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)
Mark Doyle
