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On Thursday the 30th of April the Dunshaughlin Community College Minor Camogie team added another trophy to their cabinet, when they secured a comprehensive win over Kilbeggan Westmeath in the Leinster Schools Final. In addition to this fantastic win the girls have already won the senior and minor county championships and the first year mini sevens county blitz held in Dunganny.
On route to the final the girls beat Loreto Navan, Mercy Navan and a very strong team from Johnstown Kilkenny.
 Captain Cliona Murphy led the girls to their successful victory in the Leinster Final. They showed great determination throughout the whole game.

Dunshaughlin CC 4-10 Athenry VS 0-5
 
Dunshaughlin Community College turned on the style at Ballymahon on Saturday when they proved too strong for Athenry VS in the Under16 All-Ireland VEC semi-final.The victory avenged last year’s defeat by the Galway school ,although Dunshaughlin only fielded two players, Bryan Davis and Conor O’Brien from last year’s panel.Wind-assisted Dunshaughlin were 2-5 to 0-2 to the good at the interval and the anticipated Athenry revival after the resumption never materialised.

Samples from Ms. Currans first year art, mixed media construction puppets are available at the following link.

On Friday last Dunshaughlin Community College secured their first North Leinster Division 1 Soccer title.  In the twelveth minute winger Oisin Foley showed blistering pace to beat the St Oliver’s off side trap before unleashing a powerful drive from 20 yards to the back of the St Oliver’s net.  Moments later Aaron Mooney in an almost identical finish put Dunshaughlin two goals ahead. 

Eric Wilkinson and Kieran Harkin represented the school in the Student Enterprise Awards held in The “Great Hall” in Trim Castle Hotel on Monday 23rd February.  The Meath County Final was organised by the Meath County Enterprise Board.

Colaiste Ris Dundalk    2       Dunshaughlin CC    3 

Dunshaughlin are now through to the Leinster Final after defeating De La Salle of Wicklow in a nerve wrecking game.  It started off cagey as both teams battled wonderfully for every ball.  Dunshaughlin finally got the first point through Paul Donnelan the captain.  Dunshaughlin kept up the effort throughout and as De La Salle equalised Dunshaughlin brought it up a gear

Last Friday  saw Dunshaughlin Community College put up an outstanding display against a Moyne team from Longford.  The end result saw Dunshaughlin win the match by seven points to no score.Dunshaughlin scored six of their seven points in the first half where they were helped along by a gailforce wind on their backs.  Dunshaughlin’s scores came from Ian Gilette, Bryan Davis, Evan Kinsella and James Beaty.The second half was an up-hill battle for Dunshaughlin as they  were subjected to  ice cold rain.  However Dunshaughlin managed to hang on to their lead,to win the match . Man of the match Colum Mc Cullagh.

Both the Minor and Senior camogie teams at the College have won County Titles.
The minors were out first against Loreto Navan.  Dunshaughlin were slow to start to start finding the conditions very tough. Christine Grimes, Catriona Kennedy and Emma McLoughlin were solid at the back dealing with any threats from Loreto. Dushaughlin led by 2 points at half time with scores coming from Catherine Carroll (goal) and Cliona Murphy (point) and Tara Murphy (point). Morale was low at half time but Captain Cliona Murphy really got the girls motivated which resulted in an excellent second half.

Dunshaughlin senior camogie team secured a place in the Leinster semi final with a comfortable win over old rivals Killcormack. The Dunshaughlin girls got off to a great start with Shauna Curtis scoring the first point. The fowards seemed to be in unstopable form with Kristina Troy scoring 2 goals, Adrainne Mc Cann 1:1 all before half time. The Killcormack girls were battling hard and had a score of 1:3 at half time.
The second half seen Dunshaughlin retain nearly all possession.

Dunshaughlin opened their league campaign with a win over Drogheda side St. Mary’s.  Goals were scored by David Beattie, Aaron Mooney and Paul Donnelan.

It started off very even as the conditions played havoc. Both teams showed very little in attack before Paul Donnelan picked out David Beattie's run. All Paul Donnelan had to do was slip the ball through the St. Mary’s defence and David Beattie coolly slotted it home. 

Both Senior and Minor camogie teams travelled to Trim to play one of their toughest opponents yet, Loreto Trim. The Minor team played first.   It took the girls a while to settle, although dominating the game during the first half, the score at half time was 0-2 to 1-1, to Trim. From the start of the second half the girls really started to pull together. 

Yesterday in the horrible conditions, Dunshaughlin still travelled out to play Mercy of Navan. Even in the waterlogged pitch Dunshaughlin headed out with high hopes and showed no mercy in the game! In the first half a flyer of a goal from Emma Mc Gill put Dunshaughlin in an early lead. Then again Rebecca Keane scored another putting the score at two goals to nothing.
 In the second half it got better as an outstanding performance from Rebecca Keane made it happen again with another goal and a point. The final score was Dunshaughlin 3-1  to Mercy 0-1.

A 5km Sponsored Run will take place on October 23rd at 3.30 pm. The proceeds from this event will go to Our Ladys Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. Contact Ms. Ross for further information.

Both minor and senior camogie teams have got off to a great start this year. The senior team captained by Fiona McGill have had two hard fought wins over last years finalists Athboy and Dunboyne.
 
The minor team captained by Cliona Murphy had an  impressive

 6-13 win over Athboy. Well done girls!

Dunshaughlin’s juvenile boy’s Gaelic team made an impressive start to the year on Wednesday with a thumping victory against their neighbours Dunboyne. DCC arrived with a massive panel that allowed them to field three separate teams that all did themselves justice despite a gale force wind that blew throughout the three matches.

Speech & Drama classes commence on Thursday September 11th in room 24.

1st year class will be from 4 - 5 pm;  all other years 5 -6 pm.

Newcomers welcome in all years.

Photographs from the French Trip to Paris are available at the following link

Congratulations and well done to Aimee Mc Quillan who represented Ireland in the European Tae-Kwon-Doe Championships in Cork recently. Aimee won a bronze medal and qualified for the world championships next year.

Dunshaughlin Community College recently hosted its second annual Careers Exhibition in the school for all students from Transition Year, 5th and Leaving Cert Applied programmes. The event was very successful with over twenty exhibitors from the University, Institute of Technology and Further Education sectors. Representatives from Fas, the guards and the Nursing body were also present. The students each got to attend a variety of organised career and college related talks. Later in the morning the Community Centre hosted the main gallery of stands where students could speak and talk with personnel from each of the colleges .The event was co-ordinated and organised by the two Guidance Counsellors in the school, Ms.Gannon & Ms. Wickham. Transition Year students were also on hand to help out on the day. 

Ten fifth year students from our school participated in a German exchange programme with a school in Olsberg Germany. On April 19th the students flew to Germany and spent two weeks in Olsberg attending school and staying with host families. They were delighted at last to meet their exchange partners as they had been corresponding with them since last November via e mail and instant Messaging.

 Dunshaughlin minor camogie girls team  travelled to Naas recently to play in the Leinster quarter  final. The game led to an impressive start with a quick goal from Shannon Thynne and another soon followed from Adrienne McCann. Dunshaughlin continued to dominate in the first half. The backs had a very important role in the match as Naas made many attempts to break through Dunshaughlins strong defence.

An Inter-Cultural Exhibition and Food tasting session was organised by a group of Transition Year students on the 24th April in Room 18.  Three students Eoghan Hogan, Mark Farrell and David Flynn cooked Chilli Con Carne, an Indian Vegetarian Curry and a Chinese Stir Fry for 30 people.  They served up their dishes with accompaniments to other members of the Transition Year group and Mr. Browne, Ms. Kenny and Ms. Comiskey.  Projects on International Cookery were also exhibited.  This was to celebrate Inter-Culturalism in our school and community.  The project was overseen by Ms. Kenny and Ms. Brophy.

Dunshaughlin Community College failed in their bid for the u-16 All-Ireland Vocational Schools` title against Athenry VS at Rath, Co Offaly last Saturday afternoon.
That they failed to score again after Danny Thynne`s goal eight minutes into the second-half ultimately proved decisive, but they also surrendered a substantial 2-9 to 1-4 advantage in the process. After a nervous opening few minutes

Dunshaughlin captured the Leinster junior football championship with a three point win over holders Bridgetown last Friday. Bridgetown controlled the start of the game with a quick few scores from Lee Devereux at full forward. Playing against the breeze in the first half Dunshaughlin were behind 2-4 to 0-6 at half time.

On Thursday last Dunshaughlin CC defeated St Kieran’s College Kilkenny to become the only team outside Dublin remaining in the last four of Leinster A Junior Cup. 

Mock Exams will take place from Monday 18^th Feb- Friday 29^th Feb.

Mock Timetables are available at the following link:

This year as part of our annual Concern Day a balloon release took place. Each balloon represented a student and staff member in the school.  Some student’s balloons were found and returned to the school.  A list of student’s balloons that were returned with their location is available at the following link:

Ski-trip to New Hampshire USA a wonderful experience - Forty students and four teachers have returned from a fantastic skiing trip to New Hampshire.  Despite a delayed return due to flight difficulties, the trip was a great success and we look forward to a similar trip next year.

Well done the Ms Lawlor, the Concern Committee and all students who made Concern Day such a success this year. Thirty thousand Euros has been collected to date. Photographs of Concern Day are available at the following link

If you’re tired of your usual new year’s resolutions, why not kick 2008 off in style and enrol in one of the wide variety of courses we have on offer.

Well done to the students who participated in the Interschools Showjumping Competition at Kilossery Lodge Stud on the 9th December.

The Under 16 soccer team continued their successful season with a win over De LA Salle Beneavin of Finglas last week.  Dunshaughlin went a goal down in the 22 minute of the match with a goal scored directly from a corner. 

The Dunshauglin Minor Camogie Team have sailed through to the Leinster Final following an impressive win over Loreto  Navan. The first half scores came from Emma McGill with two goals followed by a point from Denise Voglar.

On Tuesday last Dunshaughlin secured a good win against a strong St Mary's side in the FAIS North Leinster League.  Dunshaughlin raced into a 5-0 score line in the first half

Dunshaughlin gave an impressive performance against Virginia in an Under-16 friendly on Wednesday morning on home ground.

Congratulations to the  minor camogie team who have won the Leinster Final after fending off stiff opposition from Kilcormac , Co Offaly last Monday.

Congratulations and well done to all who participated in the Home Garden Scheme orgainsed by Mr. Kenny. The following are a list of prizewinners and runners up.

Tuesday 28/8/07: First Year Students only finishing at 12.30pm.

Wednesday 29/08/07: First Year Students only finishing at 1.20pm.

Thursday 30/08/07: All school years return

The Leaving Certificate Graduation Ceremony took place last Friday night. It began by celebrating a mass. The theme of the mass was “Journey”. The music , readings and sermon aptly captured this theme.

Following the mass, the prize giving took place.

The night was thoroughly enjoyed by parents, staff ,students and all involved. Well done to all staff and students who were involved in organising such a successful event. For a full list of prize winners

The Green Schools Committee is proud to announce that we will receive the Green Flag at the end of the May. The inspectors were very impressed with our application. We are the second secondary School in Meath to have received the flag. There will be a Flag Raising ceremony held at the end of the year, more details will be announced soon.