Emmet McDonnell
Principal’s Welcome
Dear students, parents, and esteemed members of our community, on behalf of the entire school and staff, it brings us immense joy to extend a warm and enthusiastic welcome to our school website.
Our school prides itself on nurturing a culture of excellence, where each student is encouraged and empowered to explore their passions, unlock their full potential, and become lifelong learners. With a strong emphasis on academics, character development, and extracurricular pursuits, we are committed to providing a well-rounded education that equips our students to face the challenges of the future with confidence.
At our secondary school, we believe that education extends beyond the classroom walls. We are dedicated to fostering a safe and inclusive environment that promotes creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Our experienced and passionate educators are devoted to igniting the spark of curiosity within each student, inspiring them to think critically, ask questions, and pursue knowledge with vigor.
Latest News
🎨😊 Transition Year Students Spread Smiles with ‘Smiley Face’ Project! 🌟🎉
🌍 St. Mary’s Secondary School Celebrates Multi-cultural Day 2024! 🎉
🎶✨Celebrating Success: Students Shine at Music Competition Finals!✨🎶
🌟 Discovering Europe: Transition Year’s Adventure Abroad! 🌟
🏆 Celebrating JCPA Success: Class of 2023! 🎉
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Congratulations to past pupil Declan Boyhan, who obtained the joint highest mark in the 2023 Leaving Certificate Construction Studies exam! An amazing achievement! 👏Declan is studying Engineering in @UL #leavingcertificate2023 @technoteachers @offalylocalnews
🤸♀️🤸♂️ It's Active School Week in St Mary’s! Lots of activities planned for the week starting with 'Just Dance' in the PE Hall at lunchtime! Movement breaks during classes, too, so let's get active, everyone! @ActiveFlag @offalylocalnews
Great fun at the zoo today! #dublinzoo @offalylocalnews
Our 6th year Biology students had a super ecology workshop today in the Phoenix Park! Great revision of this key section ahead of the exams in a few weeks time. There was even time for a quick visit to @DublinZoo! 😊 #ecology #biodiversity @AnimalEcology @BioDataCentre 🐞🐌🐝🌿
A very enjoyable writing workshop for TY English facilitated by Anne & Audrey from @FightingWordsIE this morning, guiding students on how to create their own short stories. Plot twists, ingenious characterisation, and tension galore! 🕵♂️ #shortstories @offalylocalnews
Great weekend for ladies' football! Congratulations to St Mary's students representing their counties at U-14 & U-16 ! 👏U-14 Offaly, U-14 Kildare, U-16 Offaly Leinster Final Winners! 2 Counties, 4 clubs 🏆 @Edenderrylgfa @RhodeLGFA @naomhmolaoiseoffaly @balynalgfa
Congratulations to Emily, Olivia, & Wiktoria @stbrigidsboxingclub 🏅🏅🏅3 All-Ireland boxing medals in the National Boxing Championships! 👏@offalylocalnews
On Culture Day, enjoy this performance of 'La Symphonie des éclairs' from Zaho de Sagazan, 5th year French students directed by Mr McManus & Ms Galisson 🇫🇷
🧁 St Mary's Staff Bake Off Round One today. Gaeilge, Science, & RE departments were busy baking sweet treats for the staffroom! (We even had our own 'Prue Leith' & 'Paul Hollywood' as judges 🤓🤠) @amberflag @KANDLEi
Multicultural Day in St Mary's! 🌍Well done, everyone! 🙌 @offalylocalnews
TY student Oisín Murphy Young represented St Mary's in Brussels today 🙌 #euteens4greens conference! @realgenclimate @offalylocalnews
TY Art Smiley Face Project bringing a little sunshine to your day! 😀☀️😀 @tydotie @offalylocalnews @jctart #smileyface
Fantastic drumming workshop today with Deirdre Howard from the amazing Bualadh Croí! Well done, TY's 👏Enjoy this short clip! 🥁🪘🥁 @tydotie @offalylocalnews
Exploring our school environment through texture. 1st year art 🎨
2nd & 3rd year Laochra art classes have been busy working on their 3-D Butterfly Project 🦋 @offalylocalnews @jctart1
An amazing day in the National Concert Hall for the Waltons RTÉ lyric fm Music for Schools Competition finals. 🎶🌟🎶 3rd place for our fantastic students 👏 We're thrilled! @WaltonsMusic @RTElyricfm @offalylocalnews
https://www.youtube.com/live/k3Zp470ET9c?si=_37D172OmcnuWt-6 Click this link at 1 pm on Monday April 8th to watch our 'Music Moves' performance in the finals in the National Concert Hall! So excited!!!🎶🌟🎶 @offalylocalnews
Huge congratulations to 5th year student Eleanor Cole who has been selected on the @LeinsterWomen U18 Girls team for 2024! Well done from everyone at St Mary's, especially your school rugby coaches Ms McCann & Ms Nestor! 🏉👏 @MidlandsSport
🎶 We are very excited about our upcoming performance in the @WaltonsMusic @lyricfm competition in the National Concert Hall! Tune in to watch it live at 1 pm on Monday, April 8th, at 1 pm. RTE lyric fm https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/lyric-live/
Great support for our music students in our local newspaper, the 'Offaly Topic'! 🎶 @offalylocalnews