CBS Thurles
Rossa Street, Thurles,
Co. Tipperary
Phone:+353 504 22054
Fax:+353 504 23645
Scoil na mBraithre Chriostaí
Durlas
Newsletter
November 2014
State Exam Results
The school would like to congratulate our
sixth year class of 2013/14 on the excellent
results they achieved in their Leaving Certificate exams. This year 18% of our students achieved 500 points or more. This is a
tremendous achievement and we wish each
of them the very best of luck in whatever
field of study or employment they have
Congratulations to all students in CBS
chosen to follow.
Thurles who received their Junior Certificate results. Special acknowledgement
to Transition Year student Mark Fortune
from Cormackstown Lane, Holycross
who secured 9 As and 1 B.
Upcoming Events
 Open Night for incoming
1st Years Thursday 6th
November starting at
7pm.
 3rd Year Parent-Teacher
meeting Thursday 13th
November– 4.15 to 6.45
 6th Year Parent-Teacher
meeting Tuesday 18th
November– 4.15 to 6.45
 School Musical “Grease”
Thursday 4th to Saturday
6th December.
 Transtion Year trip to
Belgium 18th –21st November.
 Closing for Christmas
Holidays on Friday 19th of
December.
News in Brief
 Our TY students this year are
taking part in the Build-A-Bank
challenge. This national competition encourages transition year
students to found and run a school
bank.
All-Ireland Final
Thurles C.B.S. was well represented in
Croke Park this year with no fewer than
eight past pupils involved in the senior
All-Ireland final. There were seven alumni on the Tipperary panel ( James Barry,
Cathal Barrett, Michael Cahill, Lar Corbett, Denis Maher, Padraig Maher and
Ronan Maher) while past pupil, Aidan Fogarty, togged out in the black and amber of Kilkenny. On a national level there are very few schools which could
boast such a high level of involvement in the sport’s most prestigious flagship
event and this involvement is an obvious testament to the strength of hurling in
the school.
 Our under-16 and under-19 basketball teams played their first league
games of the season at home
against Mullingar Community
College. Our under-16 team was
victorious (34-23) but unfortunately our under-19 team was
beaten (31-41) .
 Our junior golfers travelled to
Cahir Park Golf Club to compete in
the East Munster Qualifying Section of the Schools Junior Golf
Competition. The team consisted of
Cian Stakelum, Jack Ryan and
Aaron Quinn and although they
played well they did not progress
to the next phase of the competition.
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First Year Hurling Competition
Our first year pupils took part in an annual blitz against teams from The Abbey C.B.S. All of the students
were divided into teams of twelve and in the end the James O Donoghue Perpetual Trophy was presented to
the captain of the winning Thurles team, Patrick Creedon. The school would like to thank Mr Andy Ryan for
his help in organising this event and Mr Pierce Murphy for providing first aid support and presenting the trophy. ‘Well done’ also to the fourth year pupils who managed the teams and refereed and umpired the games.
Almost three hundred fifth and sixth class boys and girls attended
our one day Gaelic Games Promotion Day which was held in Semple Stadium and Dr Morris Park. The day started with a tour of
Semple Stadium before the boys and girls rotated between six different coaching stations, each focusing on some of the key skills of
both football and hurling. Our G.A.A. coaches were ably assisted
on the day by past pupils; Ronan Maher, Pa Bourke, Denis Maher
and Cathal Barrett. The school would like to thank the primary
schools and the pupils’ parents for helping to facilitate this very
successful event.
Blue September
In conjunction with the national ‘Blue September’ campaign our transition year students have been busy raising both awareness and funds to support the fight against men’s cancer. During the month of September fourth
year pupils spoke to each of the class groups about how healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of cancer in later
life and also informed students about the different types of cancer that affect men. The transition years also
organised a ‘jersey day’ on Friday September 26th, with the proceeds donated to cancer research. To help promote ‘Blue September’ Tipperary captain , Brendan Maher, also visited the school.
Well done to
the students
in class 4T
who with the
help of their
school mates
raised €1095.
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School Musical
This year’s school musical will be the ever popular ‘Grease’ and will be performed in the Premier Hall on Thursday, the 4th, Friday the 5th and Saturday the
6th of December. Auditions for the male leads for this year’s musical took place
in September and the following students were chosen to star on stage: Alex Murphy ( Danny), Dylan Greene ( Kenickie), Fionn McCartan ( Doody ), Daniel
Matthews ( Roger ), Darragh Byrne ( Sonny ), Loughlin Russell ( Eugene ), Jack
Fitzgibbon ( Vince Fontaine ), Gavin Murphy (Johnny Casino ), Diarmuid
Meagher ( Teen Angel ), Anthony Maher ( Mr Lynch) and Darren O Sullivan
( Jock ).
We would like to wish the entire cast and production crew the very best of luck
and we know they will produce an amazing show.
Harty Cup
After School Study
Evening study takes place every
Monday to Friday for 2 hours
commencing at 3:55. It is geared
towards providing a formal study
environment and is supervised
by a teacher. Saturday study for
3rd and 6th year students will
also be available later in the
year. This is a 4 hour study period commencing at 9am. For
further information contact Mr.
T. Lloyd.
Our senior hurlers got this year’s Harty campaign off to a
successful start with a convincing victory over St. Flannan’s on a scoreline of 5-26 to 6 points. In our second
group game we drew with West Limerick Colleges on a
scoreline of 1-15 to 3-9. These 3 points and high scoring
difference could prove to be very important in what is an
extremely difficult group with games against Ard Scoil
Ris and Blackwater still to come.
Irish Angus Beef
Congratulations to Kieran Cummins and
Niall Molony 5th Year on receiving their
prizes for the Irish Angus Beef competition. They were presented with their 5
Angus cross calves at this years ploughing championships.
Dean Ryan
Congratulations to our under-16 ½ hurlers on their quarter-final
victory over St. Coleman’s of Fermoy. Played in blustery conditions the game proved to be a very close and exciting affair,
Thurles only progressing after extra-time on a scoreline of 1-20
to 2-15. The C.B.S. will now face Our Lady’s of Templemore
in the semi-final. We wish them the best of luck.
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Transition Year students
from CBS Thurles enjoying
their team building day at UL
Activity Centre. Students enjoyed a wide variety of events
including archery, high and
low ropes and kayaking.
This year we welcomed
115 First Year Students
through our doors. All
First Year students will be
using iPads to access their
eBooks and educational
apps as part of the New
Junior Certificate course.
The students had two induction days to help
Students were firstly delighted with the lighter schoolbag
them settle into life in
but also very enthusiastic to use the iPads in their new
the CBS.
learning environment.
VISIT OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE AT: www.cbsthurles.ie
News in Brief

The entire school community
participated in a very successful and enjoyable ‘Fun
Run’. All the students walked
to the racetrack where they
either walked or ran a lap of
the track before returning to
the school. The money raised
will go towards sporting development and we would like to
thank all those who helped out
on the day.

All Transition Year classes
traveled to the Watergate
Theatre in Kilkenny to see Ger
Carey’s hilarious new one-man
show ,‘ A Comic Journey Inside
The Teenage Brain’.
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The school would like to congratulate past pupils; Declan
Atkins, Brian Bourke, Brian
Fanning and Thomas Skehan
on being selected as U.C.D.
Entrance Scholars this year.
Entrance scholars are first
year college students who
have achieved 560 points or
more in their Leaving Certificate.

Congratulations to Ciaran
Taffe 5th Year, who was
awarded a gold medal as best
speaker in the Secondary
Schools French Debating
Competition organised by
Alliance Francaise.