St Joseph's

Secondary School Tulla

Tulla's Got Talent

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 04 January 2020; Created: 04 January 2020; Hits: 863

Under the direction of Ms. A. Behan, SJT recently hosted Tulla's Got Talent. It showcased the amazing array of musical, singing and dancing talent we have in St. Joseph's. We had performances from our school choir, set, step and hip hop dancers, Pipe Band members, our TY Rock Band, African Drumming, as well as many family and individual performances. It was a fantastic night, well done to all involved!

Cross Country Athletics News

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 01 December 2019; Created: 01 December 2019; Hits: 5410

Clare Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships Success for St. Joseph’s

St. Joseph’s students from 1^st Year to 5^th Year took part in the Clare Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships last Thursday November 14^th. The event was held in the Lee’s Road Complex in Ennis on a day with perfect running conditions.

Our minor girls were first to run – Amy Stack, Aine Daly, Fia Purcell, Maria Moloney, Taylor O’Sullivan and Olivia Meaney all put in fine performances. This girls team came in fifth place overall in a strong field of competitors.

Next to compete were our minor boys – Owen Wallace, Finn Bliss and Kailum Cahir who performed very well.

Our junior girls Sophie Conway, Pollymay Donnellan, Aine Lenihan, Saoirse Donnellan and Helena Downes were up next – fantastic running from these girls gained them second place silver medals in the team event.

Great performances from our junior boys led to Tulla’s next team medal – Issac O’Sullivan and Dannan Fox were very impressive in their steely determination, followed closely by Cathal Culloo and Denis Whelan. The other junior boys running were Ryan Fitzgerald, Jake Slattery, Simon Kilker and Cormac Hale.

Next up were our Intermediate girls – Claire Murphy, Chelsea Canny and Saoirse Keogh, followed closely by Isabel O’Connell and Anna Doyle. These girls determined running led to a third place bronze team medal for this team.

Equally strong performances displayed by our intermediate boys of Diarmuid Molloy, Donal Sheedy, Darragh Moroney and Eoghan Daly ensured another silver team medal for St. Joseph’s. The other intermediate boys running were Eanna Culloo, Cillian O’Gara, Dara Fitzgerald, Conor O’Donnell, Lorcan O’Connor, Eoin McNamara, Rory O’Sullivan, Cormac O’Brien, Michael Ryan, Neil Callaghan, Ronan O’Connor, Jayden Scullion, Colin Hogan, Odhran O’Connell and Hugh Cronin.

The last event of the day was the senior boys race – powerful running from Fintan Caulfield (4^th), Adam O’Neill (7^th), followed closely by Oisin Clune and Adam Hogan, delivered St. Joseph’s final team medal of the day.

We are so proud of all of our athletes as their great performances led to St. Joseph’s taking first place in the Best Overall School for the “Tully Cup” 2020, for the fourth year in a row – a very impressive feat! Well done to all our runners!

We are now looking forward to the North Munster Schools’ Competition to be held in Pallaskenry in January.

Winner of ILCU Art Competition

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 26 November 2019; Created: 21 November 2019; Hits: 5719

Congratulations to Sinead Duggan St Josephs Tulla who got first place in the 14 to 17 age group in the Irish League of Credit Union's Art Competition.

The theme ‘Walk of Life’. where entrants were invited to think about how society and communities change, grow and develop for the better.

Irish communities have made many positive changes in recent years to ensure the country is a more inclusive, diverse and liberal place to live in. Participants are encouraged to draw inspiration from the positive changes they might have witnessed in their own local communities, or in wider society.

Entrants had free reign to express their thoughts, opinions, visions and hopes on this theme. Sinead, the winner at local level, will now go on to a regional level and regional winners will progress to the national awards ceremony in February 2020.

The hugely popular, national art competition is now in its 36th year. Has each year almost 30,000 people enter the competition through more than 200 participating credit unions.

Sinead received a substantial cheque and art materials for winning the Local level and we wish her and her teacher Ms. Moran the best of luck at regional level.

Sinead is pictured below with a Credit Union Representative (left) and with Deputy Principal, Ms. Caitriona Dolly (right).

Transition Year Update

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 14 November 2019; Created: 14 November 2019; Hits: 5641

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1st Yr Students - Art Trip

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 26 October 2019; Created: 26 October 2019; Hits: 6149

First year Visual Art Students enjoyed a day rich in culture when they visited the National Self Portrait Gallery in UL.

They also experienced what it would be like to study to become an architect, having a tour of the studio where the architecture students were busy with their creative works . Dermot McNamara (Architecture student) took the time to show us the value of the creative process and the essential nature of a visual art education in pursuing architecture as a career.

It seemed this one to one conversation where it was explained that architecture touches so many areas of life, sport, living quarters, city planning, etc. sparked for some the notion that this might be a career choice they would like to pursue. One where they can combine artistic talents with maths and technical graphics.

Interschools Show-Jumping

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 15 October 2019; Created: 15 October 2019; Hits: 6501

Competing against 34 teams in the interschools show jumping competition, St. Joseph's, Tulla were delighted to win second place in the Banner Equestrian centre recently.

Mia Egan set the bar high with a clear round on Pickles followed by Beatrice Vaughan on Blackjack and Jessica Devane on Walter.

Three clear rounds set the team up for a thrilling jump off. All were delighted to have team placed second being pipped at the post by Árd Scoil Rís by two seconds, the riders were supported by a great group of Grooms who were at hand to help out all day.

Awards Night 2019

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 10 October 2019; Created: 10 October 2019; Hits: 6566

Our Annual Awards night will take place in school hall on Thursday next, October 17th at 7pm.

We are honoured that Elma Walsh, mother of the inspirational Donal Walsh, will be our guest speaker.

In view of this, it will be possible to make donations to the LIVELIFE foundation on the night.

We look forward to celebrating another great year of achievement by our students!

Grease the Musical

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 10 October 2019; Created: 09 October 2019; Hits: 5497

On the 25th September, the music students of SJT, along with students who had participated in the Titanium performance, headed to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin to watch Grease the Musical. The theatre was full of other secondary schools and we got a picture taken before we went in. The show began at 2:30pm.

It was based an American High School, Rydell High and the scenes were set in the school gym and a diner. The visual effects were sensational and we really felt we were transported to the 1950s. The cast was very good, especially Peter Andre, who played the role as Teen Angel, he was superb. He was one of the best cast members and really knew how to get the crowd going. There were a couple of differences between Grease the Movie and the musical, for example, some of the songs were in a different order and the group of boys were called the ‘Burger Boys’ after the diner they went to. The car props were well-made and the special effects were good too. We had a thoroughly enjoyable experience and would highly recommend this musical.

Written by the First Year Music Class, Oct 2019.

Students prepare for BREXIT!

Details: Written by Lorraine McCarthy; Last Updated: 24 September 2019; Created: 24 September 2019; Hits: 6136

This week, our Leaving Cert and 5th Year Geography and Business classes had a very informative talk on Brexit from local Fianna Fáil politician, T.D. Timmy Dooley. Mr Dooley gave us a brief history of the European Union and discussed reasons why the UK opted to leave the EU. The students were given the opportunity to ask questions about the economic challenges we face in the event of a no-deal, the effect on the Border counties and the changes to expect if the value of sterling drops and exports to the UK decline.