Congratulations to the senior football team from St Ciaran’s College, Ballygawley on a fantastic achievement in reaching and succeeding in the Markey Football Final. The team produced a series of outstanding performances throughout the competition, showing great resilience, skill and teamwork in every round on their journey to the final. Each match along the way highlighted the players’ commitment and work ethic, with strong defensive displays, clinical attacking play and a n

The Archdiocese of Armagh has held their own launch service to mark Catholic Schools Week. The mass toolk place at St John the Baptist Church, Drumcree and celebrated this year’s theme, “Normal Lives, Called to Holiness”. Our school community was represented by the students from 10LD who had the opportunity to reflect on how ordinary people can use their gifts and talents with courage, acting as a light in today’s world. During the homily, Archbishop Eamon Martin referenced t

All Star Huge congratulations to Erin McGinn our Ulster Schools All Star! A richly deserved honour for a player who has shown outstanding commitment and talent throughout her seven years representing St Ciaran’s , always leading by example both on and off the pitch. Erin attended Ulster University on Monday where she took part in an in-house game with the All Start squad and was presented with an Ulster University jersey. Erin will be formally presented with her All Star awar

Another successful Extended Schools Programme ahs taken place, with P7 students from St. Mary’s P7 Ballygawley, & St Mary’s PS Cabragh taking part in Coding, Art & Technology lessons. Thank you to Ms Mulligan, Miss Teague, Mr Trainor & Mr Lennon for providing this enjoyable experience for our prospective Year 8 students.

District E Cross-Country Well done to all our students who competed in last week’s Cross Country Championships in Necarne, Irvinestown. In tough conditions, the students excelled and can be very proud of their performance! A special shoutout to individual medal winners Alice Rafferty coming 1st in the Mini girls’ race and Annaleigh McKenna finishing 2nd in the Intermediate girls race. The girls now look forward to the Ulster Championships in Mallusk on February 18th. There wa

On Thursday 18th January, we celebrated our annual Open Night event, which was an extremely enjoyable night for all. We were delighted to welcome so many of our prospective P7/P6 pupils, with the large turnout creating an exciting and warm atmosphere for the evening! Thank you to all of our guests for firstly being a part of this fantastic night and for being willing participants in many activities! We hope our staff and pupils have demonstrated to you all just why we are the

We would like to thank everyone who so generously donated to our crowdfunder to help develop a new school gym. We are incredibly grateful for your support and belief in this project. We are delighted to inform you that we exceeded our target amount. Thanks to your contributions, we are one step closer to bringing this vision to life and we are very much looking forward to seeing the project come to fruition soon. The new gym will be a fantastic resource for our pupils, suppor

Our year 10 classes took part in a Young Enterprise run hands-on event on real world business skills. It was a great workshop for our pupils with lots of ideas, teamwork and future entrepreneurs in the making

Our Year 8s have been busy returning to their former primary schools to speak to the primary 7 pupils in advance of our annual open night. Altamuskin PS Deaglan, Ava & Eoghan all spoke from the heart about their journey so far in SCC. Beragh PS Daithi, Torie & Ella visited Beragh PS, sharing their experiences of St Ciaran’s with the P7 students. Blessed Patrick O’Lougran PS, Castlecaulfield Alannah and Aoife shared their Year 8 experiences with students at Blessed Patrick O’L

8MC enjoyed a fantastic day developing their entrepreneurial and leadership skills as part of our Shared Education Programme, supported by PeacePlus through the GR8 Project. During the first session, pupils took part in a range of activities designed to build confidence, creativity and teamwork. They showed great enthusiasm as they learned new skills and worked together on fun, practical challenges. Over the coming weeks, pupils will take part in additional workshops that wil

We were delighted to welcome some players, management and committee members from cloghter Eire Ogs today, ahead of their All-Ireland Club final on Sunday! The Tyrone and Ulster cups also made an appearance. The vast majority of the team and management are past pupils and current student, Niall McKenna is also on the panel! We wish them good luck in the final in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon!

Best wishes to Brogan McKenna and Padraic O'Neill, who are representing the school at the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this year! Their project is titled "Can Bacteria Beat the Bloom."

Huge Congratulations to Our Outstanding Student! We are incredibly proud to share some fantastic news from the British Nutrition Foundation. Each year, they run the Drummond Education Award Scheme to promote interest in high-quality practice in food and nutrition, and to recognise exceptional achievement by A-Level students and their teachers across the UK. We are delighted to announce that Eimear Quinn has been awarded the British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Education Awar

We have been gathering up annual hampers of donations for Dungannon Food Bank. It is a credit to the generosity of our school community that our front foyer has become a jungle of boxes since the middle of the week!  Thank you everyone for promoting and supporting this appeal, it will help so many local families this Christmas.

McDevitt Shield Congratulations to our Year 9 & 10 boys on winning the McDevitt Shield. Well done to everyone involved.   Boxing Success Congratulations to Oisin Tierney on his boxing success.   County Champions Congratulations to our school representatives on the St Macartan’s U16 team who are County Champions! Well done girls!!   Year 8 Basketball The first year boys played and were tremendous throughout the day! The boys were eventually beaten in the final of the shield by

As part of our Shared Education programme with Fivemiletown College, pupils had the opportunity to spread festive cheer during visits to local care homes including Copperfields, Clogher Valley Day Care and St Macartan’s. Pupils performed Christmas carols for residents and staff and shared homemade Christmas cookies, prepared by the pupils themselves, which were warmly received and added a special personal touch to each visit. These experiences offered valuable opportunities f

Our Young Enterprise groups took part in a visit to St George’s Market as part of their Company Programme. The experience allowed students to see what running a business involves, develop their entrepreneurial skills, and engage with customers.

Well done to the Music and RE departments for the organisation of the recent Carol Service - Moments of Grace. It was lovey to pause and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas!

A group of our talented Year 9 pupils travelled to Belfast to take part in the Digital Futures Semi-Final! They showcased creativity, teamwork, and impressive digital skills while representing our school.  We are incredibly proud of their hard work and the positive attitude they brought to the competition. Well done, girls — you are fantastic role models for our school community!

We are incredibly proud to announce that Erin Mc Ginn has been selected for the 2026 Ulster PPS Ladies All-Star Team.  The 2026 squad represents outstanding talent from across the Province, with 23 schools and 9 counties included in the final panel. Congratulations Erin, a fantastic achievement and so well deserved!