Skeoughvosteen N.S
Co. Kilkenny
People usually ask us about the name Skeoughvosteen. The following translations have been suggested:
'the bush (hawthorn) of baptism'; 'the bush of the mastiff'; Martin's bush.
Skeoughvosteen N.S. is located in Co Kilkenny, approximately 3 miles from the Carlow border. The current school was built in 1973 and is named after the local saint St. Fiacre.There are 5 teacher and 103 pupils in the school at present.
There is a strong interest in sport in the school with the girls taking part in the Cumann na mBun Scoile camogie and football leagues.
Skeoughvosteen is in the parish of Graiguenamanagh and because of the rule that each parish can only have one team taking part in the primary schools competitions the boys play with the Graignamanagh Boy's N.S. under the name St Fiachra's.
Science is also a popular subject with the pupils. We have taken part in the Discover Primary Science programme and have received the Award of Science and Maths Excellence on five occasions. We will continue with our scientific endeavours and our work will be posted on the science page.
