Welcome
We are an all girls primary school located close to the centre of Douglas in Cork City, Ireland. We are in the parish of Ballinlough with aproximately 430 pupils, ranging from 4 to 13 years of age.
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Enrolment 2023
Eglantine National School is now taking
enrolments for September 2023.
Eglantine National School is now taking enrolments for September 2023. We look forward to welcoming all new pupils to our school. Application forms can be collected and returned to the office. If you wish to arrange a visit prior to enrolling your child, we would be delighted to show you around our school.
NEWS
Summer Panto
We welcomed The West Midlands Theatre Company into our school this morning. The children were delighted to watch them perform ‘The Lost Emerald of Aswan’…
Visit of Billy Kelleher, MEP
We were delighted to welcome Billy Kelleher, MEP to our school this morning. Billy came to visit as part of our participation in the EU’s…
Sarah Horgan from The Echo gives Eglantine a mention on “Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio”!
Thank you to Sarah Horgan from The Echo who mentioned our school on Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio last week! We will make sure to keep…
A Taste of Eglantine
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Swimmming at Eglantine
Well done to all of our swimmers on their achievements Alexandra also won gold in her individual butterfly and bronze in the freestyle! Rebecca, Isabel,…
Easter Holidays
Remember that our school will close at 12 noon on Friday for Easter Holidays. We will reopen on Monday 17th April for Term 3.
Friday Afternoon
Friday afternoon and the yard is a hive of activity…. in between the showers, of course!
Visit from Douglas Community Gardaí
Community Garda Aoife Walsh dropped in to both sixth classes today to talk to them about the importance of staying safe online. She also talked…
Poetry in Sixth Class
Faye in Mr Corry’s class wrote this wonderful poem this morning. Well done Faye!
We’re in the Echo….again!
Not only were we lucky enough to have John Spillane come to visit us today (see some photos and videos here), we also made it…
John Spillane – Seachtain na Gaeilge
We had a special visitor in Scoil Bhríde today! Irish musician John Spillane gave two very special performances to the junior and senior classes! We…
Bake Sale in aid of the earthquake in Turkey & Syria
Today, Miss Finn’s 5th Class held a bake sale to raise money for the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. All proceeds will go to the…
CLASS LIFE
Active School Week in Third Class!
Miss Casserley’s 3rd Class are really enjoying Active School Week so far! Have a look…. Ms Casserly’s 3rd class are loving #ActiveWeek so far! Every…
Zumba in Junior Infants
Junior Infants had a great time taking part in Zumba for Active School Week this morning. It was so much fun, Ms O’Brien, our principal,…
Learning about Magnets
First Class had great fun yesterday learning all about magnets!
Active School Week in First Class
Active School Week started on Monday and First Class had lots of fun trying out their hockey skills
The Lost Emerald of Aswan
Scoil Bhríde were delighted to welcome The West Midlands Theatre Company to our school this morning. Have a look some photos of 3rd, 4th, 5th…
Second Class were inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso
Have a look at our wonderful art!
Look what we did in Second Class!
Second class are a very creative group of girls. They have designed lovely dresses to wear for a special occasion.
Fun in the Sun
In 3rd class we love reading, especially in the sun!
Reading Buddies
The girls of Junior Infants and Sixth Class spent some time reading in the sunshine this afternoon. It was hard to tell which class group…
Quiz Winners
Congratulations to the girls in fifth and sixth who won our European Union quiz today. The girls won a homework pass as well as a…
PE in the sunshine
Sixth class enjoyed PE in the lovely weather we had this afternoon
Space Explorers
Senior Infants are learning all about space this month! We know all about the Sun and planets and next week we are going to learn…