Fáilte go suíomh idirlíon Scoil Chroí Íosa, Blarney. Our website hopes to provide an insight into the everyday life of our school including the wonderful and unique opportunities that are afforded to the children of Scoil Chroí Íosa. The website also contains lots of valuable information for parents and those in the wider community.
Scoil Chroí Íosa is a provider of high quality education to students from Blarney and its surrounding area. As a professional body of teachers, the staff are committed to working in partnership with parents to ensure every child reaches their full potential in a happy and stimulating learning environment. The school aims to promote full and harmonious development of all aspects of the child. We foster a love of learning, working to the best of one’s ability and developing a sense of respect and responsibility amongst our pupils.
With the above in mind, I am always extremely grateful to the hard work and goodwill of our Parents, Pupils, Teachers, SNAs, Secretaries & Caretaker, as well as our Parents Association, Board of Management and the wider community of Blarney; all of whom help make Scoil Chroí Íosa the unique, warm and welcoming school that it is.
I hope that you will find this website useful and informative and the staff and I look forward to sharing your child’s educational journey with you.
Future engineers in action! Thank you to our wonderful guest speaker Cian O’Mahony who visited us for Engineers Week. 2nd Class learnt how maths, science and imagination can help shape our world in some hands on tasks👷♂️🚀📐
How many imposter Wallys can you find? 👀🔍
Bonus point if you spot the REAL one - Mr Foley!🕵️♂️🕵️
Books, brains and a little friendly competition! 📚😄Ms. Lane’s and Ms. Walsh’s classes went head-to-head this morning to show off their book smarts for World Book Day — and there were definitely some superstar readers in the room! ⭐
We transformed our classroom into a restful reading space for World book day in Mrs Lane’s! Great fun was had making the cubbies and restful places before we settled down to enjoy some books 📚
📚 World Book Day 2026 was one for the books!📚
From fabulous costume parades to cosy reading time with little buddies, today was packed with imagination and fun. We battled it out in Kahoots, shared our favourite stories in book club,got creative designing some incredible bookmarks and lots more!🎨🔖
Smiles were wide, pages were turning, and every corner of the school was filled with the magic of stories! 💛📚
#WorldBookDay #ReadingBuddies #bookworms
✨ Ms Fitzgerald’s 4th Class + some very special preschool buddies = pure World Book Day magic!
4th class teamed up with little listeners for stories, giggles and some seriously impressive page-turning skills 🥰📖
Míle buíochas to everyone at Gaelscoil Mhúscraí for a fantastic morning of chess during Seachtain na Gaeilge! ♟️🇮🇪
It was brilliant to see so many students getting involved, thinking ahead, and enjoying the challenge of the game through Irish. The enthusiasm, focus, and sportsmanship were wonderful to see. Go raibh maith agaibh.
This week Ms. Browne’s 1st Class enjoyed a peered reading session with Ms. Fitzgerald’s 4th class in the lead up to World Book Day.
This week our Student Council proudly opened the halla and unveiled our stunning new mural 🎨✨
Our senior building students carefully voted on a quote that meant something to them. Something they felt connected to and wanted to see each day. Their choice was simple, honest and powerful:
Be Kind. Be Brave. Be You. 💛
It’s a message that reflects who they are and who they aspire to be, encouraging everyone who walks through our doors to show compassion, courage and confidence in themselves.
A very special thank you to the incredibly talented Theresa, our fantastic artist, who brought the mural to life so beautifully. We are so grateful for your creativity, dedication and colour you’ve brought to Scoil Chroí Íosa! 🌈
Chun tús a chur lenár gceiliúradh do Choicís na Gaeilge, bhí Tráth na gCeist ag Rang 2 agus Rang 3 inniu. Bhí an-spraoi againn agus bhí go leor páistí ag úsáid an chúpla focail! 🇮🇪
#gaelbhratach #coicísnagaeilge
To start our celebrations for Coicís na Gaeilge, Rang 2 and Rang 3 had a quiz today. There was great fun all round and lots of children using their cúpla focail! 🇮🇪
Ms. Burke’s 2nd class have been enjoying building important teamwork skills, while staying active during PE lessons recently! ⚽️🏃♀️
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Tá mé ar mhuin na muice!” 🐖🇮🇪💚
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It means:
On top of the world! / Delighted with life! 😄🌟
(Literally: “I am on the pig’s back!” 🐷✨ — a fun Irish expression!)
👉 Úsáidtear é nuair atá tú an-sásta nó nuair atá rudaí ag dul go hiontach leat 🎉👏
Bainigí triail as! 🇮🇪💚
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚 #Gaelbhratach #CoicísNaGaeilge
☕️ Tháinig an Coiste Gaelbhratach le chéile inniu le haghaidh tae agus plé sa seomra foirne le Ms. O’Connor, Mr. O’Leary agus Susan.
Bhí seacláid the ag na páistí mar dhuais ar a gcuid iarrachtaí iontacha ag spreagadh gach duine chun ár gcúpla focal a úsáid 👏🇮🇪
Chleachtaíomar “Killeagh” as Gaeilge freisin mar ullmhúchán don Siamsa Seo scoile le linn Choicís na Gaeilge 🎶💚
#Gaelbhratach #CoicísNaGaeilge #GaeilgeBeo
☕️✨ The Gaelbhratach Committee met today for tea and a chat in the staff room with Ms. O’Connor, Mr. O’Leary and Susan.
The children enjoyed hot chocolate as a reward for their fantastic efforts in inspiring everyone to use our cúpla focal 👏🇮🇪
We also practised “Killeagh” in Irish as preparation for our school Siamsa Seo during Coicís na Gaeilge 🎶💚
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Go hiontach ar fad!” 🌟🇮🇪💚
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It means:
Absolutely brilliant! / Really fantastic! 🤩
(Literally: “Completely wonderful!” 💚)
👉 Úsáidtear é chun moladh mór a thabhairt
🌟👏
Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Slán go fóill!” 👋🇮🇪💚
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It means:
Slán go fóill! – Goodbye for now!
(Literally: “Safe for a while!” 💚)
👉 Úsáidtear é nuair atá tú ag imeacht
👉 Ní slán deiridh é – feicfidh tú arís iad!
👉 Oiriúnach ag deireadh an lae scoile nó ag deireadh comhrá 😊
🗣️ Sampla:
Slán go fóill, a chairde! Feicfidh mé amárach sibh. 👋
Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Tá …… as láthair.” 🙋♀️📋🇮🇪
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It means:
Tá …… as láthair – …… is absent.
(Literally: “…… is away / not present.” 💚)
👉 Úsáidtear é ar scoil nó ag obair
👉 Nuair nach bhfuil duine i láthair
👉 Go minic le linn rolla 📖
🗣️ Sampla:
Tá Seán as láthair inniu.
Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #GaeilgeLaethúil #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
A joyful singsong at the Junior Building 🎵
Our very own Scoil Chroí Íosa Blarney version of Killeagh, with singers, percussion, drums, pianos, guitars and ukuleles filling the halla with music. Ceol, gáire agus aoibh gháire- smiles all round!
After learning about length in maths, Rang a Cúig put their knowledge to the test with STEM challenges. Using straws and limited tape, they competed to build the tallest tower! They then designed and tested airplanes, measuring and comparing flight distances. Hands-on, meaningful learning at its best!✈️🗼Learning through creativity, teamwork and fun!
#MathsInAction #ProblemSolving #StemFun #HandsOnLearning #Teamwork
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Tóg go bog é!” 🙌😊🇮🇪
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It means:
Tóg go bog é -Take it easy. 😌
(Literally: “Lift it gently.” 💚)
👉 Úsáidtear é nuair is mian leat duine a chur ar a shuaimhneas
👉 Nó chun a rá: ná bí buartha / ná déan deifir
Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #GaeilgeLaethúil #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
6th class proudly shared their skills, helping Mr. O’Leary’s 1st & 2nd Class and Mr. Kelleher’s 3rd Class create beautiful St. Brigid’s Crosses 👏
6th class have been very busy learning the beautiful skill of making a St. Brigid’s Cross ☘️
The St. Brigid’s Cross is a traditional Irish symbol, woven from rushes to celebrate St. Brigid and the arrival of spring. It was made to protect homes, bring good fortune, and mark new beginnings — a beautiful blend of history, culture, and craft 💚✨
2nd class had a fantastic visit to UCC! They enjoyed a guided tour of the Glucksman Museum and getting up close with real fossils, ancient remains and replicas of dinosaurs that roamed through Ireland in the past 🦖🦕🐚
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉
“Go raibh maith agat!” 🙌😊🇮🇪
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It means:
Go raibh maith agat. – Thank you.
(Literally: “May there be good at you.” 💚)
👉 Go raibh maith agaibh. – Thank you (to more than one person / formal)
Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪
#FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #Gaelbhratach #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
💙 €2,550 raised! 💙
An incredible total raised at our Parents’ Council bingo evening yesterday in aid of Darragh Foley.
Thank you to everyone who came along, supported, donated and helped make the night such a success!
A true reflection of our community’s generosity 💙
✨ Bingo Night ✨
A huge thank you to everyone who came along yesterday to support our Parents’ Council bingo evening in aid of Darragh Foley 🤍
Thank you to @smgsblarney for so kindly allowing the use of their hall and to our Parents’ Council for the endless hours of hard work, organisation and dedication that went into making the night such a success!
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