Our summer newsletter has been published and is available to view and download on the school website here:

Summer Newletter 2024

Thanks to all the contributors and a special thanks to Mr. Grehan, Ciara Kelly (TY), Bella Quinn (6th year) and Hannah Feeney (6th year) for their excellent work on putting the Newsletter together.

Well done to Lana Awaja (3rd year), Muireann Carey (2nd year) and Hannah Rainey (2nd year) who played in the ‘Irish U15 (2009) Water Polo All Ireland Cup’ for Tribes Water Polo Club last weekend. They played teams from all around Ireland and won the cup in their final against Sandycove SC on Sunday - 28th of April, by a score of 20-3. Congratulations to them and their fellow team members on a wonderful victory.

Just before Easter, Ms Fannin’s 5th year LCVP class hosted a ‘Anything but a School Bag Day’ in aid of the LauraLynn foundation. The class chose to raise money for the LauraLynn foundation as their core values meant a lot to the group in particular. The charity provides palliative care and support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families. 

The class began brainstorming ideas for the activity back in early January, and were separated into different roles involved in the process. These roles include marketing, finance, charity research and more. 

The day of the event consisted of collecting donations for the charity between classes, selecting the most creative students and presenting prizes to the winners for ‘best bag alternative’. After the event, donations were counted and Ms Fannin’s LCVP raised a grand total of €200 in aid of the LauraLynn Foundation.

The class would like to give thanks to all of those who took part in our event and to Ms Fannin and Ms O’Callaghan for helping and supporting the girls throughout the process. 

A Gallery of photos can be access on the school website: Photo Gallery

By Kayleigh Main-Breslin (5th year) and Ailbhe Ní Mhórain (5th year)

Over the last few weeks the 4/3 TY class along with their teacher Ms. Murphy organised and ran a Hygiene Drive in the school to get donations and raise awareness of hygiene poverty and the work of the Hygiene Hub Galway.

They have written this short piece on the event and the great work the charity does;

'We chose this charity as we wanted to help people in our local area and do something to give back to our communities. The Hygiene Hub Galway works closely with local charities and families in need of products they cannot afford to better their hygiene. We spread awareness in our school and within our families to motivate staff and students to donate products that would then reach these families. We are delighted with the response and greatly appreciate everyone who got involved and supported such a fantastic cause. Taylor’s Hill donations weighed 33.7kg which will be a super help to those needing it most and the Hygiene Hub charity are very thankful.

4C and Ms Murphy'

Congratulations and well done to Sophie Maher in TY who has been selected as one of the winners of the 2023/24 National Secondary School Essay Writing Competition run by the Regional Writing Centre, the Centre for Transformative Learning and the Office of the President of the University of Limerick

The prize giving ceremony will take place at the end of May in the University of Limerick

Congratulation to Stephanie Rimbi who was part of the Irish team at the European Olympiad of Experimental Science in Luxembourg last week. Only 6 students are chosen to represent Ireland every year, after three tough rounds of testing. Stephanie’s team were awarded a bronze medal in Luxembourg for their excellent scientific work. This has been a fantastic opportunity for Stephanie to develop her scientific skills and get to meet up with similar students from all over Europe.

This is the third year in a row that a 5th year student from Dominican College has represented Ireland in this competition, with Melaniya Stolbova taking part in 2023, and Lucy Garrett taking part in in 2022.

We are very proud of Stephanie’s achievement.

Stephanie Rimbi, 5th year, is on the Irish team taking part in the European Olympiad of Experimental Science finals which are currently taking place in Luxembourg. This is the third year in a row that Dominican College has had a student be part of the Irish team at this event.

TY's Ailish O'Halloran, Lily Hynes and Shaelin Howley and 2nd years Hannah Rainey and Nicole Lally have been doing a wonderful job representing the school at the BTYS exhibition in the RDS this week. They have been presenting their projects and meeting members of the public including Galway West TD Hildagarde Naughton. We hope they are enjoying their time in Dublin accompanied by Ms. Carr, Ms. Corbett, Ms. Carroll and Ms. Thornton and wish them the best of luck at the rest of the event and in the judging. #TaylorsGirls # WomenInSTEM