Celebrating Being Active.

At Meenkilly NS, we are delighted to celebrate being active with all the pupils as we are an Active School. Pupils are invited to bring in certs, medals, cups or trophies they win in any activity- dancing, hurling, football, gymnastics, soccer, horse riding, swimming, etc. Here are a few we celebrated this year.

Run Around Europe Challenge

The pupils of Meenkilly NS were delighted to participate in the Run Around Europe Challenge for 4 weeks. The Active School Committee took it in turns to count laps, record and report back to the classroom the different destinations we reached. The pupils learned about the different European countries and located it on their maps. […]

Halloween Meenkilly Style 🎃

Pupils at Meenkilly NS made a huge effort to dress up for the day of the Halloween break. From juniors to sixth class each pupil enjoyed a morning of great dancing. They danced the waltz, the jive, the Siege of Ennis and an Dreolín to name a few.

Walk to School Week

Pupils of Meenkilly National School were delighted to participate in a whole school walk today around the Caher Ring. The pupils enjoyed the chat with their partner and the Wild Atlantic Views. We also relished a few mindfulness moments by the flowing stream.

Lá Glas 2023

Lá Glas 2023 After several weeks of practice, our Lá Glas 2023 got off to a flying start. The weather was in our favour and we all danced in the schoolyard in the spring sunshine. All the pupils made a great effort to wear green. It was a fantastic morning of craic agus spórt. Dances […]

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Our school facilitates the use of playground equipment. The Active School Flag Committee are responsible for bringing out and returning the P.E. equipment for each break time.  Our school trains playground leaders Meenkilly Active School Walkway Our Active School Walkway is situated along our school yard and around our play tunnel. In June […]