Maths Week 2025
The children in Ballyconnell NS had lots of fun during Maths Week 2025, which this year, took place from 13th – 17th October 2025!
Category - Geography
Rang a 5 recently completed projects in pairs on the counties of Ireland. Check out some of the things they learned as well as some photos of the finished projects!
I learned/D’fhoghlaim mé:
‘The registration number for Clare is CE.’ – Mary
‘The song The Fields of Athenry is about a place in Galway.’ – Danny
‘The nickname of Carlow GAA is the Scallion Eaters.’ – Evanne



‘Jerry Flannery is from Galway. He’s a former Irish rugby player.’ – Michael
‘Mayo’s registration plate is MO.’ – Molly
‘The first potato in Ireland was planted in Cork.’ – Ella
‘There is an airport in Mayo.’ – Lleyton
‘The county town of Derry is Coleraine.’ – Rory



‘The Purple Mountains in Kerry are made of sandstone so they appear purple in some sunlight.’ – Ellie
‘Hook Head Lighthouse is in County Wexford.’ – Amaury
‘Katie Taylor is from Bray in Wicklow and won an Olympic gold medal in 2012.’ – Eva
‘The Giant’s Causeway is in Antrim and one of Ireland’s smallest churches is in Antrim.’ – Ellie BC
‘Kerry is known as ‘The Kingdom’ and dates back to the 6th century.’ – Alisa



‘Wicklow is called ‘The Garden County’.’ – John
‘Killybegs in Donegal produces 25% of the fish in Ireland.’ – Christopher
‘Cork planted the first potato.’ – Madisyn
‘Derry City or Londonderry has a humungous wall surrounding it.’ – Emma
‘Kilkenny residents are called ‘the Cats’.’ – Robbie


‘Kilkenny Castle was founded in the 12th century.’ – Hollie
‘Antrim’s name in Irish is ‘Aontroim’ which means ‘lone ridge’ in English.’ – Charlotte
‘I was born in Wexford Hospital.’ – Tadgh
‘Carlow is the 2nd smallest county and it is landlocked by Kilkenny, Wicklow, Laois and Wexford.’ - Lee


The children in Ballyconnell NS had lots of fun during Maths Week 2025, which this year, took place from 13th – 17th October 2025!
On the 1st of October it was National Tree Day, Joanna Donnelly planted a tree at the front of the school with some of the members of our Parents Association.
Ballyconnell NS took part in GOAL Jersey Day for the 5th time. Sixth class led GOAL Jersey Day on Friday October 10th. We raised €375.75! Míle buíochas to everyone who contributed so generously.
4 th class have spent the year in St Mary’s Hall. They thought it a good idea to find out a little bit more about this important building in our parish and to share what they learned with their school mates.
Our Spelling Bee Champion, Sara O’Grady, recently took part in the Carlow County Final of the Eason Spelling Bee. Read her account below.
We were delighted to welcome our former student, Rosealice Byrne, back to Ballyconnell NS last week to regale our 4 th , 5 th and 6 th class students with details of her recent trip to The Gambia in West Africa.