Scoil Chroí Íosa Blarney, Blarney, Cork

Dia dhaoibh go léir,

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.

Le meas,

Michael Foley

Principal

 

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Huge congratulations to our pupils who play with Blarney United U12s on their fantastic achievement in reaching the Shield Final last night and finishing up second in the league! 🔵⚪️ A massive accomplishment for the team and something they should all be incredibly proud of. Their dedication, hard work, teamwork and commitment throughout the season have truly paid off!
WE NEED YOU… …to come along on Wednesday 20th and cheer us on in the Sciath na Scol Hurling Final against Ballyheada! Your support from the sidelines will mean everything to the team as they represent Scoil Chroí Íosa on the big day! Bring your voices, your flags and your support! Let’s get behind the boys together! 🔴⚪️
From our current pupils to past pupils proudly representing club and county, the support for Scoil Chroí Íosa has been incredible ahead of the Sciath na Scol Final! A huge thank you to our past pupils, members of @blarneygaacamogie , Cork players, our special visitor Dearg and all the classes in the school for sending such fantastic good luck messages to the team! 💫 The boys have worked so hard to reach the final and the encouragement from the whole community means so much. Best of luck to the team on Wednesday against Ballyheada! We are all behind ye! 🔴⚪️🎉 #SciathNaScol #BlarneyAbú #CorcaighAbú #teamspirit #hurlingfinal
Ms Sexton’s 1st Class and Mr O’Leary’s 1st and 2nd Class had a great day out in Blarney castle. We went for a lovely walk and had great fun at the playground 🛝🥳
After learning all about volcanoes, Ms Walsh’s 5th Class got creative and made their own volcanoes using papier-mâché before painting and decorating them 🌋🎨 We can’t wait to make them erupt next week! 👀🔥 #handsonlearning #creativity #volcanoproject #stemeducation
Huge congratulations to our 5th class pupil who recently travelled to Canada with the U13 Irish Saints hockey team! 🇮🇪🏒🇨🇦 The team competed in the Sedmha Minor Hockey Tournament and came away with an incredible second place finish! 🥈👏 What an amazing achievement!🎉
Sparks of curiosity were flying in Ms. Burke’s second class as we explored the magic of static electricity! ⚡✨👩‍🔬 #stemeducation #handsonlearning🙌🏻 #curiousminds
Excitement is building in Scoil Chroí Íosa as our boys’ hurling team prepare for their Sciath na Scol Final! 🔴⚪️ The boys will take on Ballyheada in what promises to be a fantastic occasion in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The hard work, commitment and teamwork shown by this group throughout the year has been outstanding and we are incredibly proud of them already. 📍 Páirc Uí Chaoimh 🗓 Wednesday 20th May ⏰ 1pm We would love to see plenty of support for the team on the day as they represent our school on such a special occasion. Go n-éirí libh a bhuachaillí! #hurling #final #schoolspirit #bestofluck
Thanks very much to our past pupils and members of the @smgsblarney County winning hurling team for visiting with the trophy today. Some of our current students were delighted to have their big brothers visit!
Rang a Dó had a wonderful day exploring Blarney Castle — enjoying a walk in the sun, a lovely picnic and even spotting a friendly heron by the river 🐧☀️🌿
🎉 Frása na Seachtaine 🎉 “Cinnte.” 👍😊🇮🇪 📚✨ It means: Cinnte – Certainly. Cinnte – Sure / Of course. Bainigí triail as! 🎉🇮🇪 #FrásaNaSeachtaine #GaeilgeAbú #Gaelbhratach #ScoilChroíÍosa 💚
The Senior Building classes made the most of the sunny Friday morning with a walk along the Clogheenmilcon Walk to visit the new viewing platform for Clogheenmilcon Fen ☀️🌿 A lovely way to enjoy nature, fresh air and our beautiful local surroundings! #outdoorlearning #naturewalk #exploringnature
Making the garden brighter, one brushstroke at a time 🎨🖌
A very special day for our Rang a Dó pupils as they made their First Holy Communion today ✨⛪️
Wishing all our Rang a Dó pupils a lovely day as they make their First Holy Communion today. We are so proud of you all and hope you have a very special day celebrating with your families and friends ✨🙏 A sincere thank you to their teachers, SNAs, choir and all staff involved in helping to make this such a special occasion. 💙 A special word of thanks to Father Fitzgerald and to everyone who helped prepare the church so beautifully for the day. ⛪✨
No Phones Needed! 5th Class learned how to tell the time the ancient way today by creating their very own sundials. A bright, fun filled day of science, history and sunshine! ☀️ #activelearning #stemeducation
2nd Class getting prepared for their First Holy Communion tomorrow ⛪️
Wellness Week brought the creativity 🎨✨ A huge well done to all our classes who took part in the Student Council’s “Decorate Your Door” competition! The effort, imagination and colour around the school was incredible! 🏆 Junior Building Winners: Ms Sexton’s 1st Class Ms Humphreys’ 3rd Class 🏆 Senior Building Winner: Ms Lane’s 4th/5th Class A huge thanks to our dedicated Student Council for organising, judging and running such a brilliant competition 🎉 They did an amazing job 👏💛 Safe to say our doors have never looked better 🚪✨ #WellnessWeek #StudentVoice #CreativeKids
🌟Student Council Hard at Work!🌟 Our Student Council were busy this afternoon judging the Decorate Your Door competition for Wellness Week. They had a very difficult job choosing winners as the standard was incredibly high and every door showed such creativity, effort and imagination! Winners will be announced next week… stay tuned! 🎉
Rang a Cúig had an action-packed gymnastics session today 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️ From flips and balances to jumps and rolls, everyone gave it their all. Great fun, brilliant effort and plenty of smiles all round!
Nuacht na Míosa -Aibreán 2026 ☀️🌻
Well done to one of our students who came 2nd in the Jump Start 3 Gymnastics Ireland Competition in Dublin for 11- 12 year olds.
Outdoor lunch in the sun ☀️
Huge congratulations to our Boys Hurling Team on a fantastic semi-final victory today against Summercove! 💪🔥 Best of luck as you take on Ballyheada in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the final 🔴⚪️
Best of luck to our boys hurling team today as they take on Summercove in the Sciath na Scol semi-final!