Mandeville visits St Paul’s

Pictured is Deputy Mayor of Newry & Mourne District Council, Ms Geraldine Donnelly, Year 13 student Ryan Cinnamond  and Olympic flame torch bearer, Year 8 student and Special Olympic medallist, Ferghal Gregory and Councillor John Feehan.   The official mascot of the 2012 London Games, Mandeville, visited recently to celebrate St Paul’s High School being […]

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Masses of celebration and blessing for exam students

  Chaplain at St Paul’s High School, Father Dermot Maloney celebrated two very special Masses recently, celebrating the many talents, skills and hard work of our Year 12 and 14 students, and praying blessing on them as they prepare for GCSE and A Level examinations in the next few weeks. The students and their parents […]

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Giants success… and we’re there to see it!

Over 100 Year 8 and Year 9 students travelled to the Odyssey Area in Belfast to see Ice Hockey team Belfast Giants take on Sheffield Steelers in the final game of the Elite Championship. We had a great night, and were delighted to help cheers the Giants to success and the championship title. Some photos are […]

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Tráth na gCeist Mór do Sheachtain na Gaeilge

Students in Year 9 enjoyed a Tráth na gCeist Mór (Bumper Table Quiz) for Seachtain na Gaeilge recently.  Questions were posed by Fear a’tí, Mr Murray and the winning team came from the boys of 9/28, 9/92 and 9/82.  Mr Burns presented Easons vouchers to the winning team, and Easter eggs to the runners up. […]

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Big Yellow Friday at St Paul’s!

      Friday 2nd March 2012 saw St. Paul’s host for the second year in a row ‘Big Yellow Friday’ to raise awareness of Childhood Liver Disease and to raise much needed funds for the foundation. All year 8, 9 and 10 pupils participated by wearing something yellow and contributing at least £1 to […]

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Year 11 Newry & Mourne Netball Tournament

  Year 11 Netball captain Dearbhla Wright receiving winners shield from Vice-principal Mrs Una McNulty  St Paul’s High School Year 11 Netball winners    Our Lady’s Grammar School Plate winners  St Mary’s High School Plate Runners – Up     

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Disappointment for U14 Loch an Iúir team

St Paul’s U14 Gaelic Football team before their BT Loch an Iúir final on  at Crossmaglen GFC. The Under 14 team of St Paul’s High School were very unfortunate not to come home with the silverware after this year’s Corn Loch an Iúir final.  Defeated by Patrician College, Carrickmacross, the team equipped themselves well and deserve […]

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St Paul’s pupils awarded Gradam Naomh Pól



Pictured above: Back Row – Sinead McKenna, AOibhinn McGuinness, Mr. Mooney, Aoife Malone, Leanne McGuinness,
 Front Row – Ciara Bannon, Jarlath Burns, Una McNulty, Ciara Murphy Saturday next promises to be a very special one for six pupils from St. Paul’s Bessbrook when they represent their club St. Killian’s Whitecross at the All Ireland final of Scór na […]

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Open Day 2012

St Paul’s Science students demonstrating an experiment to a P7 pupil and a parent at Open Day.    St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook held its annual Open Day on Saturday 25 January.  Prospective pupils from Primary 7 classes in our feeder primary schools and their parents visited the school in large numbers.  They were guided […]

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Cool FM Road Safety Roadshow visits St Paul’s

Pictured above is the PSNI Road Safety Roadshow. The event, held in association with AXA Insurance and Cool FM, was attended by students from St Paul’s, St Joseph’s, Crossmaglen and St Mark’s, Warrenpoint. Pictured above are students, roadshow operatives and St Paul’s Principal Mr Oliver Mooney and Vice-Principal Mr Jarlath Burns.   _ St Paul’s High […]

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