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Well done to all the girls who participated in the Loreto Gaelic Football Blitz on Wednesday 17th of September on the 3G pitch at Breffni Park. The team played great and reached the final but were marginally beaten in the end. Thank you to Ms. Mc Mahon for accompanying the team to this blitz and to the TY students in Loreto for organising this fantastic event.

Our school camogie team participated in a camogie blitz last Monday 13th of October and played extremely well. Thank you to Ms. Mc Mahon for training the team after school and for organising the blitz and accompanying the children to the blitz.

Our Sixth Class Pupils had a very enjoyable Sports Day at St. Patrick's College on Thursday 9th of October. All the children got to participate in many different sports on the day.

Congratulations to the 36 pupils who participated in the Cross-Country Running Competition last Wednesday in Killinkere. The children did incredibly well with Aisling in 5th class coming home with a gold individual medal and our senior girl's team winning gold also, a first time achievement for our school. A sincere word of thanks to Ms. White who organises this event every year and trains the team and to Ms. Mc Mahon, Ms. Keaney and Lisa for looking after the children on t

Our sixth class pupils are organising a fundraiser to raise money to purchase Leaver Hoodies for their class. They are looking for families to donate their used Halloween Costumes and they will sell them in the school on the 16th of October for €5 each. Please drop in any costumes to the school on the 13th to 15th of October and thank you for your support.

Here are all our classes of the 2025-26 academic year. All our students are settling in well to school and working really hard while also having lots of fun with their friends. Junior Infants Senior Infants First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class

Killygarry National School will be accepting applications for enrolment from Monday 6th of October to Friday the 24th of October online through our school website or using the QR Code below. Applications will open from 9am on Monday 6th of October.

Congratulations to all the pupils who graduated from 6th class on Thursday 12th of June. Well done to Ms. Mc Mahon for organising the graduation ceremony, Bernie for decorating the room, 5th class for providing the refreshments, Ms. Wynne for the fabulous photo show, Lisa for the lovely video, Paul and Sarah Smith from Smith's Diner for the beautiful food, Glanmore for the Graduation Cake and all the staff for helping to tidy up afterwards. Well done to all our sixth class

All the children had a great day on Thursday as they participated in a Skipping Workshop organised by Ms. Wynne and funded from money raised last year by the School Marathon. We ended the day with an ice cream or a slushie in the 25C sunshine.

Well done to all the pupils who participated in our School Sports Day on the 3G Pitch at Breffni Park on Monday 16th of June. It was a beautiful day and so well organised by Mrs. White, Deputy Principal.

Congratulations to Aideen Cullivan who was chosen to participate in the half time exhibition game between Cavan and Wicklow on Sunday 8th June. Aideen was chosen as the 6th class Killygarry representative to take part in the Cumann na mBunscol skills competition earlier in the school year. It was from this she was chosen to play during half time of the the TG4 LGFA All Ireland IFC yesterday in Kingspan Breffni.

Yesterday we entered three relay teams into the Cavan Primary Schools Athletics Competition in Shercock. We had a mixed senior team, a girls senior team and a boys senior team. As well as this Lily, Amber, Ma'ake and Faolan ran in the 80m heats and Eva and Ryan ran the long distance of 600m. Ryan & Eva came 7th with over 30 competitors in his race and Lily came 2nd in her 80m heat and second overall in the final. Everyone had a great day in the sunshine.

Well done to the fourth, fifth and sixth class boys who participated in the Division 2 Cumann na mBunscol Blitz in Breffni Park last week. The boys played brilliantly but were up against tough apponents. A sincere word of thanks to Ms. Finnegan for taking the boys for all their training sessions after school and to Micheal Smith for helping out on the day. Thanks also to John Emo and Brian Crowe for refereeing on the day.

Today we had a great celebration of music at the school with our Music Generation Tin Whistle players, our School Trad Group who performed in Arás an Uachtaráin in December, Eibhlín on Guitar, Faolán on the fiddle, Willow on Electric Guitar, Clara doing some Irish Dancing and Danielis and Kajetan telling us a few jokes. The Music on Wheels tour is organised by Music Generation and our wonderful Music Teacher, Aishling O'Reilly. A sincere word of thanks to all involved. Wha

Congratulations to all the sixth class pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday. We all welcomed a visit from the Patron of our School, Bishop Martin Hayes, to the school last Thursday and everyone had a great day on Saturday. We had lots of cake and celebrations at the school today. Thank you to Glanmore for providing the beautiful cake, to Ms. Mc Mahon and Lisa for preparing the children so well for this sacrament and to Jenny and Fr. Jordan for thei

Well done to the girls who won the Soccer League with their Ballyhaise Soccer Team over the Easter break and well done to Eva who got 'Player of the Match'.

Well done to all the children who won an Easter Egg in their class raffle and to Patrick in Senior Infants who won the Easter Egg Hamper. Congratulations to the five children who won an Easter Egg and a voucher for Café Mana, Smith's Diner or Cavan Swimming Pool for raising so much money in the Parents Association Sponsored Walk. The school raised €280 for Unicef last week with our colourful Friendship Day so well do everyone who supported it too.

The school boys soccer team are participating in the soccer blitz today in Bailieborough. They played lots of games and played extremely well. Well done to their coach Ms. Coey and thank you to Lisa for helping out today also.

Well done to all our girls who participated in the FAI Soccer Blitz in Bailieborough today and to their coach Ms. Keaney and to Ms. Whelan who helped out on the day too. The team played exceptionally well and we are very proud of each and every one of them. FAI GIRLS SOCCER TEAMS 2025