Volume 18 Issue 3 Spring 2013 KCLR Talent competition

Spring 2013
O
ver the past few weeks in Coláiste Mhuire we have raised awareness about
a number of issues through "themed" weeks.
We started with D.E.A.R or Drop Everything And Read. Every morning for
twenty minutes classwork is paused and students and staff take-up some reading
material and sit and quietly read. Reading is a wonderful pastime that improves
vocabulary and communication skills. Good quality reading can inform, enlighten and challenge our perceptions.
This very successful initiative has been running in the school for a number of
years and it's wonderful to see the whole school participate by reading a novel,
newspaper, short story or magazine on their tablet, kindle or smartphone!
Anti-bullying campaigns have been strongly promoted in schools nationwide
this year and deservedly so. Bullying is a blight in schools and there is huge determination to stamp
it out. In Coláiste
Mhuire we turned
this negative into a
positive by celebrating "Friendship"
week. We often forget the life-long
friendships that start
in school. Friendship week celebrated
all the characteristics of good friendships - loyalty, support, honesty, encouragement and
fun. There were displays in the school reception, class competitions and activities to get students involved and perhaps to make a few new friends.
In advance of St. Patrick's Day we had our annual "Seachtain na Gaeilge". It
was a week dedicated to the promotion of our national language. Staff and students alike embraced the opportunity to speak as much Irish as possible. We
were helped by announcements in Irish each morning, where tips were given, by
pupils, about short Irish phrases we could use and listen out for. The best Irish
speaker of the day got to wear the "Irish hat". Games and fun activities, through
Irish, were held in the hall at lunchtime. Irish displays throughout the school
captured our attention, and trips to theatre for performances through Irish were
organised. Seachtain na Gaeilge was a great success proving that Irish is a fun,
lively language that we can all use daily.
"Maths week" is coming up. Sometimes we forget how much we use maths
in our day-to-day lives - telling time, shopping, using phones and solving problems. Maths week will promote the fun and usefulness of maths through games,
activities and puzzles. We all know how important physical exercise is to good
health - the brain needs its exercise too! Lots of studies show how stimulating
the brain reaps rewards such as better intellect and memory. So get ready for a
brain-workout!!
Spring is in the air and that means for exam classes that orals and practicals are impending. We wish our students good luck with their Irish and French
orals and their practicals in HE, Art, Music, Construction and
Engineering. Go neirí an tádh libh!
We wish all in our school community a Happy Easter.
Volume 18 Issue 3
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huge congratulations
to Shane McCormack (4th Year) who won
the Talent Competition
with KCLR and Mrs
Brown’s boys. Shane had
to go through a number of heats before he was
elected as winner of the overall competition.
Shane has been singing for a number of years
now and is no stranger to singing competitions.
He is also working hard in his
role in the TY
Musical.
Shane’s prize
was two tickets
to see the show
“Mrs Brown’s
Boys” live and
he also received
two hours in a recording studio.
Make sure you
catch Shane in
this year’s Transition Year Musical “Oliver with a Twist” in
May.
STACEY DUNNE
big well done to Stacey Dunne (3rd year)
who won the recent Kilkenny School’s
Singing Competition. For many years other
schools in the county have claimed the coveted
trophy but now, thanks to Stacey, it has
claimed its rightful place in Coláiste Mhuire.
Stacey is extremely busy at the moment studying for her Junior Cert and practising for her
Junior Cert Music Practical in April but still
finds time to
enter singing competitions and is
currently
taking part
in the Teen
Stars All
Ireland
Competition
Final which
will take
place in
Clane Co.
Kildare. We
wish Stacey
all the best..
KCLR
Talent
competition
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Transition Year Times
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s the school year moves on, so does
the range of activities and projects
undertaken by the busy TY students.
Projects, like the cookery programme
and First Aid have been completed,
while others, such as the trip to Clare and
the musical take centre stage.
At the time of writing the final arrangements have been made for the trip to
Clare and the students are getting their
gear ready for the huge range of activities planned for them. They will need
everything from dancing shoes to mountain boots, with a ceilí workshop and
Burren walk in the mix, along with a
wide range of activities such as
kayaking, surfing, rock climbing ,airsoft
- a military simulation sport in which students will participate in mock combat
with military style weapons in 100 acres
of woodland. Students will also visit
unique heritage sites such as the Unesco
Geo Park, Cliffs of Moher, Atlantic Edge
exhibition, Bunratty Castle and Folk
Park, and if that’s not enough excitement, there’s also a murder planned –
that is, a Murder Mystery event hosted
by professionals from Foxford Lodge,
Mayo. It promises to be a fantastic trip
for all.
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loser to home, the pace is hotting
up as rehearsals intensify for the musical.
Lines are learned, dance
moves polished, costumes
sourced and props gathered as the performance
date draws ever nearer.
The TY students rise to
the challenge and are putting in the huge
amount of work required to stage such a
demanding show. Rehearsals are
planned to take place during the Easter
holidays and everyone involved is committed to making this a show to remember.
The Young Social Innovators has been
a very successful addition to the TY programme and students have been busy for
the last term with a programme of art and
craft classes for pupils of Scoil Chiarain
Naofa, Johnstown, which were very popular with both groups involved.
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ork experience took place in
February, and once again Coláiste
Mhuire students received excellent reports form employers. We were also
lucky to be chosen for the RTE work ex-
perience week, and our two budding
broadcasters, Max and Ciara, had a
very enjoyable and worthwhile week
rubbing shoulders with stars such as
Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy in the
RTE studios.
ongratulations to our film makers, who had their
two short films chosen
for the Fresh Film Festival, with a screening
in the Lightouse Cinema, Dublin, earlier this month.
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Activities
T
he weekly activity programme
continues to provide an imaginative and interesting array of challenges
and skills, including swimming, self
defence, zumba and First Aid. Other
recent highlights have been the Poetry
Workshops with guest poet John W.
Sexton, who held the young writers
spellbound. A very informative trip to
the Road Safety Show was a sobering
experience for any would – be motorists, while a workshop on the theme of
Knowledge, Awareness, Safety provided the boys and girls with the skills
for personal safety and responsibility
when socialising.
With all the activity and buzz surrounding the TY schedule, students
should still keep in mind the core subjects and coursework at the heart of
Transition Year, and keep their sights
on the end of year assessment where
their credits will be counted up and rewarded.
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n
Wednesday 13th
March, 17
Transition
Year Students attended a full day’s cookery
course at Cloughjordan Cookery
School in Tipperary.
The main aim of this cookery
course was to encourage students to
use and appreciate locally sourced ingredients and have the ability to prepare good quality foods and reduce
their dependence on processed convenience foods. The students had the
opportunity to develop and enhance
Cloughjordan
Cookery
School
their cookery skills by preparing a number of dishes including yeast breast, vegetable soup, homemade pasta and sticky
toffee pudding.
In addition to completing the cookery
course,
the students
were
given a
guided
tour of
Cloughjordan
Eco-village, the first in Ireland and their
community farm. A thoroughly enjoyable and educational day was had by all.
ast September
Enterprise
a group of TY
students began to
come up with ideas
for a new business in Enterprise class.
After much debate, one group decided
that they would make a cross curricular
link with Chemistry. This group
Michelle Hickey, Rebecca Pembroke,
Cameron Murphy, Conor Bergin and Sarah O’Connor with the guidance of Ms.
Bergin, made many products including
hair gel, lip gloss and bath bombs and
learned about Chemistry along the way.
They decided that they would then sell
these as their Enterprise products. They
began the task of looking up packaging,
branding and pricing their product. As
competition day rolled around the students set about getting their stand together. The carpenters of the group Cameron
and Conor helped in designing a bathroom scene that involved many hours of
hard work and dedication. Rebecca, Sarah and Michelle decided the colour
schemes, while also designing business
cards, posters and bringing in many props
for their stand. On the morning of the
competition, we met a small problem; the
scene that took hours of making would
not fit on the bus. However, ‘Plan B’,
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was organised straight away thanks to
Conor Bergin who got some help from
home and a van arrived promptly to get
us there on time. The group won ‘Best
Display’ for their hard work and were
deserving winners. Ms. Monahan’s Enterprise class also had another group of
students who entered the competition.
This group included Emer Holohan,
Rhian , Ciara Geoghegan, Niamh Dunne
and Kelly O’Leary. They entered with
D&G Sweets. Both groups represented
the school very proudly and were highly
commended by all judges on the day.
Congratulations to all involved.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
B
hí ár scoil ag céiliúradh Seachtain
na Gaeilge le deanaí, agus bhí
gníomháiochtaí éagsúla ar siúl timpeall
na scoile chun ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr
a chothú. Bhí cuma álainn ar an áit leis
na póstaeir geala. Comhghairdeas do
chách, tá na huibheacha seacláid tuillte
agaibh! Bhí na daltaí ag faire amach
chun an gheannacht chuí a chur ar an
mbeirt leis na “hataí”!
Bronnadh gradam speisialta le
dalta amhain as gach rang- se sin
“Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine”.
D’eagraigh cuid de na daltaí tráth na
gCeist don chéad bhliain. Gan aon agó,
bhain gach duine taitneamh as sin. Bhí
iomaíocht ghéar idir foirne ach bhí lamh
in uachtar ag Doire ag deireadh an lae.
Na buaiteoirí a bhí ar an bhfoireann sin
ná: Mark Fitzpatrick, Juliet Garrett,
Rebecca Jacob agus Gerard Kavanagh.
Comhghairdeas! Bhí diolachán cistí ar
siúl sa halla ag an idirbhliain agus bhí an
éileamh ar na rudaí blasta a bhí le fáil.
Is bliain speisialta i 2013, toisc
gurb i Bliain na Gaeilge. Is feidir linn
Gaeilge a labhairt aon uair is mian linn
agus mar is eol do gach duine sa seú
bhliain, tá cuplá seachtan fágtha go dtí
go mbeidh scrúduithe na
Béaltrialach ag tosú. Ar fiú 40%
den scrudú iomlán é. Mar sin bí ag
caint-úsaid do Ghaeilge “Cleachtadh
a dhéanann maistreacht”
New Student
Council 2013
W
elcome on
board to our
Student
Council reps. The Junior cycle
students are represented by: Rebecca
Jacob, Simon Lanigan, Tori Brophy,
Kelly O’Brien, John Bowe, Stephen
Carroll, Clara Moloney, Brendan
Nolan, Fionnuala O’Connell, Pauric
Sweeney, Martina Nemcova.
The Senior representatives are:
Layla Tobin, Marc Nemcova,
Michaela Walsh, Eva O’Brien,
Shannon Fogarty, Tom O’Sullivan,
Marie Tobin, Andrew Morgan, Jessica
Walsh, Rachael Dermody, Cameron
Murphy, Eva Dawson, Alexandra
Fogarty, Sarah O’Connor, Joe Shortis,
Kieran O’Neill and Max Lavelle.
CAO 2013
B
y now all Leaving Cert students
have submitted their CAO applications. The CAO system now shuts
down until May 5th. From then until
1st July students can change their list
of choices. It is vital that all applicants research any courses they might
have an interest in. Discussing options
with parents and people working in
that career already can be of great benefit. When changing CAO choices it
is most important that students list
their choices based on what they
would like to study rather than the
points race. Reminder also to those
who have opted for HEAR to submit
all necessary documents before April
1st. If you have any queries please
call V. Dempsey, Guidance Counsellor on 056 8831164.
INTERNET SAFETY &
CYBERBULLYING
INITIATIVE CONTINUES @
COLÁISTE MHUIRE
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ongratulations to all the local primary school children who en-
tered the recent INTERNET SAFETY
ART COMPETITION here at Coláiste
Mhuire. Our resident Art teacher, Ms
Anne-Marie Ryan had the difficult task of
selecting the top three in each category
1st, 2nd and 3rd with each position receiving a cash prize sponsored by
Coláiste Mhuire. The results are as follows:
3rd & 4th class category:
1st prize Sarah Curran, 4th class, St.
Kieran’s N.S., Johnstown.
2nd prize Louise Wellwood, 4th class,
Urlingford N.S.
3rd prize Niamh Ahonen-Smith, 4th class,
Gortnahoe N.S.
5th & 6th class category:
1st prize Rachel Burke, Urlingford N.S.
2nd prize Rebecca Cuddihy, Scoil
Ruadháin, Tullaroan
3rd prize Caoimhe Holland, Scoil
Ruadháin, Tullaroan
The above winners will be contacted
through their schools in due course and a
short event will take place after the Easter
Holidays where the winners will receive
their well earned prizes. The management and staff would like to take this opportunity to thank all the schools and
their teachers for taking the time to enter
this competition. More importantly, we
would like to thank everyone for helping
us promote the area of Internet Safety.
In addition to the Art Competition, we invited a Guest Speaker in the area of Internet Safety & Cyberbullying to address parents/guardians and members of
the local community on Tuesday 12th
March. Over thirty people attended the
function in the Library where John Collins of www.SaferSurfer.net delivered
an interesting and informative presentation. As a primary school teacher and
parent of four teenagers he had a very
practical approach. John has kindly extended his Confidential Email Query Service to all members of the school community for the remainder of the school year
should they have any concerns you would
like him to address. John can be contacted via SaferSurfer.net@gmail.com
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Leaving Certificate Applied
T
he LCA class enjoyed an educational trip to Kilkenny in early March. They
viewed the modern and historical blend of the Council offices in Johns Street.
They obtained a tour of the building, seeing the planning department, car taxation,
education grants and the environmental protection sections. The highlight was the
Council Chamber.
Past Chairpersons were viewed and some familiar faces were recognised on the
chamber walls including Mary Hilda Kavanagh, Catherine Connery and Phil Hogan.
The students enjoyed using the wooden hammer that is used to start proceedings at
council meetings and were also introduced to the computerised secret voting system.
A tour of Kilkenny Castle was next on the agenda. Some students felt they were
born into the higher echelons of society like the Butlers of Ormonde. Others felt a
kinship with those who worked downstairs! The students were fascinated with the
hand painted wall paper dating back to the 18 th century. Christopher was dismayed
at the size of the bed. He was glad to belong to the 21 st century. All students wondered at the immense picture gallery and there was general agreement that it would
be a suitable venue for their debs.
The suit of armour was requested for hurling finals by the boys. The girls had no
interest in the use of parasols to protect their skin from the sun.
The trip ended with a visit to Kilkenny’s finest medieval hostelry, “Super Macs”.
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he LCA group are presenting a
game based competition called ‘De
SQUARE’ as part of their Vocational Preparation and Guidance task. This task aims
at developing student’s enterprise and organisational skills whilst staging an event.
The competition includes eight different games which involves a lot of thought,
judgment, speed and good eye co ordination.
The first game is ‘The Blindfolded Walk’ and the object of
the game is to walk diagonally between two lines while blindfolded. If you step onto or over the line you are out.
The second game is ‘Stack the Cylinders’. The aim of the
game is to stack ten cylinders on top of each other making sure
they don’t fall over. You need a steady hand for this!
The third game is ‘Bounce the Ball into the Cylinder’. Here
you can stand in any position in De Kube but the ball has to
bounce once and into a cylinder.
The fourth game is ‘Blindfolded Hurdle Walk’. The competitor has to walk over two hurdles
while blindfolded. It’s trickier than it looks!
The fifth game is ‘20 Ball Pick up’. The aim of this game
is to pick up the twenty balls that have been poured around
De Kube within twenty seconds. You need to be quick!
The sixth game is ‘15 Cup Turn’. The object of this
game is to turn over fifteen cups which are positioned on a
table. You only have fifteen seconds
to do this.
The seventh game is ‘Swing Ball’.
The competitor has to swing the ball
on a rope and judge it to knock the
obstacle off the stand opposite.
The last game is the trickiest off
them all and decides who the winner
will be.
Final preparations are being made to
the games which will be presented to
the Transition year and second year
students shortly after the Easter
break.
Can you beat De SQUARE??
LCA Presents ..... DE SQUARE
SAMBA DRUMMING
WORKSHOP
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ast November the Music Department with the help of Ms. Nolan
received a cultural grant in order to give
the students a workshop in different
musical styles. A Samba Drumming
Workshop took place in January. There
were three hour long workshops consisting of students from 5th year, Leaving Cert Applied Class, 3rd Years and
2nd Years.
The Leaving Cert Applied class
completed the workshop as part of their
course and as one of their Key Assignments for which they will receive credits which contribute to their Leaving
Certificate results. The other classes
used the workshop as an opportunity to
improve their general knowledge of this
music style and for use in their Junior
Cert Music Exam.
The music classes spent a lot of time
researching Samba Music before the
workshop and found it very beneficial
to put all
they had
learnt into
practice
with the
workshop.
To be able
to play
these instruments
was a very
worthwhile and
enjoyable
experience.
All students thoroughly enjoyed the
workshop and they all completed a report based on their knowledge of Samba Music and their Drumming Workshop experience. Ms. Nolan recorded
each group when they had their piece
learned and they were amazed at how
good they sounded. All students involved were very grateful for the opportunity to participate in this experience.
ransition
Subject
Year students
are beChoice
ginning the
process of
picking the subjects they will study for
their Leaving Cert. Selecting the right
subjects for the Leaving Cert, and the
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level at which to take them, is a critical
task. The wrong choice here can have
unintended consequences in two years’
time, when students find paths into college are blocked by not having the right
subjects required for entry into their
chosen course. A decision to drop all
science subjects or foreign languages
will have major implications on the
range of careers open to you later on.
Be sure to choose subject you enjoy and
are good at, talk to parents, teachers and
your Guidance Counsellor before making your final decisions.
Dream Team Downed By Saints
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olaiste Mhuire's girls' u16 gaelic
football panel lost out to St. Leo's
of Carlow in the league final held in
Carlow on Tuesday, 8th January. The
Johnstown girls were unbeaten all season, winning two and drawing one of
their league games. Unfortunately,
their good form deserted them, and
Leo's ran out convincing winners on
this occasion.
Coláiste Mhuire started brightly,
Niamh Dunne bagging a goal and a
point, the latter set up by Sarah O'Connor. The home side found their way into the game, however, and overturned
the deficit midway through the half.
Despite a fantastic goal by Sarah
O'Connor, the Carlow girls took a commanding lead into the break.
St. Leo's bagged some early scores
in the second half, stretching their lead.
Despite being under tremendous pressure, the Johnstown girls fought valiantly to defend their line, and a goal by
Niamh Dunne brought them back into
the match. Unfortunately, they couldn't
continue the comeback, and St. Leo's
held on for a deserved victory.
Coláiste Mhuire's cause was not
helped by some dubious refereeing decisions, an early injury to centre-back
Fionnuala O'Connell, Michelle Hickey's
back strain, and the absence of influential midfielder Kaylyn Burke. Nonetheless, the girls put up a brave fight and
never gave up from start to finish.
Goalkeeper Lauren Stanley made some
marvellous saves. The defence of
Siobhain Colclough, Danielle Phelan,
Fioonuala O'Connell and Rebecca Pembroke tried hard throughout, despite being under almost constant pressure.
Bríd Moore and Natasha Phelan were
strong at midfield and put some good balls
into the forward line, where Michelle
Hickey and Zoe Crosby covered enormous
ground and played well. The inside forward line of Niamh Dunne, (captain), and
Sarah O'Connor scored 3-1 between them,
and should be happy with their efforts on
the day. Stacey Dunne, Jacqueline Tobin
and Ciara Tobin also did well when introduced. Also on the panel: Aimeé Grace,
Chelsea Boyd, Lauren Purcell, Ciara
Flynn, Shona Connolly.
olaiste
Mhuire’s
U-14 Girls’
u14 girls were
Gaelic Football
involved in a
blitz competition in O’Loughlin Gael’s G.A.A. grounds,
Kilkenny on Wednesday, 6th March. The
Johnstown girls took on city schools Loreto and Presentation Convent, as well as
Grennan College Thomastown, with the
top team progressing into the next stage of
the competition.
In their first game, the girls played
Loreto and it was clear from the off that
the city side held the advantage. Despite
the awful weather conditions which made
life difficult for both sides, ColáisteMhuire
tried their best, with goalkeeper Jacqueline
Boyd in particularly outstanding form.
Losing the first match meant the team
needed a positive result against Presentation Convent in the second round. This
game was a much tighter affair. Shona
Connelly was strong at fullback, while
Danielle Martin led the charge from midfield. Ciara Tobin also caused the Presentation defence a lot of problems. Nonetheless, the Johnstown girls suffered a second
defeat.
In their final match ColáisteMhuire
tackled Grennan College. Laura O’Sullivan really impressed with her running, and
Zoe Crosby (captain) tried hard to rally her
troops for a final assault on the Thomastown goal. Despite their best efforts, however, a win wasn’t forthcoming.
While positive results eluded the
ColáisteMhuire girls on the day, it wasn’t
for the lack of effort on their part. Of some
consolation was the announcement that star
goalkeeper Jacqueline Boyd was named
player of the tournament, so well done
Jacqueline! A good day out was had by all
and with training and dedication a win is
surely around the corner, so keep it up
girls!
Panel: Zoe Crosby, (captain), Jennifer
Saunders, Rebecca Walsh, Alise Rozalinska, Shannon Cleere, Leah Burke, Ailbhe Maddock, Caitriona Henderson, Ciara
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Maloney, Danielle Martin, Nisieah Dalton, Tori Brophy, Billie-Mae Geoghegan,
Juliet Garrett, Chloe Mullins, Edel Dowd,
Sarah Jane McCormack, Mairead Kennedy, Laura O’Sullivan, Shona Connolly,
Roisin Colclough, Aideen Dawson
Neary, Jacqueline Boyd, Ciara Tobin,
Emma McEvoy, Siobhan Burke, Faye
Condon, Rebecca Beehan & Sinead
Clear.
he main
Home School News
theme
of the activities in the Home School Community Liaison department over the past term has
been the topical one of Internet Safety.
Coláiste Mhuire’s Local Education Committee put together a series of events to
bring this issue to the attention of the
wider community. A children’s art competition was held to raise awareness of
the issue among primary school children,
and for the parents a series of classes is
being held in the Old School, Urlingford,
on Friday mornings. These classes, with
tutor Eadaion O’Leary, aims to give participants a good grasp of the basics of internet security, and enable them to help
protect their children online. This course
is designed by ICS skills, and sponsored
by the School Completion Programme.
Parents Plus, a practical and positive
guide to promoting children’s learning
and confidence, is currently running on
Tuesday mornings. The programme explores the issues of communication and
encouragement of teenagers, along with
teaching responsibility and solving problems together.
Eileen Bowden is cooking up a storm
in her Thursday Cook it! class for parents
and friends, where the emphasis is on
healthy eating for all the family, in a
practical and relaxed setting. This class
will continue after the Easter holidays.
A small but dedicated group of tutors and
learners are continuing with the Fáilte Isteach language classes on Tuesday evenings. Newcomers are always welcome,
so if you know of anyone who might benefit from our free English classes please
pass on the word!
The HSCL co-ordinator is always on
the lookout for new courses which might
be of interest to parents, so if you have
any suggestions or ideas please contact
086 2430372,
or e-mail hscljohnstown@eircom.net.
Better still, why not drop in
to the Parents’ Room any
morning for a chat!
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ongratulations to the Boys U14 Football team who won the South Leinster U14
Football title on Thursday, 21st January 2013. The Johnstown lads had topped
their group with victories over Grennan College (Thomastown), Scoil Aireagal
(Ballyhale) and Abbey (Ferrybank). his set-up a semi-final meeting away to St. Mary's Secondary School, Castledermot (Kildare).
A comprehensive victory was recorded to book a place in the South Leinster final against Avondale Community College, Rathdrum
(Wicklow).
The final was played in the plush surroundings of Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow on a perfect day for football. Both sides displayed
early nerves but Coláiste Mhuire settled the quicker with a neat point from Keane Hayes (Gortnahoe-Glengoole) after five minutes.
Points were exchanged between Hayes and his Avondale counterpart before some good build up play by Brian Kavanagh
(Lisdowney) set-up Hayes for the games first goal. The Gortnahoe man showed no shortage of confidence when one-on-one, coolly
slotting it passed the Avondale keeper.
The Coláiste Mhuire lads seized the initiative by winning the resulting kick-out and Ciarán Dawson (Emeralds) reacted quickest
to a through ball, which he blasted to the net. This saw the Johnstown school lead 2.02 : 0.01 mid-way through the half. However,
they failed to raise another flag before the break as the Avondale players rallied and narrowed the gap to a major with four
unanswered points. This left the half-time score at
2.02 : 0.05.
The second half was a much more even affair
than the first, with Avondale having much the
better of the early exchanges. In fact, they drew
level at 2.02 : 0.08 before the introduction Stephen
Delaney (Lisdowney) at wing back and the
switching of Brian Kavanagh to midfield helped
the Johnstown lads regain composure. From here
they went to kick six unanswered points, including
a superb individual score from man-of-the-match
Kavanagh and an insurance point from the
industrious Niall Grehan-Carroll (Fenians). Final Score Coláiste Mhuire Johnstown 2.08: 0.08 Avondale C.C
Under 14 Football
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he Junior Hurling team regained the Leinster Junior title after a number
of close encounter. The team showed
great determination and no little skill in
their Leinster campaign. They began with a
narrow three point victory over Abbey C.S. where they led to over come a five point deficit at half
time. Johnstown then faced Borris V. S. in the semi-final and in a terrific match overcame their
Carlow rivals by two points. Darragh Quinn and Niall O’Gorman showed terrific leadership on
the day when Coláiste Mhuire backs were to the wall.
Johnstown met a strongly fancied St. Fergals team in the Leinster Final and it took extra time to
separate two fantastic teams. St. Fergals were dominant in the first half and Johnstown were
relying on the outstanding Darren Brennan in goal to keep Coláiste Mhuire in the match.
Johnstown rejigged the team and slowly turned the tide with the outstanding Niall O’Gorman
causing havoc. Johnstown equalised on the stroke of full time to send the game into extra time.
Johnstown seized the initiative straight away and were dominant in extra time to record a three
point victory.
Coláiste Mhuire met Causeway C.S. in the All Ireland semi-final. Causeway had totally
dominated Munster and were hot favourites to defeat Coláiste Mhuire. In a terrific match which
could have gone either way Johnstown came up short by two points. This team put in a great
effort throughout the season and hopefully will go on to further success at senior level.
U16 Leinster Champions
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