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Our Christmas show this year is set in a museum where all sorts of magical things appear to be happening. Some lively pupils arrive but are not too interested in the tour, they are more interested in singing songs and telling poems. We also find that the exhibits are acting strangely when they shouldn’t be…
We had a great day at the Phelim Kerin Memorial Run in Lough Boora Discovery Park. The weather was great and people started to arrive around 10.00 am to register for the run. There was a great atmosphere as people chatted and wandered up towards the starting line. At 11.00 am Miss Kerin got ready…
On June 14th there will be an enjoyable and energetic day out in aid of our school at Lough Boora Discovery Park. Lumcloon Parents’ Association have organised the Phelim Kerin Memorial Run where you can run, jog or walk a scenic 5 kilometer route around the picturesque Lough Boora Discovery Park with refreshments afterwards in Lough…
Congratulations and well done to our Second and Sixth Classes. Second made their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 9th. They were very lucky with the weather and had a lovely day for all the fun and games after the ceremony. Many thanks to our wonderful choir who turned up on the day and helped…
Some people were wearing funny hats to school so the teachers decided we should all wear some wacky hats, the wackier the better. We could wear the funny we already had or make new ones. We wore our Wacky Hats to school the day we closed for our Easter holidays. It was great fun.
Our school took part in the Active School Week again this year. We took part for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. We have lots of PE during the year but we spend most of Active School week doing new activities. we were lucky that we had good weather for our Treasure…
Our school was built in 1964. It is situated between Cloghan and Kilcormac. We have five teachers in our school, Mr. Gilligan, Miss Egan and Ms. Loonam, Ms Rigney and Ms Keenan. We have six SNAs, Rosemary McGArry, Linda Kinahan, Sinéad Egan, Lisa Lyons, Sinéad Dolan and Paula Tierney. Paula is also our school secretary….
As part of our preparations for the opening of our new school Carmel McLoughlin has researched the history of our school, most especially Bun National School which was the first state school built in this area. Lumcloon National School replaced Bun National School in 1964. Bun National School was built in 1885. The school was…
Lumcloon is a townland in the parish of Cloghan and Banagher (originally Gallen and Reynagh) in County Offaly. County Offaly as it is known today came into existence in 1556 after the English plantation of both Laois and Offaly by Queen Mary 1 of England. The newly structured counties were given new names also, with…