St Columb’s College English Department

The official Twitter account for the English Department of St Columb’s College. 🖋️📚 “We go to literature… to be forwarded within ourselves” - Seamus Heaney

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Our wonderful young journalists from 9C with their certificates and press passes after completing the Irish News Young News Readers Project 2024. ✍🏻 📰 #CollegeBoys

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

We are taking part in the National Young Authors Fair UK! 🎉 Chances for awards for our amazing creative writers. ✍🏻 Use the link below 👇🏻 to register:

https://t.co/S6y63SkL7a

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Congratulations to our published poets from Year 8, 9 & 10 who took part in the Foyle Schools Poetry Competition! 📖👏🏻 We are very proud of you!

@mor_rath @WSKidsClub @LittleAcornsBks @GuildhallPress @ColmcillePress

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Fantastic day at @mor_rath celebrating #WorldPoetryDay in style at the Foyle Schools Poetry award ceremony! 🥇 We are so proud of our #CollegeBoys ✍🏻
@GuildhallPress
@ColmcillePress
@LittleAcornsBks
@WSKidsClub

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

We loved spending #WorldPoetryDay celebrating our published poet, Chikondi Donal Phiri 8C, who came second place in the Foyle Schools Poetry Competition! 👏🏻👏🏻

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Some of our Year 12 #CollegeBoys enjoying the astounding facilities at @UlsterJournos 🎥 Special thanks to Dr Colm Murphy, Dr Kate Byrne & Dr Frank Ferguson for giving our boys an invaluable insight into life at university!

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

When @ColumbCollege goes to @UlsterUni 👏🏻📖 Thanks to @LeonaONeill1 for facilitating this fantastic experience for our budding journalists! 📰 Our Year 12 #CollegeBoys had the best day experiencing all that @UlsterJournos has to offer!

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Aedan Kelly 10F reciting some poetry from our alumnus Seamus Heaney during our Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations today! ☘️

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

Some of our Year 8 students during #WorldBookDay last week! 📚 We spent the week reading from our Book Buzz books!

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@StColumbsEng @stephenfry This is so lovely! 🧡

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

On the run-up to #WorldBookDay2024 , our Year 8 students enjoyed some extra reading time with the fantastic @stephenfry reading alongside us on @audibleuk 🧹⚡️✨

[St Columb's College @ColumbCollege]

🙏🌼 A beautiful Spring Morning in our beautiful Memorial Garden 🌼🙏

[Little Acorns Bookstore @LittleAcornsBks]

@StColumbsEng @BrianFriel @watersidetheatr @absolutelywrite @IdreamofNarnia @KMcCaughrain @dcsdcouncil @ArtsCouncilNI @derryjournal Stunning sculptures in the reception area of #StColumbsCollege #Derry of writers #SeamusHeaney & #BrianFriel past alumni 🎓📚💚

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

We are so proud of our @ColumbCollege budding writers. ✍🏻 Such a great event to finish off the week!

[Little Acorns Bookstore @LittleAcornsBks]

Credit to @StColumbsEng as these students were the best ever. Following in the footsteps of past alumni #SeamusHeaney #SeamusDeane & @BrianFriel 🎓📚

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

We had the best time welcoming these amazing authors, @watersidetheatr and @LittleAcornsBks to our school! 👏🏻📖

[Little Acorns Bookstore @LittleAcornsBks]

Inspiring, engaging, fun & fab day with authors @absolutelywrite @IdreamofNarnia @KMcCaughrain in schools @movillecc & @StColumbsEng part of @watersidetheatr #SpreadtheWord #LiteraryFestival #Derry #Donegal 📚💚 1/5

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

A group of our Year 12 #CollegeBoys visited University of Ulster recently with Mr Horner and received a tour of the Law facilities. ⚖️ Thank you to Mr John Thompson for welcoming perhaps some future lawyers!

[St Columb's College @ColumbCollege]

St Columb’s College would like to thank Mr John Thompson for hosting a selection of Year 12 students in Ulster University’s, Law Department at Magee Campus this morning. #UlsterUniversity

[St Columb's College @ColumbCollege]

The EA Post-Primary Admissions Portal is now open. Go online and make your application today. Become a #College Boy

[St Columb’s College English Department @StColumbsEng]

A fantastic reading lesson today with Year 8 pupils. Not a peep out of them! 📖 #CollegeBoys

[Seamus Heaney @HeaneyDaily]

As if he had been poured
in tar, he lies
on a pillow of turf
and seems to weep
the black river of himself.

The grain of his wrists
is like bog oak,
the ball of his heel
like a basalt egg.

His instep has shrunk
cold as a swan’s foot
or a wet swamp root.