Achievement Prize Giving - 23rd September 2005

Guest Speaker at the Achievement Prizegiving Ceremony at the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Mr. Barry Turley congratulates the pupils that went to Zambia as part of the Zambian Immersion Project last March. The eight pupils and three staff were involved in teaching and building projects as well as visiting patients in the local hospitals and on day care visits. Pictured are Kevin Dyas, Kevin McKernan, Kevin McManus,Richard Gilmore, Darren Rowland, Michael O'Hare and Aódhan Rafferty. Also included is Mr. Dermot McGovem, Headmaster and Mr. Mark Grogan, one of the teachers that travelled with the group. Missing from the photograph is Mark McGuigan.

Four pupils that are part of the County Down Minor Football Panel and are presently attending the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School are wished 'all the best' in their quest for All Ireland honours against Mayo at Croke Park on Sunday at the school's Achievement Prizegiving Ceremony by Mr. Barry Turley, Guest Speaker and Mr. Dermot McGovem, Headmaster. Included are Colm Murney, Cathal Magee, Kevin McKernan and Seamus Grant.

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The Second Year team that won The All Ireland Edmund Rice Cross Country Championships in Dublin in May were congratulated by Mr. Barry Turley, Guest Speaker and Mr. Dermot McGovem, Headmaster at the Achievement Prizegiving Ceremony in the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School. Included are Niall McCartan, David Hudson, Ryan Hudson, Niall Daly and Andrew Fitzsimmons.

Lower Sixth pupil Kevin O'Reilly from Bessbrook is congratulated on his outstanding success in the June examinations by Mr. Barry Turley, Guest Speaker and Mr. Dermot McGovem, Headmaster at the Achievement Prizegiving Ceremony in the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School; Kevin achieved 11 A * grades at GCSE and even though he was only a fifth year pupil he also obtained a grade A in A-level Mathematics.

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ORDER OF EVENTS

Welcome and Introduction

Mr. Val Kane - Vice Principal

The Platform Party

Headmasters’ Address

Guest Speakers Address

Presentation Ceremonies

Headmaster's Presentation

Conclusion

PLATFORM PARTY

Mr Dermot McGovern - Headmaster
Rev. Bro. J O’Mahory- Superior – Abbey Christian Brothers’ Community
Mr Barry Turley - Guest Speaker
Mr Paul O’Shea - Board of Governors – Teacher’s Representative
Mrs Sinead Burns - Head of Mathematics Department
Mr Colin Gamble - Teacher in charge of Chess & Quizzes
Mr Jody Gormley - Head of Physical Education
Mrs Margaret Lane - Head of Biology
Mr Desmond Tennyson - Head of Irish
Mr Mel McMahon - Head of English
Mrs Geraldine Kane - Headmaster’s Secretary
Mr Val Kane - Vice-Principal

GUEST SPEAKER

Mr Barry Turley

Mr Barry Turley

Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar 1980 – 1987 ‘A’ Levels – English, History, Computer Studies University of Ulster – BA in Politics & English Queen’s University Belfast – MA in Irish Politics

Barry has three years’ experience as Communications Director for the SDLP, two years with Northern Ireland’s top public affairs consultancy, and six years as a broadcaster for BBC and RTE, including experience as a reporter and studio producer for current affairs flagship programmes Good Morning Ulster and Morning Ireland.

He has first hand experience of devolved government, running the SDLP press operation during the first term of the Northern Ireland Assembly, advising two Deputy First Ministers, and Ministers for Employment and Learning, Finance and Agriculture. Barry also worked closely with senior civil servants and the government press service, establishing media strategies, developing policy themes and planning major events, such as the devolution of power from Westminster, and Ministerial visits to Washington, Boston and New York.

As senior consultant with a Belfast based public affairs and political lobbying company, Barry developed media strategies, advised on crisis management issues, designed public affairs and lobbying programmes and carried out a series of bespoke projects such as stakeholder reviews on behalf of clients as diverse as the Arts Council, and the Confederation of Health and Social Services.

An accomplished broadcaster, writer and PR consultant, he has a comprehensive roster of contacts from all levels of Government, media, NGOs and business, both North and South of the border. He also has high level contacts within each of the political parties, North and South, right across the political spectrum.

As a journalist, he has been a producer on RTE’s flagship morning current affairs programme Morning Ireland, as well as a presenter of political affairs programmes on RTE. He also worked as a reporter on BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster, as well as working for BBC Radio Four’s World Tonight, and a range of programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio Four. He has written for publications as diverse as the Observer, the Irish Times and the Washington Post.

Hobbies: Music, Films & Football

The Presentation Ceremonies

Certificate of Attendance

These certificates recognise the outstanding commitment to their education displayed by those pupils who attended every school day during the last academic year September 2004 – June 2005.

B2			D3 			S2D
Colum Mackey		Niall Duffy		Kieran Jennings
John Davis			David Heatley		Kieran McAteer
Stephen Doherty		Marcus McKeown		Stephen McCelland
Scott Gray			Iv3			61C
Martin Hearty		Conor Murtagh		Daniel McCoy
Patrick McConville		Or3			Donal Quinn
D2			Shane Cunningham		62B
Stephen Beattie		Feilim O’Connor		Stephen Begley
Declan Black		Sl3			Thomas Best
Lorcan Breen					62C
James Burns		S1A			Steven Corcoran
Dean Carolan		Kameil Ali			Christopher Donnelly
Daniel Neary		Christy Carr		62D
Iv2			Christopher McAteer		Mark Rodgers
Liu Hua Jian		Jonathan Murchan		62E
Conor T. O’Neill		S1B			Daniel McAlinden
Conor Savage		Francis Agnew
D2			Fergal Boyle
Jack Flynn			Thomas O’Hagan
Owen Jones			SIC
Caolan Moan		Ronan McCourt
David Morgan		SID
James O’Gorman		Niall McAteer
Sl2			Christopher Price
James Campbell		SIE
Owen Carlisle		Keith Mackey
Adam Magill		Declan Price
Rory Quinn			S2A
Ryan Walsh			Darren McGovern
B3			S2B
Michael Beswick		Seamus Brannigan
Ryan Faloon		Michael Fearon
Patrick Quinn		Conor McQuillan
Brendan Reid		Gary O’Hare
Achievement Awards

The Abbey Christian Brothers’ takes great pride in the range of extra-curricular activities which it offers to our pupils. This extra-curricular programme is only possible through the dedicated voluntary efforts of our teaching staff who are represented by a number of Department Heads on the stage to-day.

These awards seek to recognise the diverse talents of all our pupils who achieved a high level of performance during the last school year while representing their school, their clubs and their counties at county, provincial and national level and the categories range through a wide variety of activities in sport, recreation and leisure.

Chess

Philip McClory Kevin Holsgrove Stephen Begley

English & Drama

Philip Knox Garbhan McKevitt Brian McArdle Stephen Mooney Christopher Kerrin

Irish

Raídió na Gaeltachta Quiz Sean McClory Stephen Corcoran Danny McAlinden Colm McEoin Patrick Tierney Conor Daly Michael Corcoran

Mathematics

United Kingdom Mathematics Competition Gold Awards Michael O’Hare Daniel Carroll Stephen Begley Ronan McDonald Kevin O’Reilly Conor Daly Patrick McNulty Niall Duffy Niall McCartan Niall Daly Jude Sands John-Benedict Farrell
Mathématiques Sans Frontiéres
This competition is a European based challenge
The Abbey team finished 2nd in their area contest and the group is represented to-day by Niall Duffy who was the best student in the school.

Music

Mark Poland Declan Magee Donal Fullerton

Quizzes

Kevin O’Reilly Stephen Begley Philip McClory

Science

Kevin O’Reilly Ronan Kearney David Digney Caolan Hollywood Matthew McPolin

Technology

Eoin Colgan Patrick Gallogly Oliver Hearty Darren Marshall Keith Mooney Ryan O’Hare Vincent O’Rourke James McClean Gavin Myers Gerard McGarvey John McAteer Michael Stanyer David McGovern Sean Murphy

Sport

Colum Mackey Mark Cox Conor T. O’Neill Diarmuid McConville Conor P. O’Neill Caolan Smyth Gavin Donnelly Ryan Walsh David Lynchehaun Cathal McNamee Declan Magee Rory Barr Shane McNamee Kevin McClorey Ronan Lively Kealan Lynchehaun Michael Boyle Richard Reynolds Niall Duffy Niall O’Neill Vikash Kanjee Christopher McKnight Patrick McGennity Niall Daly Lorcan Daly Niall Cunningham David Digney John-Paul O’Hare Jonathan Bogues Niall O’Flaherty Owen Carragher Kyle McEvoy Liam McGlade Sean McMahon Sean Donnelly Connor Heaney Conor Murtagh James Morgan Donal Fullerton Malachy Magee Sean McEntee James Clarke Aaron Cunningham Ruairi Devlin Ian Curran Eugene McVerry David Barron Niall McCartan David Hudson Ryan Hudson John-Benedict Farrell Karl Heaney Aidan Rush Shane Kerr Padraig Poland Liam Turley Paul Rafferty David Markey Ruairi Cowan Ryan Mallon Barry McAteer Eamon Toner Michael Doran Ruairi Digney Sean Murdock Daniel Clarke Conor Burns Gavin Myers Conaill McGovern Ciaran Coffey Cathal Murdoch Ruairi Gillen Neil McAleenan Connor Murray Camillus Fitzpatrick Thomas Courtney Sean Bradley Darren Fegan Austin Donnelly Colum McGrath James Shannon Rory Grant

Armagh Minors

Darren Rowland Gerard McGarvey Kevin Dyas

Down Minors

Colm Murney Cathal Magee Kevin McKernan Seamus Grant

Special Awards

Michael Williams Sean McClory Ian Murphy

Zambia Immersion Project

Kevin Dyas Kevin McKernan Kevin McManus Richard Gilmore Darren Rowland Mark McGuigan Michael O’Hare Aodhan Rafferty

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