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AWARDS fever swept Ennistymon last week with both the CBS and Scoil Mhuire paying tribute to the students who excelled in the last Nose m Ko uITe
Up in the CBS the main award of Student of the Year was won jointly by Joseph Kelly and Darragh Con- neely while in the convent Kilfenora writer, Cora Harrison, presented awards to Head Girl Samantha Houl- than and to Student of the Year, Sha- ron Kierce
Achievement in sports was also high on the agenda in both award
ceremonies with Clare hurler Tony Griffin and Kerry football manager Pat O’Shea speaking and presenting awards at the CBS and Scoil Mhuire respectively.
O’Shea presented the sports person of the year award to second year N1- amh O’Dea, while the girls from the Muster title winning football team all received their medals.
Meanwhile, in the CBS Tony Grif- fin presented Cillian Malone with the Senior Sports person of the year and to Ronan Linnane for Junior Sports person.
Other sports awards were presented Damien Conway for his achievements
in surfing, Ciaran Devitt on making the National Junior Basketball panel and Sean McConigley and Michael McDonagh on being chosen for the Clare Minor Hurling panel and Clare Minor Football panel respectively.
Scoil Mhuire also presented awards to Deirdre Egan for getting 11 A’s in her Junior Cert, Jacqueline Nagle for winning the Law society essay com- petition and a bronze medal in the Science Olympics, Aisling Davies, Stella McGlennan, Rhian Rice all got awards for their contribution to the musical.
In the CBS mention was given to Declan O’Loughlin, who won the
national title in the Senior Academic section of The Bank of Ireland Na- tional Student Awards 2008.
Scoil Mhuire’s Marguerite O’ Dwyer Award for musical achievement was awarded to Grainne Curtin and Eimear Howley while principal, Se- osaimhan Ui Dhomhnallain, praised both students and teachers for a very successful year for the school.
Opening at the CBS awards, Vice Principal Mary Lyons highlighting the importance of acknowledging achievement and effort in all aspects of school life. She also thanked the teachers for their strong commitment throughout the school year.