Taylor's Hill - Dominican College, Galway

Taylor's Summer Newslatter 2026 Now Available
The 2026 Taylor’s Hill Newsletter is now available!
This year’s edition showcases the wide range of academic, sporting, cultural and extracurricular activities that took place throughout the school year. It is a wonderful reflection of the talent, hard work and school spirit shown by our students and staff across the year.
A huge thank you to Ms. McNamara for all the time and effort put into compiling the newsletter, and to everyone who contributed articles, photographs and information.
The newsletter can now be viewed and downloaded in full on the school website. Click here to view
We hope everyone enjoys looking back on another fantastic year at Taylor’s Hill. Wishing all our students, staff and families a very enjoyable summer break!

Over the past few months, the students in Room 3 have done a fantastic job creating and developing their garden space 🌱🌼

The garden is now full of wildflowers, vegetables and plants, and even includes its own bug house to help support biodiversity around the school 🐞🐝

It has become a lovely space to spend time in and a wonderful example of teamwork, creativity and care for the environment.

A huge well done to the girls in Room 3, along with their teachers and SNAs, for all their hard work 👏

A big thank you to Frank Downes from Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, who has been visiting our school for over 20 years to give presentations to students about the wonderful work of the organisation.

Pictured here with one of our 1st Year groups during his most recent visit 🐶

A special thank you also to Dr. Lyons for always organising and supporting this important cause.

Leaving Certificate Graduation 2026
Last week, we celebrated our Graduation Mass and Ceremony for the Leaving Certificate Class of 2026 — marking the end of a 5/6 year journey in Taylor’s Hill as the girls now prepare for their Leaving Certificate exams and the exciting next chapter ahead.
It was a wonderful occasion filled with reflection, celebration and many special memories. We wish all of our students the very best of luck in their exams and in all that lies ahead.
A full gallery of images from the event can now be viewed on the school website here with more videos and highlights available on our Instagram

Teacher vs Student Challenge Match 2026
Earlier this month saw the return of the annual Teacher vs Student grudge/challenge match as the 6th Years took on the teachers in a highly entertaining soccer showdown!
Filled with plenty of “controversy” (all in good fun, of course!), the match went right down to penalties and after many, many spot kicks, a draw was finally declared.
The 6th Years did a fantastic job drumming up support and keeping the crowd entertained throughout — from the famous octopus referee to the cheerleading stunts on the sidelines, there was never a dull moment! It was a brilliant event and a great occasion for the whole school community.
A huge thank you to Ms. Creavan for organising the event and to Collette Uyiosa Agbonayinma in 5th Year for helping to photograph and record the occasion.
A full gallery of photos from the day can now be viewed on the school website link here, while videos and highlights from the match are available over on our Instagram page .

The same day we also held “Anything But a School Bag Day” for our junior students who brought plenty of creativity and fun to the school with all sorts of inventive alternatives to school bags spotted throughout the day 👀

A big thanks to Ms. Fannin's LCVP class, who organised the event and proceeds raised were again donated to .

Well done to everyone involved for the fantastic effort, creativity and support for such a worthwhile cause 👏

A throwback to our “Dress Up as a Teacher Day 2026” from back in April 📚✨

Our senior students had great fun dressing up as members of staff for the day, with some very accurate recreations spotted around the school 👀

The event was organised by Ms. F’annins LCVP class, with all proceeds raised donated to

Well done to everyone involved a great day and for supporting such a worthwhile cause 👏