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 400 pupils, ranging from 4 to 13 years of age.
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Admissions 2025
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NEWS
Christmas Performances
Tá an Nollaig ag teacht! All our girls have been working so hard to prepare for their Christmas shows and can’t wait to show all…
Virtual Tour
Did you ever wonder what a day in our school is like? Check out our video and find out!
Schoolovision 2024: The Main Event
Words cannot explain the excitement in the building yesterday!
Fiona Forman talk for parents
On Thursday 8th February at 7.30pm, Fiona Forman will deliver a talk for parents in the halla, “Raising Resilient Children”. Fiona is the author of…
Schoolovision 2024
Schoolovision returns this year for what will certainly be the musical highlight of the year! Check out this year’s amazing performers below! Eglantine GNS ·…
Christmas in Scoil Bhríde
What a busy Christmas we had! Choirs and pantos, shows and raffles, orchestras, baking, art and quizzes. . . not to mention some very sneaky…
GOAL Jersey Day
We were delighted to take part in this year’s GOAL Jersey Day. Most girls came to school in green jersey’s today…. I wonder why?!
Anti Bullying Guidelines for Pupils, Parents & Teachers
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Second Class in Douglas Village
We were delighted to see our wonderful second class girls in the Echo this morning! Well done girls! Click Here to read the full story!
Eglantine Girls in Douglas Village
The girls from Eglantine NS were busy today as they performed a little show in Douglas Village Shopping Centre. Pupils from Ms Ryan’s 2nd class…
Trip to Douglas Village
Here’s a sneak preview of our show in Douglas Village Shopping Centre on Thursday 28th September at 11am. Ms Ryan’s class are singing and having…
Behind the Scenes at Eglantine
Have you ever wondered what goes on in Eglantine once the children go home? Well, wonder no more!
SCHOOL LIFE
History Corner
2nd Class have been learning about a very special four-legged friend in their History lessons! He was a stray dog, that became friends with an…
Champions!
A huge well well done to the football team who beat an excellent Watergrasshill side to win their Sciath na Scol final! There were jubilant…
Day 3 of Active School Week
Today, the entire school is being treated to Zumba as part of active school week! Click here to see Junior Infants in action!
Active School Week
Active School Week kicked off today with some wonderful parent volunteers who came in to do a full day of hockey with the girls. Have…
Eglantine Choir
A huge well done to the Mrs O’Donovan and the girls in the choir for their wonderful perfomance at the Cork International Choral Festival yesterday…
Rugby
A huge thank you to Willie and Brian who came in from Munster Rugby to do a coaching session with the girls this afternoon. The…
Camogie
Well done to the girls of 5th and 6th classes who were played St Catherine’s of Bishopstown yesterday. After a great game, Eglantine came out…
Calling All Musicians!
After the roaring success that was Schoolovision, why not consider entering the Junior Eurovision? For more information, click here Please Note this competition is not…
Tennis
Congratulations to Eglantine Green team on a great win over Bunscoil na Toirbhirte Mitchelstown today. Both teams braved some heavy downpours! Bhí sibh go hiontach…
Tennis in Eglantine!
Commiserations to the Eglantine Blue tennis team who lost their match to Scoil Barra Naofa in the Munster Tennis tournament. They will progress now to…
Eglantine Tennis
Comhgairdeachas do ‘Eglantine Red’ who began their defence of their Munster title today with a win against a very strong St Catherine’s NS team from…
St Patrick’s Day Art
Saint Patrick’s Day greetings from Scoil Bhríde Eglantine Saint Patrick’s Day greetings from Eglantine School. pic.twitter.com/pRxEwTOMRJ — Scoil Bhríde Eglantine (@EglantineNS) March 15, 2023 Ní…
CLASS LIFE
Science with Miss Sheehan
Mr Corry’s Fifth Class spent Friday afternoon learning how the human digestive system works! We found inventive ways of using orange juice and crackers! Thanks…
Fifth Class go to Cork Pops
Both fifth classes got the bus to Cork Pops in City Hall yesterday. We spent an hour listening, singling along, dancing and clapping to the…
Getting ready for the Jazz Weekend
The girls of Ms O’Shea’s first class were all action this week. Jazz Weekend watch out!
More musical theatre!
The girls were delighted to see Ms O’Leary coming back in today! Annie and It’s Hard Knock Life are definitely new favourites in the class…
Musical Theatre in 5th Class
A huge thank you to Ms O’Leary for coming in to do some musical theatre with fifth class! The girls can’t wait for more!
5th Class head to the Japanese Gardens
Who doesn’t love a game of rounders? It’s always good to have a Plan B when swimming gets rescheduled 😁
School Tour to Leahy’s Farm
Senior Infants headed off on their school tour last week! We went to Leahy’s Farm in Dungourney and despite the misty weather, we had fantastic…
PepsiCo in Sixth Class
A huge thank you to Alison, Clare, Alex & Elaine who came in to Sixth Class this morning to talk to the girls. The girls…
First Class School Tour
First Class really enjoyed their school tour to the farm! Have a look…
Active Week in Room 9
We had a very busy week here in Senior Infants! Thank you to all the students and teachers on our Active Committee who organised lots…
Summer is Blooming
We have been working on the theme of flowers for the month of May! Well done girls🌺🌻🌼🌷
