Category: 2022-2023

Congratulations to Sligo Grammar School’s Maebh McLoughlin who has been selected for the Irish Girls U18 Hockey squad. She will be playing for Ireland in a number of International Hockey tournaments over the coming months. These will form part of the Irish teams preparations for the European U18 Championships in Germany in July. Well done to Maebh on this fantastic achievement – the result of a lot of hard work and dedication.

On Monday 12th Dec. the boarders enjoyed a festive Christmas Dinner in the school dining hall. The long-held tradition of students being served by staff continued, followed by the traditional speeches from 6th year students for whom this is their last Christmas in the Boarding House. The headmaster read “Twas the Night Before Christmas”  and the dinner was followed by party games, and great craic was had by all. Thank you to the kitchen staff for decorating the room and for the

This year Thursday 15th December saw the return of the “in person” Carol Service at Sligo Grammar School. It was a treat to see Calry Church filled with students, parents, past-pupils and friends, all there to kick off the Christmas Season with the traditional SGS Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. The School choir was back in full voice, prepared by Jonathan Carter.  Sadly Jonathan couldn’t be with us on the day, so, under the joint direction of Mr Richard Mitchell

During the Autumn SGS DebSoc members entered the Europe Direct Soapbox Public Speaking Competition. Entrants had to upload a video of themselves delivering a speech on the motion “Is Europe Listening to its Young People?”. The regional competition was aired on Friday 9th December from Sligo Central Library. Speaking in the 16 and under category were Conor White, Alana Guckian-Walton, Dara Kilcommons, Isabel Schoen and Phoebe Henry- Seitz. In the 17 and over section 5th year Alfie Barron and 6th

Friday 9th December saw the annual Christmas Jumper Day. Students and staff were invited to wear a Christmas jumper – or whatever festive article of clothing they could find. Santa hats, Christmassy jewellery and head wear, jumpers, of course, and even full Christmas suits all made an appearance. A great festive atmosphere was created around the school, and all those participating contributed €2 to Self Help Africa. This is a charity dedicated to combating the devastating effects of climate change in

At the end of November  Sligo Grammar School students , Eoin McCormack, Dara Kilcommons, Alana Guckian-Walton, Abigail Montgomery and Síofra McElduff, took part in the European Youth Parliament Connacht-Ulster regional session, held in the Sligo Park Hotel. Anushka Pathak, having had her own EYP success earlier in the year in being selected for the International European Youth Parliament, has taken on a central role as part of the EYP organising committee for this regional session.  EYP is an organisation that aims

On Thursday 17th November Sligo Grammar School held its annual Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation. The whole school turned out to remember those who died in both World Wars. Also remembered were members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish Defence Forces who died in the line of duty and Irish soldiers who died while on service with the United Nations. Representatives of the various Churches in Sligo led the prayers, including Rev. Canon Patrick Bamber, Dean Arfon Williams, Rev. Canon

The October mid-term break was a very successful one for both SGS hockey and SGS rugby players. We were very proud of our hockey girls who represented Connacht in the Inter-provincials in Athlone  and Limerick on both weekends of the break. Third year student Eabha Daffy was on the U16 team while no less than five SGS girls were on the Connacht U18 team. They were Meabh Gillmor, Lara Swann, Sophie Swann, Maebh McLoughlin and Saoirse Lawley.  In the first

To mark the last day of a long half term the whole school got involved in a Hallowe’en Celebration. Organised as a fundraiser by the YSI (Young Social Innovators) TY class, the Hallowe’en themed events lent a feel-good atmosphere to the day. The main event was the whole-school fancy dress, with a pumpkin carving competition and a Hallowe’en themed Bake Sale at break time and lunchtime. Staff and students got decked out in fancy dress and everyone who took part

Gaisce has been central to TY in Sligo Grammar School for many years. On October 26th Ger Daly, a Development Officer from Gaisce (The President’s Award), joined us at SGS to unveil our Gaisce Award Partner plaque. Present for the unveiling were Headmaster Mr. Hall, BOM representative Arnie Griffin, school PALs, Aine McManus and Sandra Tiernan as well as our Bronze and Silver Awardees. Ger also awarded our students with their certificates and bronze and silver badges during the annual