St Francis College, Rochestown

Register today at: https://www.stfranciscollege.ie/information-evening-2024-registration
We are delighted to welcome all prospective parents/guardians and students to our Information Evening on Thursday September 19th.
Pre-registration for our Information Evening is required so that we can send you an invitation for the event together with your chosen event & Principal's address time.

As our new school year begins, our junior students have been provided with all of their school books and stationery through the free Junior Cycle school books initiative, a key part of the Free Education Scheme. 📚📚 A special thank you to Ms Keating for the many hours of hard work that went into organising the thousands of books required to ensure our students had everything they needed to start the new school year.

First years settling into their new class groups!

Our new first year group have been settling in well this morning. They are currently going through induction morning, getting their journals, YONDR pouches and timetables! 📚

The very best of luck to as he heads off to the University of Washington on a golf scholarship! We can’t wait to see all that is to come for Jack in the coming years! 🇺🇸 ⛳️👏

Congratulations to our amazing 6th Year cohort who all had amazing Leaving Certificate results today! 📚 it was great to see a few happy faces in school this morning!

The very best of luck to our past pupils Alan Connolly & Shane Kingston in Sunday’s All-Ireland Final!🔴⚪️ The entire school community are behind the whole team! We’re looking forward to a visit from Liam McCarthy in September! 🤞 🔴⚪️

Congratulations to Tony Geraghty who took part in the Defence Forces challenge as part of the physical challenge for the Gaisce Silver award. Tony was one of three to be recognised at the award ceremony and was awarded the Esprit de Corps Award! Thank you to .ie for the picture!

Great to see a past pupil, a neighbour and Cork hurling legend, Justin McCarthy, get Cork Person of the Month

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Deputy Principal Mr.Croke presenting medals to some of our U19 soccer stars who won the Munster Cup this year. Captain Niky Lyons and Player of the Year Daniel McCarthy. Well deserved boys!

https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41410325.html

St Francis College, Rochestown win prestigious cup in Cardiff Cork side took on the best of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Wishing all of our Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle students the very best of luck as they begin their state exams tomorrow morning! 📚📚

Wishing everybody a wonderful summer break from all of us here at Roco! We would like to thank the whole school community for all the work & support over the past school year 🏫 Enjoy the well deserved break and we look forward to seeing everybody again in September! ☀️☀️

Well done to everybody who took part in 🚲 The overall winner is Sebastian Dubkiewicz! 👏

A fond farewell to our Spanish student Ignacio Huertas Abad who has spent the year studying in 2A making life long friends. We wish ‘Nacho’ the best of luck for the future! The 2A lads bought Nacho some Cork merchandise to remember his time in Roco!

Congratulations to Alex Barrett who got the Junior Bronze in the 200 butterfly this weekend at the Irish Open Olympic Trials in the NAC! 🏊

A huge thank you to the local clubs that support our students year in, year out! They are incredible support to our school teams. Here are some of the teams (and school) that our winning squad come from
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The has landed in Dublin! 🇮🇪🇮🇪 Currently on route to Cork!

Unbelievable stuff from our u14 All-Ireland Champions who have won the in Wales today representing the Republic of Ireland! 🏆 An absolutely massive honour for our school and this great group of boys!

Congratulations to Darragh O’Flaherty who was named Player of the Tournament and to Darragh Lynch who was named Man of the Match.

A huge thanks to Mr. Bermingham & Mr. Dolan who travelled with the lads to Cardiff this week.

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The best of luck our u14 team representing the Republic of Ireland in the Allen McKinstry Cup today! They’re ready 👊💪

Thank you to the tournament organisers for this excellent picture! 📸

Best of luck to our superstar soccer team! ⚽️⚽️

🤔 | Winner takes all...

🏆 | SAFIB
🎓 | Under 14, Boys Tournament
⚽️ | M A T C H D A Y
👉 | GAME 9⃣
🏫 | Shenfield High School PTA 🆚 St Francis College, Rochestown
📆 | 25.05.24
⏰ | 11.30am
📍 | Cardiff University

ROCO (Republic of Ireland) are through to the FINAL of the in Wales! 🇮🇪 Tomorrow at 11.30am ⚽️

Our Creative Engagement project which has been framed and hung up in the school this week! The TY art class worked with Ceramic Artist Susan Herlihy to create this tiled mural celebrating the value of education in St Francis College and in Padre Pio in Zambia. Photos and quotes were exchanged between both schools to inspire this beautiful mural! A big thank you to Susan Herlihy for her guidance and expertise, our talented art teachers, as well as Trevor for tiling and hanging the mural!

Our All-Ireland Champions are about to take off to represent the Republic of Ireland in the SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup. ✈️ The team are heading for Wales for a few days today! Best of luck to the whole team, Mr Bermingham & Mr Dolan! ⚽️

🏆 SAFIB

Goodbye to our lovely 6th Years. What a pleasure it has been to have you walk the halls of Roco for the past six years 🤍🖤

Well done to our 1st year soccer squad who won the Cork Cup today on a score line of 3-0. This squad were runners up in the Munster Cup and now are Cork Cup Champions!

Teachers beat students ... again!
Another year, another unbeaten teacher side! This year’s student side gave it their all but after a 3-3 scoreline at full time, they ultimately lost on penalties to a stronger teacher side! Well done to everybody for participating in this wonderful Roco tradition! No doubt there will be a few sore bodies in the staffroom tomorrow!!

Our GAA Future Leaders 2024. Well done to the TYs who participated this year in the module