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FADO, fad6 (well last April to be ex- act) two young boys went to school every day to learn all about maths, Irish, history and geography. They would draw pictures and write sto- ries and do their homework, like all good little boys.
SW elossMeyelomee-hasremvaNeuDamsalosbmmcOleuusn| and fifth class teacher Theresa Red- dan told their class about a competi- tion that would see 26 children from across the country make a television programme by telling old legends and illustrating their stories.
From the 32 children in Ms Red-
dan’s classroom ten were chosen for a screen test by Keg Kartoonz, the company that are producing the 26 four minute documentaries for RTE.
Then the two boys, Liam Fahy and Cian O’Mara, were chosen from 1,000 children nationwide to be part of the series.
The talented storytellers had to write a piece of local focloir or a bet- ter-known popular myth and submit it to the company.
Liam wrote the story of Kilanan Lake but it was too long for the four- minute slot so it was back to the drawing board.
With the help of his teacher and his
Mum he researched the local story of “Fireball McNamara” and on Wednesday last his narration of the StOry.
Fireball is somewhat of a local hero in Quin, who fought in Vinegar Hull.
Cian chose a more traditional myth to tell and illustrate – the Children of Lir. At Fenlo Lake on Wednesday he was filmed telling his story.
Both boys from Scoil na Mainist- reach, Quin, have been described as natural seanachi.
“We are very proud of them,’ said their teacher Ms Reddan.
“It was a great opportunity and the children loved it.”
The boys will be going into fifth class in the 175-pupil school in Sep- tember. The school has been grow- ing during the past number of years and will next year expand from a six teacher to a seven-teacher school.