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Bower students' success in National Seachtain na Gaeilge Competitions 2010
The results of the 2010 Seachtain na Gaeilge national competitions were announced on Wednesday the 28th of April. Many students from Our Lady’s Bower entered the competitions this year and five of them won substantial prizes.
Maeve Cooney was awarded first prize in the Secondary School Senior Poetry category and her classmate, Helen Hughes, won second prize. We wish them every success in their forthcoming exams and hope that their achievements will encourage more pupils to write poetry in Irish.
The Bower artists were busy at their easels during Seachtain na Gaeilge and produced many beautiful and imaginative pieces for the art competition. This competition was based on their visual interpretations of old Irish sayings or seanfhocail.
Jennifer Hynes, who is currently in Transition Year, created a very clever and topical poster based on the seanfhocal 'Ar scath a cheile a mhaireann na daoine' or 'No man is an island.' Her efforts were rewarded with first prize in her category. Alison Fagan (5th Year) produced a painting of a penguin guarding its little patch of ice
The youngest winner was Rebecca Daly who is in IU and she used the old cartoon favourite Bugs Bunny and his girlfriend to enlighten us as to the meaning of the seanfhocal 'An rud a lionas an tsuil, lionann se an croi' or 'What fills the eye, fills the heart.'
Well done to all of the students who entered Seachtain na Gaeilge competitions this year. We are already looking forward to Seachtain na Gaeilge 2011!
Young Bower Scientists excel at Athlone Sci-Fest
On Friday 23 April, students from all over the midlands headed in the blazing sunshine for Athlone Institute of Technology to present their findings, show off their work and dazzle judges in the 2010 Sci-Fest.
This is the 3rd year Sci-Fest has run, and it is getting bigger and better each year. From Our Lady’s Bower, 32 teams represented their school. Work had started months before, and the enthusiasm shown would have made any teacher proud of their students. Choosing a topic was not a problem for most, having to settle on a particular topic was an issue for some students, with most wanting to submit 2 or 3 projects.
The topics included 'What makes a potato floury?' investigated by Jane Tuohy and Orlaigh Sweeney to a very detailed model of the human eye, put together by Maedbh Hurst, Emma Sweeney and Karen Pillion. 'The Benefits of Brain Training Games' were made clear by Orla McGetrick, Sarah Lough and Jennifer Purcell. 'The Secrets of Looking Beautiful 'were revealed by Sirina McKeogh, Aoife Martin and Carys Jones while 'The Causes and Problems of Global Warming' were revealed by Caroline Kinsella, Niamh Geoghegan and Grainne Connaughton.
'Phobias and Their Effects' were presented brilliantly by Bisola Salaja, Bairbre O’Dwyer and Charlotte Weever. 'The Simplicity of Dancing Your Radiators Warm' was demonstrated by Bronte Fitzmaurice and Megan Hanlon while the differences between sharp and sweet apples were investigated by Gertie O'Rourke and Hannah Casey.
A fantastic day was had by all competitors, new friends were made, facebook addresses swapped and, most importantly of all, the judges were impressed. Our Lady's Bower came away with a number of prizes, including best in the junior category for Hannah Casey and Gertie O'Rourke for their in depth investigation of 'All Apples, Sharp and Sweet' and overall award for best technology project for Bronte Fitzmaurice and Megan Hanlon. The girls competed in the senior category and demonstrated how the spring in your floorboards could generate under-floor heating in the home.Congrats to past pupil Cathy Brougham ( LC 2005) from Garnafailigh who has been selected as the Westmeath Rose 2010. Cathy studied Science in NUIG and is currently studying for a masters in toxicology between NUIG and AIT. Cathy impressed the judges with her bubbly personality and her interpretation of a classical piece on the flute. Best of luck in Tralee Cathy!
International Soccer
Fifth year student Jenny Byrne is one of the women's International U-17 squad to qualify during the elite stages in the Ukraine to reach the finals of the European Championships 2010. The finals will be held in Nyon in Switzerland at the end of June. Good luck Jenny!
Twinkle Toes
Second year Jessica Rogers is the All-Ireland champion for the jig and the reel. She also came fourth overall in the championship. She is a member of the dancing team who are All-Ireland champions in the Freestyle U-16. The other members are Katie Lynam, Niamh McGrane, Sinead McCarrick and Eimear McCarrick.
Trocaire Fast
Well done to Ms Moran and her religion classes who have raised almost three thousand euros in the Trocaire fast during Lent.
Golf
Congrats to Vicki McEnery who won the 1st Individual Nett in the senior section at the Connacht Schools Championship in Ballinasloe. Vicki had a score of 33 points while team mate Orlaith Reidy had 20 points, The third member of the team, Amy Farrell, was unable to compete due to illness.
Congrats to hockey coaches Gudgie Moran and Michelle O'Neill on the Bower's outstanding performance at the 2010 Junior Connacht Finals in Dangan. The Bower came home with the three trophies contested that day, March 25th - a first for the school. The 1st year B team won the Cahill Shield, the 2nd year B took home the Sweetman Shield and the 2nd year A team won the Lupton Cup.
Basketball
Congrats to Paddy Mullally and the 1st and 2nd year basketball squads who have qualified for the All-Ireland play-offs in Limerick in May. The 2nd years go into the finals unbeaten this year, while the 1st years were unlucky to have been beaten into second place in the Midland League.
Parents' Association Bursaries
Karate
Kid
Congrats and best wishes to Katie Connolly in 5th year who will be representing Ireland in this sport in Holland in March.
Mr Nee is Tops
Our Lady's Bower has won the award for the best Design and Communication Graphics project in Ireland for 2009. The trophy is awarded by the Techno Teachers Association of Ireland and is based on projects submitted by students for the Leaving Certificate. Bower students had submitted 7 of the 12 projects for final adjudication at the Techno Teachers Conference. Lara Cassidy was chosen as the student with the best project. She is now studying genetics at Trinity College.
Guest speakers Aoife McTiernan from Trocaire and Wonder Mafunda from Zimbabwe visited Our Lady's Bower recently to work with Transition Year students Grainne McNiece, Dearbhla O'Dwyer, Rachel Maher and Katie Dunne to help raise awareness on the issue of poverty in Zimbabwe.
Congrats to Ms. Seery and her group of Young Entrepreneurs who came second in the Regional Entreprise Competition with their project 'Ready, Steady, Grow'. Megan Hanlon, Grace Farrell and Nessa Hunt from Transition Year put together a booklet with instructions on planting seedlings, included in the package.
Commiserations to the 1st yr A team who lost the semi-final to Taylor's Hill in penalty flicks. The score was 1-1 at the final whistle. Congrats to the 2nd yr A team who saw off the challenge of Sligo Grammar, beating them 1-0 in the semi-final with a goal from Anna Keegan. They contest the Connacht final on 25th March in Galway.
Cross
Country
Well done to our Intermediate and Senior teams who came 3rd in the All-Ireland champs in Cork on the 14th March. Sive Brassil is now 1st reserve for the Irish CC team. Her sister Maeve ran a personal best.
Inter Team: S. Brassil, K. Burke, L.Payne, M.Walsh.
Senior Team: M.Brassil, N.Mullins, MC Walsh, C.Burke.
Aislinn Hurley could not compete due to illness.
Bower
Best School in Connacht
The Bower was the best school at the Cross Country Connacht Finals last Thursday 11th February at St. Mary's College Galway. The Bower minor, intermediate and senior teams finished in 1st place.
The first event of the day was minor girls 1500 meters. The Burke twins, Michelle and Veronica ran an excellent race and finished in 5th and 6th respectively. Lauren Casey also ran a very strong race, finishing in 8th place. The other team members consisting of Karen Pillon , Blaithin Flemming and Anna Murray also ran well. Hannah Casey was unable to participate due to injury.
Best for the Junior team were Caoimhe Curran and Meadhbh Hurst. Meadhbh is a national triathlete who will be competing in Athlone this July in the European Triathlon Championships.
Next up was the intermediate 3000 meters. This can be a long and grueling race. However Sive Brassil showed what an excellent athlete she is, finishing second in impressive style. Kate Burke was also very impressive, finishing in 6th place. Lorna Payne was very pleased with 12th place as was Mary Walsh who finished 15th place.
The last event was Senior girls 2000 meters. The Bower finished in 1st place, despite the fact that they were missing Aislinn Hurley due to illness. Maeve Brassil was 2nd, Naomi Mullins 3rd, Mary Catherine Walsh 5th and Clare Burke 6th.
This was an excellent team performance. The Brassil sisters, Maeve and Sive and Naomi Mullins have represented Ireland many times in the Triathlon, Tetrathlon and Pentathlon events. Best of luck to all Bower athletes who will be competing in the All Irelands at Cork Institute of Technology on Saturday 13th March.
All
Ireland swimming success
The Bower had a very successful weekend at the All Ireland Schools Swimming Championships which were held at the Gus Healy swimming pool in Douglas, Cork on the 13th and 14th of February.
The Bower junior relay team which consisted of Caitlin Dully, Olwyn Sheridan, Niamh McNamara and Meadhbh Hurst won gold in the freestyle relay and silver in the medley relay.
The Bower senior relay team which consisted of Emma Fahey, Naomi Mullins, Eimear Corry and Aoife Corry won gold in both the freestyle and medley relays.
Emma Fahey has been selected yet again to represent Ireland. This is a great honour for Emma, her family and her school. Emma will be representing Ireland in the W.I.S.E. (Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England) Swimming Championships in Scotland on March 20th
Young Writers
Congratulations to Sinead Kilgarriff, Ty, and Aisling Kenny, 3rd yr who have had their short stories published recently in the Westmeath Independent.
World Maths Day
On Wed March 3rd the students of OLB will be pitting their wits against mathematicians from all corners of the world as part of World Maths Day. good luck girls!
Every
Little Helps – Bower Girls
On February 12th, one month to the day after the Haitian earthquake, the students of 2U presented Sr Maria Hawkes with a wheelbarrow full of brown coins to the value of €1,562.
Sr. Maria is a sister in the LSU order who had been living in the Bower convent before heading off to Haiti last September to work in the LSU run Nutrition/Education centre on the island. On a visit to the school, she explained to the girls what it had been like to live through the earthquake and why she is determined to return to Haiti after a period of rest.
The brown coins, which are of very little value to us and are often thrown away like rubbish, will mean everything to the Haitian children at the LSU projects when converted to Haitian dollars. Three empty water dispensers were used to collect the coins in the school and families and friends willingly parted with long hoarded coins to realise the surprising amount of €1,562. Prizes were awarded to those who guessed the amount of coins in one dispenser, with Sarah Lough coming very close to the final figure.
The students and Sr. Maria would like to thank all who contributed and the Bower girls have pledged to help the Haitian victims on a long term basis. Already they have several fundraising ventures in the pipeline!
A Midsummer’sNight's Dream
Harry Smith has put together a modern version of this Shakespearean play to be the Bower entry in this year’s Briery Gap drama competition. The regional finals take place in Mullingar on Wed 27th Jan and the girls from Transition are hoping to go all the way. The Bower were national winners in this competition in 2003.
How Do You Solve a Problem like
Maria?
Find out at this year’s Transition show – The Sound of Music! Harry Smith and Ms Hopkins have put together a fantastic show, with everything from nuns to nazis! Tickets are on sale at the school and the show will run from the 2nd to the 4th Feb.
Gold for Bower Swim Team at
Connacht Schools Finals
The swim team of Emma Fahy, Aine Mooney, Orla Mooney, Eimear Corry, Niamh McNamara, Caitlin Dully, Olwyn Sheridan and Maebh Hurst had a very successful outing at the Connacht Schools Championships in Leisureland recently. Both relay teams won gold in the 4x50 metre freestyle events and silver in the 4x50 metre medley events. In the individual events team captain and Irish International Emma Fahy won gold, while first years Niamh and Maebh won silver. The girls will compete in the National Finals in February, in the Douglas pool in Cork. Good luck to all!
Congrats to the 1st year hockey team who drew with old rivals, the Jez, in their first outing for the Bower. Well done also to the 2nd years. The A team beat the Jez 6-0, while the B team won 1-0 against Taylor’s! No wonder Gudge is a happy camper!
Young Scientists
Congrats to all our students who represented the Bower so impressively at this year's BT Young Scientist competition. Special mention must go to 2nd year Mairin Ryan who was awarded first place in her category for her project on the physics of the musical saw. She not only wowed the judges - Mairin was a hit with the media too, appearing in the Irish Independent, the Irish Times and on the Late Late Show on Jan 15th.
Sports Update
Basketball
We started the year with a very successful senior campaign, winning the Midland League and qualifying for the All-Ireland play-offs in January. Unfortunately the cadet team were not so lucky, but we can look forward to the 1st and 2nd year season which kicks off after Christmas.
Gaelic Football
Both junior and senior teams had a great start to the season, the juniors beating Rochfordbridge and the seniors having a convincing win against Athlone Community College. Games against Moate and Ballymahon have been postponed due to adverse weather conditions, while the seniors are awaiting the green light to play Kilbeggan and St. Finians. The U-14 season will get underway soon, weather permittin
Equestrian News
The Bower team performed very well at the Inter- Schools Showjumping at Mullingar Equestrian Centre. In the team Open Event, Niamh Ganly, Aoife Cuffe, Caoimhe Moore and Caroline Moore finished in sixth place. Third year Caoimhe Moore was fifth in the Open Individual while first year Leila Oakman won gold in the Novice Individual. Well done girls
Camogie
Transition year student Aideen Burke is the recipient of the Clare Sports Star award for camogie. Maith Thu!
Hockey
In the Heskin Cup our senior team lost to the Jez, won against Sligo Grammar and drew against Salerno. Unfortunately they were knocked out on points difference. This team also played in the Costello Cup, coming third in the league with the play-offs after Christmas.
The senior B team did well in the Ward Cup winning three games but did not qualify for the finals.
The junior A team reached the semi-finals of the Lupton Cup but lost to the Jez by one goal. This outstanding team should do very well next year.
The junior B also showed great promise in the Hanley Shield only losing in the semi-final in extra time because of a last minute goal.
First and second year teams will be in action in the new year.
Trinity Entrance Exhibition Scholarships
Congratulations to the four Bower girls who were awarded Entrance Exhibition Scholarships to Trinity College, based on their results in the 2009 leaving Cert. Lisa Boland, Patricia Harkins, Lara Cassidy and Christine Mimnagh-Fleming all scored more than 560 points in their final exam.
Golden Girls
Good luck to the three Golden girls from Coosan in the All Ireland Talent Show, especially Bower girls Cliodhna and Shauna.
Swimming Stars
AIT
Science Quiz
Congrats to the Bower team of Sadhbh Lee, Megan McNicholas and Maria Lough who finished in 3rd place in the recent Science Week quiz in Athlone IT. The girls qualify for the national finals to be held in Trinity College.
Science
Olympians
Congrats to Teresa Carty, Patricia McDonnell, Katie Lynam and Sinead Kilgarriff who have been chosen to train for the Science Olympics based on their Junior Cert results. They all scored grade A on a higher level paper in maths and science.
BT
Young Scientist
The following students and projects have qualified for the Young Scientist Exhibition which will be held from 13th – 16th January in the RDS Dublin:
Dearbhla O’Dwyer & Nessa Hunt - The Sound of Study
Sive Brassil, Saidhb Hurley& Molly Keane – Decline in Mass Attendance of Young Catholics
Bronte Fitzmaurice & Megan Hanlon – The Power of Dance
Kate Scully, Bronagh Gallagher& Lorna Payne – Is taste in Music related to Personality?
Eileen Reidy – A photographic Study of the Life Cycle of the Cabbage White Butterfly
Mairin Ryan – The physics of the Musical Saw
Rotary
Youth Leadership
Prism Maths Competition
Principal Sr Denise O’Brien presented the Bower winners of the PRISM maths competition with their prizes. Jessica Rogers and Caoimhe Curran from second year were the joint top scorers at junior level, while Aideen Burke came out on top at senior level.
Students in Our Lady’s Bower participated in the national PRISM maths competition to celebrate Maths Week 2009. In total 89 juniors and 48 seniors took part in the hour long problem-solving challenge.
Youth
Olympics Qualifiers
Congrats to 5th
year student Jenny Byrne who has been selected for the Irish U-17 soccer team.
Cross
Country
Congratulations
to all our Leaving Cert students who did so well in this year’s exam,
particularly top students Elaine Houlihan and Lisa Boland, who scored an
impressive 580 points each.
Congratulations
to all of last year’s third years but in particular to the following
outstanding students:
Sinead
Kilgarriff who received 11As
Patricia
McDonnell, Saibh Hurley and Katie Lynam who each scored 10As
Alison Fagan
and Teresa Carty who were awarded 9As each.
Well done to
all!
Congrats to 6th
year student Caoimhe King who represented Ireland in the triple jump and relay
at this year’s championships held in Finland. Caoimhe won a bronze medal for
the relay. Caoimhe joins the growing list of Bower girls who have represented
Ireland in their chosen sport.
Talented 5th
year Michelle Doyle has just been announced as a winner in the Development Youth
Prize with her poster on gender equality. She will compete in the next stage of
the competition in Stockholm, Sweden, from the 21-23 October during the European
Development days, along with a student from Loreto in Dalkey. One of the girls
will be chosen to represent Ireland in the final workshops in Africa.
Write Up My
Street
Bower Awards 2008-2009
Bank of Ireland Student of the
Year
Aisling Doolan
Nicola Ward Trophy for 1st
Year Public Speaking
Katie McClean
Alison Hamilton
Melissa Kalnberzina
2nd Christine Mimnagh Fleming
3rd Georgina Fagan
4th Rosemary Salaja
Full Attendance for
Six Years
Rosemary Salaja
Gaisce – The President’s Award
13 fifth years and 11 transition year students were presented with their medals:
Denise Dunne
Maeve Cooney
Caoimhe King
Caoimhe Greene
Erhuvwou Agnanobi
Maria Campbell
Aoife Cunningham
Helen Hughes
Sadhbh Lee
Robyn Marren
Niamh Ní Catháin
Laura Piggott
Sinead F Carey
Amy Duignan
Aoife Dolan
Cliodhna Daly
Lynn Fitzsimons
Rachel Bleach
Laura Dunning
Aoife O’Flaherty
Hazel Doolan
Mary Casey
Michelle Doyle
Sinead O’Brien
Football Player of the Year
Samantha Maguire – well named!
The Bower Senior Football Team
U-14 Football Super Sevens Winners
1st Year Gaelic Team
Gaelic Football Coaching and Refereeing Course
22 transition students were involved in these courses and in promoting the sport in primary schools
Hockey
Players of the Year
Georgina Fagan and Elaine Houlihan
Connacht Finalists 2009
The 1st year A team in the Blackmore Cup
The 1st year B team in the Cahill Cup
Swimming
Boland
Cup for Swimming
Helen Kearney
Special Merit Award for International Swimming Career
Lisa Boland
Double
Gold Medallists All-Ireland Schools’ Finals- Senior Relay Team
Aoife Corry
Emma Fahy
Naoimi Mullins
Eimear Corry
International Schools Swimmers
Aoife Corry
Emma Fahy
Basketball
Basketball Player of the Year
Katlyn Parker
Midland
Regional Champions and 5th in Ireland A Section
1st Year Basketball team
Inter- Provincial Players
U-14
Jane Henshaw
Ashleigh Rose Coyle
Nicole Collison
Katie McClean
Athletics
Niamh Ní Catháin
Gold in Long Jump and 100m;
Niamh Ní Catháin
Silver Medallists;
Aislinn Hurley
Maeve Brassil
Kate Burke
Mary Walsh
Claire Burke
Sive Brassil
Maeve Brassil
Cliodhna Daly
Orlaith Reidy
Duck Derby
Congratulatons to the hardworking Parents' Association on another successful fundraising event. The funds raised will pay for study skills next year. The results of the duck race were as follows:
1st - Melita Quirke 2nd - Jennifer Mc Cormack 3rd - TJ Doyle Seller's prize - Isabel Grey
Westmeath Super Stars
Congratulations to the girls on the Bower senior relay team who have been chosen as the Westmeath Independent sports stars for February.Aoife Corry, Emma Fahy, Naoimi Mullins and Eimear Corry won gold in the senior freestyle relay and the senior medley relay at the Irish Schools' Championships 2009. Aoife and Emma also represented Ireland at the International Schools' gala in Swansea.
International Film Festival
Good luck to Mr Keating and the cast of "Bionn Dha Insint ar Sceal" who are competing in Dublin today, 13th May. The winners will go forward to take part in the film festival in Treviso, Italy.
Fiddler on The Roof
Congratulations to Harry Smith, Mary Meany, Aisling Witters, Heather Flynn, Joe Duke, Grainne Moore, Terry Jackson, Paschal Gough, and the Transition year cast and crew of "Fiddler" on a wonderful show.
Athlone Community Radio.ie
Clar Gaeilge with students from Our Lady's Bower will be broadcast on Athlone Community Radio.ie on Sunday, 24th May at 5.30pm.
Golf News
Congrats to TY student Amy Farrell who has just been selected for the Leinster U-18 golf team.
First Year Basketball
Well done to Paddy and the First Year basketball team who finished 5th overall in the All-Ireland A Premier League. A fantastic achievement since teams from the 32 counties competed. Four of the panel were selected for the inter-provincial U-14 panel: Nicole Collison and Jane Henshaw for Leinster and Ashleigh Rose Coyle and Katie McClean for Connacht. Well done girls!
Public Access to Law
Well done to the TY group who won 2 out of 3 cases in the PAL competition on the 25th April. Unfortunately they did not qualify for the national finals.
Sci-Fest Athlone
Congrats to the Bower students who scooped many of the prizes on offer at the AIT last Fri 24th April. They were:
Shauna Coffey - 1st junior Physical Sciences & 2nd overall
Mairin Ryan & Eileen Reidy - 2nd junior Physical Sciences & Best Display
Sinead O'Brien & Stephanie Reilly - 2nd intermediate Physical Sciences
Amy Duignan, Rachel Bleach & Kathy Spollen - 2nd intermediate Biological Sciences
Equestrian Matters
Congratulations to 3rd year Niamh Dooley who represented Ireland in a show-jumping competition near Paris on the 18th and 19th April. Niamh won the bronze medal in her first event and silver against the clock, missing out on a gold medal by a fraction of a second. a superb achievement!
Life Through the Lens
Well done to TY student Megan Connolly who won the Connacht senior category in a photography competition recently.
First Year Basketball Team through to Play-offs
Congrats to Paddy Mullally and the 1st Yr basketball team who won the Regional finals on Fri 20th March, beating Presentation Thurles by a huge margin.. They will compete in the All-Ireland finals on the May bank holiday weekend.
First Year Hockey Teams in Double Final
Congrats to Gudge and the first year hockey players who have reached the finals of the Blackmore and Cahill Cups, beating Salerno of Galway yesterday, 18th March.
T1 to Make and Star in Short Film for TG4
Congratulations to Mr Keating and the students of T1 whose film script "Bionn dha insint ar sceal" will be produced and directed by Cathal Watters for TG4. The short film, which will be shown on TG4 later this year, was one of four scripts submitted to the junior film competition from Our Lady's Bower.
The completed film will compete at an awards ceremony in the Irish Film Centre for the opportunity to participate in the International Junior Film Festival in Treviso, Italy, which attracts entries from all over the world.
Hoodies take Bronze Medal!
Congrats to the Hoodies Company from Transition Year who were placed 3rd in the senior section of the Young Entrepreneurs competition last Friday, March 6th. They were Maeve Brassil, Ellen O'Beirn, Naoimi Cavanagh, Katie Connolly, Nessa Walsh and Alison Duffy.
Junior Gaelic team win Leinster Final
Congrats to Deirdre Slevin and the Junior Gaelic team who became Leinster Champions on Wed 4th March when they defeated St Mary's Naas 5-14 to 2-7. They come up against the Munster Champions on the 18th or 19th March. Good luck!
Business Brains
Congrats to last year's Junior Cert students (and their teachers) who were presented with certificates at Athlone Institute of Technology for achieving an A grade in their Business Studies exam:
Rachel Bleach, Maeve Brassil, jenny Byrne, Amy Duignan, Grainne Elliot, Emma Fahy, Claire Heavin, Sarah McGann, Hannah Moore, Ellen O'Beirn, Niamh O'Connor.
Sports Update
Good luck to the Junior Gaelic team who will meet st Mary's Drogheda, in the Leinster semi-finals.Also to our athletes who will compete in the All-Ireland Cross Country Championships in Belfast.
Well done to the senior hockey team who played so well in the final of the Palmer Cup on the 10th Feb. Unfortunately they came up against a superior Jez team which boasted 5 international players!
Aoife and Emma are selected for Irish Swim Team
The Bower swim team excelled itself at the Irish Schools' Championships held last weekend,6th and 7th Feb, at the National Aquatic Centre.Aoife Corry was 3rd in the senior 100m freestyle while Emma Fahy was 2nd in the intermediate 100m freestyle. Both girls were selected for the Irish team for the international schools gala to be held in March. With their team mates Naoimi Mullins and Eimear Corry, they also won gold in the senior 200m freestyle and medley relays.An exceptional achievement for all concerned. The team would like to thank their coaches Johnny Powell and Linda O'Halloran from Athlone Swimming Club.
Bower student King of the Triple Jump
Fifth Year Caoimhe King is in consideration for the European Youth Olympics in Finland in July. The team of athletes will be decided after the All Ireland Schools Track and Field in Tullamore on Sat 30th May. Good luck Caoimhe!
Over The Wall
Well done to the Transition Year drama group who reached the regional final of the Briery Gap Drama competition with their one-act play "Over the Wall". The play was directed by Harry Smith.
Connacht Schools Swimming Championships Jan 2009
Congratulations to the Swim Team from Our Lady’s Bower who were placed 3rd in the overall ranking at the Connacht Championships last weekend. The relay teams took gold in the senior 200m medley and freestyle, while Aoife Corry won gold in the senior 100m freestyle. Aoife also won silver in the 100m backcrawl, while Emma Fahey was second in the intermediate 100m freestyle and Naomi Mullins second in the senior 100m freestyle. Aine Mooney and Naomi Mullins took bronze in the senior 100m butterfly and 100m backcrawl respectively. Laura Griffin and Eimear Corry swam well in their individual events and were part of the winning relay teams.
Showjumping News
Well done to 1st year Lucia Stanley who was placed 3rd out of 128 competitors at a schools showjumping competition in Ballinasloe on the 18th Jan.
Young Scientist
Congratulations to Transition Year students Amy Duignan, Rachel Bleach and Kathy Spollen who were awarded a prize for their display at this year's Young Scientist Exhibition. They compared the vitamin C content of organic and non-organic fruit and veg.
Junior County Council
Congratulations to Lisa Gorry, 5th year, and Caoimhe Walshe, TY, who have been elected to the Westmeath Junior County Council
Senior Gaelic
Best Wishes to the senior Gaelic team who have reached the Leinster quarter finals..
UCD High Achievers Award
The UCD High Achiever Awards are presented to first year students in the college who achieve 540 points or higher in their Leaving Certificate, in recognition of their exceptional academic accomplishment. This year four students from Our Lady’s Bower were presented with this award in Belfield on Friday, 21 November - Dairine Dolan, who is doing Actuarial and Financial Studies, Iseult Flynn, who is studying Biomedical Health and Life Science and Rachel Gallagher, who is studying Architecture in the college. The fourth recipient Grainne Ahern, already has a degree in Law from Trinity College and has returned to college to study Medicine
Trips
Transition Year - Forty-five Transition years will go skiing in Austria at the end of Jan
Forty-two students will visit Berlin and Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Feb
Second Years - Ms Olwill will lead an expedition to Venice and Lake Garda at the end of April accompanied by ninety students!
English
All 3rd year Higher Level
students enjoyed their visit to see The Merchant of Venice in The Helix in
Dublin in Nov
German
All senior German students went to the local cinema to see “Die Welle” in Nov
Religion
Third years have visited the Mosque in Dublin, Emmanuel House and Clonfert.
Careers Corner
Open Days Attended
NUIG Oct 9
AIT Nov 14
Custume Barracks Nov 13
DCU Nov 21
TCD Dec 10
Careers Talks
Held most Wed and Fri mornings in Lecture Room.
Study Skills for 3rd & 6th years
Held on Thurs 13 Nov and funded by the Parents Association
For Your Diary
Jan 15 - UCAS closing date for Pharmacy
Jan 31 - Health Profession Admission Test for the University of Ulster
Feb 1 – Closing date for normal applications to the CAO
Feb 14 – Admission Test for undergraduate entry to Medecine
Rotary Youth Leadership
Bower Student Wins Rotary Leadership Award
Caoimhe Greene, a fifth year student in Our Lady’s Bower, won one of the three Youth Leadership Awards in a competition hosted by the Athlone Rotary Club in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel on the 19th November.
The award is part of the Rotary’s leadership training programme for young people, emphasising leadership, citizenship and personal growth.
Caoimhe, along with two other young Irish students, will take part in a youth session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg following a visit to the Northern Assembly in Stormont early next year. Her debating skills and leadership experience ensured her success in the competition, which was organised by John Daly and hosted by Rotary president, Martin Egan.
Hockey News
Junior B has reached semi-finals of the Howley Shield
Junior A has reached semi-finals of the Griffin Cup
Senior A has reached semi-finals of the Costello Cup
Hockey Coaching
Thirteen Transition years have signed on for a hockey coaching course in Three Rock Rovers club in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. On completing the course, they will be presented with a certificate from the Leinster Hockey Union.
Soroptimist Public Speaking
Our Lady’s Bower will be represented by Lisa Gorry and Maeve Cooney at the local final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking competition to be held in Athlone in Jan ’09. The two fifth years will be trying to emulate Rebecca Sheeran, winner of the All-Ireland final this year!
Helen and her teacher win trip to Africa!
Global warming, managing natural resources and tourism are huge
challenges faced worldwide, that deeply affect developing countries. Young
people in Europe have been actively thinking and working on these issues via the
2007 Development Youth Prize.
Students aged between 16 and 18 from all European Member States have
submitted their own original art work - including posters and multimedia
presentations - showing their creative and critical views on today’s main
issues in Africa, particularly those related to the environment.
Out of 1,128 entries, one winner and one runner-up for each country have
been selected. Helen Hughes and Caoimhe Greene, both 5th year
students in the Bower, represented Ireland at the competition.
The award ceremony was held in Strasbourg, France on 15 – 17 November. The national winners and their teachers will be rewarded with a trip to Africa, giving them a first-hand experience of European actions in the field. Helen was chosen as the Irish representative and will go to Zambia in March with her teacher Ms. Oonagh Kelly. Congrats to both!
Science Quiz
Congratulations to the Bower team of Lisa Boland, Lara Cassidy and Laura Brennan who were 2nd in the ISTA Science Quiz held in the AIT on the 13th Nov. They qualify for the National finals which will be held in Trinity College on the 29th Nov. A second Bower team with Elaine Houlihan, Deirdre Cogan and Helen Kearney performed very well in the competition.
Young Scientist
This year two groups from the Bower qualified for the BTYoung Scientist Exhibition in Jan. Amy Duignan, Kathy Spollen and Rachel Bleach will compare the Vitamin C content of organic v non-organic fruit and veg. Alison Duffy, Ellen O’Beirn and Maeve Brassil are preparing a study o
n "Body Image – Your View or His?"Music in the Classroom
On the 10th Nov, all first, second and third year music students attended the "Music in the Classroom" concert in the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The National Symphony Orchestra, directed by Gearoid Grant, performed works from the Junior Cert syllabus.
High Achievers
Coosan girls Cliodhna and Shauna Golden received High Achievers Awards in the Royal Irish Academy of Music exams. They were acknowledged at a concert in Dublin recently.
J’adore
In Oct the string trio "J’adore" performed at the Burgess Fashion Show in the Sheraton Hotel in aid of the Westmeath Hospice. The trio was formed by talented second years Ellen O’Rourke, Genevieve Hamilton and Vivienne Peters. Fellow second year Cliodhna Golden sang and played guitar at the event.
Cross-Country
Once again the Bower excelled at the Westmeath Schools Cross-Country Championships in Mullingar in September. We were first U15, U17 and U19 and second U14.
Horse Riding
The Senior Horse Riding team was placed fourth in the Inter Schools competition held on the 8th Nov. The team consists of Aoife Dunning, Therese Kelly, Nessa Walsh and Aideen Moran.
Outdoor Pursuits
All TY students enjoyed their few days at the Horizon Adventure Centre in Westport in early Oct.
Tag Rugby
This was introduced into the school last Sept and has proved very popular. Transition years are coached by Ciaran Sloyen and the first years by Lorna Stuart-Trainor. A blitz is planned for all 1st year girls in the AIT before Christmas.
Golf
Transition years can look forward to a nine-week golf coaching course in Feb, to take place in Athlone Golf Club.
BOWER SCIENCE OLYMPIANS
Congratulations to Bower student Ellen O’Beirn, who has been selected for the 2009 Irish European Union Science Olympiad and to fellow classmate Alison Duffy who has been selected to compete in the 2008 Irish Junior Science Olympiad.
The girls were chosen based on their outstanding results in the 2008 Junior Certificate, including As in Higher Level Science and Maths
TY 08-9
This is the biggest year group ever with over 100 students, one whole new class formed; this is proving a great group for sports and good attitude. Welcome to all the new girls in the year.
The group is making the most of the chance to "taste" new sports such as rugby and fencing, as well as showing great interest in hockey, football and basketball.
Three new subjects have v been introduced: Tourism, Introduction to Psychology, and History- Holocaust.
Activities, competitions:
AIB Build -a-Bank, manager Kathy Spollen and her staff are learning to be the money minders of the future.
Two entries in the BT Young Scientist competition are going ahead to Dublin in January.
Public Access to Law; going ahead with lots of interest, also competitors in the Young Social Innovators, Agri-Aware and Briery Gap One-act drama competitions. Young Entrepreneurs are busy marketing their new products and services for the competition in spring 09. Christmas market should be good this year.
All TY students currently out on work experience week one. We hope their employers will recover soon.
Community service: fundraising for Charity
Huge effort by TY girls who fund-raised for Run For Life recently. The weekend was a major success, but this would not have been possible but for the the numerous young volunteers from TY classes at Our Lady’s Bower that helped with the bucket collections. Great stuff, girls! The next big fundraiser will be on Monday December 22nd in Athlone Town Centre, where TY students will be organising the collection in aid of GOAL.
Gaisce The President’s Award has kicked off. In six months time they will have achieved a bronze medal, provided they carry out the challenges they have set for themselves. Go, girls!
St Hilda’s School: Bower girls help each week at swimming.
A First Aid course run by the Order of Malta is fully subscribed, and a second course will be offered in December.
Looking ahead
During this term, there will be two workshops arranged, starting with Style and Personal Presentation and Songschool
TY’S big day out is on 16th December, ice-skating in the RDS and visiting Dublin
The TYs will be planning and compering the annual First Year Talent Show on Friday 19th December
Two school trips this year, the ski trip in January, and for those who prefer big cities, and especially the students of German, the Berlin tour in February.
Lots of students are opting to learn French in France, taking the opportunity of TY to spend time in a French school. Bonne Chance!
Click here to view some Arts Week photos.
Our Lady’s Bower has recently celebrated its Arts Week for all pupils. It is the aim of the school that every girl should experience a week devoted to the Arts once in her school career. The Arts Week was first instituted in 1984, when the Sainte Union sisters celebrated their centenary in Athlone. This was the fifth such event and turned out to be a rich festival of Poetry, Sculpture, Music, Fashion, Crafts, Drama and Cinema
The Arts Week was a special occasion for all pupils- an opportunity given by the school to learn more about what is called "The Arts". Our Lady’s Bower is one of the few schools in the country to offer such an occasion to its students. They have had four such Arts Weeks before in the school; in 1984, 1990 and 1995 and 2000. Each time they were weeks to remember for the girls.
Our Lady’s Bower has a long and well-deserved reputation for excellence in the fields of Art, Literature and Music. Through past pupils and staff, many links with writers and artists have been possible and the invited participants include many well-known speakers, artists, performers and exhibitors such as: Liam O’Maonlaí, Regina Nathan, Ciarán Mullooly, Don Conroy, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Niall de Burca, Gearóid O’Brien, Michael Casey and Leo Mahon to name a few. The week started with a rousing recital from the Western Command Pipe Band for the whole school in the new gym.
Highlights of the week, according to the students, were storytellers Niall de Burca and Paddy Slattery, musicians Liam O Maonlaí, the Young European Strings Orchestra, Ciaran Mulooly of RTÉ, Artscope Percussion from Sligo, artist Ethna Brogan from Belfast, writer Kate Kerrigan and many other workshop presenters.
Local contributers to Arts Week 08 included the following personalities: Vera Hughes, Desmond Egan, Frankie Keena, Joe Ducke of Passionfruit Theatre, Maria Mahon,Tadgh Carey, Fiona McGinty, Maggie Dolan, Vanessa Van Denbulck, Gráinne Monaghan, Brian O’Ruairc , A.I.T.,Darina Ganly, Imelda Greraghty, Michelle Lynch, Jennie Hoo, artist Robbie Ryan and others. Many present and former staff members used their skills and expertise to give talks and workshops during the week. One such was a one-woman play performed by Margaret Hogan, now living in Galway. An exhibition of photographs by Aoibhinn Ní Chonchubair enlivened the walls of the new building. Science Magic by Randle Henly and a talk by Patricia Kieran, U.C.D., as well as a Forensics workshop kept many students enthralled.
All students experienced some hands-on art activities such as felt-making, silk collage and embroidery, chocolate and butter sculpting. They also were given the chance to act, sing and make music. Many got the chance to juggle and to make balloons, walk on stilts and paint faces. The IFT mobile cinema brought films to the Bower, and the week was brought to a close by a table quiz for all in the school gym. This was only the second occasion in recent times that the entire school population was brought under the one roof, as the new building was formally opened only last week
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Congratulations!
To the senior tennis team who won the Connacht Finals on 21st May: Elaine Houlihan, Christine Mimnagh-Fleming, Doreen Macken and Jennifer Walsh.
To the Parents’Association on yet another
successful Duck Derby which has raised over €11,000 for school
development. The winning ducks belonged to:
Rachel Maher €1,000
Sarah Devery €600
Mary Browne €400
Many others won vouchers kindly donated by local businesses.
To the ten finalists in the First Year Public Speaking Competition which was held on 15th May in the school hall. After a very entertaining evening Eadaoin Daly from Kilbeggan was awarded the Nicola Ward Trophy for her speech entitled “ A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step”. Grainne Kelly from Moate was awarded second place with her funny take on “Men”. Deirdre Campbell came third with “Its tough being a teenager” while Ellen O’Rourke came fourth with her speech on the media. Well done to Mr Higgins and Ms Quirke who organise the event which has been up and running for 20 years!
To the athletes who qualified for the All-Ireland – Caoimhe King, Aoife King, Maeve Brassil, Sive Brassil, Naomi Mullins, Claire Burke and Rebecca Freyne. Special congrats to Caoimhe who set a new Connacht record in the Triple Jump
Don’t miss ……
.. the first ever event to be held in the new gym on Tuesday 20th May. Creative Couture will feature the intriguingly inventive work of the Transition year students while entertainment will be provided by talented students from the school. Tickets can be bought by contacting the office.
Bower Girls win Trocaire Prize at YSI Awards
A team of Transition students from Our Lady’s Bower has been awarded the Trocaire One World prize at the Young Social Innovators final in the RDS recently. Their project “Fair Play” aimed to replace all footballs and basketballs used in schools with Fairtrade, ethically produced balls.
While researching the issue they were horrified to discover the injustice of paying a child in Asia 15c to make a ball for multi-national corporations to sell at €90. The girls visited all the schools in the local area and got a very positive response from principals.
The St. Francis football club are already using the Fairtrade footballs and have already re-ordered them for next year. The Bower girls are hoping that other clubs and sporting suppliers will change over too.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ON THEIR RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS 2008
Rachel Gallagher, Marcella O Reilly,
Dairine Dolan, Ciara Rigney
3rd
Place in the Midlands Branch Team Maths Competition 2008
Sarah
McKeagney, Lisa Gorry, Laura Piggott, Katie Dunne
Gold
and Silver Medal Winners
Leinster School of Speech & Drama
Michaela
Barrington &Sinead McDermott with “Red Hair- Dead or Dead Cool?”
Emma & Alison Fagan, Annette Benson with “Happy Feet”
Shannon Slevin, Tara Wade & Denise Devery with “Ring, Ring, Bugs Alert”
RECENT
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
1st
Year Basketball Team
All Ireland Finalists
Annette
Benson & Katie Rock
Selected
for Midland Basketball U-14 Team
Rebecca
Sheeran, a 5th year pupil of Our Lady's Bower, has won the national final of a
public speaking competition, organised by The Soroptimist Clubs of Ireland. The
final, held in the Radisson Hotel, Cork Airport on Saturday, March 8th, was
attended by contestants from throughout the Republic of Ireland and club
members.
Rebecca - speaking on the topic "Men and Women - Equal at Last!!" - progressed through the local and regional stages to national finals. She will join the winner from Northern Ireland at the annual AGM of Soroptimists Ireland for their convention in Bray in May, when she will again present her speech.
The
contest included an impromptu speech of two minutes preparation on
"Leisure". Rebecca's prize was a trip to Brussels, accompanied by
other finalists.
The swimming team from Our Lady’s Bower had a very successful weekend at the All-Ireland Swimming Championships held at the Leisureland pool in Galway on the 2nd and 3rd February. The senior freestyle relay team of Jacqueline Mooney, Aoife Corry, Emma Fahey and Naomi Mullins won gold, setting a new Irish record. The Intermediate medley relay team – Naomi Mullins, Emma Fahey, Aine Mooney and Aoife Corry- swam strongly to take silver. In recognition of their talent, Jacqueline Mooney and Aoife Corry were selected to represent Ireland in the International Schools finals in England on the 8th March. This will be Westmeath Sportstar Jacqueline’s 4th school cap and young Aoife’s 3rd.
Caoimhe King, a transition year student at Our Lady’s Bower, continued her recent winning streak at the Scottish Athletics Indoor Championships held last weekend in Glasgow. Caoimhe came first in the Triple Jump and third in the High Jump clearing 1 metre 65. She won equivalent titles in the Woodies DIY Junior Championships in Nenagh recently, and won bronze in the Triple Jump with a jump of 11 metres 42 at the British National Championships held two weeks ago in Birmingham.
This is an outstanding achievement for a very talented athlete who is very quick to attribute her success to the commitment of her coaches. At weekends Caoimhe is coached by Ernie Deacy of Westport AC, while during the week, she trains at the Athlone Institute of Technology with Sandra Ui Cathain and Mary Burgoyne of Roscommon AC .
Caoimhe is currently in training for the Connacht Championships which will take place in three weeks time, and ultimately for the last event of the indoor season, the All-Ireland Juvenile Championships two weeks later.
The cast of
“The Mikado” which has just finished a very successful run at Our
Lady’s Bower. The musical was directed by Harry Smith.
Three projects have been accepted for the BT Young Scientist Exhibition in the RDS in January. Maeve Cooney, Laura Piggott and Robyn Marren will look into how boarding school has influenced lives in their project “A boarder’s life for me?” The different ways in which we learn inspired Anna O’Flynn, Emma Spain and Iqra Khanam to present “Feel, see, hear...How do you learn?” while Aoife Corry, Aine Devane and Caoimhe MacNeice will study how the wavelength of light affects the growth of a typical monocot plant.
Congratulations to Suzanne Naughton, Rachel Harney and Doireann Barnicle who have been confirmed among the college’s list of High Achievers for 2007. These are students who are currently in first year in UCD and who scored over 540 points in their Leaving Cert. Suzanne is studying Veterinary Medicine, Doireann, Physiotherapy and Rachel, Structural Engineering with Architecture.
Our Lady’s Bower past pupils Cathy McGrath and Kerrie O’Hanlon are the worthy recipients of the 2007 Parents’ Association bursaries. Cathy is studying Social Studies in Cork IT while Kerrie has chosen Legal Secretarial Studies in Athlone IT.
Transition Year students are currently doing an 18 hour certified First Aid course, given by the Order of Malta. Garda John Divilly visited the school recently to talk about drugs and alcohol abuse.
Fencing : continues on Wednesday night
Cross- Country: Bower athletes are the current All-Ireland junior champions
Also current minor champions
Basketball: Senior team qualified for quarter final play-offs
Gaelic Football: Senior team qualified for Leinster quarter finals
Hockey: Senior team qualified for Connacht semi-finals
Andrea Sanchez selected for Spanish U-16 team
Staying with science, a sixth year Bower team were narrowly pipped for third place in a tie-break with St. Mel’s of Longford at the annual ISTA (Irish Science Teachers’ Association) table quiz held in Athlone Institute of Technology on November 15th. The girls, Orla Hughes, Iseult Flynn and Caroline Monaghan were delighted to finish well ahead of the posse as over thirty teams participated in the popular event.
Kara Diffley, Megan McNicholas and Sadhbh Lee, all Transition Year students in Our Lady’s Bower, who have been invited by DCU to participate in the Irish Junior Science Olympiad based on outstanding results in this subject in their Junior Certificate 2007.
Congratulations to Catherine Bennett who has been offered an entrance exhibition scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin based on outstanding results in her Leaving Certificate 2007. Catherine is a past pupil of Our Lady’s Bower.
Congratulations to Laura Mullaney who has been offered an entrance exhibition scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin based on outstanding results in her Leaving Certificate 2007. Laura is a past pupil of Our Lady’s Bower.
Congratulations to Evelyn Harkins who has been offered an entrance exhibition scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin based on outstanding results in her Leaving Certificate 2007. Evelyn is a past pupil of Our Lady’s Bower.
On Monday, November 19th, Our Lady’s Bower was represented in the first round of the EU Forum on public speaking by Transition Year students Lisa Gorry, Caoimhe Greene and Maeve Cooney. The topic – “Cross-border crime, should the EU be doing more to prevent it?”. Lisa spoke of the evils of drug trafficking while Maeve gave a lively speech on paedophilia, questioning how easy it is for paedophiles to ply their trade all over Europe. Caoimhe’s topic was the suffering caused by human trafficking.
With four other schools participating, competition was stiff but the Bower girls were announced as clear winners by former FG TD Paul McGrath, chairman of the judging panel. They go on to represent their county in the regional finals in Navan on 14th December.
Transition Years took part in a maths table quiz. 1st prize winners were Saibh Lee, Megan McNicholas, Aine Devane and Aoife Corry. The 2nd prize went to Caoimhe Greene, Robyn Marren, Jennifer Walsh and Maeve Cooney. It was enjoyed by all!
Congratulations ladies!! Well done to all that took part!
The Prism maths competition was held for Junior and Senior students. We are eagerly awaiting the results.
Congratulations to the girls of Junior Certificate 2007 who did so well in their exams. Sadhbh Lee, Kara Diffley, Sinead Carey, Kara Diffley and Maeve Cooney each received 11A's. According to the National Press, twelve students in the country achieved this outstanding result.
A disco was held in the Rugby Club as a celebration and the night was enjoyed by all.
The Graduation dance took place on Wednesday 29th August. A great night was had by all.
Jenny Huston 2001
Alison McArdle 2000
Roisin Green 2006
Niamh Shea 2006
Leah Egan 2005
Rachael Evans 2005
Grainne Ahern 2004
Anna Coyle 2004
Eavan Higgins 2004
Sorcha Nic Suibhne 2004
Elenor Kearon 2003
Roisin Gavin 2003
Claire Harkins 2003
Jess Kearon 2003
Sinead Lydon 2003
Jennifer Huston 2002
Eleanor Griffiths 2002
Darina Devery 2002
Li Hoo 2002
Helen Salmon 2002
Mairead O'Connor 2002
Elizabeth Coen 2001
Ruth Devery 2001
Laura Montgomery 2000
Bernadette Brady 2000
Grace Hennessy 2000
Emily Egan 1999
Tanya Sheridan 1999
Isabelle Fallon 1999
 | Elaine Hanna 2003 |
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Niamh Connolly 2000 |
| Anne Coyle 2000 |
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Deirdre Barnicle 1999 |
Royal College of Surgeons
| Hillary Fallon 2002 |
| Jane Salmon 2002 |
| Karen Boland 2001 |
| Erin Carolan 2000 |
NUI Maynooth Entrance Scholarship
| Emma Joyce 2004 |
| Sinead Egan 2004 |
NUIG Entrance Scholarship
| Niamh Donagh 2005 |
| Siobhan Hendrick 2003 |
Hilary Fallon has been awarded an Easter Week Commemoration Scholarship by the Department of Education and Science, based on her Leaving Certificate results 2002.
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Grainne Ahern - 2004 |
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Eleanor Kearon- 2003 |
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Elizabeth Coen-2001 |
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Darina Corcoran-2001 |
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Jean Scally-2001 |
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Tanya Sheridan 1999 |
| Sandra Curley 2004 |
| Nuala Moroney 2004 |
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Aoife Barnicle 2001 |
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Mary Kenny 1999 |
Chosen to participate in training for IMO
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Elaine Houlihan 2006 |
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Orla Lawn 2006 |
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Darine Dolan 2005 |
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Aisling O'Brien 2003 |
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Maria Grana 2002 |
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Niamh Maloney 2002 |
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Niamh Donagh 2001 |
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Tanya Smith 2001 |
| Elaine Houlihan - 2006 |
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Saoirse Stronge 2004 |
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Orla McGlynn 2004 |
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Roisin Gavin-2000 |
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Siobhan Hendrick-2000 |
| Maeve O'Reilly-1999 |
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Hilary Fallon-1999 |
| Jennifer Huston-1999 |
| Darina Devery-1998 |
| Susan Conlon-1998 |
These awards are made by the German Embassy on the basis of the girls' outstanding results in the Junior Certificate.
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Hilary Price |
These students have been awarded scholarships to St. Finians College Mullingar for voice and instrument tuition.
Congratulations to Karla Finnegan, Shirley Kenny and Theresa Yee who were awarded 1st Place in the Intermediate Biological and Ecological Science Section.
Congratulations also to Aisling O'Brien, Deirdre O'Connor and Niamh Donnelly who won a Display Award and were Highly Commended and to
Eimear Curley, Sandra Murray and Amanda Bennett who were Highly Commended.
Well Done Girls!!
| Hannah Byrne Regional Winner 2003 |
| Heather Huston grade 4 singing exam 2003 |
D’ éirigh le Nóra Ni Chruiséal an chéad duais a bhuachan i Rannóg
an Teastais Shóisearaigh den chomórtas náisiúnta seo le dán dá
cuid ‘M’áit Dhúchais’.Is cúis mhór bhróid é seo dúinn sa Ghrianán
agus guimid gach rath ar a cuid cumadóireachta sa todhchai
Congratulations to Nora Crushell who won first prize in the Junior Certificate section of the FEASTA/ Comhar na Múinteoiri Gaeilge national poetry competition with her poem ‘M’áit Dhúchais’.We wish her well in her future endeavours as a poet!
Best Supporting actors
2004Aisling O'Brien and Marianne Casssidy
2002
Transition Year students win All Ireland Final with the one act play 'Us and
Them'.
Cast: Emma Joyce, Susan Foy, Leonie Brennan, Orlaith Young, Louise
O'Farrell, Eavan Higgins, Jennifer Temple, Andrea Nugent, Niamh Donagh, Ciara
Cassells, Erika Concannon, Grainne Ahern, Niamh Hanna, Erica Mulvihill,
Catherine Egan, Boland, Claire Troy, Jennifer Finnegan, Sheila Martin, Ashlyn
Earl, Sinead Kinsella, Clodagh O'Flaherty, Emer O'Callaghan, Lorna Fitzgerald,
Sarah Dooley.
Speech and Drama
Awarded 1st Class Honours in 2002
Aoife McGlynn Grade 6
Cliona McGowan Grade 7
Sarah O Farrell Grade 7
Emma Hughes Grade 8
Aisling Ahern Grade
9
Rachael Evans Grade 9
Each girl received a gold medal from the Leinster Academy of Music for her
excellent performance.
Grainne Ahern - 2004
Niamh Donagh -2004
Eavan Higgins - 2004
Aoife Rhattigan - 2004
Deepasree Bangaru Raju - 2003 (2nd place)
Dhivyashree Bangaru Raju - 2003 (2nd place)
Angela Gillen - 2003 (2nd place)
Stephanie Fowler - 2003 (2nd place)
Edel Butler - 2002
Emma Coyle - 2002
Hillary Fallon - 2002
Jane Salmon - 2002
Eleanor Griffith - 2002 (2nd place)
Jenny Huston - 2002 (2nd place)
Mairead O Connor - 2002 (2nd place)
Siobhan Noonan - 2002 (2nd place)
Niamh Connolly -2000
Treasa McManus-2000
Cliona McCormack-2000
Ann Coyle-2000
Tanya Sheridan - 1999
Emma Harrington - 1999
Sinead Allen - 1999
Deidre Barnicle - 1999
Category
| Senior Cycle, Secondary school 1st. Prize |
| Special Needs, Secondary School 1st. Prize |
| Whole School Project 1st. Prize |
Ericsson Award 2000 for Best Overall School
2001
| Junior Cycle, Secondary school 1st Prize |
Click here to view Award Winning Project.
| Winner of Best Preparation, Best Exhibition Category 2001
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Caroline Duke-2000/2001 |
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Lorraine Cahill-2000/2001 |
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Karen Boland-2000/2001 |
| Beanbags and Manic Mirrors 1999 |
| Batik design Local, Regional and National finalists 2000 |
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Kate Costello-2006 |
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Marianne Cassidy-2003 |
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Kate Hanley-2003 |
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Kate Hanley-2002 |
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Grainne Ahern-2002 |
| Raji Ambikairajah-1999 |
| Grainne Ahern-2002 |
Lisa Boland Gold medal in Breaststroke
Lisa has now been selected onto the Irish international team to swim in Southampton in March.
Lisa Boland Gold medal in Breaststroke
Silver medal in 200m individual medley
Jacqueline Mooney Silver medal in 100m Freestyle
Rebecca Higgins 4th in back crawl
Helen Kearney 5th in back crawl
As a team, the four girls above won gold in the Medley Relay and Silver in the Freestyle.
Squad: Laura Burke, Lorna McDermott, Vicki Irwin, Evelyn Harkins, Andrea McGrath, Niamh Ryan, Siobhan McGowan, Natasha Quinn, Niamh Egan, Sorcha Rafferty, Aisling Lennon, Sinead Waterstone, Charlene Hand, Muriel Carey, Ann-Marie Curley and Catherine Gavin.
Coach: Paddy Mulally
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Dearbhna Coen -2004 |
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Siobhan Mc Gowan -2004 |
| Vicki Irwin |
| Derbhna Coen |
| Siobhan Mc Gowan |
| Cliona McGowan |
| Joannie Macken |
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Jessica Mc Mickan 2005 |
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Siobhan Corbett, selected in 2002, 2003, 2004 to play on the under 18's team. |
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Jennifer O'Loughlin, selected to play in 2003 and 2004 |
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Edel Folen |
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Laura Mulally |