Archive for the 'School News' Category
Munster Swimming Champions!!
Well done to Cian, Ian and Niall who recently won medals at the Swim Ireland Munster Championships in Limerick. This was a great achievement as they were competing against swimmers from all over Munster. Keep up the good work boys!!!!
Kerry Minor Team Visit
We were again very lucky recently as members of the victorious Kerry Minor Football Team came and visited our school with the Tommy Markham Cup. Incredibly, this was the 3rd year in a row that this has happened!! They told us what it is like to play football for Kerry and answered all of […]
Our New School Year
Our school reopens this Thursday, September 1st at 9am. We hope everyone had a great summer and we look forward to welcoming everybody back and hearing all about how their Summer went. We especially look forward to welcoming all our new Junior Infants, for whom Thursday will be the start of a new, and hopefully […]
1916 Commemoration
We commemorated The 1916 Rising in fine style in our school recently with many events taking place over a number of days. Ian Harrington, who is a member of the Irish Army, came in and spoke to us on the correct etiquette surrounding the Irish Flag and also told us about its history. He showed […]
Lucky Carmel scoops the Lotto Jackpot
Congratulations to John O Connor’s Mum, Carmel, who was recently the lucky winner of the Muckross Lotto. Carmel plays the lotto through the school each week without fail and won a big jackpot of €5800. She is pictured above receiving her cheque from our principal, Ms Coffey. The buying of Muckross Lotto tickets each week […]
Credit Union Art Winners
Congratulations to Sean from 1st class and Keri-Ann from 6th, on their recent wins in the Credit Union Art competition. They both won their categories in the local chapter level before progressing to Munster where Keri-Ann came 2nd and Sean won his category. Well done to both of these on their great accomplishments […]
Irish Flag Presentation Ceremony
Sgt Denis McGarry presented Loughquittane N.S. with the Irish flag. The youngest boy and youngest girl in the school accepted the flag on the school’s behalf, well done!
Christmas In Killarney Parade
We recently took part in the annual Christmas in Killarney Parade and had great fun marching through the town in our festive gear. We watched the Christmas lights get turned on and we all agreed it really feels like Christmas now with the town looking so lovely. Despite the weather everyone was full of Christmas […]
School Mass
Our annual school mass is taking place next Tuesday June 30th at 9.30am. All are welcome to attend as we say farewell to our 6th class and bring down the curtain on another enjoyable year in Loughquittane NS.
Credit Union Quiz
We recently had great fun entering the Credit Union National School quiz which was held in the INEC. We had a team in the Junior and Senior categories. We did very well and were unlucky to just miss out on the placings. We can’t wait for next years competition already!!!!
















