“God made the first man and the first woman,

To look after the world and one another and to love God”……….. 

……this is what life is about! 

Our project “Caring for Others “ shows this.

Who are we?

We are pupils of the Presentation Convent Primary School Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. Castlecomer is a small town with a population of 2,500 people.  Most of the families are natives. One of the main sources of employment for men and women ‘Comer International’ closed during the year. Presently we have only one factory – Ormond Brick. Despite that, the people are very caring and generous and they always respond to a need.

Our Beginnings

The tradition of caring for others in our school goes back to the 29^th June 1829 when the Presentation Sisters first came to the parish of Castlecomer. The Penal Laws were over. Catholics were now free to practice their religion and children were allowed to attend catholic schools. Coal mining was the chief means of livelihood of many people in our area. Their families were large and in most cases poor and they needed teachers. The first school was in the sacristy of the church.

 As a Presentation school we also carry on the tradition of caring started by the foundress of the Presentation Sisters –Nano Nagle. She was known as ‘the children’s friend and lover of the poor’.  She lived in the eighteenth century when the great majority of people were very poor, uneducated, unemployed and hungry.  She responded to the needs of her time and developed an educational curriculum suitable to the needs of her students.

We hope that this tradition of caring, which we have received will be passed on for many generations to come.