17/12/2014 Dear Parents, Please note the following…. 1. Christmas Panto (Thursday 18 Dec.) The bus is leaving the school tomorrow morning at 9am sharp. Children need to be in school at 8.50am. The front yard will be supervised from 8.45am. Please do not arrive any earlier. If it’s raining, children can wait in the back […]
Barna NS 2014 Football Champions
Barna School are the 2014 Cumann na mBunscol champions for a second year in a row. Our Football Champions gave an outstanding performance against Cappamore N.S. in the 7 a side final , held in the magnificent UL Sports Campus Arena on Wed 22nd October. It was a very close game but Barna edged ahead […]
Active School Week 2014
Our annual Active School Week took place from March 10th -14th. It was a hugely enjoyable week and the daily activities are outlined below: Monday: Marion Riordan, golf professional at Ballykisteen Golf club, visited the school and took each class group for golf coaching. This included tuition on the correct grip and swing technique. The […]
Grandparents’ Day
As part of Catholic Schools Week Barna N.S. held a very successful Grandparents’ Day on Wednesday last, January 29th. The aim of Grandparents’ Day is to celebrate the wonderful gift that grandparents are to children, families and the communities to which they belong. The celebration in Barna included a tin whistle performance by […]
Medal Presentation
November 29th 2013 The school celebrated the recent success of our footballers in the East Championship with a medal presentation ceremony on Friday last. Limerick hurling star James Ryan was on hand to present the team members with their medals and an enjoyable afternoon was had by pupils, staff and parents. John Egan, 5th […]
7-a-side Champions!
The Top O’Dwyer Oil Perpetual Cup made it’s way to Barna on Wednesday last following a fantastic victory by our footballers in the final against Caherelly. Earlier victories against last year’s winners Cloverfield, neighbours Garrydoolis and Cappamore set up a final meeting with Caherelly. The final was played on the state of the art […]
GAA President visits Barna N.S.
There was great excitement in Barna on Thursday May 23rd as Uachtarán Cumann Lúthcleas Gael Liam O’Neill made a surprise visit to our school. Mr. O’Neill was traveling to Barna to visit Danny Beary’s GAA museum and this visit coincided with after-school hurling training in Barna. Mr. O’Neill was happy to meet pupils and parents […]