We are delighted to share the wonderful news that two of our former St. Finian’s students, Lucy Holmes and Eimear Kyle were elected as Scholars of Trinity College yesterday. We are very proud of Lucy & Eimear in achieving the academic standard required in their scholarship exams to win such a prestigious academic award. Congratulations […]

Congratulations to former student Kaja Letowska, Class of 2020, who was awarded the Trinity College Dublin Entrance Exhibition Award for her outstanding results in Leaving Cert 2020.  Entrance Exhibitions reward academic achievement of new undergraduate entrants to Trinity College Dublin. They are awarded to the student accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree […]

CAO Deadline February 1st 2021 at 5.15pm. Late applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1 February 2021. The closing date for late applications is 5:15pm on 1 May 2021, subject to the restrictions listed on page 3 of this handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5 March 2021 at 12:00 noon – a […]

December 22nd 2020 saw the end of an era for the school community in St Finian’s College. Angela Bardon, our secretary, worked her last day in the college. Typically, she insisted that there be no hullabaloo, no big speeches or big fanfares. Angela has been head secretary for the past 32 years (1988-2020) providing an […]

Congratulations to our prizewinners in the Mullingar Credit Union Quiz 2020. Mr R Meegan hosted the quiz for 1st & 2nd year students last Friday, 20th November. Andrea Corron of Mullingar Credit Union awarded the prizes today to our winners. 1st Years:1st : Donagh Carey2nd Kila Fagan Mc Dermot3rd Henry Duncan4th Quyen Bartley5th Alfie Murray6th […]

Congratulations to our newly elected Student Council for 2020. Ably led by David Coloe & Ruth Dolan, each year group has nominated and voted two members of their year to represent them on the council. We wish them every success as they begin their new role. Many thanks to Mr Shane Campbell for mentoring the […]

St Finian's College will host an online CAO Application talk at 7:30 pm on Monday, 30th November. The talk will be delivered by Kay Mitchell, from Maynooth University, and will detail how students apply for college/university through the CAO system. This is an opportunity for parents to learn about the CAO process in order to […]

As part of Science Week 2020, some of our 6th year students attended The Aspire with Abbott, in association with Science Foundation Ireland, virtual STEM conference. As part of this event they attended a very informative talk by Brenda Romero, a BAFTA award-winning game director and entrepreneur, Brenda is CEO and co-founder of Romero Games […]

Ms M Roache's Chemistry students go head to head in the Science Week Quiz 2020.

Congratulations to Ruth Dolan, the Winner of the German  ITIA Translation Competition for Secondary School students 2020. Ruth would normally be invited to an Awards ceremony in the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. Given the current restrictions, this is not possible. 

Congratulations to Sarah Mc Cormack who was awarded a Special Merit Award in the Texaco Children’s Art Competition 2020. Over 25,000 entries from all over Ireland were received this year. Sarah’s piece entitled’Even Stephen’ used both pencil and charcoal techniques blending black and white and colour imagery.  The winning piece by Sarah McCormack entitled " […]

Our new Parental Nominee to the Board of Management is Fidelma Sheridan, a parent of one of our first year students. We wish Fidelma every success in her new role. The Parent Council Virtual AGM takes place Thursday, 5th November 2020 at 8pm. Please email stfiniansparentscouncil@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

St Finian’s CollegeMullingarEstablished 1802 “The best way to predict your future is to create it”. Abraham Lincoln Dear Parents/Guardians & future students,Welcome to St Finian’s College. Unfortunately, we cannot host our annual Open Evening/Open Day in the usual way.This year we have produced a short film to show you our school community in action.We have […]