Non-Uniform Day: The student council of Garrydoolis National School would like to thank all students for making our non-uniform day such a success. We raised 92 euro which was spend on materials for Tree Day.

Welcome back to school! All pupils are very welcome back to school after the summer break. I would like to extend a very special welcome to our eight new junior infants and to our new entrant to third class. We look forward to a happy, busy and productive school year!

Drama: Two plays, “Jesus’ Birthday Party” and “Rats” were performed in the school before the Christmas holidays and we were delighted to see so any parents, grandparents and past pupils come along and enjoy the performances. We are always grateful to parents who help out with costumes and props, Pat and Audrey O’Dwyer who provide […]

Congratulations to the children who qualified once again for the 7- a side football final in October. Despite their best efforts they were defeated in the final by Cloverfield They had the usual party afterwards and on Friday 23rd November, John Delaney, CEO of FAI, was kind enough to spare us a few minutes of […]

Two Christmas Plays, “It’s a Cracker” and “A Miracle at Christmas” were performed by the children in the School on 21st and 22nd December. The attendance of parents, family members and grandparents was fantastic and we hope they enjoyed the shows as much as the children enjoyed performing. Congratulations to the Senior pupils for receiving […]

The refurbishment of the Junior classroom took place as planned during the Summer holidays and the ceiling and walls were insulated and electrical fittings were upgraded to high modern standards. The work finished on schedule and we were able to open in September with everything in place.While the building work was in progress we purchased […]

James Ryan, county football player, resumed hurling coaching before the Easter holidays and hopefully he will be able to continue for most of the final term. We are waiting for a consignment of helmets to arrive through Cumann na mBunscoil. The hurling league will start soon after the school reopens and the games should get […]

On January 29th children from classes second to sixth attended the production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in Fermoy. This was a magnificent production and it was a marvellous experience for the children to hear such wonderful music and singing. Tom Healy and Martin Ryan came back to Garrydoolis – this time as transition year […]