St Paul’s is Club & Volunteer Award Winner 2013

Back L-R, Jarlath Burns, Vice-Principal, St Paul’s, Noel Doran, Editor, Irish News, John Rafferty, Head of PE & Sport, St Paul’s, Oliver Mooney, Principal, St Paul’s, Martin McAviney, Ulster GAA President Front L-R, Students Conor Boyle, Gregory McCabe, Louise Kenny, Aimee Mackin and Ciaron O’Hanlon St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook has been named as the […]

Gaelic Football, Girls Football, Herald Cup, MacCormack, MacRory, News, Sport, Students, Success, Treanor Cup

A sad farewell to our Year 14 students!

Sadly for Year 14 students at St Paul’s, their time is up as they received a sad farewell from Principal Mr Mooney on their official last day at St Paul’s. Vice-principal Mr Burns recalled some of his great memories with Year 14 students and sent out a heartfelt thanks to Ms Fearon for being an ‘inspiring Year Head’ to […]

News, Staff, Students

Katie wins Player of the Year Award!

Pictured above is Year 9 student Katie Boyle with the plaque and medal she received for being selected as Player of the Year for the Netball Northern Ireland (NNI) Southern Area Regional Development Squad. Katie will now go on to represent NNI in the Interboard tour with takes place on the 11th May in Antrim Forum. Congratulations […]

Netball, Sport, Students, Success

St Paul’s win Ulster Colleges Treanor Cup!

St Paul’s Bessbrook brought home another Ulster title to the School as they beat St Eunan’s College Letterkenny in the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges Treanor Cup Final. Played at the fantastic facilities in Garvaghey, County Tyrone, St Eunan’s started the brighter of the two teams as they kicked three points without reply in the opening […]

Gaelic Football, Sport, Students, Success, Treanor Cup

St Paul’s Year 9 team fall at final hurdle!

On Thursday 2 May, St Paul’s Year 9 Boys’ team lost out in the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges Corn Cholmchille Final as Patrician High School Carrickmacross won by a scoreline of 5-09 1-07. This was a very hard fought game with Patrician High School making the most of their chances and coming out deserving winners.  

Corm Cholchille, Gaelic Football, News, Sport, Students

St Paul’s set for Corn Cholmchille Final

On Thursday 2 May, St Paul’s Year 9 Boys’ team are set to play in the Ulster Colleges Corn Cholmchille final against Patrician High School, Carrickmacross. The final takes place in Silverbridge GAA Club, County Armagh, with a 12.30pm throw-in. Keep an eye on our school Facebook and Twitter pages for any changes regarding the […]

Gaelic Football, Sport, Students

LSC Choir Successful in All-Ireland Competition

On Thursday 25 April, St Paul’s Learning Support Centre Choir travelled to Mullingar to take part in the All Ireland Choir competition. Prepared by Mr Peter Slane, St Paul’s were competing against fifteen choirs from all over Ireland and finished second overall after singing three pieces. The adjudicators commented on the wonderful atmosphere of happiness and […]

Learning Support Centre, Music, News, Students, Success

Netball Success for St Paul’s

L-R Mrs Una McNulty (Vice Principal) Ciara Jones, Ailis McDonnell, Rose Duffy, Katie Boyle, Aoife Fearon (missing from the picture Georgia Smith). Last week six Year 9 pupils from St Paul’s were selected to represent the southern area in the upcoming Netball Northern Ireland U13 Regional Development Academy Tournament, which is being held in Antrim […]

Netball, News, Sport, Students, Success

Year 12 students visit DKIT

As part of our recent Careers week at St Paul’s, a group of Year 12 students visited Dundalk Institute of Technology for a taster day in engineering and computer games development. The students were given two practical sessions and demonstrations on the use of mathematics in engineering and computer science. The engineers showed how maths […]

Mathematics, News, Science, STEM, Students, Visits

Rainbow Group continue to raise funds for Charity!

For all of us whether pupil or staff, in school and in the wider world in life is a learning curve.  We have all learned many important lessons, through our association with Rachael Sands – lessons about life and living and acceptance. Each Lent it has become the accepted custom that Easter eggs appear in […]

Fundraising, News, Rainbow Group, Religion, Staff, Students