Holy Family National School promotes participation in sport across all ages and ability levels, with enjoyment of sport the key. Sport ensures children are active and provides limitless opportunities for children to develop life skills such as teamwork, self-confidence and co-operation.
We in Holy Family National School are fortunate to have a variety of play surfaces-a modern General Purposes room, four astro pitches, three tarmac yards as well as grass play areas.
As part of the PE curriculum all children from 2nd to 6th classes undertake six weeks of swimming lessons, catering for all ability levels. Our school enters teams in a number of schools competitions; gaelic football (Senior Classes) Boys & Girls, hurling leagues (Middle Classes) and basketball leagues (Senior Classes) Boys & Girls. We also participate in boys & girls football skills competitions.
We organise a boys & girls soccer league within the school for middle and senior classes-a tradition first established in St.Joseph’s B.N.S. over forty years ago! The whole school community looks forward to our ‘Sports for All Day’ each June.
Since Holy Family National School opened in September 2007 our school has achieved some notable sporting achievements.
2007-2014 East Kerry Boys Football Champions
2010-2011 Boys 6/8 Teacher County Football Champions
Boys Div 1 County Football Champions
2012-2013 Boys 6/8 Teacher County Football Champions
Boys Div 1 County Football Champions
Boys County Sevens Football Champions
2013-2014 Boys 6/8 Teacher County Football Champions
Boys Div 1 County Football Champions
Girls County Football Skills Winners
Boys County Football Skills Winners
Boys Munster Football Skills Winners
2014-2015 Boys 6/8 Teacher County Football Champions
Garda 7- a - Side Football Champions
2015-2016 Girls East Kerry 6/8 Teacher Football Champions
Girls County 6/8 Teacher Football Champions
Holy Family National School has been represented on the Kerry Primary School Boys Football Team by Dean Fitzgerald, Daniel Cronin, Damien Cronin,David Dineen and Andrew Moynihan.
Garda 7- a - Side Football Champions
2015-2016 Girls East Kerry 6/8 Teacher Football Champions
Girls County 6/8 Teacher Football Champions
Holy Family National School has been represented on the Kerry Primary School Boys Football Team by Dean Fitzgerald, Daniel Cronin, Damien Cronin,David Dineen and Andrew Moynihan.
Our school has been represented on the Kerry Primary School Girls Football Team by Caroline Dineen, Brid Ryan, Aoife O’Callaghan,Katie Buckley, Susan Cahill and Lily O'Brien.
2014 also proved a significant year for Holy Family National School as Shane Ryan won an All-Ireland Minor Football medal-our first past pupil to achieve All-Ireland glory.
2016 brought further success for the Ryan family as Shane's brother Mark Ryan, another of our past pupils, won an All-Ireland Minor Football medal, playing midfield for Kerry vs Galway.
