to ourselves before we came together for a fewcard games. We called it an early night as everyonewas wrecked after our early start and long day.

On Saturday we went to the city of Lyon for the day. Itwas an early start for the lads and by 10am wearrived at Our Lady of Fourviere & the Basilica ofFourviere. We had a brief tour of the church given byBrother PJ followed by a quiet reflection. We learneda lot about the Marist Values and how MarcellinChampagnat incorporated these values into his life.We then went on an open-top bus tour and we saw allthat Lyon had tooffer and we wereimpressed! To finishthe activities wevisited the Stade deLyon for an in depthVIP tour which wasgreatly enjoyed byall. To round off theday we all cametogether for adelicious meal in aFrench restaurant,although most of usseemed to stick withthe pizza and pasta!

On Sunday welearned a lot aboutMarcellinChampagnat and the Marist Brothers. We started offthe day with a mass in the chapel Notre-Dame deL’Hermitage. This is where the remains of MarcellinChampagnat are kept. The mass was full with thelocal community. After visiting the Notre- Dame deL’Hermitage we visited Marcellin Champagnat’sroom. His room was next to the River Gier and whenwe opened the window there was an amazing senseof peace.

Continuing on with our journey our next stop wasMarlhes church. This is where the baptism of Marcellinoccurred. A statue of Marcellin (made out of granite)was also in the church, along with a portrait ofMarcellin in the same section of the church. AfterMarlhes church we went to Le Rosey, the birthplace ofMarcellin. We visited Marcellin’s family home duringhis youth and we also visited Le Rosey chapel. Thischapel was built in 1958 by the local people out ofgranite. This showed us that there is a great sense ofcommunity and that the community there are veryhard working.

Finally we visited La Valla, which was the first locationin which Marcellin Champagnat started buildingaccommodation for the Marist Brothers. Here welearned more about how the Marist Brothers allstarted. We also saw the original La Valla table wherethe Marist Brothers gathered to eat and socialise. Thetable really impacted a number of us because some ofthe Transition Year students this year created their ownreplica of the La Valla table. The table really showed

us that the MaristBrothers are afamily. At the endof the day all ofus had a bigreflection on theday’s events.

Overall we reallyenjoyed the trip.We have beenlearning aboutMarcellinChampagnatand the MaristBrothers sincefirst year so itwas good toactually see it allin person. The

Marist brothers welcomed us into their home andcommunity with open arms which is a greatrepresentation of what the Marist brothers are about.Every day for breakfast and dinner we ate with theBrothers and on the last day they bought us all pizzawhich was greatly appreciated by everyone. It wasclear to see that they live the Marist values in theireveryday life by the way they treat their fellow Brothersand their guests. Overall an amazing trip which wewill never forget!

L’Hermitage Trip 2018 By Sean Kelly, Darragh Murray and Reece Bolger


This year the transition year students took part in theGaisce programme. We went for the first medal of theprogramme which is the bronze medal. This involvedmany different things that we had to do and achievein order to be awarded the medal. Each student hadto do different tasks in the process. The four differentareas were community involvement, personal skills,physical recreation and finally we had to go on anovernight adventure journey. We had to do the firstthree for at least one hour a week for thirteen weeks.

The volunteering in the Gaisce programme was oneof the biggest aspects in the course. There are manydifferent areas that the students chose to volunteer in.

Some examples of the volunteeringdone by the students was, workingwith the youth in the area throughthe local GAA club Round Towers,working to help fair trade, workingwith younger students in the schoolwith after school homework clubsand at points working in our localcharities in various places such asBarnardos and St. Vincent De Paul.

For our adventure trip we took thetwo hour journey across to Leitrimwhere we camped on an island inthe middle of Lough Allen. To get tothe island we needed to canoe forthree hours up the lake until wearrived in the remote location ofwhere we would be staying sevenkilometers from where we camefrom. We were given total

independence from our teachers and the two guidesthat traveled with us as we had to put up our own tentswith no help, cook for ourselves, figuring outproblems such as seating around the fire for the nighttime. We also had to occupy ourselves as our phoneswere taken which resulted in an overall better trip aswe were disconnected from the outside world whicheveryone really enjoyed in the end.

Overall Gaisce has been a great programme and allof the boys involved had a great time and will besomething they will always remember and havegreatly benefited from in many ways.

GaisceBy Matthew O’Meara & Matthew Kelly

The TYs & Mr Cunningham

The TYs in canoes


21st Century Teaching and Learning

S.T.E.VE.

Dcode22 has grown from strength to strength over thepast twelve months. We entered six innovateTechnology projects in Scifest 2018 and we are thefirst school to enter a STEAM project at Scifest in its tenyear history. Our WrisTech team, Cathal Jewell,

Glyndwr Leopardas, and Truong Hoang, won aNewstalk Communication award in the Technologysection of Scifest 2018 at IT Tallaght. We would like toshare a short summary of all the projects that enteredScifest from Moyle Park College.

The Galileo Gang

Project 2: The Galileo Gang

by Luke Swayne, Eoin Jewell, Darryl Boggin

Our project is a device that is designed to detect howlong it takes an object to fall a certain distance. We’reusing this to prove Galileo’s theory that objects fall atthe same speed.

We use a Raspberry Pi connected to two motion sensorsto detect where the object starts falling and the objecthits the ground. This is achieved using a Python scriptwith the “Time” module to save the exact time the objectbegins falling and then when it stops.

This program utilizes variables to save the time, andloops to know when motion is detected.

Project 1:

S.T.E.V.E: the Automated Vacuum Cleaner

by Andrii Shynder, David Kuye & MateuszSewerynski

We joined our school’s coding club, named Dcode22,when we were in second year. We started learning howto code in Python. Some of us already knew how to, andwe could help out the others. Then we tried to make anLED go on and off but that was surprisingly difficult forbeginners. But the experience was very valuable,teaching us about the syntax of the code, and how touse breadboards. We had a book brought in by aperson in the code club that showed how to make adistance sensing robot, and we expanded on the projectby making the distance sensing more constant and fromstopping it from crashing into walls. We were a bitskeptical about the usefulness of the project, so westarted surfing the web for different uses for our project.Our Design Thinking teacher, Ms Sreenan, did somebrainstorming with us and we looked up online for whatyou can do with a PC fan and we came up with the ideaof making a vacuum cleaner. Basically, the fan sucks airout of a container, creating low pressure. Then airrushes in through a hole, and with it, comes dirt. Theproject then can be left to its own devices to just cleanup by itself. This project has the potential to develop intoa environmental hoovering device for plasticsunderwater.

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Project 3:

WrisTech

By Cathal Jewell, Glyndwr Leopardas, andTruong Hoang

The WrisTech is a watch like device made with

BBC micro:bit which displays the temperature

within the user’s current location and possesses

a compass feature. Our targeted audience is

those sleeping rough, and hikers. The alert can

inform the user of the decreasing/increasing

temperature, as to tell them that they should take

shelter, put on a coat, etc. and includes a

compass feature. We won best communicator

award in the Technology section of Scifest 2018

at IT Tallaght.

Project 4:

Factor Finder

by Emmet McDonald

Factor Finder is a program that can identify any

prime number from 0 to a given number, as well

as finding the factors of that number. It achieves

this by iterating through every number in that list

and identifying each factor.

Project 5:

Countering Colour Blindness inChemistry Classby Kevin Patrascu and Steven Thomas

The issue of colour blindness arose in our

chemistry class when some of Ms Brennan’s

chemistry class couldn’t see colour changes

during titrations accurately. It was then that an

idea was sparked to make the process of seeing

colours in chemistry easier for people with colour

blindness using a colour sensor and an arduino.

WrisTech

Factor Finder

Countering Colour Blindness in Chemistry Class


Super Code Bros.

Compare and Contrast

Project 6: Super Code Brosby Ian Stynes, Alex Szobo and Reece Bolger

Our group, the Super Code Bros, is a group ofstudents from Transition Year in Moyle Park Collegewho explored and experimented with Python 3.6.4. inone of our IT classes. Our mission with this project wasto do build on and expand from one code to makeour own original code, which we could use to createpuzzles with encryption codes. These puzzles could bedeveloped into an app for children to learn tounderstand basic encryption.

Project 7: Compare and ContrastLed by Jamie McSweeney & Conor Jewell

Inspired by the success of blended learning in Finland,Project Based Learning in High Tech High and theglobal Educational Revolution of the 21st century, theteachers and students on the practical corridor setourselves the task of coming out of our silos to learnand create together. The project idea was conceivedduring a Leaving Cert. English class where MsSreenan was explaining the literary concepts of‘compare and contrast’; juxtaposition, paradox,incongruity and so on. In addition to using artisticvisuals, Ms also used a copper bangle with anoxidized strip to illustrate the literary abstractions. Livetangible Chemistry to illustrate obscure dry concepts;blended learning in action.

And so it took off. A brief was given toseveral classes to several classes ofmultiple disciplines.

The brief:

1. Design an aesthetically pleasing piece of art that

encompasses the concepts of ‘Compare and

Contrast’.

2. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths must

be used to create the piece.

Five designs were chosen from all submissions and

these students: Jamie McSweeney (1.5), Cuong

Nguyen (1.5), Connor Jewell (4.1), Tristan O’Brien

(4.1) and Lukas Misiulas (5.5), formed the design

team. Collectively they designed the final piece, with

Jamie McSweeney and Connor Jewell leading the

direction and production.

The result is a stunning work of STEAM that was

showcased as the first ever STEAM project in Scifest in

history! The real beauty of the project is that it has

enabled the students to cross pollinate their subjects

and reach a deeper learning of the aspects of

English, Chemistry, Metalwork, Engineering, Maths,

Technology and Biology that the project touched

upon.

Our goals for 2018-2019

We hope to invest in a set of 24 BBC micro:bits to

allow Transition Year students to use hands-on

technology during coding classes. Thank you to Keith

Quille at IT Tallaght for introducing us to the wonders

of micro:bits. We would like to run our own in-house

Scifest competition at Moyle Park College in 2019

with Science, Technology and STEAM projects.


History Tour 2018

You know it’s going to be one of those trips toremember when even your airplane is excited.Boarding our WOW airlines flight we headed tothe Land of Fire and Ice...land hoping it lived upto all our dreams. As we approached theairport, we looked out on a snow-coveredlandscape below. We had three days ofjammed packed activities ahead of us – startingfrom the time we landed.

Our first stop was the Blue Lagoon. Soaking inthe thermal heated springs is one way to spenda Wednesday afternoon. This was going to beone of those trips that you only saw onFacebook. From there we headed to our hotelto check in and to explore Reykjavik – and tostart one of many very competitive games of chess.

On Thursday, we began the Golden Circle Tour. Ona bright, crispy, snowy morning, we had the unusualexperience of walking through the rift valley where wecould touch the North American and Euro-Asiantectonic plates at the same time. In the center of therift valley we gathered in one of the oldest sites of ademocratic gathering in Europe. It was a fabulous

day of exploring the geographical glories of Iceland– taking in Gullfoss – the Golden Waterfall - with itsstunning vistas laid out before you. There was alsoplenty of time to have a good slide down the snowbanks.

Walking through the Rift Valley

Iceland - A Land of Fire and Ice

One of the animals most associated with Iceland arethe Icelandic ponies. These sturdy little animals arebelieved to be descended from the original horsesbrought to Iceland by the original Viking settlers. Wewere lucky to meet and feed them on our journeys.

On Friday we explored the South Shore Tour. Thisbrought us to the base of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano– the volcano that stopped all the air traffic in Europe.This is a major area for geo-thermal farms as thisvolcano is sitting underneath a glacier.

From here, we climbed to the top of the Skógarfosswaterfall. A tough climb – that saw at least one pairof shoes get stuck in the snow. The afternoon broughtus to one of the more unusual and one of the moststunning parts of South Shore Circle - Reynisdrangarrocks on the black sand beach.

This brought our explorations to an end. We headedhome early on Saturday morning – promising toreturn to explore more of the wonders of what thisland of Fire and Ice has to offer.


Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

The stunning

views of Gullfoss


Last December, in keeping with the longstanding

Marist tradition we have here in Moyle Park for

over 30 Years now, we had the annual Christmas

appeal for Stewarts.

Stewarts is a voluntary organisation providing

services to people with intellectual disabilities

since its foundation in 1869. They work with

service users and their families. They are

committed to providing a range of services and

supports that help to ensure happy and healthy

lifestyles and quality experiences to both adults

and children.

Again this year we asked each and every first

year student to buy a small gift for a client from

Stewarts, only something small of no more than

ten euro. Some of the gifts the clients asked for

included hats, scarfs, jewellery, books and toys.

It took a lot of work to ensure that we were able

to provide each and every client from Stewarts

with the small gift they asked for. It was a great

learning curve for the lads to see how for some

of these people the small gifts Moyle Park

provided were the only ones they got at

Christmas! For the lads it was a great opportunity

to give back to the community. Running around

the jam packed shops in the days before

Christmas looking for music shakers and poker

chips is an experience we will never forget but it

was well worth the effort!

One hundred and fifty gifts were delivered to the

clients in Stewarts before Christmas. Brother Nick

and myself brought some of our lads with us and

it was great to meet some of the clients and see

how things run over there. There was such a

warm, welcoming and caring atmosphere and it

really made us feel like all our hard work was

worth it.

Stewarts Christmas Appealby Mr. O Mara


Table Tennis

The table tennis club meets in thesports hall at Lunchtime on aTuesday and Thursday. A smallbut committed group partake.

Hill Walkby Mr. O'Byrne & Mr. Kenny

Every year as part of the PE programme 1styears partake in two hill walks,

One during first term and another in the lastterm.

This year we introduced the students to takeon Maulin Mountain Circuit on the first walk.

This was followed by a really difficultchallenge taking on Djuce Mountain fromCrome Wood at a height of 750 metres.Congratulation to all first years whoparticipated in these walks.

Badminton


Scolars Ireland by Emmet McDonald

This year, several students from Moyle Park Collegeparticipated in the Scholars Ireland programme. As partof this programme, the students spent 6 tutorials with aPhD student in either STEM or Social Science, discussingthe student’s studies and college life, before going home

and writing a 1500-2000 word thesis on said topic.After sending in these theses and having them graded,every student that passes will get a day out in QueensUniversity, Belfast, next September.

Back: (L-R) Mr. Smith (Mentor), Gavin Connolly, Oisin Douglas, Robert Burke,

Jaman Azad, Kevin Patrascu

Front:(L-R) Lukas Misiulis, Steven Thomas, Emmet McDonald,

Adam Murphy, Travis Maguire


This year’s ski trip was toLavarone, Italy. The hotel wewere staying in, HotelVezzena, was ideally locatedright beside the slopeswhich ensured maximumtime skiing for both studentsand teachers. We were allsplit into different groupsand although the majority ofthe students on the trip havenever skied before, therewere a handful of studentsthat had come back foranother ski trip includingmyself.

We were very lucky with theweather as it was sunny withsome fresh snow whichmade for some great skiing

with the views of the alps all around us. At 11 o’clock,we all returned to the hotel for some lunch which wasgreatly appreciated by the hungry students andteachers.

Italian Ski Trip 2018by Darragh Murray

For two of the days, we had ourlunch at a restaurant at the topof the slopes surrounded by thepicturesque mountains, whichwas one of the highlights of thetrips. After our lunch, wereturned to the slopes for ourevening lesson. When ourlessons were over, we weregiven time to ski together andmyself and the other advancedskiers were able to help thebeginners improve their skiing.

After a long day of skiing, wereturned to the hotel for somewell deserved dinner. In thehotel, we were joined bystudents from all around Irelandand we spent much of our timegetting to know each other. Inthe evening, we spent most daysdoing some après ski activities.One of my favourites was whenwe went snowshoeing in the dark led by torches. Thiswas just one of the great memories made on the trip.

Each students skiing improved every day and by thelast day, every student had made it to either theintermediate slopes or the advanced slopes.

It was truly an unforgettable trip and I would like tothank all the teachers that brought us. I made somelifelong memories and I would definitely recommendthe trip to everyone.



Just to say ‘Merci’ for a wonderful 2 week stay in MoylePark College.

I’m now back home in the city of Reims. My city is in theChampagne region, about 150km east of Paris. In myschool, we have 30 different nationalities. Students comefrom; Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Russia, Syria,Eritrea, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Iraq. Sometimes, wehave to speak in English to communicate with them. Iwould also like to teach a part of the P.E. lesson inEnglish, such as warming up or refereeing so as to showthe students that English can be used in many situations.

Ireland seemed to me the most appropriate country tostudy English. I didn’t know anything about Ireland, butI’d heard a lot of good things about this country: itslandscapes, its people.

I also discovered this country and its supporters duringthe European Football Cup in France in 2016. So Iwanted to discover this country and especially its schooland its educational system.

Thanks to the principal Ms. Cahalane and particularlythe team of French teachers: Ms. Quigley, Ms. Barry, Ms.Gray, and Ms. Daly. It was a fabulous experience. Idiscovered different subjects like Woodwork, History,Physical Education, Irish, Business, and Biology, but Ialso discovered the Irish way of life, especially the warmwelcome.

During my stay in Moyle Park College, I was a Frenchlanguage assistant and I helped Irish students with theirFrench oral test. I enjoyed this work and I liked sharing

my skills. Students were very motivated, we had goodtimes.

Particular thanks to Ms. Quigley for her welcome and theorganisation of different activities, Mr. O’Byrne for thediscovery of the Irish coast with the cycle group and hisencouragement in P.E. lessons, Ms. Sreenan for thesharing with her class and the tasting of French cheeses.

Thanks to all Moyle Park teachers fort theirprofessionalism and their welcome and of course theMarist Brothers for their hospitality. Storm Emma was aninteresting experience too! It was an amazing journey, Ihighly recommend other teachers to do a culturalexchange.

Merci!

Aymeric Fourgeaud

French Cultural Exchange


When I joined Moyle Park College on Wednesday27th September after five years in another school Iwas quite nervous. However, I needn’t have been. Bythe end of the first week I felt like I was there foryears. The staff and students of Moyle Park werewelcoming and made me feel very comfortable. Thatweek ended with a trip for new staff to the brothers’house and some lunch which was brilliant. Welearned about the history and values of the school. Itwas very clear that these weren’t just values that theschool community endeavoured towards, they livedthem every day. This had a big effect on me, not justas a teacher but as a person. There aren’t fireworksand grand parades every day in Moyle Park to showthese values, it’s the simple acts of kindness fromstaff and students every day that bring these values tolife.

These beliefs were furthered enhanced on Marist Daywhere a wonderful day was had by all. A particularhighlight for me was the meal where staff andstudents sat together as one. I have neverexperienced this in another school. It was clear to methat Moyle Park is so much more than a schoolcommunity. It is family with all the usual aspects,positive and negative, of a normal family but withthat, all too often, unspoken bond that encapsulatesall families.

My favourite part of the year, however, was the familyday to support The Coombe Hospital. Beingencouraged to bring my family in to meet my

colleagues and shocked students (one studentremarked “Jesus, is that a real baby?”) was fantastic,particularly so soon after the birth of my first son,Eric. I know it meant a lot to the other new parents onthe staff too. Again, this showed the family spirit ofMoyle Park.

At this point I would like to again reaffirm my thanksfor the staff and students of Moyle Park for thewelcome I received. To the sixth years, I want you tothink about what this place means to you. This ishopefully one of many places you can forever callhome even when you’re off in the far flung places ofthe world your lives will take you. For all the otherstudents, it is down to you to keep these values aliveevery day and I want you to know that strangers toMoyle Park College like me really appreciate yourkindness, hard work, collegiality and presence.

Thank you Moyle Park College for a wonderful2017/18!

Richard Kerins

A view from a new teacher to Moyle Park College



Achievements

School Digital Champions

Back: (L-R) Travis Maguire, David Treacy, Jack Bramble, Daire Jewell, Adam Murphy


6th Year Graduation May 2017


Green Schools Committee

Back: (L-R) Alex Molloy, Gavin Duffy, Dylan Fassnidge, Kamil Falowski, Jack Corless, Kena Onsho, James Farrell

Middle: (L-R) Cian Gallagher, Ryan Hickey, Jordan Maguire, Owen Ribey, David Ryan, Mr. Doyle (Mentor)

Front: (L-R) Ethan Hanlon, Jamie Muldoon-Reid, Conor O'Mara, Mikey Fowler, Ben Byrne, Eamon Abood

Green Schools Committee

6th Year LCVP

6th Year LCVP class

Back: (L-R) Alex Doyle, Liam O’Connor, Darragh O’Mara, Joe Kimani, JJ Mazingu, Ryan Brown, C. Roche

Front: (L-R) Aaron Douglas, Josh Donohue, Aaron McGinn, Michael Afam, Jeremiah Olusegun


Autographs


First STEAM project ever in SciFest,

showcased in Tallaght IT on May 5th 2018.

Compare & Contrast


6th Years 2018

Benjamin DussoBen Finnegan Ben SmithBen AkinboteAndrew Wade

Cathal BulloughBrendan Ale Caimin ByrneBrandon DalyBrandon Callaghan

Addam ReyesAdam Eustace Adam O’BrienAaron McGinnAaron Douglas

Andrew RigneyAlex Doyle Alin ButaAlex Conron EganAjibola Yusuff


6th Years 2018

Dale CantwellClaudio Tomita Colm O’SheaCian KellyChristopher Byrne

Darragh O’MaraDaniel Peter

Donohoe

Darragh

McCormack

Daniel DonohoeDaniel Bergel

Emmanuel AdeleyeDominik Bil Dylan CullotyDean ScanlanDean Guidon

Fuad Usman-DioEoin Quinn Eoin RichardsonEoin MaguireEmmanuel

Ogunsaju


6th Years 2018

Jason GillJamie Tomlin Jason BradshawJamie GannonJamie Clinton

Graham

Joseph KellyJeremie Mazingu Joe KimaniJeremiah OlusegunJason Zlotila

Jack ByrneGraeme Corrigan Harry JenkinsGavin SmithGavin Howard

Jakub MacieszkoJack Murphy Jack O’GormanJack MaguireJack Kerins

Mahon


6th Years 2018

Liam O’ConnorLeon Askin Liam CallaghanLee CareyLaurynas Gelzinis

Lyes HadefLuke McGovern Luke MurphyLucas BauzaLouis Casey-Orr

Kacper SewerynskiJosh Ojelabi Josh RusheJosh DonoghueJosh Cullen

Laurentiu CanciucKieven Osifo Kory MooneyKhalid AhmedKarl Spooner


6th Years 2018

Mark O’Brien Matthew Shaw Michael Afam Mitchell Byrne

Ryan BrownRoss Tully Ryan Brennan

Morgan Reilly Muhammed

Korumtalee

Nathan Harris Neil Kavanagh

Rolan MolnarRobert Carton

Praise OnakoyaPatryk Chudzinski Peter ConnellOladtun MustaphaNicolas Nastasa


6th Years 2018

Ryan Cahill Ryan Mahon Ryan Smith Scott Munnelly

Zak O’NeillYu Hang Sean

Leng

Yuxuan Xiao

Scott O’Sullivan Sean Casey Sean Keegan Sean Madden

Tudor NituleacToms Ludbarzs

Thomas ByrneShane Rafter Tadgh FarrellShane MurphyShane Daly


6th YearGroupPhotograph

Class oForm Teachers L-R: Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Sreenan, Mr. Connolly (Acting Year H


of 2018 Head), Mr. Quinn (Former Year Head; Acting Deputy Principal), Ms. Corscadden, Mr. Carter

6th Year Form Class Photographs

Form 6.2

Back: (L-R) Sean Keegan, Jack Maguire, Zak O'Neil, Aaron Douglas, Fuad Usman- Dio, Dotun Mustapha

Middle: (L-R) Mr. Connolly (Form Tutor), Sean Madden, Alex Doyle, Ben Akinbote, Eoin, Quinn, Mr. Cunningham (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Nathan Harris, Joshua Rushe, Leon Askin, Lukas Bauza, Alex Conroy-Egan, Robert Carton

Form 6.1

Back: (L-R) Eoin Richardson, Neil Kavanagh, Liam O'Connor, Ryan Cahill, Josh Ojelabi

Middle: (L-R) Adam Eustace, Ryan Mahon, Darragh McCormack, Luke Murphy, Mr. Doyle (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Jason Bradshaw, Cian Kelly, Ross Tully, Muhammed Korumtalee, Lee Carey



Form 6.3

Back: (L-R) Jack Murphy, Mitchell Byrne, Joshua Cullen, Shane Murphy, Cathal Bullough

Middle: (L-R) Karl Spooner, Jack Keirns Mahon, Emmanuel Adeleye, Ryan Brown, Andrew Wade, Ms. Corscadden (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Jerry Olusegun, Jeremie Mazingu, Nicolas Nastasa, Laurentiu Canciuc, Shane Daly, Joseph Kelly

Form 6.4

Back: (L-R) Caimen Byrne, Tudor Nituleac, Ajibola Yusuff, Dean Scanlan, Liam Callaghan, Scott Munnelly

Middle: (L-R) Daniel Donohue, Khalid Ahmed, Roland Molnar, Jamie Gannon, Claudio Tomita, Mr. Carter (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Jason Zlotila, Daniel P Donohue, Graeme Corrigan, Josh Donohue, Patrick Chudzinski, Jack Byrne

Form 6.5

Back: (L-R) Michael Afam, Kevin Osifo, Praise Onakoya, Emmanuel Ogunsaju, Joe Kimani, Jamie Clinton Graham,

Toms Ludbarzs, Jason Gill

Middle: (L-R) Ethan Xiao, Benji Dusso, Sean Leng, Ben Smith, Thomas Byrne, Brandon Daly, Darragh O'Mara,

Ms. Sreenan (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Daniel Bergel, Luke McGovern, Sean Casey, Addam Reyes, Shane Rafter, Harry Jenkins, Morgan Reilly,

Kory Mooney


6th Year LCA class

Back: (L-R) Dale Cantwell, Eoin Maguire, Lewis Casey Orr, Brandon Daly, Mr. Roebuck (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Matthew Shaw, Dean Guidon, Ryan Smyth, Christopher Byrne, Brandon Callaghan Hawkins


TY Class 4.1

Back: (L-R) Jack Corless, Jason Agu, Cillian Lynch, Allen Haverty, Jamie Devlin, Adam Byrne, Aaron Bevan,

Jake Nolan McQuillan

Middle: (L-R) Dominik Data, Daniel Beggs, Matthew Kelly, Dylan Stack, Aidan Kelly, Ross Kavanagh, Gareth O'Brien,

Ms. Ellis (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Dylan Wall, Daniel Devlin, Adam Kelly, Connor Jewell, Gavin Curtin, Tristan O'Brien, Logan Quinn, Dino Frlj

TY Class 4.2

Back: (L-R) Alex Szobo, Dylan Fassnidge, Adam Djellabi, Darragh Murray, Matthew Gawronski, Ignas Merkelis,

Stephen Barry, Sean McNabb

Middle: (L-R) Ms. Errity (S.N.A.), Louis O'Loughlin, Alex Forrester, Lu Silawong, Reece Bolger, Ian Stynes, Nathan Mungai,

Mr. Kennedy (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Michael O'Brien, Luke Garrigan, Conor Behan, Sean Kelly, James Farrell, Patrick Dam


First Year Form Class Photographs

Form 1.2

Back: (L-R) Nathan Cummins, Tymon Pietruszynski, Yohann Pyaneeandee, Damon Hoey, Josh Hoban, Marcin Galinski,

Alex Moonan, Jason Meehan, Blessing Armstrong

Middle: (L-R) Curtis Noble, Gareth Tomlin, Corey Gaffney, Nouredine Hadef, Zak Delaney, Alex Spencer, Cathal Meenan,

Calum O'Suilleabhain, Ms. Daly (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Luke Corcoran, Nikodem Procner, Kian Farrell, Nathan Donoghue, Scott O'Brien, Jack Brennan,

Matthew Kernan, Amr Ahmed, Kian Mulroy

Form 1.1

Back: (L-R) Kacper Schoenfeld, Geoffrey Adegboyega, Temitope Anikulapo-Kuti, Adrian Egbukaohia, Ionut-Rares Todescu,

Bryan Boggins, Ryan Keeley, Andrew Burnett

Middle: (L-R) Jonathan Donohue, Rokas Groginis, Joshua Maher, Hay Xi Song, Cian Roche, Mati Szafirowski, Owen Maguire,

Oisín O'Brien, Wiktor Rodziewicz, Eoin Whelan, Ms. McGowan (Form Tutor)

Fornt: (L-R) Conor Fleming, Benjamin Onuma, Corey Byrne, Brian O'Meara, Peter Ryan, MJ Moore, Jamie Cummins,

Mati Chlebowski, Michael McDonagh


Form 1.4

Back: (L-R) Jahangir Alam, Nathan Kavanagh, Dikirulai Usman-Dio, Cullen Lambert, Sean Cahill, Jake Byrne Reilly,

Aron Swedrowski, Ben Boland

Middle: (L-R) Adam Nolan, Cory McArdle, Sean Moloney, Kian Murray- Hanks, Colm Tyrrell, Luke O Reilly, Andrei Burghila,

James Tilov, Mr. O’Mara (Form Tutor)

Front: (L-R) Zach Geraghty, Max Sullivan Monahan, Sam McGovern, Jason Crook Hammond, Robert Carlisle, Kyle Bowen,

Matthew Farrell, Truong Hoang Tuan, Scott Walsh

Form 1.3

Back: (L-R) Lee Tommney, Dean Darcy, Darragh Davey Kelly, Joshua Ryan, Tommy Balogun, Peter Fodor, Michal Macieszko,

Manuel Boitor, Oskar Michonski

Middle: (L-R) Mr. Kenny (Form Tutor), Colin Ribey, Moren Carandang, Ben Crossan, Dean Farrell, Jack Kelly, Adam Cruise,

Dawid Taras, Mahin Matber, Alex Murphy

Fornt: (L-R) Ben Norman, Cormac Gavin, Charlie O'Connor Murphy, Scott Higgins, Alex Hoang Minh Vuong, Alex Shortt,

Paul-Sebastian Velicea, Cathal Jewell, Sean McDonnell


Student CouncilJoseph Kibabu, Maharuf Hossain, David Kuye, Cian Cullen, Sebastian Kaba, Michael Afam,

Adam Smith, Emmanuel Muritala, Raul Philip

Form 1.5

Back: (L-R) Darragh O'Murchu, Ryan Dolan, Jamie McSweeney, Zach Nugent, Cian Cullen, Adam Farrell, Daniel Kerins,

Soheim Ameur, Leenon O'Keefe

Middle: (L-R) Ms. O'Neill (S.N.A.), Dylan Flynn, Kacper Lukasiewicz, Lee Carr Doyle, Sulaimon Raji, Aaron McDermott,

Ashton Keogh, Adrian Bill, Edgars Dremakovs, Ms. Reddington (Form Tutor)

Back: (L-R) Eoghan Kelly, Aidan Whelan, Newton Idehen, Dylan Mackey, Ben Smith, Cuong Nguyen, Tomas Geraltauskas,

Lee Keane, Connor Rafferty

This year, Marist Student Leader membership rose toa whopping 25 people! Due to this increase innumbers, and the experience of the previous year,Marist Leaders were able to accomplish much more.We acted as guides at the beginning of the year,taking incoming 1st years to class and helping withany problems they had, we helped out at all parent-teacher-student meetings throughout the year,

Junior Marists worked on trying to improve the bikeshed and Senior Marists helped work towards forfurther improvements to the study hall. Of course,we also had our inter-school Marist meetups, whichculminated in a weekend away in Scotland, whereall the Marists across Ireland had a brilliant bondingexperience thanks to the Outward Bound Trust.


Back: (L-R) Michael O'Brien, Aaron Douglas, Dylan Fassnidge, Fuad Usman Dio, Gavin Smith, Kevin Patrascu, Daniel BeggsMiddle: (L-R) Oisin Douglas, Matthew Kelly, Conor Behan, Lukas Misiulis, Shane Rafter, Adam Byrne, Emmett McDonald,

Aidan Kelly, Adam Murphy Front: (L-R) Jack Leahy, Steven Thomas, Robert Burke, Harry Jenkins, Sofi Alam, Gavin Curtin, Sean Kelly

Marist Leadersby Emmet McDonald


Gaelic Football Under 16’sby Mr. Kenny

Game 1 v Drimnagh Castle

In October we travelled the short distance to playDrimnagh Castle in our first game of the year. Thisgame was organized to prepare for our DublinChampionship competition which is due to start afterthe Halloween break. Drimnagh a strong outfit wasthe perfect challenge for our lads to test themselvesand cement their place in the team. MPC started thegame strongly with Steven Bobani and Aiden Kellydoing well around the middle with Senan Walsh andLu making some very incisive runs up front. Wescored the first 2 scores of the game one from a freeand the next a very well taken score from DylanFassinidge. Adam Djellabi and Harry Kellymarshalled the defence despite constant pressurefrom Drimnagh.Half time score MPC 0-4 DrimnaghCastle 2-2.

Stephen Barry, Alan Haverty and Matthew Kellystarted the second half very well with the teamtagging on 1-3 to their overall score. Drimnaghexerted their superiority towards the end of thesecond half meaning the scoreline was not a properreflection of the game with subs such as Euan Curranwere really impressing. This was a valuable workout

for the team and gave management a lot to thinkabout going into the first game of the season.

Game 2 v Adamstown CC

The first game of our group was against AdamstownCC. Played in the Lucan Sarsfields ground. MPCstarted the game very well getting on the scoreboardearly through a goal from Dylan Fassinidge. SeanO’Mahoney at centre forward was controlling thegame chipping in with 3 points in the first half and inthe back line Euan Curran and Steven Bobani werevery solid making a number of importantinterceptions. For long periods MPC controlled thegame excellently using possession intelligently whileboth Nathan Fields and Matthew Kelly were on top inthe middle of the field. MPC went in at half time 2-6to 1-2 up.

The second half began with a flurry of scores fromMatthew Kelly, Stephen Barry, Jamie Muldon andSenan Walsh. Adam Byrne kept the scoreboardticking over while the introduction of Ryan Hickey,Oisin Maher and Raphael further strengthened theteam. Conor Behan made his first appearance of theseason and bagged 2-1 in a short period of timewhile Gareth O Brien imposed himself on the game

U16 Gaelic Football

Back: (L-R) Adam Byrne, Dylan Fassnidge, Stephen Barry, Adam Djellabi, Stephen Bobani, Mattew Kelly, Gareth O'BrienMiddle: (L-R) Mr. Doyle, Lu Silawong, Aidan Kelly, Pierce McDonald, Sean O'Mahony, Harry Kelly, Raphael Aja, Mr. Kenny

Front: (L-R) Gavin Curtin, Conor Behan, Ryan Hickey, Euan Curran, Senan Walsh, Oisin Maher, Allen Haverty Absent: Oisin Douglas, Sean Hampson, Conor Gallagher


shortly after his introduction. This was a veryimpressive win for the MPC boys and due to otherteams in the group dropping out, it leaves them in aquarter final in the coming weeks. Final score MPC 6-11 Adamstown CC 1-3.

Game 3 v Templeogue

After a long break due to adverse weather conditionsour U16’s eventually played their quarter final in theschool grounds in mid February. Played in goodconditions considering the rainfall MPC were buoyedby a big win in the previous round and started thegame very well. Points from Senan Walsh, SeanO’Mahoney, Matthew Kelly and Adam Byrne meantMPC took an early lead. Templeogue came more intothe game grabbing a lucky goal to settle themselves.However Gavin Curtin, Lu and Adam Djellabidefended resolutely at all times maintaining a slightgap between the sides. Conor Behan at full forward

tagged on the next score while Sean O’Mahoney andMatthew Kelly scores meant MPC finished the halfstrong.

The second half started poorly for MPC withTempleogue getting the first two scores and taggingon two goals in a 10 minute salvo. This left MPCchasing the game. Lu, Euan Curran, Nathan Fields,Dara Byrne worked foraged and maintained aconstant pressure around the middle 3rd. 2 goalsfrom Conor Behan brought MPC right back into itwith 10 minutes left however Templeogue pulledaway scoring 1-3 without reply to leave the final scoreMPC 2-8 Templeogue 4-7. A disappointing end to avery promising year for this team however with alarge number of these players playing on the U18team and very motivated to succeed. The future looksbright for gaelic football in MPC.

U.14 Gaelic Football

Back: (L-R) Cullen Lambert, Darragh McCabe, Luke Swayne, Tom Healy, Nathan Cummins, Andrew BurnettMiddle: (L-R) Mr. Carter, Lee Tomney, Aidan Whelan, Oisin Maher, Craig Reilly, Ben Norman, Jack Kelly, Sean Molony, Mr. McMunn

Front: (L-R) Darragh Ó Murchu, Blessing Armstrong, Ciarán Kirk, Bobby Flood, Euan Curran, Sean Fitzpatrick, Jake Reilly, Nikodem Procner

Gaelic Football Under 14’s


Game 1 v Palmerstown CC

The first game of our U18 campaign was played onthe school pitch the first week back after theHalloween break. The game started slowly for MoylePark with Palmerstown going 1-3 to 0-0 up within thefirst 10 minutes. After this initial shock to the systemthe Moyler lads tightened up in defense with HarryKelly and Euan Curran to the fore and Nathan Fieldsrock solid in defense while simultaneouslymaintaining a constant attacking threat at wing back.We kicked into gear in the forward line with AidanKelly, Adam Byrne and Adam Hanlon a constantthreat running at the Palmerstown defense with theteam scoring 2-5 without reply to finish off the half. Inthe second half Moyle Park really dominatedproceedings with our midfield and half back lineespecially Eoin Richardson and Liam O'Connorgetting to grips with the opposing team's betterplayers. Adam Eustace found his shooting boots whileSeanan Walsh, Steven Bobani and Jan Ahmadi madeimpacts upon their introduction as subs. The final

score was Moyle Park College 4-14 Palmerstown CC1-6.

Game 2 v HFCS Rathcoole

Our second and final game of the group stages sawus face a very difficult away team in HFCS Rathcoole.Despite starting against the wind the lads kept theircomposure and retained the ball really well against agale force breeze. Alex Doyle lead the line onceagain in defence consistently coming out of 50/50balls and setting up attacks for his team mates. Hisefforts did not go unpunished however as the warriorwingback fractured his arm in the first half. EionRichardson kept his team in the game with somespectacular free kicks, Scott Munnley, Adam Eustaceand Liam O'Connor also played key roles throughoutthe center of the park, their selflessness, workrate andkey scores were in danger of being overlooked suchis the consistency of these leaders. The man of thematch on the day however was Sean Casey whowould displayed immense skill, balance, drive and an

Senior Gaelicby Mr. Kenny

Senior Gaelic

Back: (L-R) Adam Byrne, Scott Munnelly, Liam O'Connor, Dylan Fassnidge, Stephen Barry, Eion Richardson, Aidan Kelly,Kevin O'Reilly, Nathan Fields

Middle: (L-R) Mr. Kenny, Alex Doyle, Sean Casey, Lu Silawong, Liam Callaghan, Oisin Douglas, Andrew Rigney, MattewKelly, Adam Eustace, Sean O'Mahony, Mr. Doyle

Front: (L-R) Jan Ahmadi, Gareth O'Brien, Gavin Curtin, Conor Behan, Ryan Hickey, Euan Curran, Senan Walsh, StevenBobani, Harry Kelly


ability to read the game that set us apart from thereigning champions.

The boys found themselves 2 points up with 2 minuteson the clock, time enough for 2 more heroic efforts.The first came in the form of Goalkeeper OisinDouglas who saved a penalty sending the Moyle Parkboys into the Christmas break as the Group winners.Final score MPC 3-10 HFCS Rathcoole 1-11.

Game 3: Quarter Final v Lucan CommunityCollege

The quarter final of the U18 Dublin Championshipsaw us face very difficult fixture when we were drawnto play Lucan Community College. Despite the poorweather around this period the pitch was in excellentcondition and our group of players were extremelyfocused during the course of the warm up.

Today however we were ruthless and driven from thevery first ball. The driving runs of Liam O’Connor,Sean Casey and Lu set up our first 3 scores of the day.Our backline led by Liam Callaghan and Alex Doylekept Lucan at bay to allow us to tag on a number ofscores in the remainder of the first half. Just beforehalftime we extended our lead with an excellentflowing move started by Harry Kelly in our full backline, taken on by Matthew Kelly in the middle 3rd andfinished coolly to the net by Sean Casey. As a result ofthis the half time score read Moyle Park College 1-7Lucan CC 0-0. Our backline including Nathan Fieldsand Adam Eustace held steady during the expectedresponse from Lucan CC. And while they managed toget 1-1 back in the early stages of the second half avery well taken goal by Andrew Rigney and someoutstanding interlink play by Senan Walsh kept MPCat arms reach. Andrew Rigney tagged on another goalwith a trademark cool finish. Ryan Hickey and DaraByrne gave management a lot to think about on theirintroduction and really showed the strength and depthof the panel. Final score MPC 3-10 Lucan C.C 1-6.

Game 4: Semi Final v St Vincents CBS

The semi final of the Dublin Championship saw ustravel to Glasnevin to play St Vincents CBS. Played inthe school pitch in Glasnevin on the 10th of Apriltorrential rain left underfoot and handling conditionsvery difficult. St Vincents had gone through the groupstages unbeaten and reached the semi final with asignificant win in the quarter finals. Our lads knewthey were in for a big challenge but bouyed from anexcellent win in the quarter final over Lucan they wereup for the challenge.

Beginning the game a couple of frees from EoinRichardson settled us into the game. For the next 15mins we dominated the game with excellent scoresfrom Sean Casey and Matthew Kelly. In defence theoutstanding Liam Callaghan, Liam O’Connor andNathan Fields got in vital blocks and interceptions to

keep Vincents at bay. After a lull in our scoring acouple of goals before the half time break from EoinRichardson and Sean Casey had us leading 4-9 to 1-5 at half time. A stellar defensive display fromdebutants Gavin Curtin, Dara Byrne and EuanCurran holding the Vincents forwards. As expected StVincent's mounted a comeback getting 2-2 withoutreply but Harry Kelly and the defense began to get togrips with their opposite numbers and with brilliantassistance from the workrate of Scott Munnley, Lu andMatthew Kelly we weathered the storm. A very welltaken goal by Sean O’Mahony rounded off the finewin. Final score MPC 5-15 St Vincents CBS 4-7.

Game 5: Final v HFSC Rathcoole

The final of the Dublin Championship saw us re-acquaint ourselves with rivals HFSC Rathcoole. Earlierin the year we had overcome them in their ownschool after a titanic battle so the stage was set in theGAA Development Centre, Abbotstown. We startedthe game excellently with the wind, dominatingpossession with our first score coming after 5 mins inthe form of a goal from Conor Behan. For the next 10mins we continued to dominate adding on 2 goalsand a point from Sean Casey, Dara Byrne and anexcellent free from the ground by Eoin Richardson.Rathcoole grew into the game and began to gain astranglehold around the middle of the field puttingmassive pressure on our kickouts. Some last gaspdefending was needed with Liam Callaghan, HarryKelly and Adam Eustace to the fore. During thisperiod Rathcoole scored 1-4 so we went into thebreak leading 3-1 to 1-4 at half time. To begin thesecond half we again controlled the game very wellagainst a very strong breeze. The introduction ofAidan Kelly and Andrew Rigney making a realdifference. Andrew grabbed himself 2 goals whileAidan worked extremely hard to link the play betweenbacks and forwards. Our middle 3rd worked liketrojans during this period including Senan Walsh,Matthew Kelly and Nathan Fields. Leading by 5 pointswith 4 minutes to go Rathcoole mounted a comebackscoring a very well taken goal to leave 2 points in itentering injury time. A battle for possession aroundthe middle of the field saw Rathcoole on the attack.

We had numbers back and looked to be capable ofweathering the storm. However a controversialrefereeing decision led to a Rathcoole penalty. Theydually converted the effort and the full time whistlewas blown. A heartbreaking way to lose any matchbut especially a final. This team played 5 games overthe course of the year and were a credit tothemselves, their school ,their club and their familiesat all times. They represented the school with greatpride, application and skill and should notunderestimate their achievements. Final score readMPC 5-1 HFSC Rathcoole 4-5.


Back: (L-R) Mr D. Kennedy, Matthew Kelly, Matthew O'Meara, Osamu Hazel, Sinclair Armstrong, Oge Ekeziem, JohnOjewumi, Toke Olafowbi, Conor Behan

Front: (L-R) Saed Berredjem, James Rogers, Gavin Curtin, Keenan McDonnell, Louis O'Loughlin, Jack Kelly, Adam Cruise,Peter Foder

It has been a fantastic year for athletics in Moyle Park, withgreat performances in both cross-country and on the track.In terms of medals won, this has been by far our mostsuccessful year for a long time, but it has been the attitudeand dedication of all the athletes which has really stood out.

The journey began way back in October when a group of firstyears attended a cross-country race in Phoenix Park. Nomedals were won, but plenty of potential was uncovered. Thiswas followed by the short trip to the annual Lucan AthleticsInvitational. This proved really successful as Toke Olafuwobi,Keenan McDonnell and Jack Kelly walked away with medals.Saed Berredjem and Adam Cruise also ran really well.

Next up was the West Leinster cross-country championshipsin a bright and breezy Phoenix Park. The day got off to agreat start when Jack Kelly took bronze and qualified forLeinster in the minor race and Louis O’Loughlin customarilybreezed home to take the intermediate title. However, themost satisfying of all was the fantastic performance of theintermediate team who finished in third place, thus securinga coveted place in the Leinsters. Well done to Keenan, Louis,Toke, Gavin and Osamu. The Leinsters, which were held inSantry Demense proved a mixed bag of results. Jack Kellywas unfortunate to be spiked early on in his final, eventuallyfinishing in 15th and just outside qualification. Louismanaged to avoid such hazards and cruised to his thirdLeinster title as a Moyle Park student. The team challengenever quite took off with some of the lads struggling in thetough conditions.

Louis O’Loughlin was therefore our sole representative in theAll Irelands, which were held on a brutal course in Waterford.All the favourites, including Louis, struggled on a course thatbore closer resemblance to a ploughed field than a runningtrack. After four and a half miserable kilometres Louisseemed dead and buried with 500 metres to go. Fromnowhere he summoned an incredible effort to move up thefield until he eventually finished 2nd, agonisingly missing outon what would have been a record breaking third All Irelandtitle.

The cross-country season was quickly followed by the lessmuddy pursuits of track and field. The West Leinsters were, asever, held in Morton Stadium in Santry. This encompassed ahugely enjoyable two days of competition and some excellentperformances by the Moyle Park athletes. Conor Behanqualified for the 400 metre final and Gavin Curtin was heroicin coming sixth in the 3000 metres. We also had a sprint onetwo with Sinclair Armstrong and John Ojewumi finishing firstand second in the 200 metres. Unfortunately, due to an errorin the heats, the boys will not be able to compete in theLeinsters. Jack Kelly also put in a huge performance,storming home to win a very competitive minor boys 800metre final. As the yearbook goes to print, Jack is preparingfor the Leinster final and possible qualification for the AllIrelands.

As you can see it has been a brilliant year for athletics inMoyle Park College. Long may it continue!

Athleticsby Mr. Kennedy


1st Year Soccer

Back: (L-R) Temitope Anikulopo-kuti, Ashton Keogh, Jake Doyle, Blessing Armstrong, Ben Norman, Matii Chlebowski, Mr. Anderson (Manager)

Front: (L-R) Gjon Frrokaj, Colin Reilly, Charlie O'Connor (Captain), Michael McDonagh, Reece O'Connor, Brian O'Mara, Kian O'Murray-Hanks, Eoin Whelan

Soccer - Under 15’s

U.15 Soccer

Back: (L-R) Stephen Walsh, Tom Healy, Sinclair Armstrong, Joseph Reynolds, Sean Jones Middle: (L-R) Michael Fowler (Captain), Callum Brown, Jason Power, Euan Curran, Aidomo Emakhu

Front: (L-R) Mr. Condron (Manager), Kyle Bridgeman, Zach Donohue, Clayton Harte, Mr. Anderson (Manager)

Soccer - 1st Years


The Moyle Park College Under 17 soccer team canreflect on an outstanding year under the guidance ofmanager Mr. Carter and coach Mr. Kerins. The teamachieved great success, going onto the quarter finalsof the Leinster Cup and the semi final of the league.The whole team had a huge role in the success butstand out performers such as Conor Behan, KevinO’Reilly, Matthew Kelly and top goalscorer JuniorEmakhu cannot be forgotten.

There were some memorable moments along theway such as Mikey Fowler’s wonderful long range

strike against St Benildus in a 7-2 win, Kian Clarke’smagnificent fingertip save at 0-0 against Malahide (agame we would go on to win 3-0) and AdamNugent’s Ronaldo-Esque free kick scorcher againstLuttrellstown in the first game (and win) of the seasonwhich finished 6-4.

The team can look back proudly at a 100% homerecord this season and know that their experiencesthis season will drive them on to league and cup glorynext season.

U.17 Soccer

Back: (L-R) Conor Behan, Junior Emakhu, Kian Clarke, Kena Onsho, Matthew KellyMiddle: (L-R) Mr. Carter (Manager), Adam Nugent, Joseph Kibabu, Dylan Stack, Nathan Fields, Mr. Kerins (Assistant Manager)

Front: (L-R) Sean O'Mahoney, Michael Fowler, Sinclair Armstrong, Steven Bobani, Gavin Curtain

Soccer - Under 17’sMr. Kerins


Really good squad this year and the Senior teamended up unbeaten this year. A good result againstBenildus 2:1, this was followed by a difficult gameagainst Rathcoole which ended in a draw 3:3.

Finally we beat Old Bawn 6:0 to top our group.

Congratulation to all the players.

U.17 Soccer

Back: (L-R) Jack Maguire, Alex Doyle, Sean Madden, Cian Kelly, Josh Ojelabe, Kian Clarke, Joey Carter, Mr. O'ByrneFront: (L-R) Conor Behan, Ross Tully, Zak O'Neill, Adam Nugent, Karl Spooner, Eoin Richardson

Senior SoccerMr. O’Byrne


Basketball - 1st Yearby Ms. Corscadden and Ms. Roche

1st Year Basketball

Back: (L-R) Ms. Corscadden, Dylan Flynn, Newton Osayi Idehen, Kacper Schoenfeld, Ionut Todescu, Dikirulai Usman-DioFront: (L-R) Soheib Ameur, Cuong Nguyen, Eoin Maguire, Peter Ryan, Mati Szafirowski

The first year training began in earnest, with a largeamount of people showing up for trials. It was going tobe a very difficult decision for Ms Corscadden to whittledown the numbers to just 12. The first game of theseason was to be against Pres Bray, traditionally a verystrong team and regular winner of the East Leinstercup. A very tough match to start their campaign. Whilethe first years played well in this game, with SoheibAmeur even losing his footwear trying to defend, thePres Bray boys who had been training together sincethey were in fifth class were a much stronger team.Next the boys played Colaiste Eanna. There was amassive improvement in ability and skill from the boys,with Calum O'Suilleabháin and Cormac Gavin playingwell in defense and Blessing Armstrong and DylanFlynn working well on offense. Unfortunately, it was notto be our day.

Our next game was at home to Oatlands and with adepleted team, our boys showed their true grit and gotdown to the business of scoring. And that they did inabundance. With Kacper Schoenfeld having a greatgame rebound under the boards and Eoin Maguiredriving to the basket. However, in the end, Oatlandsproved too strong for the Moyler boys. Templeoguewere our next opponents and with a spectacularreverse over the head shot from Soheib, the Moyle Parkboys were competitive throughout, only narrowly beingpipped to the post by Templeogue.

The final game of the league found the lads very evenlymatched against St. Andrew’s. It was a tit for tat gamethroughout with both sides fighting for everything.Unfortunately, it was not to be our day and the firstyears were out of the league.


2nd year Basketball

Back: (L-R) Ms. Corscadden, John Reilly, Daniel Olokun, Miracle Onwumere, Alex Akinnifesi, Hakeem Salau, Ms. RocheFront: (L-R) Divine Obasuyi, Andrew Burke, Michael Pavel, Finn Gilleran, Brendan Villanueva, Charles Denuga

Basketball - 2nd Yearby Ms. Corscadden and Ms. Roche


Basketball - Under 16’sby Ms. Corscadden and Ms. Roche

U.16 Basketball

Back: (L-R) Ms. Roche, Tobi Afolabi, Sam Gaynor, John OíMalley, Sean Hegarty, Mohammed Avtarhanov, George Adegboyega,Ms. Corscadden

Front: (L-R) Tony Igharo, Ben Rafter, Patryk Cichosz, Craig Murphy, Dante Malinowski, Gabriel Tkacov

There was a lot of new faces in our Under 16 panel thatarrived to training in the early days of September. Theyhad to build on their skills from second year if they wereto be competitive in the A league. However, it would bea challenging year for them.

Their first match was against the Division “A” stalwarts,Pres Bray. This was to give us a clear idea of the very highstandard that was expected of us. Despite reboundingand fast breaks from Sean Hegarty, Bray proved to be toostrong. After a disheartening start, we regrouped for ourmatch against Colaiste Eanna. This was a closer gamewhere Sean, with John O Malley and GeorgeAdegboyega managed to put 46 points in the board.However, a strong last quarter from Eanna saw them runout eight point victors at the final whistle.

With each game, the lads’ skills were developing but itwasn’t enough to deal with the superior strength ofTempleogue. They took on Oatlands in their next fixture.The addition of Aironas Liucvaikis proved decisive in thismatch. A quick succession of three pointers from Aironasand teaming up on the fast breaks with Sean Hegartymeant Moyler ended with a very comfortable 33-19 win.

As we came to the final matches of the pool, Moyler tookon St. Andrews. We were very strong on the fast breaksthanks to Sean Hegarty and George Adegboyega andSam Gaynor were crucial on rebounds. Moyler clockedup a second victory with a 46-37 win.

These two victories put us through to the semi final of thePlate competition against our Lucan opposition – ColaistePadraig. The 48-28 victory was achieved through acombination of superb defending by Ben Rafter and TonyIgharo, accurate shooting from Aironas Liucvaikis andfast breaks from Sean Hegarty. They were through to thePlate Final in the Oblates.

As the lads took to the court in the Oblates against St.Andrews, we knew we had to play with the same intensityas we did earlier in the year in order to win. However, St.Andrew’s had learned from their previous mistakes. Itwas a very tight affair from the outset with each sidefighting for that shield. The sides were level by the end ofthe third quarter and it was all to play for. Unfortunately,a strong two minutes of scoring from the south-siders sawthem pull ahead by 10 points. Try as they might our ladscould not pull that deficit back before the final whistle.They fought well but it was not to be our day


Basketball - Under 19’sby Ms. Corscadden and Ms. Roche

U.19 Basketball

Back: (L-R) Ms. Corscadden, Colm OíShea, Neil Kavanagh, Toms Ludbarsz, George Adegboyega, Ms. RocheFront: (L-R) Emmanuel Adeleye, Addam Reyes, Jerry Olusegun, Sean Langan, Logan Quinn

The Under 19 basketball season started with a muchchanged team following last year’s graduation.Training began early in September so that the newlook team had a chance to gel. Our season tippedoff against Pres Bray where the lads got a chance tosee what they are made of. It was an intense start tothe season but the lads met the challenge. It wasobvious that there was huge potential in this squad -more training and game time would release it.

Their hard work paid off with the next match againstColaiste Eanna. Whilst there were some errors theirsuperb zone defence and fast breaks (including fromSean Hegarty in his debut at Under 19) saw Moylerrace ahead in the scoring and enjoy an easy win67-47.

This was followed up by another very strong teamperformance against Templeogue which saw TomsLudbarzs, Colm O’ Shea and Neil Kavanagh rack upthe scores. But their 55 points on the board were nocompetition for the superior Templeogue.

That strength of character was needed when we cameup against Oatlands in their next game. The lads hadto dig deep to compete and were helped out hugely

by Emmanuel Adeleye’s and Colm O’ Shea’s superbrebounding under the boards. However, theoppositions strength in defense and in shootingproved too much on the day.

Our final challenge of the league was. Here was anopportunity to try out new talent with Ben Rafter,George Adegboyega and Sean Hegarty joining theexperienced heads of Toms Ludbardz, EmmanuelAdeleye and Colm O’ Shea to take on our finalopponents of the league - St. Andrew’s ofBooterstown. Addam Reyes had an amazingdefensive and offensive game where fast breaks fromSean and Toms were the order of the day and Colmand Emmanuel strong on rebounds. Moyler enjoyeda 62-35 victory.

With the mixed results from our game, our Under 19season drew to and end. As we do each year, wemust bid farewell to some long standing team mates– Toms Ludbardz, Addam Reyes, Jerry Olusegun,Colm O’Shea, Emmanuel Adeleye, Neil Kavanaghand J.J Mazingu. They will be a big loss to basketballin the school and we wish them all the best in theirfuture endeavours.


U14 Hurling

Back: (L-R) Darragh McCabe, Craig Reilly, Luke Swayne, Nathan Mazingu, Ben Rose, Cathal MeenanMiddle: (L-R) Mr J. Quane, Bobby Flood, Cian Hampston, Dean Farrell, Nikodem Procner, Mr. McMunn

Front: (L-R) James Rogers, Kenneth Duffy, Ben Healy, Kian Farrell, Ciaran Kirk, Setanta Higgins

Hurling - Under 14’sMr. Quane and Mr. McMunn

Moyle Park College hosted an eventful days hurling inthe U14 Hurling blitz on the 26th April. Held at home,seven teams battled it out throughout the daydemonstrating great sportsmanship and hurling skills.Our U14 team started first up against Lusk, two wellmatched teams resulted in a draw. In our second gamewe lost narrowly to a stronger team in Na Piarsaigh.Despite a good performance from the team in our thirdmatch, the points just fell short on the score board andSetanta pipped the game. As the day rolled on into theafternoon, we came up against Neasian, a strongopponent. We battled bravely across all positions on thepitch but came up short in the end. However, ourfortune was about to change. Next we came up against

Adamstown, we controlled the game from start to finishwith a solid win in the end. Adrenaline was high and ourplayers entered their final game of the day againstGrange with steely determination and great confidence.It was all to play for! Both halves of the game, weplayed hard and took our chances when they came. Atthe final whistle, Moyle Park College took the deservedwin marking an end to a fantastic day for our team.

The panel of players were a credit to each other and theschool they proudly represented. They gave it their allthroughout the day, showing tenacity, team work and noshortage of skill. Finishing third out of seven teamsentered for the blitz was an admirable achievement.


Hurling - Under 16’sMs. Hartigan and Mr. Waldron

U16 Hurling

Back: (L-R) Liam O'Connor, Stephen Barry, Matthew Gawronski, Aaron Whelan, Dylan Fassnidge, Dara ByrneMiddle: (L-R) Mr. Waldron, Aidan Kelly, Adam Byrne, Oisin Douglas, Adam Hanlon, Aaron Douglas, Ms. HartiganBottom: (L-R) Gavin Duffy, Senan Walsh, Ryan Hickey, Matthew Kelly, Harry Kelly, Lee Proctor, Matthew O'Meara

Hurling training began in early September this year. TheSenior team played their first game at home on a sunnyafternoon in mid-September to a strong Colaiste Mhuireteam.

Both sides displayed great skill and determination,considering it was the first game of the year for bothteams. Moyle Park were victorious at the final whistle ona high scoreline of 4-16 to 3-14.

The team trained hard for the following few weeks andtheir next opponents were Lucan CC. This match wasplayed away and again proved to be another goodgame. However, Moyle Park were beaten this timeround. Unfortunately this was the final game for theseniors. We sadly say goodbye to Aaron Douglas, LiamO'Connor and Jamie Graham in Leaving Cert whohave all been a big part of the hurling community inMoyle Park College over the past few years.

The senior panel consisted of most of our under 16hurlers. The under 16's trained also from earlySeptember and were looking forward to building on

their success of the last few years.

The year started off with a good win against SyngeStreet. This was followed up by a quarter final victoryagainst Lusk CC on a scoreline of 4-14 to 1-4. Goalscorers on the day were Adam Hanlon, Alex Molloy,Adam Byrne and Dylan Fassnidge. This qualified us intoa home semi-final against Colaiste Pobail Setanta.

The lads cruised to victory on the day with goodperformances from Aidan Kelly, Matthew Kelly, StephenBarry, Dara Byrne and Senan Walsh.

Training was intensified for the next few weeks. A bigthank you to Round Towers GAA for the use of theirfacilities during the wet months of October andNovember.

The final arrived on the 12th of December played inAbbottstown against Old Bawn CC. Our oppositionstarted off with a few early goals but the Moyle Park ladsshowed great character to battle back to be within 6points at half time.


Moyle Park tore into the game in the second half andbrought the game to a one point difference. Theeffort proved just too much as Old Bawn pulled awayin the last few minutes, winning on a scoreline of 5-9to 2-14.

Everyone in the school is extremely proud of theirefforts this year.

The players and management would like to thank oursponsor Shovlin Interiors for their sponsorship duringthe year, Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

U16 Hurling

Back: (L-R) Liam O'Connor, Aaron Douglas, Matthew Gawronski, Dylan Fassnidge, Aaron Whelan, Oisin Douglas, JamieClinton Graham, Matthew Kelly

Middle: (L-R) Mr. Waldron, Gavin Duffy, Aidan Kelly, Stephen Barry, Alex Molloy, Dara Byrne, Adam Hanlon, Adam Byrne,Ms. Hartigan

Front: (L-R) Gareth O'Brien, Senan Walsh, Ryan Hickey, Matthew O'Meara, Bobby Flood, Harry Kelly, Lee Proctor

Congratulations to Mr Waldron who won his second All-Ireland senior club hurling medal with his club

Cuala, played on St.Patricks Day in Croke Park


Boxing

Junior BoxingBack: (L-R) Zach Nolan, Pean Ahmed, Mahin Matber, Jobair Chakari, Cuong Nguyen, Hay Xi Song,

Aron Swedrowski,Connor Rafferty, Mr. Doyle Front Row: (L-R) Jamie Brady, Gareth Tomlin, Nathan Cummins, Eoghan Kelly, Dylan Flynn, Cian Roche,

Dikirulai Usman-Dio, Yohann Pyaneeandee

Senior BoxingBack: (L-R) Mr. Doyle, Alex Doyle, Jason Bradshaw, Dean Scanlan, Fuad Usman-Dio, Jack O'Gorman, Dotun Mustapha

Front: (L-R) Olawale Usman-Dio, Airidas Bauza, Faruq Raji, Kian McCarton, Mateusz Klos, Graeme Corrigan


The junior squad's season was almost a carboncopy of their senior counterparts. The squad alsotook part in Division 3A in their maiden voyage intoLeinster Schools Rugby and they too suffered defeatin the group stages, this time at the hands ofCoolmine. A Development Shield defeat toCelbridge Community School saw the early stagesof the season end in disappointment but there werehigh hopes for the South Dublin Cup later in theseason. Unfortunately the weather intervened andMoyle Park never got a chance to compete in theblitz tournament.

Although the school team did not manage to pickup any silverware this season there are a numberof the panel who have tasted success withClondalkin RFC this year. Congratulations to LukeSwayne, Jake Lusk Browne, Nathan Mazingu, JackBrennan, Dean Farrell, Ben Fallon and EoghanKelly who lifted the Leinster Under 14 Youth Plate.

Junior Rugby

Back: (L-R) Luke Wisely, Luke Swayne, Barry Grenham, Adrian Egbukaohia, Emmanuel Muritala

Middle: (L-R) Brian Kirwan, Conor Ryan, Jack Brennan, Mahin Matber, Rubel Miah, Mr. Finegan (Coach)

Front: (L-R) Oskar Michanski, OisÌn Maher, MJ Moore, Jake Lusk Browne, Nathan Mazingu

Junior Rugbyby Mr. Finegan


The Moyle Park College senior squad competed inDivision 3A of the Leinster Schools Cup for the firsttime in the school's history this year. The seniorssuffered defeat at the hands of St David's Collegeof Greystones in the final game of the group stagewhich meant a second place finish, acommendable achievement but unfortunately notenough to advance to the next round of thecompetition. In truth Moyle Park were outclassed bya superior team on the day but the runners-upfinish did allow the team to take part in the LeinsterSenior Development Shield where they were drawnagainst near neighbours; Tallaght CommunitySchool.

The match against Tallaght saw Moyle Park field ateam severely weakened by injury and this showedvery early in the contest as the Moyle Park defensiveline buckled under massive pressure. By half timethe team were out of the contest but a strongsecond half defensive showing meant Moyle Parkcould leave the field with their heads held high.

Although the season ended prematurely it wascertainly a step in the right direction for thedevelopment of the game in the school.

Senior Rugby

Back: (L-R) Dotun Mustapha, Ajibola Yusuff, Ryan Cahill, Jack O'Gorman, Daniel Beggs

Middle: (L-R) Claudio Tomita, Darragh O'Mara, Jason Zlotila, Jamie Gannon, Jeremie Mazingu, Mr. Finegan (Coach)

Front: (L-R) Barry Grenham, Adam O'Brien, Luke Murphy, Oisín Maher, Conor Ryan

Senior Rugbyby Mr. Finegan


Louis O'Loughlin receives Herald

Athletic Sports Star Award

Bridge21- TY Graduation

Bridge21 TY Graduates


Moyle Park hosts the Clondalkin

Community Enterprise Event

The Bank of Ireland Community Enterprise Event washosted by Moyle Park College on the 30th September2017. A Host of sporting personalities along with localbusinesses attended the event in the College. The business,sport and community expo at Moyle Park Collegeshowcased the best of what Clondalkin has to offer andcoincided with the college’s 60th anniversary. Br. Colmanformally opened the event with the help of GAA legend,Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

A number of high profile business and sport stars were inattendance, including Dublin GAA football Manager andPast Pupil of the College, Jim Gavin, legendary Gaelicgames commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, formerWBA World Super Bantamweight Champion boxer BernardDunne and Ireland Rugby player Hannah Tyrell.Clondalkin Youth Band and the College’s Taiko Drummersperformed for the crowd. Also in attendance then TánaisteMrs. Frances Fitzgerald and local Councilor Kenny Egan.

Past Pupils and current students from Moyle Parkparticipated in the event, while seminars and advice clinicswere delivered by a number of keynote speakers, in a hallthat featured over 80 exhibitors. Prominent businessesshowcasing on the day were the Irish Fairy Door Companyand Acutrace.

The event has grown steadily over the last three years, andtakes place in towns across the country. Tánaiste FrancesFitzgerald said ‘it was an opportunity to showcase the hardwork and achievements of the school’.

“I was delighted to celebrate the achievements and awardprizes to some of the students for their business projects. Ialso took an opportunity to visit the fantastic boxing clubagain with Councillor Kenneth Egan.”


Moyle Park Goes Green

On Friday the 16th March 2018 MoylePark turned green in aid of Friends ofthe Coombe (Palliative Care for NewBorn Babies).

Perinatal Palliative Care is the holistic model ofcare being developed and utilised to supportfamilies who are anticipating bereavement as wellas those who experience sudden and unexpectedloss. Due to advances in ultrasound manyfamilies are now told in pregnancy that their babyhas been diagnosed with a life limiting condition.These families require a comprehensive careapproach to support them plan for their babiesbirth, untimely death and subsequent resultingbereavement.

One of life's greatest paradoxes "Death at the timeof Birth".

The school became a wonderful sea of green insupport of this worthwhile and close cause. Staffand students dressed in green and studentshelped decorate teacher’s classroom doors ingreen. TY students did a bag pack in Tesco anda collection at Bank of Ireland. The 5th LCAsdonated the proceeds of their enterprise project.The school canteen donated some of theirproceeds from the day and many local businessesdonated prizes.

Prior to the day itself the bereavement midwifefrom the Coombe, Bríd Shine came to the school

Top L-R: Ms. Campbell’s Room, Ms. Cunningham’s Room, Mr. Quinn’s RoomBottom L-R: Mr. Doyle’s Room, Woodwork Room, MS. Ellis’ Room

by Ms. Grey


to speak to TY and LCA students.

Bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts,uncles and wider family members squeeze alifetime of memories into a short few hours anddays and it is essential that they are able to do soin an environment that matches the warm andcompassionate care provided by the doctors,midwives and nurses.

We raised an astonishing €2174. This money willgo towards renovating three en-suite rooms tocreate a family-friendly home away from homethat will afford bereaved parents and babies bothcomfort and dignity.

I would just like to take this opportunity to say abig Thank You to Students, Staff, Parents and tothe wider community who extended the hand ofsupport for this worthy cause.

L-R: Collecting Donations at Tesco

Mr. Flanagan, Mr. O'Byrne, Mr. McMunn& Mr. Finegan

Ms. Daly, Mr. Molloy, Ms. Gray & Ms. Doonan

Ms. Gray and students

From top of page: L-R: Ms. O’Donovan’s Lab, Ms. Roche’s Room, Ms. Murray’s Room,

Students in custume.

Our Marist Family West Central EuropeBelgium / Germany / Ireland / The Netherlands / UK

Another great year is coming to a close with Marist Educa-tion activities in Moyle Park College and the province of West Central Europe. It has been a special year for all Marists across the world as the 22nd General Chapter of the Marist Brothers took place in Colombia with a new Inter-national leader elected, Supe-rior General Ernesto Sanchez

the outgoing Superior Gener-al Emili Turu (right) for all his wonderful work. As was the theme for our Bi-centenary year it is a new be-ginning for Marists across the world.In our Province of West Cen-tral Europe, we have been busy

as always working with stu-

connections and promoting Marist charism in schools and

-cludes Moyle Park College. As with every year we ran many Marist activities such as the Marist Leadership pro-gramme, Marist week, the Marist cup, Marist solidar-ity events and of course the Marist Pilgrimages. Here are some snippets of the Marist highlights this year.Marist Pilgrimages with TY students and with teachers from across the province coming to the origins of our Marist founder Marcellin Champagnat in the Hermit-age in France.

New Mission Council formed in West Central Eu-rope – June 2017Represented by each coun-try in the province Ireland, Belgium, Scotland, �e Netherlands, Germany.

�ey seek to inspire the Marist community in the Province through facilitat-ing the exchange of ideas, experiences and resources for Mission in the way of Mary.

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Documents

Yearbook 2018 - Moyle Park College · 2 Moyle Park College Yearbook 2018 As our 2017-2018 school year draws to a close, we bid farewell to the Class of 2018. These young men entered