Congratulations to Luke Barrett and Donal Jones who recently competed in the U15 All-Ireland Handball tournament. Luke and Donal had a good win in their semi-final over the Tyrone representatives, but lost out to Kilkenny in the final. Well done to both boys.
News & Notifications
Convent Primary School Activities
Transition Year Students have hosted girls from the Kanturk Convent National School over recent weeks, for games and activities, in the Scoil Mhuire gym. Co-ordinated by Mr. Canty the transition year class has gained valuable experience in organising and running the events, while primary students have enjoyed the escape from the classroom and mixing with older students. It is hoped to continue this initiative after Christmas.
Open Day & Enrolment 2017
Open Day took place on Saturday 22nd October. Blessed with wonderful weather we welcomed an enormous attendance of primary students and their families to view our school facilities and meet with the staff of Scoil Mhuire.
Activities on the day included maths activities, language plays, science magic shows, cooking demonstrations, snippets of the upcoming production of the ‘Sound of music’, project work in Technology and Construction Studies, fun and games in the gym as well as artistic make-up in the art room to tie in with the Halloween theme of the day.
Principal Ms Miriam Downey addressed the gathering where she outlined the caring student focused environment afforded to students in Scoil Mhuire as well as the outstanding academic track record of the school. Others who addressed the gathering included current first year students and Mrs Clare O’Keeffe who gave a very insightful talk of her experiences as a parent of past and current students in Scoil Mhuire.
Following on from Open Day we were delighted to receive very positive feedback from visitors to the school on the day. In particular the acknowledgement of the dedication of the Scoil Mhuire staff and feedback on the willing and happy disposition of our students on the day were very welcome indeed.
This positive feedback was supported with an increased enrolment for 2017 when we held on enrolment morning at the start of November. We look forward to welcoming this new cohort of students in September and working with them to ensure they each reach their full potential.
Paint it Pink
5th Year LCVP students took to the streets of Kanturk on Friday 7th October in aid of breast cancer awareness. LCVP students, under the supervision of Ms Yvonne McCaul, complete this activity each year as part of their course assignments. The class of 2016 raised €1236 for breast cancer awareness. Well done to all involved.
Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk Awards 2016
The achievements of students of Scoil Mhuire Mercy Secondary School Kanturk were recognised at the 2016 Awards Ceremony on Friday October 7th.
Deputy Principal Denis Keating acted as MC as the afternoon’s proceedings began with music by Bruno Mars and from the musical ‘Once’ performed by the school choir under the direction of music teacher Mary Farrell.
The special guest for the occasion was past pupil Professor Yvonne Buckley, Professor of Zoology at Trinity College Dublin.
Addressing the award recipients, the student body, school staff and guests, Professor Buckley said it was both an honour and a pleasure to be invited back to speak at and present the Scoil Mhuire awards. Before presenting the awards Professor Buckley congratulated the award winners, parents and staff on their wonderful talents and achievements. Professor Buckley acknowledged the part played by her education in Scoil Mhuire in helping her attain the position she holds today.
The introductions and citations were read by Ms Julia Barry and Mr. Rickie O’Keeffe and following these presentations School Principal Ms Miriam Downey addressed those present. She congratulated all the winners who have contributed in some remarkable way in their chosen award category. Ms Downey thanked all the musicians, singers and performers under the guidance of Mrs. Farrell for the afternoon’s entertainment, special guest Professor Buckley, MC Mr. Keating and Mr. O’Keeffe and Ms Barry for reading the citations.
The afternoon’s proceedings was interspersed with musical performances by David Alexander, Julia Rodrigo, Éadaoin O’Keeffe and Janne Surma and finished with a performance of ‘Photograph’ by Ed Sheeran sung by the school choir.
The full list of award winners is as follows:
Senior Boys’ Sport Award
Senior Girls’ Sports Award
Junior Boys’ Sports Award
Junior Girls’ Sports Award
Evan O’Sullivan
Niamh Guiney
Luke Barrett
Alice O’Regan
Year Awards
Katie O’Connor – 1st Year,
Jade Healy – 2nd Year,
Sarah Lynch – 3rd Year,
Niamh O’Brien – Transition Year
Niamh Guiney – 5th Year
Performing Arts Award
Scoil Mhuire School Spirit Award
Exemplary Attitude Award
Initiative Award
Outstanding Junior
Certificate Award
Jules Leitch
Tim Singleton
Caoimhe Moore
Éadaoin O’Keeffe
Alannah Drumm
Heather Barrett
Sarah Healy
Rachel O’Riordan
Orla Gillespie
Eve McAuliffe
Fionn Neenan
Neil O’Connor
Marie O’Neill
Ella O’Rourke
Caoimhe Quinlan
Best Junior Cert 2015 Award
Lisa Finn who achieved a remarkable 11 ‘A’ grades in Higher Level subjects.
Leaving Cert Subject Awards
Naoise Kenneally – History
Eoin Buckley – Technology
Best Leaving Cert Award
(Sponsored by AIB)
Kane Collins who scored in excess of 600 points in his Leaving Certificate Examinations
Leaving Certificate Students who
achieved in excess of 500 points
Rachel O’Sullivan
Cormac Cotter
Dominik Wiecek
Povilas Dagilis
Clara McSweeney
Maria McSweeney
Rebecca O’Reilly
Orna Guerin
Aisling O’Keeffe
Stephanie O’Connor
Aoife O’Connor
Tomás O’Neill
Gemma O’Regan
Rachael O’Connell
Special Achievement Awards
Mairead Martin- Represented Ireland – Golf
Hollie O’Sullivan – Represented Ireland – Taekwondo
Special Achievement Awards
Jogaile Aidukeviciute – Kanturk Arts Festival winner
Darren O’Leary – Kanturk Arts Festival winner
Special Achievement Awards
Muireann Vaughan – Enterprise
Rachel O’Riordan – Enterprise
Rebecca Burke – Enterprise
Special Achievement Awards
Caoimhe Moore – Cork Ladies Football Team
Niamh Linehan – Athletics
Luke Barrett – Cork Handball
Tadhg Jones – Cork Handball
Colin Healy – Cork Handball
TUSLA Attendance Certificates
Colin Buckley
Jessica Buckley
Cyruz Rodrigo
Julia Rodrigo
Cathal Leahy
CEIST Award
Bryan O’Connor
Junior Student of the Year
(Sponsored by Aspel’s Spar)
Atene Aidukeviciute
Senior Student of the Year
(Sponsored by Twohig’s Supervalu)
Awards Afternoon 2016 Image Gallery
Mark Doyle