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CBC is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Jonny Holland as the school’s Director of Rugby and Senior Head Coach. Jonny will build on his role over the past two years as Elite Performance Director and will lead the Rugby management team in Christians with overall responsibility for Rugby development and coaching, aligning with the school’s overall mission and values. Following a successful career with Munster, Jonny moved into coaching and management with Cork Constit

This month saw the completion of the Gaelbhratach scheme. On May 12, two Fifth Year students, Bréanainn Ó Dálaigh and Eoin Ó Beirne, accompanied by Gaelbhratach Coordinator Ms Elaine Hammond, accepted the Gaelbhratach flag at a ceremony in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Comhghairdeas ó chroí le lucht CBC!

Well done to Tom McGrath, Donal O'Connor and Finn Dalton on winning the Munster Senior Cup with Cork City after a 2-1 extra time victory against Rockmount in Munster FA Turner's Cross Stadium.

Congratulations to Fourth Year students Matias Ó Conaill (Medal Winner), and to Oscar de Róiste, Michael Keane and Kevin McCarthy (Highly Commended) at the Law Society of Ireland Gráinne O’Neill Memorial National Legal Essay Competition Awards in Blackhall Place, Dublin. Of the 500 entries, 30 students – of whom four were CBC students - were selected by a panel of legal professionals ahead of the National final which took place in President’s Hall, Blackhall Place. Students w

On Friday, 8 May, the College hosted the annual CBC Gold Medal Debate, featuring two excellent debates. We were delighted to welcome Mr Fionnán Sheahan as our guest speaker. As Ireland Editor of The Irish Independent, he writes extensively on current affairs, contributes a weekly column and hosts The Indo Daily podcast. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to the PPU President, Mr Shane Kelly, who acted as Chairperson for the event and our panel of adjudicators for

Congratulations to Sixth Year students David McGrath, Peter Creagh, Tom Hannon and Ethan Wyse, winners of the Pfizer Leaving Certificate Chemistry Quiz. The team put in a fantastic performance, fighting off all opposition to avoid a tie-breaker and emerge as the night’s deserving winners. CBC was strongly represented on the day with two teams competing. Well done to all involved.

Congratulations to Third Year students Darragh Ó Súilleabháin, Cillian Ó Riordáin and Garvan Gillard who recently secured 3rd Place in the ISTA ThermoFisher Scientific Junior Science Quiz.

CBC students and Cork City FC players Donal O'Connor, Finn Dalton and Tom McGrath are pictured celebrating the remarkable recent success of our students in U19 Schools Soccer. Over the past season, the team secured a historic treble, winning the 2025 U19 Cork Cup, the 2026 Munster Senior Cup, and the 2026 National Cup. Donal (Cork City Senior Squad) is pictured with the Munster Senior Cup, Finn (Cork City U20s & CBC U19 Captain) holds the National Cup and Tom (Cork City Senio

Today is the Feast of Blessed Edmund Rice. It is also thirty years since the Beatification of Blessed Edmund in Rome by the late Pope John Paul II. The photograph included serves as a wonderful memory of our past pupils attending the 1996 Beatification in Rome. We give thanks today for the privilege of continuing Blessed Edmund's mission in CBC.

Congratulations to Cillian Ó Riordáin, 3rd Year, who won the MTU Regional SciFest Fair today for his project titled 'Against the Herd - the Cooperative Routing for Cork City.' Cillian will now compete in the SciFest National Final later in the year. Congratulations also to Fifth Years Raed Naseer and Cathal Lyons who won the ESERO Ireland Discover Space Student Award for their project titled 'Launching Ireland's Future.' Well done to their teacher Ms O'Brien who won the ESERO

South Munster Track and Field Championships Well done to all students who competed at the second day of the South Munster Track & Field Championships at MTU Cork yesterday. There were fine CBC performances on display throughout the day, winning many medals across multiple events. Vihaan Nayak (2nd Year) took home two bronze medals after strong performances in the 100m and 200m junior finals. Henry Hussey (2nd Year) finished in 2nd place in both the 100m and 200m inter finals,

Bhain lucht an 4ú bliain páirt i dTráth na gCeist mar chuid den nGaelbhratach. Bhain siad go léir an-taitneamh as. Maith sibh a bhuachaillí!

The Christian Brothers College Debating Society is pleased to invite members of the school community to attend the 114th Session Gold Medal Debate, the highlight of the Society’s year. The event will take place on Friday, 8 May at 7.00p.m. in Christian Brothers College, and will feature the annual Gold Medal Debate together with the Prize Debate and the presentation of the Br. Elliott Declamation Prize. We are excited to welcome Mr Fionnán Sheahan, Ireland Editor of the Irish

Congratulations to the winners of this year's First Year Short Story competition: First Place: Ewan Twohig Second Place: Cillian Power Joint Third Place: Oisín Bosz & Ben Dwyer

Well done to Fifth Years Dean Mangan Williams, Darren O'Connell and Danny Lynch on winning medals in their respective events at Tuesday's South Munster Track and Field Championships at MTU Cork. Dean won bronze in the 2000m steeplechase, Darren secured bronze in the 400m and Danny took home bronze in the shot put.

Congratulations to the CBC Rowing Team on their outstanding performance at the Rowing Ireland Schools Regatta 2026 last Sunday. The crews achieved superb results on the day, with 10 boats racing with 25 students involved. The team placed first in Junior 16 Double Scull and Junior 14 Double Scull categories. The Junior 16 Eight secured 3rd place. Tadgh O'Sullivan placed 4th in the Junior 16 Single Scull out of 35 boats entered. These fantastic results are reflective of the hou

Well done to Cian McDonnell, 5th Year, who finished third in the All-Ireland Schools Championship held at Lucan Golf Club on Monday. Cian finished one under par on the day in a very strong field.

Congratulations to Ryan Kerrigan, Second Year, who recently secured 3rd Place in the U16 category of the Irish Junior Chess Championship.

Best of luck to Cian McDonnell, 5th Year, in the All-Ireland Senior Schools Golf Championship taking place this Monday, 27 April, at Lucan Golf Club.