Category Archives: Coláiste na Carraige

New Deputy Principal Appointed to Coláiste na Carraige

Image of person standing in front of a banner.

Donegal ETB has confirmed the appointment of Ms Emma Kane as the new Deputy Principal of Coláiste na Carraige. She replaces Ms Caroline Uí Ghallchóir who is taking up the role of Principal in the school. Prior to taking up her post as Deputy Principal, Emma worked as a Maths and Business Teacher in Coláiste […]

Scéal Spóirt Scoile 1950-2020: Stories of Sport in Coláiste na Carraige

Scéal Spóirt Scoile 1950-2020, the newly published collection of stories about sports and Coláiste na Carraige (formerly Carrick Vocational School), highlights the GAA achievements of this small school, described by Jimmy Smyth, Ulster Vocational Schools Secretary, as “a shining light on the Atlantic seaboard”. Scéal Spóirt Scoile tells stories of these Gaelic competitions beginning in 1964 […]

New Deputy Principals Appointed by Donegal ETB

Donegal ETB has appointed two new Deputy Principals to its Carrick and Donegal Town schools. Mr Gareth Doherty has been appointed Deputy Principal to Coláiste na Carraige (Carrick) for the 2020/21 school year, while Ms Caroline Mohan has been appointed Deputy Principal to the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town. Donegal ETB is the largest […]

Donegal ETB Makes Six Senior Appointments to its Principals and Deputies

Donegal ETB has made six senior appointments to its team of Principals and Deputy Principals in four of its post-primary schools across the county for the next academic year. Donegal ETB is the largest education and training provider in the county and manages fifteen out of the county’s twenty-seven post-primary schools. In Carrick two appointments […]

Coláiste na Carraige Principal Retires

Today we acknowledged the retirement of Coláiste na Carraige Principal Pádraig Ó Léime as he attended his last Principals meeting. Pádraig joined Coláiste na Carraige thirty-three years ago in 1986 as a science and physics teacher and spent the last ten years as Principal in the school. Pádraig is pictured with Donegal ETB Chief Executive […]

Coláiste na Carraige Deputy Principal Retirement

The retirement of Coláiste na Carraige Deputy Principal Mary Doherty was marked by her colleagues today as she attended her last Deputy Principals meeting. Mary joined Coláiste na Carraige thirty-five years ago in 1984 as a home economics teacher and spent the last ten years as Deputy Principal in the school. Her retirement was marked with […]

Colaiste na Carraige Take Second Place in National AIB Build a Bank Competition

Huge congratulations to Coláiste na Carraige’s Build a Bank Team who came second in the AIB Build a Bank national final in Dublin yesterday. The AIB Build a Bank Challenge sees a team of six students selected to set up and manage a bank in their school with the full support of a dedicated AIB Student Officer. The […]

Donegal ETB Schools Participate in Coding in Action Training with Intel

Staff from four Donegal ETB schools, who are participating in the Junior Cycle Coding in Action initiative, recently attended an intensive training workshop in the Intel Ireland Campus in Leixlip, Co. Kildare on 27 January. The Junior Cycle Coding in Action initiative is a collaboration between Intel Ireland, Lero (the Irish Software Research Centre) and […]

Donegal ETB Schools Leading the Way with Exciting Coding Initiative in Buncrana, Carrick, Donegal Town & Letterkenny

Next Wednesday, ahead of EU Code Week 2017, Donegal ETB will host a Coding Initiative cluster day for staff from four of its schools to support them in rolling out cutting edge teaching in the area of coding. In 2016, two of Donegal ETB’s schools, the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town and Crana College […]