2022 – 2023
Irish Hockey Team Member
Posted on : January 31, 2023
Congratulations to Sligo Grammar School’s Maebh McLoughlin who has been selected for the Irish Girls U18 Hockey squad. She will be playing for Ireland in a number of International Hockey tournaments over the coming months. These will form part of …
Boarders Christmas Dinner
Posted on : December 16, 2022
On Monday 12th Dec. the boarders enjoyed a festive Christmas Dinner in the school dining hall. The long-held tradition of students being served by staff continued, followed by the traditional speeches from 6th year students for whom this is their …
Annual Carol Service
Posted on : December 15, 2022
This year Thursday 15th December saw the return of the “in person” Carol Service at Sligo Grammar School. It was a treat to see Calry Church filled with students, parents, past-pupils and friends, all there to kick off the Christmas …
Soapbox Public Speaking Winners!
Posted on : December 12, 2022
During the Autumn SGS DebSoc members entered the Europe Direct Soapbox Public Speaking Competition. Entrants had to upload a video of themselves delivering a speech on the motion “Is Europe Listening to its Young People?”. The regional competition was aired …
Christmas Jumper Day
Posted on : December 9, 2022
Friday 9th December saw the annual Christmas Jumper Day. Students and staff were invited to wear a Christmas jumper – or whatever festive article of clothing they could find. Santa hats, Christmassy jewellery and head wear, jumpers, of course, and …
EYP Regional Session
Posted on : November 30, 2022
At the end of November Sligo Grammar School students , Eoin McCormack, Dara Kilcommons, Alana Guckian-Walton, Abigail Montgomery and Síofra McElduff, took part in the European Youth Parliament Connacht-Ulster regional session, held in the Sligo Park Hotel. Anushka Pathak, having had …
Act of Remembrance & Reconciliation
Posted on : November 21, 2022
On Thursday 17th November Sligo Grammar School held its annual Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation. The whole school turned out to remember those who died in both World Wars. Also remembered were members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish …
SGS Sporting Stars
Posted on : November 8, 2022
The October mid-term break was a very successful one for both SGS hockey and SGS rugby players. We were very proud of our hockey girls who represented Connacht in the Inter-provincials in Athlone and Limerick on both weekends of the …
Hallowe’en Celebration
Posted on : October 29, 2022
To mark the last day of a long half term the whole school got involved in a Hallowe’en Celebration. Organised as a fundraiser by the YSI (Young Social Innovators) TY class, the Hallowe’en themed events lent a feel-good atmosphere to …
Gaisce Award Winners
Posted on : October 27, 2022
Gaisce has been central to TY in Sligo Grammar School for many years. On October 26th Ger Daly, a Development Officer from Gaisce (The President’s Award), joined us at SGS to unveil our Gaisce Award Partner plaque. Present for the …
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Connacht Schools Rugby Champions
On Wednesday 22nd March the Sligo Grammar School Senior Rugby Team did the school proud as they became Connacht Schools Senior Rugby Cup Champions for the second year in a row. They beat Marist College, Athlone at the Sportsground in …
Diversity Day 2023
On Friday 24th March Sligo Grammar School held a Diversity Day. This special event was organised by Ms McGuinness and a committee of students from across the school. The aim of the Day was to celebrate the great diversity we …
Sligo Indoor Rowing Success
Sligo Grammar School hosted the Sligo Schools Indoor Rowing Competition this year, the first ‘in person’ competition since Covid. Ten secondary schools from around county Sligo attended, making it a huge event, with 180 students taking part, split evenly between girls …
Past Pupil Paralympic Star
Past-pupil Martin Gordon visited the school on Wednesday 16th March to present his Paralympic jersey to the school. Martin represented Ireland in paracycling in Tokyo in 2021 and has competed in the Paracycling World Championships in the past. This year …
Junior Cycle Award Winner
Congratulations to TY student, Diarmaid O’Connell who received an award in recognition of his excellent result in the 2022 Junior Cycle Irish exam. The Special Irish Recognition Award was presented by University of Galway to students across Connacht who achieved …