Scifest Competition

A great day at the SciFest competition in TUS Limerick yesterday. Thanks to all at SciFest and TUS for the warm welcome and hospitality. Well done to all the PCH students who participated and made us proud. Competition was fierce but PCH emerged with a wide range of awards. Congratulations !
Wishing all our PCH community a very Happy Easter

University Taster Day

Thank you to the University of Galway for a great day on Wednesday art their Taster Day. Our Transition Year students had a wonderful time.
Congratulations to past pupil Paul

Paul Creaven, a past pupil of the school who left here with 7 H1s a couple of years ago has been accepted for a place on the Masters of Statistics programme at Stanford University in the USA. This is the highest-ranked statistics programme in the world. He achieved his place while also securing a full […]
Congratulations Jonathan

Jonathan McPhilbin has been successful in securing a place on a summer programme called Patch. This a programme that is open to a very select number of high achievers in the world of tech. It runs over 7 weeks in the summer, where Jonathan will be working with industry leaders from companies such as Stripe […]
Comhghairdeas lenár ndaltaí

On Monday , 7 April 2025 in Bailey Allen Hall on the University campus the University of Galway celebrated the achievements of students who achieved a distinction (between 90% and 100%) in the 2024 Junior Cycle Irish higher level examination at a special event on the University campus. Comhghairdeas to Mr Padraic Gilmore and Ms. Sinead Boyle and their students Lauren, Hannah, Ruth, Aisling […]
Conquering Exam Stress Workshop

Congratulations to past Pupil Ruth

A warm congratulations to our past pupil Ruth Connolly who accepted the Women in Agricultural Studies Excellence Award from the Minister of Agriculture Martin Heydon yesterday at a special ceremony in Dublin yesterday. Headford PhD student wins Women in Agricultural Studies Excellence Award This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM A PhD student […]
Spring Newsletter for Parents

Photo Competition Winner

Congratulations to Ailbhe Hartnett, a well deserved winner for the photo competition! We were blown away by the beautiful colours in this photo. Well done to all the entrants, it was not easy to choose a winner. We are looking forward to running this competition again.
TY Water Safety Demonstration

Our TY students were very lucky to be given a full water safety demonstration earlier this week with Donnacha and Alex from Corrib Safari. Our students learnt how to avoid the most common causes of drowning and what to do in an emergency. .
Seachtain na Gaeilge faoi lán seoil anois!

A Chairde, Tá seachtain na Gaeilge faoi lán seoil anois! Idir anois agus an 17ú de Mhárta beidh Coláiste na Toirbhirte ag glacadh páirte sa cheiliúradh speisialta seo ar an nGaeilge. Seo a leanas cuid de na himeachtaí a bheidh ag tarlú timpeall na scoile an tseachtain seo: Postaeir le feiceáil timpeall na háite le nathanna Gaeilge / […]