May Day, the first of May, marks  the ancient feast of Bealtaine. Our ancestors celebrated the start of Summer, Bealtaine,  on May 01 with bonfires, dancing and feasting. The opposite festival of Samhain we now celebrate as Halloween or Oíche Shamhna. In Ms. Brogan’s Room,…

Congratulations to Bran, Gavin, Oran, Danny and Seán who were part of the Enniscrone Kilglass U13 Boys Indoor Soccer team who won the Connacht Final in Strokestown recently.  We wish them all the best when they represent Sligo in the National Finals in May.

Bhí Lá Glas againn ar scoil inniu.  There was great colour, bunting and festive cheer as the children performed and entertained us with go leor rannta, amhráin agus dánta.   The music, songs, stories and dramas were a delight! Bhain na páistí an-sult astu.  With lots…

A warm welcome to Alan Duffy and Darragh Flynn Club Development Officer with Enniscrone/Kilgass GAA  and Western Gaels to Kilglass National School.  The children really enjoyed all the sessions with Alan and Daragh who focused on fundamental movement skills in a fun, active, game based…

We had so much fun celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite characters from our favourite books, brought our favourite books to school and got to share our favourite books with our friends.

The children throughout the school look forward with anticipation to Wednesdays.  On Wednesday, Aileen Bourke from Bonniconlon comes to teach all the boys and girls tin whistle.  The children are full of enthusiasm and get great enjoyment from the lessons.  The corridors are filled with…

This year our Green Schools theme is Global Citizenship Travel.  Ciaran Hussey from An Taisce visited our school.  He met with the Green Schools Committee and we did a Walkability Audit.  We aim to make our school environs pedestrian friendly for our whole community.  We…

St. Brigid’s Day was a day of fun and celebration.  The children gathered together in the morning for a lovely assembly where songs, poems and drámaí were shared between the classes. Some of the stories and legends surrounding St. Brigid were regaled and “We Sing…