ORDER OF EVENTS

Introduction

Mr. Val Kane - Vice Principal

Abbey Traditional Folk Group

Steven Devlin, Darren Magee, Ruairi Toner, Austin Donelly.

Mr. D. Wadsworth – Head of Music Department

The Headboy’s Address - Mr. Sean Carroll

The Headmaster's Address - Mr. Dermot McGovern

Guest Speaker's Address - Mr. Brian Conlon

The Presentation Ceremonies

Best in Class Awards
Most Improved in Class Awards			
G.C.S.E. Certificates					
Best in Key Stage 3 Awards				
100% Attendance Certificates

Conclusion - Mr. Dermot McGovern

GUEST SPEAKER

Mr Brian Conlon

Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School 1977 – 1984
Abbey Mac Rory Cup Team 1982 – 1984
Queens University, Belfast 1984 – 1988
Accountancy

Career

K.P.M.G. Accountancy 1988 – 1989

Morgan Stanley – London & New York 1989 – 1993
Risk Manager

Sungard – London, Europe and San Francisco 1993 – 1996
New York Stock Exchange – Capital Markets Software and Consultancy Company
Financial Engineer

1996 Founder and Chief Executive Officer of First Derivatives, Newry.
Capital Markets & Commerce Software & Consultancy Company.
Quoted on London Stock Exchange.

PLATFORM PARTY

Mr. D. McGovern		-	Headmaster
Brother J. O’Mahoney		-	Superior Christian Brothers Community
Brother L.S. Kelly		-	Chairman of the Board of Governors
Mr. Sean Og McAteer		-	Abbey Grammar School of Board of Governors
Mr. Paul O’Shea		-	Teacher’s Representative on Board of Governors
Mrs Geraldine Kane		-	Headmasters Secretary
Sister Anne Lynn		-	School Chaplain
Mr. Sean McClory		-	Head of Irish
Miss Mairead Quinn		-	Head of French
Mr. Pat Mooney		-	Head of English
Mrs. Oonagh Byrne		-	Head of Art
Mr. Dominic Wadsworth		-	Head of Music
Mrs. Mary McGinty		-	Head of Drama
Mr. John Rafferty		-	Head of Physical Education
Mr. Seamus Connolly		-	Head of Mathematics
Mr. Dwyer McCann		-	Head of Computers
Mr. Tony Mooney		-	Head of Technology
Mr. Arthur McDonnell		-	Head of History
Mr. Hugh Markey		-	Head of Economics/Business Studies
Mr. Denise Simpson		-	Head of Geography
Dr. Sean Fee		-	Head of Chemistry
Mr. Gervase Patterson		-	Head of Physics
Mrs. Margaret Lane		-	Head of Biology
Mrs. Mary McEvoy		-	Head of Religious Education

The Presentation Ceremonies

BEST IN CLASS AWARDS

These awards are presented to those students who achieved the best overall results in their class during the internal Abbey examinations in June 2002.

FIRST YEAR: 				SECOND YEAR:
Breffni 1 Conor Sweeney 			Breffni 2 Jonathon O'Gorman
Donard 1  Philip McClory 			Donard 2  Patrick Cunningham
Iveagh 1  Ruairi Williamson 			Iveagh 2  Patrick McNulty
Oriel 1   Ronan McDonald 			Oriel 2   Kevin O'Reilly
Slemish 1 Damian McParland			Slemish 2 Mark McNulty


THIRD YEAR: 				FOURTH YEAR:
Breffni 3 Sean McClory 			S1A 	Paul White
Donard 3  Stephen Begley 			S1B 	Shane Quinn
Iveagh 3  Ryan McGivern / Mark McGuigan 		S1C 	Jonathan Sands
Oriel 3   Philip Knox/Daniel Carrol 		S1D 	Stephen Hughes
Slemish 3 Christopher Donnelly			S1E 	John McAleenan

MOST IMPROVED IN CLASS

These awards are presented to those students who achieved the greatest improvement in their overall class position based on a comparison between iheir results of internal Abbey examinations in December 2001 and June 2002.

FIRST YEAR: 				SECOND YEAR:
Breffni 1 Liam Turley 			Breffni 2 Jonathan Philpott
Donard 1  Kieran Jennings 			Donard 2  Conor McKeown
Iveagh 1  John Kearney			Iveagh 2  Niall McShane
Oriel 1   Declan Carville/David Casey		Oriel 2   Barry Cunningham
Slemish 1 John Kelly 				Slemish 2 Killian Foy

THIRD YEAR: 				FOURTH YEAR:
Breffni 3 Conor McKevitt 			S1A Paul Henning
Donard 3  Declan Morgan 			S1B David Hughes
Iveagh 3  Shaun Cinnamond 			S1C Gordon Magennis
Oriel 3   Thomas Courtney 			S1D Gareth McGivern
Slemish 3 Cormac McGivern 			S1E Kyle Haughey

GCSE CERTIFICATES

The following pupils will receive their G.C.S.E Certificates to recognise their outstanding achievement in obtaining a record number of passes in the A – C range over a wide variety of academic subjects sat in the external examination of June 2002.

A	BLEVINS	Conor		St.Patrick's P.S. Newry
A	BOYLAN	Darren		St.Dallan's Primary School
A	CAMPBELL	Steven		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
A	CULL	Christopher	St.Dallan's Primary School
A	FINNEGAN	Sean		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
A	HEATLEY	Daniel-Patrick	St.Peter's P.S. Bessbrook
A	LOVE	Robert		St.Dallan's Primary School
A	LYNCH	Ryan		Carrick P.S.
A	McARDLE	James		St.Brigid's Glassdrummond
A	McCOY	Peter		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
A	McELROY	Stephen		Ballyholland P.S.
A	McEVOY	Peter		St.Colman's P.S.Saval
A	McGUIGAN	Ruairi		St.Mary's P.S. Barr
A	MORGAN	Raymond		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
A	MURPHY	Brian		St.Brigid's Glassdrummond
A	MURPHY	Ruairi		Dromintee P.S.
B	BYRNE	Tony		St.Joseph's P.S. Meigh
B	COLLINS	Liam		St.Patrick's P.S. Cullyhanna
B	DOYLE	Michael		Clontifleece P.S.
B	FEGAN	Declan		Dromintee P.S.
B	FRYDAY	Ciaran		St.Malachy's P.S. Kilcoo
B	GOODMAN	Anthony		St.Mary's P.S. Mullaghbawn
B	GORDON	Richard		Killowen P.S.
B	HANNAWAY	Anthony		St.Malachy's P.S. Camlough
B	LYNCH	Shane		St.Dallan's Primary School
B	MAGEE	Barry		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
B	McARDLE	Ciaran		Cloughoge P.S.
B	McCONVILLE	Philip		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
B	MORGAN	Colm		St.Malachy's P.S. Kilcoo
B	MURPHY	Gavin		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
B	O'HAGAN	Jaime		St.Ronan's Primary School
B	ROONEY	Christopher	St.Patrick's P.S. Mayobridge
C	BURNS	Ruairi		Cloughoge P.S.
C	CAMPBELL	Paul		Cloughoge P.S.
C	HENRY	Tiernan		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
C	HUGHES	Colm		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
C	JOHNSTON	Matthew		St.Malachy's P.S. Carnagat
C	KING	Conor		Cloughoge P.S.
C	LONERGAN	Adrian		Cloughoge P.S.
C	MALONE	Steven		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
C	McDONOUGH	Barry		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
C	QUINN	John		St.Patrick's P.S. Cullyhanna
C	QUINN	Patrick		Clonalig P.S.
C	RAFFERTY	Garreth		Carrick P.S.
C	RODGERS	Conor		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
C	SANDS	Barry		St.John's P.S. Glenn
C	SWEENEY	Mark		St.Dallan's Primary School
C	TONER	Jonathan		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
D	DEERY	Aidan		Dromintee P.S.
D	DONNELLY	Eamonn		St.Dallan's Primary School
D	FARRELL	Dermot		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
D	FITZPATRICK  Declan		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
D	KAVANAGH	Stephen		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
D	KENNA	Jonathan		Cloughoge P.S.
D	McCOY	Niall		Jonesborough P.S.
D	McDONOUGH	Niall		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
D	McENTEGART	David		St.Brigid's Glassdrummond
D	McGIVERN	Stephen		St.Ronan's Primary School
D	McPARLAND	John		St.Mary's P.S. Mullaghbawn
D	MORGAN	Gerard		St. Colman's College
D	MURPHY	Daniel		St.Mary's P.S. Belleeks
D	O'CONNELL	Kevin		St.Brigid's Glassdrummond
D	REDMOND	Mark		St.Colman's P.S.Saval
D	REID	Colm		St.Dallan's Primary School
E	BLAIR	Michael		St.Dallan's Primary School
E	DOYLE	Christopher	St.Mary's P.S. Rostrevor
E	FERRIS	Liam		St.Mary's P.S. Mullaghbawn
E	FITZPATRICK Shane		Ballyholland P.S.
E	FLYNN	Barry		St.Ronan's Primary School
E	GILLEN	Patrick		St.Mary's P.S. Banbridge
E	HARNEY	Mark		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
E	HUGHES	Ciaran		Dromintee P.S.
E	KERNAN	Antony		St.Patrick's P.S. Crossmaglen
E	LYNCH	Aidan		St.Dallan's Primary School
E	McCARTHY	Kevin		St.Colman's P.S.Saval
E	McCREESH	Padraig		St.Patrick's P.S. Cullyhanna
E	McCREESH	Gerard		St.Mary's P.S. Mullaghbawn
E	McGOVERN	James		Carrick P.S.
E	McSHANE	Fearghal		St.Brigid's Glassdrummond
E	MULHOLLAND	Patrick		St.Malachy's P.S. Ballymoyer
E	O'ROURKE	Micheal		St.Joseph's P.S. Meigh
E	QUINN	Caolan		St.Laurence O'Toole's P.S.Bell
E	QUINN	Gary		St.Mary's P.S. Banbridge
E	SANDS	Stephen		St.Colman's P.S.Saval
F	BOYLE	Daniel		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
F	BYRNE	Gerard		St.Joseph's P.S. Meigh
F	CAMPBELL	Ross		Ballyholland P.S.
F	CONNOLLY	David		St.Ronan's Primary School
F	DILLON	Diarmaid		St.Patrick's P.S. Newry
F	DORAN	Cathal		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
F	HEARTY	Martin		St.Joseph's H.S.Crossmaglen
F	HEATLEY	Paul		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
F	HUGHES	Mark		Cloughoge P.S.
F	McARDLE	Shane		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.
F	McCORMACK	Gavin		Jonesborough P.S.
F	McGIVERN	Shane		Jonesborough P.S.
F	MURTAGH	Martin		St.Joseph's High Sch Cross
F	O'HARE	Christopher	St.Patrick's P.S. Newry
F	PRINCE	Liam		St.Mark's High School
F	RICE	Steven		Cloughoge P.S.
F	RUDDY	Jamie		St.Colman's Abbey P.S.

100% Certificates

These certificates are presented to that small band of G.C.S.E pupils who in the last academic year September 2001 to June 2002 maintained a 100% attendance record.

Darren Boylan
Barry Flynn
Patrick Mulholland
Ruairi Burns
Steven Malone
Terence McKay

Best in Key Stage 3 Awards

These awards are presented to those pupils who received the highest overall mark in the school for each of the 3 subjects in which they are examined externally at the end of the Sage 3 cycle of Education in May 2002.

English 	-  	Philip Knox
Mathmatics	-	David Boyle
Science	-	Stephen Begley