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Welcome to Mount Hanover NS

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I extend a warm welcome to you to the website for Scoil Cholmcille, Mount Hanover. I hope you find it enjoyable and informative.

Scoil Cholmcille Mount Hanover is often referred to as Mount Hanover NS. The school building dates back to 1961 and has been re-furbished extensively over the intervening years. A General Purpose Room was added in 2016 along with car parking facilities.

At Mount Hanover NS, we aim to provide a high quality education through a relevant and stimulating curriculum in a secure and purposeful environment. We integrate digital technologies throughout the curriculum. Classroom spaces are carefully organised to support learning and our well-resourced facilities and beautiful grounds create a sense of place.

Mount Hanover NS is privileged to be part of a special community. Our teachers are highly skilled and dedicated. They work in collaboration to develop a school culture that values teaching and learning. They encourage all students to strive to achieve their best academically, socially, physically and emotionally.

I am very proud to serve as Principal of Mount Hanover NS. I am extremely grateful to the hard work and goodwill of our parents, pupils, teachers, SNA, secretary, caretaker, as well as our Parents Association, Board of Management and the wider community of Mount Hanover all of whom help make Mount Hanover a truly special place.

Should you have any queries about our school, please do not hesitate to get in contact. Please visit as frequently as possible, so that you can keep up to date with all the activities in Mount Hanover NS.

Kind regards,

Lorraine O Loughlin,

Principal

Latest School News

Sports Day 2026

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin June 16, 2026

Well done to all of the children on a wonderful Sports Day. It’s lovely to see team work and community spirit in action.

Active School Flag

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin June 14, 2026

🏅 Active School Flag Success at Mount Hanover NS! 🏅

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Mount Hanover National School has been awarded the Active School Flag!

This fantastic achievement reflects the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of our entire school community. The Active School Flag is awarded to schools that strive to provide a physically educated and physically active school environment, and we are incredibly proud to have achieved this recognition.

A special word of thanks must go to our outstanding Active School Committee, who led this initiative throughout the year:
Leo Brodigan, Archie King, Anna McGuinness, James Toner, Emilee Rose Crosby, Adam McEnteggart, Emma Moore, Kayleigh Stacey and Tom Kelly.

The committee met once every month to discuss and organise a wide range of initiatives aimed at increasing physical activity and promoting a positive attitude towards health and wellbeing across the school. Their ideas, leadership and dedication helped make many successful projects possible, including:

⭐ Skip Around the World
⭐ Active Break Every Day
⭐ Active School Week
⭐ Music on the Yard
⭐ Playground Activities and Leadership Opportunities
⭐ Development and Promotion of our New Active School Walkway

This award was truly a whole-school effort, with pupils, staff, parents and the wider school community all playing an important role in helping us achieve our goal.

We are extremely proud of all our pupils, whose enthusiasm and participation were at the heart of every initiative. Their willingness to get involved, stay active and encourage one another helped create a positive and energetic school environment for everyone.

This is a huge achievement for Mount Hanover NS and one that we are very proud of. The Active School Flag will remain with our school for the next three years, after which it will be renewed. While we are delighted to celebrate this success, we are equally excited to continue building on the excellent work already completed.

Going forward, we will continue to provide opportunities for all pupils to be active, healthy and engaged, ensuring that Mount Hanover NS remains as active as possible for years to come.

Well done to everyone involved!

“An active school is a happy school!

Graduation

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin June 14, 2026

Congratulations to our 6th class children on their graduation.

Best wishes to the boys and girls in the years ahead. We are very proud of you all.

Blue Star Flag

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin June 14, 2026

Huge congratulations to our 5th & 6th class students on achieving the school’s first Blue Star Flag. Well done everyone.

Annual Report

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin June 12, 2026

Please find attached the annual report from the Board of Management.

The Board would like to wish everyone a very safe, happy and enjoyable summer break.

The school will reopen on Wednesday August 26th, 2026.

BoMAnnualReport 2026 Download

Basketball Kits

Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin May 26, 2026

Thank You to Jons Civil Engineering

A huge thank you to Jons Civil Engineering for their very generous sponsorship of a brand-new set of basketball kits and warm-up tops for our school basketball team.

Next school year, we are hoping to enter a team into a league, and this sponsorship is a fantastic boost for our pupils as they continue to develop their skills and represent our school with pride.

Yesterday, some of our pupils visited Jons Civil Engineering to say thank you and to get a few photos with our sponsors. We would also like to thank the children and parents who came along and helped make the visit so special.

The staff at Jons Civil Engineering gave our pupils a lovely welcome and very kindly treated them to goodie bags and ice cream.

We are extremely grateful to Jons Civil Engineering for their kindness, generosity and support of our school community.