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PCH MAGAZINE 2012/2013
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Hon the boys!

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Contents
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Principals Address
Art Competition
Autocorrect Fails/ Ordering McDonalds
Photo Competition
The Club With No Name
Craic at Waltons
U-17 Soccer
Bad Luck Brian
The 5th Year Oscars
Transition Year
Leaving Cert Grammys
Are You Aware?
Big Brother Big Sister/Library
East Meets West Orchestra
Back in the Bog/Who’s that Baby?
Boys Soccer
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Guess Who?
Thank You For The Music
Survey Results
Girls Gaelic Football
Student Talent
Padraic Cunningham
Bitta Bant With The Lads
Class Photos
TY Title Holders
Leaving Cert Photos
Leaving Cert Tribute
Horoscopes
Punny Pictures/ Modern Family
Jamming in Clifden/TY Work Experience
Boys Gaelic Football
Awkward Moment When/ F1 in Schools
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Poetry Competition
Tiny Dancer in my Hand/Comic Strip
Magazine Committee
Recipe for Sucess/Finark
Corn Fhursa
Words of Wisdom
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Winning Essay70

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Principals Address
Welcome to the latest edition of our annual school magazine. As usual, it is full of colour
and exciting articles. It is also a record of a year filled with remarkable achievements and
efforts both inside and outside the classroom. Well done to the students and staff of our
great school on their wonderful work.
The marvellous All-Ireland success in the
Walton’s Music for Schools competition; the
sweet Connacht final victory for our under-17
boys’ soccer team, following a valiant perfor-
mance in the senior final; the teamwork and
initiative evinced in the unique Aware Day –
these and many other events will keep 2012-13
alive for the memory of the school community for
a long time.Congratulations to everyone
involved in bringing this bright and engaging
publication to you, the reader.
It showcases a wide range of talents. Well done
to the various writers, artists and
photographers who submitted their work; the
diligent, enterprising editorial team; and Mr.
Brendan O’Mahony, who has carefully guided
the editors in their fine work. Well done also to
Ruairi McNicholas who laid out the entire
magazine. It is the first time a student has
designed the magazine.
Happy reading!
I would like to congratulate Mr. O’Mahony and his
team for all the effort, dedication and creativity that
went into producing this years School Magazine.
The magazine has evolved over the years into a
publication which embodies the spirit, ingenuity,
talent and hard work of our school’s community.
I commend all students and staff alike who have
contributed to this year’s edition and hope it contin-
ues to inspire the present and future generations of
PCH.
A note from
James Whyte,
Principal
Noel Martin,
Vice Principal
Mr.Martin

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Guess Who ???By Ruairi MCNicholas and
Conor Dever
Working as a teacher is a tough job, so tough that several teachers have decided to pack their bags, hand
Mr.Whyte their resignation forms, and start a new life.
Some of them have taken up rather odd occupations.
This captain builds ships from wood.
This FRENCH FELLOW IS STUCK IN BLACK
AND WHITE.
THIS TEACHER IS ALWAYS SHPINNIN’
AROUND THE PLACE.
tHIS cLOWN LIKES
JUGGLING maths
EQUATIONS.

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by Ann Moroney - 2nd Year -
Junior Winner
By Eimear Joyce - 5th Year - Senior Winner
Art Competition
By Maija Makela - 5th Year
By Eoin O’toole - 2nd Year

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by Emma
O’Sullivan
BY Suliat Fuja - 2nd Year

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Using a McDonalds Drive-thru is so easy and convenient, but wouldn’t it be much better if it was
more fun! Here are a few tips to order a McDonalds Drive-thru the right way (The fun way)!
• Say “amen” after you have made your order.
• Order a large cheese pizza.
• When someone asks if they can take your order, simply announce “I could tell you… but then
I’d have to kill you”.
• Answer their questions with questions (e.g.: They ask, “Would you like a drink with that?” You
answer, “Would you like a drink with that?”) .
• Sing your order.
• Spell your order.
• Talk about your social life.
• If they ask you what drink you’d like, become disorientated and panic saying, “I can’t choose
their all too good!”.
• Change your accent every three seconds.
• Start your order with “ I would like…” a little later, slap yourself and say “NO YOU DON’T!”.
• Ask to rent a burger.
• Ask if there’s a warranty on your meal.
• Order just one fry.
• Order two different meals, then say “ Oh wait I can’t, they’ll start fighting”.
• Ask for the person who took your order the last time, stating that, “Nobody understands you like
they do”.
• When they repeat your order say, “Again with a little more OOMPH this time!”.
• Bargain the price of your order.
• Wear a detective suit hand the person at the window a briefcase and drive off.
• Ask if the burger has had its shots.
• Don’t say a word. Just stare…
How to order McDonalds
Auto Correct Fails...
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‘Thank you for the Music’ where to start? Explaining a production that took months of preparation and con-
densing it into a mere one page is quite difficult, but here it goes!
Although the Musical was hard work and took a lot of commitment (ahem... after school rehearsals... ahem...
even on Sundays), in the end I think we all can agree it was a worthwhile experience.
Auditions were held all the way back in September, and the cast list wasn’t released until October, rather
unexpectedly, so most of us got the shock of our lives to see our names on it. We got to work pretty quickly
afterwards, and the nerves and excitement began to kick in! We began learning songs and harmonies with Ms.
Shaughnessy and Ms. Cunningham (We still have the recordings of the harmonies embedded in our phones and
minds). Mr. Healy helped us with the script and going over the dialogue, and finally learning dance routines
(which proved quite challenging for some) with the amazing and talented Elanoir Cazabon-Regan.
The artistic elements of the show also got underway with Ms. Martyn, her 2nd year and T.Y students painting
the sets, Mr. Farragher and his 5th year students creating the sets along with the now famous ‘Sharkey’s Bar’.
Ms. Comer also lend a helping hand in choosing costumes for the cast and chorus.
Thank You For The Music
The 23rd of November began to draw
nearer and nearer... and we still had
A LOT to get done! The week of
the musical was filled with chaotic
rehearsals and teachers screaming
“BOTOX FACES!” as we took over
the gym, for a week of intense prac-
tising. Our Matinee was on the 22nd
of November for our first ever perfor-
mance! We were all very nervous but
everything ran smoothly(ish). After
the success of the matinee, everyone
felt a lot more confident about the real
show.
We recently discovered that we have been nominated for 6 awards by NUI Galway for, Best Female Singer in
Lead Role (Lucy Coppinger), Best Male Singer in a Supporting Role ( Ruairí McNicholas), Best Comedian
(Niamh Farrell), Best Duo (Niamh and Hannah Brookfield), Best Set Design and Best Orchestra. This really is
the icing on top of the cake for all our hard work. Good luck to everyone involved!
Thankfully it all came together in
the end (Phew!) Both nights were
a huge success and it’s safe to say
we got everyone up dancing! The
whole experience was so enjoyable
and we all had great fun along the
way, although there were a few mi-
nor hiccups (James and the invisible
bongos), but this only made watch-
ing the D.V.D funnier! We would
like to thank everyone involved
especially all who helped.
So I guess all that’s left to say is...
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC!
By cIARA lYNSKEY, shauna quinn and Genna Monahan

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First Place:
“Redbreast” by Erin
Coyle (2nd Year)
“A simple photograph with great impact.
Composition and framing are spot-on.
The key part of the photograph is sharply
focused to make it stand out from the
blurred background. Great use of con-
trasting colours. This is an excellent
nature photograph.”
Second Place:
“The Gargoyle” by
Ciarraí O’Toole (5th Year)
“The gargoyle seems to be less than
impressed with the modern city that has
developed all around it over the
centuries.
This is a photograph that shouldn’t work,
but it does!”
Third Place:“War Memorial” by OliviaMurphy (2nd Year)“I liked the symmetrical composition ofthis war memorial picture: path narrowsinto cross, two groups of headstones, twotrees.
A different, more modern world is hintedas in the background windmills.”
Photo Competition
By Henry
McMahon
1st Year
By Orla Kubernat - TY

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The Headford and District No Name Club meet in Shrule Community Centre every Thursday. Meetings
began in September and run throughout the school year. The club has over forty members from third year
to Leaving Cert. With meetings held every Thursday, it wasn't long 'til everyone started to get to know each
other and the craic, the lols and the bants began! No Name! 2013 was born!
The club does everything from ice skating to movie and pizza nights. However, the big outings are the
NoName Super Talent and the No Name Youth Awards.
The regional finals of the Supertalent was held in Ballinrobe this year. Well done to Lucy Coppinger, 9 Ideas,
Padraig Hughes and our group singers- Cuppa Ceol for making it through to the All -Ireland Final which was
held in Limerick this April. Fair play to Padraig Hughes! He "Took her home lads!", winning the Solo Musi-
cian competition. Also, congratulations to 9 Ideas who came second.
The Youth Awards were held in Kilkenny in the Lyrath Hotel on April 6th. Micheal Devaney won the Re-
gional Final for the Host, and so represented our club. He did really well to get that far, and we are all very
proud of him. All ten Hosts and Hostesses were worthy winners in our eyes, but Alan Hayes from Kilkenny
and Suzanne O’Donnell from Gort won this year’s competition. A six hour long disco began after the meal,
with "Ireland’s biggest sleepover" starting at 3am, not that anyone got much sleep with over a thousand teen-
agers from all around the country in the one function hall!
I think its fair to say the bus journey home was a lot quieter then the journey down, apart from the running
commentary on Kilkenny's shrubbery. It has to be said though, Kilkenny does have some lovely hedges!
Thankfully, some of us did get some sleep because Elizabeth remembered to close the window!
A big thank you thank you to our wonderful leaders: Noreen Walsh, Bernie Divilly, Joseph Larkin, and of
course Rory Bane. Because WE ALL DREAM OF A TEAM OF RORY BANES! HEY!
The club with no nameBy Aoife Hession

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Survey Results
Favourite Music Artists:
• Ed Sheeran
• Eminem
• Rihanna
• Coldplay
• Passenger
• Taylor Swift
• One Direction
Favourite Film:
• Pulp Fiction
• Ted
• The Notebook
Favourite Chart Song
• Pompeii - Bastille
• Let Her Go - Passenger
• Hey Porche - Nelly

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We entered the annual Waltons Music for Schools Competition, which is a competition for Primary and Sec-
ondary schools across Ireland. Ruaírí McNicholas recorded a five minute video clip of us playing an arrange-
ment including a variety of styles like Jazz, Traditional, Folk, Pop and Rock fused with Traditional. It was
called ‘Beyond the Sea’. On the 23rd of March, we were announced on Lyric FM as one of the six secondary
schools to reach the finals along with 6 primary schools. The final would be held in the National Concert Hall
in Dublin on the 8th April.
Craic at Waltons
So on the Monday after our Easter holidays, forty one students, two teachers and a boot load of instruments
left the school at 6am heading for the National Concert Hall. After a quick sound check at 10, we had some
time to roam around the streets of Dublin in our black formal wear and get something to eat. We were back
in our seats to see the competition, the standard was so high across the board. So after everyone else had
performed, it was our turn. We all took our places on the stage and Ms Shaughnessy reminded us about our
‘botox faces’ and ‘mythical sea creatures’. The performance started with everyone singing ‘The Voyage’.
Then we went into ‘Beyond the Sea’, followed by ‘The Lonesome Boatman’. After the entertaining break
between performances and results (which involved quite a lot of chanting and clapping), Liz Nolan from
RTÉ lyric fm's Classic Drive programme came back on stage with the results.
Third place for both Primary and Secondary schools received a €500 voucher for Waltons Music shop and a
trophy. Second place received a €1,500 voucher and a trophy. And first place were presented with a €3,000
voucher to spend on music equipment for the school. We were absolutely delighted and shocked to come
first in the secondary schools category. We want to thank Ms Cunningham, Ms Berril and Ms Shaughnessy
for all their hard work and dedication.
“We’re not culchies, we’re cultured”...THAT’S THE JOB!!
By Siobhán McDOnagh and Orla Kubernat

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Girls Gaelic Football
It was a very successful year for both the U14 and Junior girls teams, with the U-14s winning 3 out of 5
matches and the Junior girls making it through to the Connacht semi-final.
The U-14 girls started the league campaign with a well earned 2 point win over Calasanctius College. Next
we faced Colaiste Einde which we won 5-5 to 2-1. The next two matches didn’t go our way, with Headford
unlucky in both. However, we didn’t give up and ended the year on a high with a great win against Colaiste
Mhuire. The final score was 4-4 to 5 points. Well done girls!
The Junior girls got their season underway with a brilliant 9-14 to 1-0 win over Balla and a terrific perfor-
mance by all of the girls. Achill were the next team that Headford faced, and again a great performance by
the girls ensured a 8-7 to 1-3 win. After Christmas, Headford had an 18 point win over Tourmakeady, the
final score was 4-5 to 0-3. The quarter final took place on the 7th of March and once again, a super team per-
formance by Headford gave us the win, 9-5 to 2-3 was how the match ended. St. Cuan’s of Castleblakeney
awaited us in the semi-final. The match was set for the 12th of April. Despite a brave performance, Headford
unfortunately lost the match by 5 points. The final score was 4-7 to 4-12. The girls can hold their heads high
though as we had one of the most successful years in a long time. The girls of both panels would like to
thank Ms Tuffy for training us and putting up with us all year and the teachers who travelled to the matches
with us.
By Amy Hardiman and Laura O’Neill
Unfortunately, the Senior girls only got to play three matches this year. The first was against
Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh, where we lost by a few points in terrible playing con-
ditions. We travelled to Ballinrobe Community School next and beat them comfortably.
Finally, we played Claremorris and we were unlucky to lose that match, having played some
brilliant football. Thanks to Mr O’ Dea and Ms Kelly for all their help!
Back Row L-R
Niamh O’Shaughnessy,Shannon Reilly, Keira Kyne,Laura Murphy, Aisling Kineen, Martina Canavan, Katy Moylan,
Nicola Derrig, Aisling Meehan, Tara Hennessey, Shauna Bohan, Emily Doyle, Amy Hardiman
Front Row L-R
Niamh Kyne, Emma-Jane Bane, Siobhan McDonagh, Elizabeth McHugh, Áine Monaghan(Captian), Aoife O’Sullivan,
Laura O’Neill, Allyson Kerrigan, Michaela Martyn, Niamh Geraghty.
2012/2013

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U-17 Soccer
This year marked an extremely successful year for our schools soccer U17 Boys soccer team. This team
managed by Mr. Healy and David Gibbons began the year with a 4-3 loss away to the Bish on a windy day
in Drum, Cathal Newell, James O’ Brien, Padraic Cunningham scorers of the day. This was a disappointing
defeat but many positives were taken from a game which on another day we could have won. The following
game was again away to St. Marys, PCH dominated this game running out 3-0 winners with all goals coming
from Padraic Cunningham who also captained the team.
On our final group game against Moneenageisha we again proved too strong for the opposition winning 6-1,
Cunningham scoring an impressive 5 goals and Darragh Moran chipping in also. Then after a lengthy break,
our side faced St.Muredach’s in Knock in the quarter final. This proved a very tricky tie finishing 1-1 and
needing an extra time winner from Padraic Cunningham who had opened the scoring for us also to make a
Connaught Semi-final. This game played against a much fancied Summerhill side, was our best performance
of the season. This was a complete team performance. Three brilliant goals from Padraic along with the en-
ergy and work from the rest of the team ensured a memorable day.
The Connaught final was played in Eamonn Deacy Park. Two busloads of supporters cheered on the team who
didn’t let them down. These two sides were very evenly matched and both sides had chances in the first half. A
goal before half time settled our nerves a bit but we had to endure another 30 minutes before Padraic ‘Messi’
Cunningham scored his second to guarantee this silverware was being brought home to Headford. The whole
school came out to cheer as the bus arrived back at the school crowning our day.
We did lose the all Ireland semi final to Buncrana and were disappointed after but nothing could take away
from us being Connaught Champions and none of our squad or managers will forget our triumph at Eamonn
Deacy Park. This team was successful because it was made up of a close bunch of friends that had a huge
work rate in games and that never gave up. David Gibbons coming on board was crucial and his knowledge of
all the lads from club level was invaluable. Padraic Cunningham was the ultimate captain this year, leading the
line with some breath taking goals at times (St Marys stands out) and he was also inspirational before and dur-
ing games. Rory Gibbons epitomised our teams spirit, being injured for the last three games but always being
a voice on the line encouraging and cheering the lads on. Cathal Reilly was also part of the back room staff
all year and he was a great help.
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CIARA JENNINGS: I dance with the Coleman School of Irish dancing and the organization ‘An Commis-
sion’. I have been dancing since the age of 3. I dance alongside a lot of other dancers from PCH. This year we
competed at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Boston which was an amazing experience. There was
at least 150 dancers in my age group and I was very lucky to receive a recall. All the other students did bril-
liantly also. I am lucky to have had the experience to dance all over the world including UK and America. I
have danced at World and All Ireland level and have achieved the Connacht title in 2011.
Student Talent
JADE MURPHY: I attend both ballet and jazz dance classes every Wednesday and Friday with The Corrib
Dance Academy in Briarhill but I became involved with dance and theatre at a young age, when i started at-
tending ballet, modern dance and speech and drama with Elanoir Cazabon Regan. I have been in many shows
with The Corrib Dance Academy and Elanoir and have completed many exams in both ballet and speech and
drama. Last year I also had the pleasure of dancing with in The Renmore Panto-
mine in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. I am currently in grade 6 ballet and
am also studying my intermediate foundation syllabus with my exam next week.
Hopefully I will do well and continue on to do my intermediate exam sometime in
the near future.
CLAIRE DOOLEY AND MARY-JANE WALSH: We have been dancing since we were three years old with
All Stars Acadamy of Preforming Arts and have loved it ever since. This year we decided to autition for the
Renmore Pantomine. We were very lucky as we were picked to dance in the show! This years Panto was
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It was a great experience and we loved every minute of it! We hope to
dance in the Renmore Pantomine again next Christmas. Our ballet exam is coming up next month and so we
are currently preparing for that.
NEW AGE ARMY: The band consists of Hannah Brookfield, Connor Brookfield, Conor Dever, Deanna Mc-
Donagh and Rioghnach Dunne-Ward. Last Summer, when the band finally formed, we never thought we'd
be playing in the Royal Theatre in Castlebar! We entered the competition " The All-Ireland Schools Talent
Search"in late September. Our first heat was in November. We sailed through the first heats on judges’ votes
with our orginal song " Anonymous". Our first real competition was in the Galway County Final that was
held in the Clayton Hotel. Competition was tough, but we still managed to land ourselves with a place in the
top four and got through to the Connacht Final which was held in the T.F. Hotel in Castlebar.
MAIJA SOFIA: I’m not exactly sure when I first started writing songs but I’ve pretty much always liked writ-
ing and singing (even if I wasn’t always very good...) so I just kind of combined the two. Ever since I started
taking the idea of songwriting seriously I’ve played in a few different festivals and pubs and the Volvo Ocean
Race, and I’ve just been asked to play at Cúirt. Last month I was suprised to find out that one of my songs is
number 1 on the Reverbnation singer/songwriter charts for Galway, which was kind of unexpected but cool.
I’ve been astoundingly lucky in that I have been given advice and encouragemant from lovely, inspirational
people in the music industry, and I plan on pursuing it as a career. As well as guitar I play violin and harp and
I’m recording an EP of sorts at the moment, you can find a few of my songs on Youtube or Soundcloud or
whatever if you google ‘Maija Sofia’.

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SHAUNA QUINN: I started Irish Dancing when I was 5. I love it and I cant imagine my
life without it. I dance with the Kelly O’ Dowd School of Irish Dancing and my teach-
ers name is Rita. We are part of the organisation ‘An Comhdhail’ and we have practice
3 times a week. We compete in Feises all year round. In the month of March I competed
in the Connacht Championships in which I placed 3rd. As I placed in the top 5 I quali-
fied for the World Championships that were held in the City West in Dublin. There were
120 dancers in my age group. It was a great experience to dance on the World Stage and
I loved it.
EIMEAR O KANE: I play football for Headford u16’s. I started playing football
when I was 8 years old. I started with training once a week and maybe a match
every week or two. I always enjoyed football and wanted to go further with it. I
did the Galway trails this year for the Galway u16’s team and made the panel. I
have training twice for the county and club training once a week. I also have a
match with the county and a match in the club every week. The training for the
county is very intense and hard and you have to be as fit as possible to keep your
position on the team. You have to be very dedicated but its all worth it in the end
to be able to go out and play in a Galway jersey.
SHAUNA MOLLOY: I was always playing football in primary school, but I only
started playing football for Headford when I was twelve. I really got into football
around this time. It’s great to have the opportunity to play for Galway and getting
so far with the school team was great too. I love playing on a team and getting to
know the players. I love Gaelic Football and don’t see myself stopping anytime
soon!
LAURA REDDINGTON: I love horse riding and go out as much as I
possibly can. I began when I was seven and have never looked back. I am
a faithful member of the Galway Mid-County Pony Club and the North
Galway Hunt.
The Pony Club has many activities such as; show jumping, cross country,
eventing, pony games, hunter trials and a brilliant summer camp. It’s a
great way to meet people with similar interests! I hold a riding and road
safety badge and have achieved a ‘C’ test standard badge all through the
Pony Club.
The hunt is certainly something close to my heart, I really enjoy going out
on a Sunday for guaranteed craic as well as being an amazing, enjoyable
experience.
EMMA MOLLOY was short
listed from over 1400 entries
to take part in the “Take Me
Away” competition. Emma
travelled to St. Angela's College
Sligo with her teacher Ms. Bo-
land to compete in the competi-
tion which was judged by award
winning chef Nevin Maguire.

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Interview With
Padraic CunninghamYou are with the Galway minor footballers at the mo-
ment. How are you getting on?
PC: I hope to make the Championship panel. I think I might
be pushing to make the team. If I don’t make it, I will be
eligible next year anyway.
How are you finding training with the minors?
PC: The training is very tough. It’s the toughest training I
have ever done for any team. There is a lot of running and
ball work. The training lasts an hour and a half but it is very
itense.
Has the intense training made you fitter and stronger?
PC: Definitely, it has been very good.
What matches have you played for the minors?
PC: I came on in three matches and started against Leitrim. I think I have played well but I haven’t scored yet.
There was a good Senior team this year. Were you disappointed to lose against Athlone?
PC: It was a real sickener. We played well and were three points up but conceded a goal in the last minute of
normal time. It was a good team and if we had won that game, we could have pushed on from there and won the
Championship.
What about Headford’s chances in the minor championship this year?
PC: We have a very good side but the league has been a bit disappointing. We hope to do a lot better in the
championship.
It was a great season for the Senior school soccer teams. You were central to both these teams. What was
the hightlight for you?
PC: Lifting the cup for the U-17s as captain.
You scored a lot of goals, which ones stand out to you?
PC: I scored three against Summerhill, Sligo and two in Terryland in the final.
In your opinion, why did the U-17s win?
PC: It was a very hardworking team. Everyone battled amd never gave up. There was a great spirit in the side.
You played up front on your own with 5 in midfield. How did you find that?
PC: I like that system. The midfield players got up in support. I tried to move across the line to keep the backs
busy.
You had a great season with Mervue and Galway. What were the highlights?
PC: Reaching two All-Ireland semi-finals with Mervue and Galway. The All-Ireland quarter-final was a high-
light for me. I got three goals against Dublin AUL.
You were called for International trials for the U-17 team. What was that experience like?
PC: The standard was very high. It was very tough.
Do you have ambitions for the future?
PC: I would love to get a chance to play soccer professionally but I know that would be very tough. But if I
work very hard and am lucky, who knows what the future will bring.

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Bad Luck Brian
Bad Luck Brian is an image macro series featuring a photo of a blonde teenage boy wearing a plaid
sweater vest and braces, accompanied by captions that describe a variety of embarrassing and tragic occur-
rences.
Origin
On January 23rd, 2012, the first Quickmeme was submitted and uploaded to Reddit (A social news
website). Since then it has quickly exploded into the hilarious phenomenon it is today.
Identity Revealed
On the 8th of May 2012, a Redditor (coyotecarl) claimed to be Bad Luck Brian. He revealed his name
is Kyle and the photo was taken as his seventh grade school photo, but the principal made him take it
over again because he was under the impression Kyle was making the face on purpose. He also stated
that he’s had relatively good luck in his life, once winning an XBox 360 and a PSP within two weeks,
he was recognized by actor Seth Rogen in public and played the hand chimes.
An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink,
video, picture, website, or hashtag. It may be just a word or
phrase, including intentionally misspelling the word “more”
as “moar”, “the” as “teh, or “what” as “wat”. These small
movements tend to spread from person to person via social
networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. They may
relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures,
often created or spread on sites such as 4chan, Reddit and
numerous others.
By Laura Reddington

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Hey guys, introduce yourselves and what ye play
Padraig: I’m Padraig and I play drums
Eoin: Hi, my name is Eoin. I play guitar and I sing
Caolan: Right, I’m Caolan Walsh and I play the bass and I’ll speak
for Daire and say I play lead guitar
*intercom comes on asking for someone AT LUNCHTIME*
All: Er, no one can hear the intercom Geraldine….
So what’s this album I hear you’re writing?
E: Trying to write….
P: We’re like halfway through it at the moment and we’re fairly
happy with the content.
C: Ahh, we have two songs in the whole album written…
P: We’re calling it “Mantra” We have material for half the album
written.
Who writes the songs?
E: We all do.
C: Mostly me though because Eoin can’t write for shite.
P: One person comes up with either a riff, melody or-
C: (Interrupts) Most people don’t know that the bassists are the musi-
cal geniuses behind it all really.
P: We [drummers] are the heartbeat. You’re the liver. We’re the heart.
He [Eoin] is the lungs!
Worst gig?
All: The competition in Abbeyknockmoy and the gig in Castlebar.
E: They gave a bottle of whiskey to a 5 year old.
P: We were asked to play with a few more bands in Castlebar and-
C: (Interrupts) There was no bass amp!
P: It was in a hotel right beside Mantra the nightclub so we expected
a big turnout and when we turned up there was one person there apart
from the band.
C: No, there was 3- 2 left.
*laughter*
E: I think the person who was there was the sister of the guy organis-
ing it so really no one came.
C: He made it out that it was going to be really busy and if the turn-
out was over 50 he’d be happy.
E: Abbeyknockmoy as well…
P: It was a really bad one. We didn’t even come in the top 3.
Best gig?
C: Amy’s house party, awh that was unreal!
P: That last one in the tav, we sounded really good.
C: It’s between those two.
P: But the biggest one was in the TF Castlebar for OSGT competi-
tion, preforming for over 1,000 people.
E: And we opened for that as well which was good.
What happens in band practice?
C: What happens in band practice stays in band practice.
P: Well, we always show up late.
E: We’ll say we’ll start at like 1 and we won’t show up until around
20 past.
P: We’ll go full belt for 1/2 hour. 100% and then-
C: We’ll have dinner. Caithleen (Padraig’s mammy) cooks us a
FEAST.
P: Then we’ll be so stuffed we’d either watch tv or play xbox, more
than likely FIFA.
C: Why do we always have band practice when there’s an All-Ireland
match on?
*LAUGHTER*
C: We always watch the match.
E: So for any advice for bands- don’t eat. Starve yourselves.
P: No, eat a ton before you go.
Who’s the loudest in the group?
*Caolan bursts out laughing… Loudly*
E: Do we even need to answer that?!
Who’s the most random?
All: We’re all random!
Do you have any hard-core fans?
All: Devaney!
Best pickup line?
P: I’m in a band.
E: I lost my teddy bear, can I sleep with you tonight?
C: You look an awful lot like my next girlfriend *winks*
P: Yeah, she’s over there!
Have any of ye been told that you look like a celebrity?
E: You [Caolan] look like Tarzan!
*LAUGHTER*
E: in fact, we’ve been busking a few times and these foreigners
come up “oohh look, its Tarzan playing bass!” they get a photo
too.
C: Eoin resembles Steve McHugh.
P: I always get told I look like people from cartoons.
*lads sing Noddy theme tune*
P: and Ben 10… Oh God.
Who can reach the highest note?
C and P: Eoin!
Who can reach the lowest note?
Disputable between Padraig and Caolan.
That’s it! C’est ca!
E: Now it’s our turn to interview you!
Oh God…
P: What colour hair are you going next?
Turquois-
P: BLACK! WRONG ANSWER
Anything ye want to sign off with?
E: Uhhh… best of luck to the Mountbellew’s camogie team
P: What do we usually say?
E: Have the craic
C: Sure
All: IT’LL BE GRAND
Look out for 9 Ideas new EP “Mantra” and like them on Face-
book!
Bitta bant with the lads By Caoimhe
Kennedy
All set up and ready to go, but the guirarist, Daire, was nowhere to be seen.
Guess it’s 6.75 Ideas now...

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Best Girls Eyes
Lucy Smith
Best Boys Eyes
Dan Fahy
Best Girls Hair
Michelle Cahill
Best Boys Hair
Cathal Reilly
Best Girls Smile
Ciara Jennings
Best Boys Smile
Luke Donnelan
Multi Talented
Lucy Coppinger
Sports Star
Padraic
Cunningham
Friendliest
Aoife
O'Sullivan
Cutest Couple
Padraic and Orla
Bring Home to Mammy
Jack Forde
And the 5th year oscars go to....

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Funniest Laugh
Aisling Meehan
Party Animal
Michael
McMorrow
Never Shuts Up
Niamh
Farragher
Ladies Man
Feilim O'Dowd
Likely to be Famous
Maija Makela
Most Fashionable
Sinead Carey
Poet
Tadhg Gleeson
Never on Time
Ophelia
Mortimer
Most Creative Hair
Caoimhe Kennedy
Biggest Farmer
Ronan Naughton
.
Injury prone
Rory Gibbons

1st Year Photos
Middle Row:
Declan Cunningham,
Martin Ronayne,
Laura O’Sullivan,
Anna Judge, Sarah
Monaghan, Patrick
Donoghue, Michael
Heenan.
Ground Row:
Robbie Barrett, Cian
Forde, Alan Bolton
Back Row:
Patrick Burke, Gabrielle
Brophy, Thomas Creaven,
Deana McCormack, Pearce
Conor, Nicola Corbett, Robert
Forde.
Front Row :
Paul Keane, Aisling McNally,
Joey Macguire, Saoirse
Stephens, Brian O’ Sullivan.
Middle Row:
Andy Egan, Ciaran
Flaherty, Roisin
Naughton, Kelly
Mongan, Shauna
O’Grady, John
Healy, Mark Walsh.
Ground Row:
Aoife King , Gavin
Burke, Dylan
Jaques, Amy Lee.
Absent: Jason Kenny, Bridget Mohan, Emma Molloy.
Form 811
Form 812
Middle Row:
Nigel Cunningham,
Ryan Gibbons, Ban-
dile Tshabalala, Luke
O’ Shaughnessy, Aoife
King, Jessica Manion.
Ground Row:
Amy Kenny, Bethany
Meehan, Rachel
Kavanagh, Mark
O’Donoghue, Anton
Kennett.
Back Row:
Eoin Reddington, Robert
Costello, Stephaine Moffatt,
Oisin Faherty, Amy Cotter,
Carrick Roberts,
Cathal Roddy.
Front Row:
Emily Forde, John Doyle,
Paula Walsh, Kyara O’Brien,
Rachel Percy.
Form 813
Back Row:
Griffin Chalfa, Sinead St.
John, Imelda Donoghue, Cian
Camplisson, Shauna McGaugh,
Laura Kyne, Dylan Creaven.
Front Row :
Luke Arnold, Clodagh
Finnegan, Liam Murphy,
Roisin Gearghty, Peter Mc-
Donagh,
Absent: Diarmuid Conway
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1st Year Photos Form 814
Middle Row:
Adrian Halligan,
Ailbhe Leonard, Sean
Finnegan, Orla New-
ell, Keelan McNulty,
Siabh Moran, Mark
Farrell.
Back Row:
Aaron Creaven, Cliona
Murphy, Paul O’Reilly,
Nessan Leahy, Ronan Ipek,
Rebekah Greaney, Henry
McMahon.
Front Row :
Nicole Reilly, Garry
Grenaney, Emma
Gilligan, Graham Ger-
aghty, Rachel Melia.
Ground Row :
John Flood, Cian
O’Toole, Willam
Moggen, Conor
Quinn, Jarod Mullin.
Form 815
Middle Row:
Erica Mulroe,
Finnan Guy,
Michelle O’Neill,
Aoife Earnor, Fiona
Sice, David Greaney,
Aine Kubernat,
Michael McDonagh.
Back Row:
Stephen O’Sullivan, Grace
Connelly, Sean Forde, Mark
Conway, Cian Maloney,
Sinead O’Brien, Ryan Spencer
Front Row :
Padraig Crehen, Evan Mohan,
Aine Walsh, Daragh
McDonagh, Gary Cullumb,
Jason Murphy.
Ground Row :
Killian McMorrow,
Rachel McCrea,
Lauryn Walsh,
Damien Curry, Sarah
Dooley.
Absent: Sadbh Hand
Form 816
Middle Row:
Elizabeth Walsh, Ci-
aran Murphy, Zoe
Rochford, Dara Mor-
rin, Francesca Moran,
Pati wloch, Isobel
Ross, Louie
McGeehen.
Back Row:
Paul Halloran, Ronan Walsh,
Katy Murphy, Saoirse
McNicholas, Cara Conlon,
Taine Ryan, Padraic Moran .
Front Row :
Sean Monaghan, James
Monaghan, Mark Jennings,
Ben Lardner, Rory Murphy.
Ground Row :
Tneisha Joyce,
Shauna Reilly, Eoin
Morris, Eimear
Caron, Caolfhinn
McCaul.
Absent: Colin Reilly, Darren Garvey, Liam Kerrigan, Niamh Winfield,
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2nd Year Photos
Middle Row:
Tara Heneghan, Dara
Nee, Michaela Ipek,
Stephen O’Neill, Mark
Kavanagh, Michelle
Keady, Ciara Devlin,
Mary Conneally.
Ground Row:
Jack Matthews, Josh
Foyle, Sean Gilmore,
Shannon Maclean,
Shaun Fahy, Michael
Caulfield
Back Row:
Corey Hurson, Kellee Owens,
Conor Gannon, Ann Moroney,
Nathan McGhee, Micheal
O’Brien.
Front Row :
Heather Burke, Colm Joyce,
Lauren Greaney, Ailbhe
Costello, Hannah Glynn, Aoife
Canavan.
Absent: Dean Conroy
Middle Row:
Gary Egan, Macus
Henahan, Joseph
Keady, Enda
Killgarriff, Fiona
Cradock, Thomas
Halloran, Ruth
Toher, Roisin
Berkeley.
Ground Row:
Sarah Fahy,
Rebecca Hig-
gins, Aaron Fahy,
Micheal Garvey,
Justin Morrin, Mi-
chelle Fitzgerald,
Mary Holleran.
Absent: David Greaney, Nigel Kerr
Form 821
Form 822
Middle Row:
Conor Walsh,
Rachel
Hannon,Sarah Com-
erford, Deborah
Kindt, Aisling Der-
rig, Lorraine Hardi-
man, Laura Canty.
Ground Row:
Chris Mullins, Kevin
Dooley, Sean Hes-
sion, Declan Miller.
Back Row:
Ian O’ Connor, Michael O’
Brien,Shane Looby, Thomas
Martyn, Darra Moran, Mikey
Silke.
Front Row:
Suliat Fuja , Aisling Whelan,
Doireann Kelly, Carina Cana-
van, Kieran Forde.
Form 823
Back Row:
Frankie Moran, Ciaran
Nugent, Cian D’Arcy,
Conor Geraghty, Aaron
Boyd, James Varley.
Front Row :
Jack Cassidy, Jessica
King, Leanne
Mulryan, Shauna Tom-
linson, Jade Duggan,
Meghan McHugh.
Absent: Lorna Cunningham, Evelina Deleva, Patrick McLoughlin, Ryan Furey, Fiachra O’ Roarke, Zach Winfield
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2nd Year Photos
Form 824
Middle Row:
Cathy McCole,
Eoin O’Toole, Lor-
raine Newell, Brian
O’Neill, Mary Flood,
Shane Curley, Isobel
Flynn.
Back Row:
Connor Brookfield, Dara
McNicholas, Liam Donnellan,
Brain Walsh, Noel O’ Halloran,
Thomas O’Toole.
Front Row :
Ciara Kenny, Grace McCaffrey,
Roisin McDonagh, Geoffrey
Corbett, Anna Sheil, Alisha
Quinn.
Ground Row :
Ryan Monahan, Joe
Mathieson, Erin
Coyle, Edel
Hardiman.
Form 825
Middle Row:
Aoibhinn Byron,
Jenny Mullin, Jenna
Lee,Tamara Hardiman,
Johnathan Gibbons,
Patrick Toher.
Back Row:
Jason Walsh, Ruby
McCaul,Grace Bane,Jonathan
Kindt, Brennan McEleney, Jo-
seph Mohan.
Front Row :
Alice Crowley, Orla Thornton,
Olivia Murphy, Sophie Reilly,
Rosa Makela, Caitlin Griffin.
Ground Row :
Ashley Davin, Niall
Farnen, Connor Fla-
herty, Colm Flaherty,
Chloe O’Brien,
Adrain Reilly.
Form 826
Middle Row:
Danielle Mullin,
Roisin Monaghan,
Vanessa Burke,
Muireann McMa-
hon, Darsey Wynne.
Deanna McDonagh,
Isobel McMahon,
Aoife Fahy.
Back Row:
Bernard Ward, Conor Lee, D.J.
Hynes, Jamie Toher, Emmet
Devaney, Padraic Martyn,
Fionn Devaney.
Front Row :
Aaronn Mulryan, Trevor
Hyland, Alan Gylnn, Anna
Herterich, Laura Flaherty,
Darren Higgins.
Ground Row :
Eoghan Muldoon,
Mattew Hynes,
Jamie Walsh, Cal-
lum Ryan, Danny
O’Shaughnessy.
Absent: Seamus Monaghan, Clare O’Kane
Absent: Dale Howard, Martin Mongan, Conor O’Malley, Cian Toher
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3rd Year Photos
Middle Row:
Niall Greaney, Megan
Wade, Martina Cana-
van, Katy Moylan,
Orla Mulvaney, Roisin
O’Grady, Raymond
Curtin.
Back Row:
Murphy Berry, Adam
Quirke, Evan Cawley, Joe
McClean,
Conor McMorrow,
Jamie Lardner.
Front Row :
Christopher Sweeney,
Cherida Stewart, Alana Mc-
Crea, Shauna Lee, Stephaine
Mohan, Michael Mongan.
Absent: Gerard Mohan, Cian Joyce, Delia Craddock, Shannon Mongan, Jack Flemming.
Middle Row:
Christopher Walsh,
Siobhan Langan,
Sean Biggins
Aoife Cunnigham,
Emma Burke,
Aoife McDonagh,
Stephen O’Connor,
Jane Higgins.
Ground Row:
Mindaugus
Parauskus,
Megan Warr,
Jamal Nugent.
Absent: Aisling Kineen
Form 831
Form 832
Middle Row:
Cathriona
Gillion, Selina Coen,
Mary-Jane Walsh,
Patrick O’Conor
Olivia Burke, Lisa
Heneghan, Valerie
Kyne.
Back Row:
Joey O’Conor, Cian Garrett,
Christy Reilly, Ryan Forde,
David Bolton, Mathejis
O’Flaherty, Patrick Need-
ham.
Front Row:
Eoin Hennelly, Lisa Jen-
nings, Ciara McDonagh,
Rachel O’Neil, Orla Reilly,
Richie Dittrich.
Form 833
Back Row:
Sean Noonan, Deborah
Walsh, Lorcan D’arcy,
Dylan Cunnigham, Damien
Whealan, Siobhan Gib-
bons, Neil Dunker.
Front Row :
Aisling Mulroe, Matthew
Mulin, John-Joe Creaven,
Jarlath Mullin, Patrick
Burke,Sinead Mulroe.
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3rd Year Photos
Form 834
Middle Row:
Niamh Kyne,
Brian Fox, Brandon
Wright, Eimear
O’Kane, Niall
Keane, Shannon
Reilly, Ian Duggan,
Anthony Keogh,
Claire Lynch.
Back Row:
Dean Lawless, Gary O’Neill,
Jonathon McKirdy, Jason
Conelly, Ciaran Roche, Jack
Reynolds, Sarah Stephens.
Front Row :
Tara Henessy, Dylan
Evans, Laura Murphy,
Ron Costello, Aille Walsh,
Aaron O’Donnell.
Ground Row :
Cathal Burkley,
Daniel Mor-
rin, Keira Kyne,
Yvonne Keane,
Alex Mangan,
Donal Corbett.
Form 835
Middle Row:
Sean Forde, Rachel
Browne, David
Keady, Eoghan
Martyn, Sabina
Kelly-Falke,
Michael Naughton,
Hazel McDonagh,
Adam Fahy, Sophie
Ramberg.
Back Row:
Melaine Higgins, Aodhan
McNamara, Morgan Fla-
nagan, Eoin Curry, Patrick
McLoughlin, Matthew
Cunnigham, Liam Hynes.
Front Row :
Siobhan Egan, Maria
Moran, Shauna Molloy,
Maeve Forde, Aileen
O’Shaughnessy, Shauna
Higgins.
Ground Row :
Roisin Ryan, Elijah
Noble, Marion
McCole, Charlie
Keady.
Absent: Joe Bohan.
Form 836
Middle Row:
Aaron Hardiman,
Nicola Gibsey,
Michaela Martyn,
John Curry, Daire
Doherty, Emma-Jane
Bane, Ruth
Connolly, Dylan
Dooley.
Back Row:
Michael Heneghan, Kevin
Waldron, Ellen Walsh, Patrick
Garvey, Shauna Bohan, Kevin
Walsh, Jason Mullin.
Front Row :
Peter Lynch, Myles
Heneghan, Ailbhe McCabe,
Niamh Toher, Oliver Burke,
Cian Lardner.
Ground Row :
Patrick McNamara,
Shannon Flynn ,
Rebecca Gibbons,
Daragh Walsh,
Niamh Geraghty,
Aidan Thornton.
Absent: Maria Walsh
Absent: Marie Moran
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5th Year Photos
Middle Row:
Damien Curran, Conor
Faulkner, Michael
Egan, Sinead Carey,
Tadhg Gleeson, Daire
Canavan, Evan
Crehan.
Ground Row:
Shane Flood, Niamh
Griffin, Nicole Arnold,
Daniel Dejenko.
Back Row:
James Joyce, Aoife
Gearghty, Rory Gibbons,
Michelle Cahill, David Feer-
ick, Thirza Dooley, Padraig
Hughes.
Front Row :
Lucy Coppinger, Conor
Dever, Niamh Farrell, Erin
Fawdry.
Absent: Rebecca Brophy, Padraic Cunnigham, Rioghnach Dunne-Ward.
Middle Row:
Aaron Fahy, Dan
Fahy, Rachel Hynes,
Amy Conway, Elaine
Hynes, Patrick
Flaherty, Raphael Lee.
Ground Row:
Paul Fahy, Conor
Bohan, Daniel Burke.
Back Row:
Ian Comer, Stephen Burke,
Hannah Brookfield, Adam
Guy, Niamh Farragher,
Garry Hennelly, Jason Ha-
militon.
Front Row :
Ciara Jennings, Jack Forde,
Amy Hardiman, Daragh
Fahy, Luke Donnellan,
Emma Halloran.
Absent: Lakenya Foyle.
Form 211
Form 212
Middle Row:
Aoife Martyn, Aisling
Toher, Lily O’Malley,
Ella Murphy, Maija
Makela, Emma Lydon.
Absent: Nicole
Loughlin, Stephen
Potter, Darragh Keane,
Michael McMorrow,
Sinead Sweeney,
Eimear Joyce, Paul
Fahy, Conor Bohan,
Daniel Burke
Back Row:
Elizabeth Joyce, Eoin Reilly,
Fynn McMahon, Therese
O’Malley, David Waldron,
Mark Kennedy, Antonia
Langham.
Front Row:
Ciarrai O’Toole, Kate Tuohy,
Jean-Louise Keady, Lucy
Smith, Clara Jestin , Cao-
imhe Kennedy.
Form 213
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5th Year Photos
Form 214Middle Row:
Adrian Walsh, Orla
Shevlin, Laura
O’Neil, Niamh
O’Shaughnessy, Aoife
O’Sullivan, Laura
Moran, Ophelia
Mortimer, Aisling
Meehan, Shane
McNulty.
Back Row:
Michael Varley, Gary
Martyn, Katie Naughton,
Ronan Naughton, Leanne
Leonard, Cathal Small, Na-
than Hardiman.
Front Row :
Daniel Ross, Cathal Reilly,
Samantha Walsh, Stepha-
ine Walsh, Felim O’Dowd,
Stephen Maye.
Front Row:
Louise Mongan,
Sarah Kennedy, Carl
Hanley.
Back Row:
Conor Steepe, Cian Doyle, Eric
Furey, Justin O’Flaherty, Bernard
Mongan.Tt
LCA 1 and 2
Absent: Siobhan Moran, Edel O’Grady, Aoife Reilly, Leah Wade
Ice Skating!
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On August 30th, 57 brand new Transition Year students descended upon Presentation College Headford. That
day was spent drinking tea, designing outfits from recyclable materials and modelling them and basically hav-
ing the banter. We played games (such as student bingo) to get to know each other better and asked each other
questions we would probably never ask someone we wouldn’t talk to. Already on our first day of Transition
Year we had gotten to know each other better, a small indication of what we would be doing throughout the
whole year.
Our first big activity as a year was taking part in a film being shot in the local area, our first time on the big
screen! We all shouted ourselves hoarse as we acted as a being a crowd at a fake football match. At the end of
the day we were tired out from shouting and cheering on our fake team.
Next thing on the agenda was, the annual TY trip to Petersburg. An overnight stay with 50 odd teens, what
could possibly go wrong? :P The trip was filled with kayaking, gorge walking, rock climbing, obstacle courses
and having the craic! After we had refuelled with a huge feast, and the darkness came, off we went into the
woods to play games that no one really understood and ended up getting lost for a small while. But we found
our way back to find tea and hot chocolate waiting for us. The next morning, Mr.Healy and Mr. Farragher
dragged us all up to go on a walk to see famine houses and once again we sort of got lost....but t'was grand
because we could hear Eric and Ger shouting at each other across the lake, it didn't take us long to find them!
Soon we started the preparations for the musical, Thank You For The Music...! But we won't talk about that too
much because the fifth years were involved in that too so it wasn't a TY thing. The rest of our TY year involved
various VERY interesting talks, a first aid course, ice-skating, Christmas carolling, going to see the “Les Mis”
movie, paint balling (which we still have bruises from), camping, horse riding, the trip to Clare and the high-
light of the year; Barcelona!
We spent four days and three nights having the absolute craic with our classmates in a foreign country where
there was actually sun (and a mad rave in the hotel almost every night)! The first day was spent sightseeing, on
the second day we went to Monserratt, a monastery on the top of a hill! Then we went shopping and after din-
ner we went to a magic show that involved some rather brilliant impressions from Farragher and Healy. On the
Wednesday we spent the whole day in Port Aventura! It was honestly the best fun ever and the we have some
of the funniest roller coaster pictures ever taken. After Port Aventura we went to the beach where we played
games, buried people, took pictures and played a game of street soccer with the locals. On our last day we vis-
ited Nou Camp and we even got to take a picture with Messi! After that we began our sad journey home, back
to the doom and gloom.
Transition Year was a great experience and if we could go back we would do it again! It is such a unique way
of learning and getting to know teachers on a different level. You learn to be more mature and are responsible
for keeping up with your own work and doing it right which gives you a taste for when there won't be someone
there to push you along.
I think everyone would agree that it was amazing fun, it has benefited us in ways we can't describe (even if
some people don't realise this until later in life) and at the end of the day you're another day older!
TY 2013! By SARAH DOHERTY
AND EMmA O’SULLIVAN

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Back Row:
Luke Costello, Jack Gavin,
Sinéad Bohan, Cliona Dooley,
Adrian Brennan, Daniel Garvey.
Front Row:
Eva Cotter, Claire Dooley, Aoife
Hession, Eimear Hannon, Emma
McHugh.
Middle Row:
James Flood, Rory Cradock,
Ryan harte, Laura Cradock,
Sarah Doherty, Emily
Metadjer, Shakira Joyce.
Back Row:
Nicola Derrig, John Ryan, Ruairí
McNicholas, Alex Maclean,
James O’Brian, Katie Walsh.
Front Row:
Emma O’Sullivan, Aoife Sheil,
Grace Lee, Amy Ledwith, Alison
Murphy.
Middle Row:
Cathal Newel, Sean Moran,
Lucy Smith, Caoimhe Kyne,
Edward Lynch, Ciara Lynskey,
Genna Monahan, Shauna
Quinn, Conor Biggins.
Back Row:
Liam Higgins, Keelan Jacques,
Pierce Glynn, Isaac Hand,
Matthew Keady.
Front Row:
Aoife Larkin, Orla Kuber-
nat, Siobhán McDonagh,
Aíne Monaghan, Elizabeth
McHugh, Alison Kerrigan.
Absent:
Laura Reddington
Absent
Josh Barr, Amy Harrington
Absent:
Jade Murphy, Rebecca
Walsh, Megan Muldoon,

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Student Photos
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Stop kneeing
yourself in the
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POW, right in
the kisser!
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More photos
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Faithful
Henry

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“Maths Eyes” is a competition that was run in Primary and Secondary schools throughout the country. The
competition was introduced by Tallaght IT and the Department of Education and was used to encourage stu-
dents to see maths in their daily lives.
Maths Eyes
By Laura Cradock And Sarah Doherty
Entrants were required to take a photograph of something in their locality that they saw maths in. everyone
in the school was encouraged to enter the competition but only three TY’s from 711, taught by Mrs. Gibbons,
progressed to the national finals held in the Department of Education in Dublin on the 6th of March.
These students were Claire Dooley, Sinéad Bohan & Ryan Harte. Sinéad and Ryan were both runers up while
Claire was the overall winner in the under 18’s category. She won a camera for herself. Each student was
presented with a plaque and an enlarged version of their photograph by Junior Minister, Seán Sherlock.

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And the TYTitle HOlders are...
Best Girls Eyes
Katie Walsh
Best Boys Eye
Sean Moran
Best Girls Hair
Ciara Lynskey
Best Boys Hair
Ryan Harte
Best Girls Smile
Claire Dooley
Best Boys Smile
Rory Cradock
Multi Talented
Aoife Hession
Sports Star
Daniel Garvey
Friendliest
Laura Reddington
Never Shuts Up
Nicola Derrig
Ladies Man
Luke Costello
Bring Home To Mammy
John Ryan

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Party Animal
Ally Kerrigan
Most Huggable
Alison Murphy
Cutest Couple
Conor and Orla
Funniest LaugH
Sinead Bohan
Likely to be famous
Ruairi McNicholas
Just because they
Deserver one:
James O'Brian
(J.O.B)
Most Fashionable
Genna Monahan
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Duum
Conor and Edward
Thinks He's a
Hard Man
Jack Gavin
Next Taoiseach
Aoife Sheil

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Best Girls Eyes
Michelle
Lynch
Best Girls Hair
Emily Burke
Best Boys Hair
Darren Moran
Best Boys Eyes
Paddy
Naughton
Best Boys Smile
Michael Devaney
Multi-talented
Eoin O'Mahony
Sportstar
Richard Fahy
Friendliest
Louise Reilly
Bring home to mammy
Conor Canty
Cutest Coiple
Aidan and Ashleigh
And the LCGrammy goes to...
Best Girls Smile
katie Biggins

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Funniest Laugh
Anita Donoghue
Party Animal
Tiernan Wright
Ladies Man
Kevin Moylan
likely to be famous
Shane Cunningham
Most fashionable
Ailbhe Cawley
Macho man
Dylan Corbett
Tweedle Dee and tweedle Dum
Killian and Neil
Fine Hurler
Richard Joyce
Best Cat
Amy Walsh
Funniest
Thomas Conneally

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Aaron McDonagh
Headford
Aaron Storey
Cong
Abraham Afolabi
Glencorrib
Aidan O’Sullivan
Cross
Ailbhe Cawley
Shrule
Aisling Morrin
Cross
Alan Murphy
Cross
Amy Flynn
Cross
Amy Forde
Headford
Amy Walsh
Headford
Anita Donoghue
Glencorrib
Anita Staunton
Shrule
Aoife Forde
Corrandulla
Aoife Gibsey
Headford
Aron Burke
Cong
Ashleigh Gibbons
Headford
Avril Varley
Cross
Bernard Mongan
Caherlistrane
Brian Dunne
Headford
Another fine bunch of
Leaving Cert
Students

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Brian Lardner
Corrandulla
Caolan Walsh
Corrandulla
Cathal Donnellan
Caherlistrane
Cathal Moran
Corrandulla
Cathy Sheridan
Shrule
Celine Larkin
annaghdown
Christoph Donnelan
Caherlistrane
Christopher
Cunningham
Cloughanover
Ciara Loughlin
Shrule
Ciaran Guy
Headford
Conor Canty
shrule
Cillian Craddock
Shrule
Clodagh Burke
HEADFORD
Colin Keane
Kilcoona
Ciaran Kerin
Ballybeg
Conor Casserly
Caherlistrane
Conor Gibbons
CORRANDULLA
Conor Nugent
CORRANDULLA
Conor O'Sullivan
Caherlistrane
Conor Steepe
Caherlistrane
Cora Keady
Shrule
Cormac Garvey
Glencorrib
Daniel Conway
Corrandulla
Daniel Diskin
Cornamona
Cian Doyle
Shrule

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David Sammon
CAHERLISTRANE
Dylan Corbett
HEADFORD
Dylan Murphy
CLARAN
Edel Canavan
CORRANDULLA
Elaine Fahy
CORRANDULLA
Emer Reilly
CAHERLISTRANE
Emily Burke
HEADFORD
Emma Cahill
CORRANDULLA
Emma Garvey
CAHERLISTRANE
Enda Callanan
CORRANDULLA
Eoin O’Mahony
CAHERLISTRANE
Eric Furey
CORRANDULLA
Erica Monaghan
HEADFORD
Faruq Sanni
GLENCORRIB
Fiona Canavan
CORRANDULLA
Francis Burke
SHRULE
Gina Kearns
HEADFORD
Helen Ncube
SHRULE
Holly Winfield
CROSS
Jack Pelzer
CLONBUR
Daniel Earnor
Claran
Daniel Kreith
Headford
Darragh Moran
Cross
Darren Hannon
Claran
Darren Moran
Claran

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James Concannon
ANNAGHDOWN
James Fitzgerald
SHRULE
Jamie Costello
HEADFORD
Jamie Higgins
CORRANDULLA
Jason McTigue
CROSS
Jennifer Derrig
SHRULE
Jessie McCrea
CLOUGHANOVER
John Cosgrove
CAHERLISTRANE
John Dooley
HEADFORD
John Moroney
GLENCORRIB
Jonathon Lee
HEADFORD
Julian Duenker
HEADFORD
Justin O’Flaherty
Corrandulla
Katie Biggins
GLENCORRIB
Kevin Moylan
ANNAGHDOWN
Kevin Nally
CAHERLISTRANE
Kieran Scally
ANNANGHDOWN
Killain McHugh
CONG
Kristina Deleva
HEADFORD
Leah Locks
HEADFORD
Liam Joyce
CORRANDULLA
Lizzy Doyle
HEADFORD
Lorcan Maye
CROSS
Lorna Small
CORRANDULLA
Louise Murphy
HEADFORD

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Megan Reilly
caherlistrane
Michael Devaney
annaghdown
(cb)
Michael Gormon
caherlistrane
Michael Higgins
cahaerlistrane
Michael Murphy
kilamine
Michelle Lynch
HEADFORD
Naish O’Loughlin
kilamine
Neil Winters
cong
Niall Corbett
headford
Niall Cunningham
claran
Niamh Higgins
caherlistrane
Niamh Looby
corrandulla
Niamh McDonagh
headford
Niamh McDonnell
Shrule
Niamh St.John
caherlistrane
Owen Hennelly
shrule
Paddy Naughton
shrule
Richard Fahy
headford
Richard Joyce
ballyfruit
Louise Reilly
CORRANDULLA
Luan McCaul
HEADFORD
Maeve Hughes
HEADFORD
Mark Toher
CLARAN
Meghan Collins
Caherlistrane

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Ronan Hergarty
corrandulla
Rory Conlon
caherlistrane
Sean Og Farrell
headford
Shane Cunningham
headford
Shane Hyland
shrule
Shannon Mellet
shrule
Simon Shaughnessy
caherlistrane
Simon Varley
headford
Stephaine Hardiman
corrandulla
Stephen Curtin
corrandulla
Stephen Lawless
caherlistrane
Stephen Newman
annaghdown
Stephen Dillon
annaghdown
Tara Collins
cong
Thomas Conneally
headford
Tiernan Wright
cornamona
Yasmin Ipek
headford

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With a week to go, we don’t know whether to cry tears of joy or sadness. From the craic at the lockers to the
bants downtown, the schooldays will be missed (even by those who are too “hard” to admit it). We’ve come a
long way since our navy jumper days and now here we go into the big bad world.
Since the theme of our graduation is memories, let’s do some reminiscing…
Remember the days in first year when the leaving certs looked like giants and the teachers put the fear of God
into you! Then into third year when you’d be “courting” down in Mantra ;)
It must be said that some of the best memories we have are from victorious matches where Richie Fah and the
boiz dominate the field. And how could we forget PCH’s best musical “Back to the 80’s” where we were trans-
ported back in time to an era of big hair (howya Caolán), blue eye-shadow and loud music.
What we’ll miss most is the chants and bants at the lockers. From Celtic bathroom raves to moving lockers and
certain students organising amateur arm wrestling tournaments. We enjoyed our picturesque view from our per-
sonal balcony in our castle (which has been invaded by some T.Ys) overlooking the rest of the school.
It’s safe to say that we’ve had the “the time of our lives”. And now we’re leaving this place with “high hopes”
and “don’t it feel good”.
This isn’t “goodbye”, it’s “see ye later boiz”
xoxo gossip leaving certs
It was the best of times,
It was the worst of times

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Are you Aware?
Aware helps suicide prevention and fighting against depression for people of all ages and cultures. It is a
non-profit organization established to help out those in need of support; it was founded in 1985 by a group of
patients, relatives and health professionals.
As we all know, 850 PCH students and staff of ours created a giant human version of the Aware logo on the
school green (as seen below) on Friday, 26th of October, 2012. The Transition Year project was the culmination
of an AWAREness-raising (haha getit?) campaign around the issues of mental health and depression. The fund-
raiser for the charity raised €1500 and the whole event was a triumph of teamwork and cooperation.
Now, let’s take a sneak peak to see what went on behind the scenes…
To most of you, the Aware project was a novelty of skipping three classes on a Friday morning before the Hal-
loween Mid-term break. But to the Transition Year class 71Z, it was much more than that. It was weeks of prepa-
ration, radio interviews, dealing with press, measuring out the green, figuring out how many people would fit in
the outlined space, piles of black and white sheets were bought & put in order, organizing which classes would
go where on the green, stalking the weather forecast, making posters & putting them up around the school,
deciding where to take the photo of the logo from, arranging the cherry picker, contacting Aware, selling wrist-
bands, badges, etc., deciding when to do the event & when each of the classes would be brought out from their
rooms and so much more. Although so much could have went wrong, it all ran pretty smoothly thanks to the
cooperation of every single participant!
Depression is a very common condition which affects 450, 000 people in Ireland (1 in 10) at any one time. Any
of us, irrespective of age, gender or background can be affected at some point in our lives. It is important to know
that if you are suffering from depression, there is always someone there to help, whether you want someone to
talk you through your problems or just listen. You're not alone. May that someone be a family member, friend,
councilor or AWARE.
Never fear to contact Aware if you are feeling in need of some help or maybe you could contact them to volun-
teer for their service or for a fundraising event. All of these details are on their website. You can visit the Aware
website at www.aware.ie and show your support by following them on twitter @AwareIreland or at the very
least please like their Facebook page which several of our students have already done!
Aware’s helpline: 1890 303 302
By Ciara Lynskey
and Laura Reddington

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Taurus
You are practical and per-
sistent. You have a dogged
determination to work like
hell. Most people think
you are stubborn and bull
headed. You're nothing but
a damned communist.
Gemini
You are a quick and intelligent
thinker. People like you because
you're ‘Out there’. However, you're
inclined to expect too much for too
little, meaning you're cheap.
Geminis are notorious for thriving
on the misery of others.
Cancer
You are sympathetic and
understanding to others prob-
lems. They think you are a
sucker. You are always putting
things off, and that is why you
will always be on welfare, and
never worth a damn.
Leo
You consider yourself a born
leader, while others see you as
pushy. Most Leos are bullies.
You are vain and can't toler-
ate honest criticism. You are
arrogant and disgusting. Leo
people are thieving so and so's.
Virgo
You are the logical type and
hate disorder. This nit picking
is sickening to all your friends.
You are cold and unemotional,
and often fall asleep in class.
Virgos make excellent bus
drivers and pimps.
Libra
Your mean and selfish actions
will turn around and bite you
this week. Look out. You may
feel like today has started like
a horror story, but it will get
worse this lunchtime. Karma’s
a hindrance.
Scorpio
You are a shrew in business
and cannot be trusted. You
will achieve the pinnacle
of success due to your lack
of ethics. You are a perfect
scumbag. Most Scorpions
go crazy.
Sagittarius
You are optimistic and enthusiastic.
You have a reckless tendency to rely
on luck since you lack talent. The
majority of Sagittarians are drunks
and dope fiends. People laugh at you
a great deal because you are always
getting screwed.
Aquarius
You have an inventive mind and
are inclined to be progressive.
On the other hand, you lie a great
deal. You tend to be careless and
impractical, causing you to make
the same mistakes repeatedly.
Everyone thinks you are stupid.
Pisces
You have a vivid imagina-
tion and often think you are
being followed by the CIA
and FBI. You have minor
influence over your associ-
ates, and people resent you
for flaunting your power.
You lack confidence and are
a coward.
Aries
You are the pioneer type and
hold peoplein contempt. You
are quick tempered, impatient,
and scornful of advice. You are
a fool.
Capricorn
You are conservative and
afraid of taking risks. You can't
do much of anything and are
lazy. There has never been a
Capricorn of any importance.
They are notorious for farting
in church.
Horrorscopes

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By Aoife Hession and Conor Dever
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a mentoring program that has been run in our school successfully for a number
of years. It involves First year students been paired with a T.Y or Fifth year student, based on similar inter-
ests.We meet up every Tuesday at lunchtime for thirty minutes, under teachers supervision. We chat, catch
up and play games like ‘Connect 4’, ‘Guess Who’ and ‘Cluedo’. Other activities that took place throughout
the year included our first day induction games, quizzes, DVD days, a St. Patricks Day party and making St.
Brigid’s crosses.This year we also decided to fundraise and organise a trip to Galway.
Big Brother Big Sister
The Trip
On the third of May, a bus load of T.Y’s , Fifth years and First years left in the morning for a fun-filled day
in Galway. We started with a trip to City Limits. We broke up into three teams and rotated between bowl-
ing, Inflatable City, and Laser Quest. The craic was mighty! Next, we headed to the Galway Shopping Cen-
tre for a bite to eat and a bitta shopping! Finally, the day ended with the awarding of Certtificates of Partici-
pation back in the school Music room. It was a great way to end a great year! New friendships were made,
and a lot of fun and craic was had! We’d all like to say a massive thank you to Ms. Boyle, Ms Shaughnessy,
Mr. Farragher, Ms. O’Grady and Jackie for making this year so enjoyable!
Paradise is a Library full of books
I have been reading for as long as I can remember. My mum would read to me as a child and I learned to
read quite young. I use to like fantasy stories about fairies and mermaids such as ‘The Little Mermaid’. As
I got older and started school I enjoyed books by Enid Blyton. I liked the adventure and mystery in books
like The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. I also liked her school books like Malory Towers and The St.
Clare’s books. I liked those because of everything they got up to such as playing tricks on the teacher.
My favourite books of all have to be the Harry Potter series. I have read all seven books a number of times
and have seen all the films. I like those because of the mystery, magic and adventure. All my family are
really into Harry Potter too. I’m quite lucky because I have a lot of books at home so there is always some-
thing to read. Even when there wasn’t we would go to the library. I first went to Galway city library when
I was young. Then when headford library opened I went there instead as it was nearer and easier to get to.
Headford may be small but it has a huge selection and if you can’t find a book you can always request one.
You can now take out up to six books. When I came to Presentation College Headford I was thrilled to have
access to yet another library. It has a great selection and you can talk about books. They do book quizzes too.
I like reading so much because you can escape from the real world into a world of fantasy and adventure. It
also helps your imagination if you have to write something for English. With all the new gadgets out now I
have to say that I prefer having a book in my hand to read on the train or bus, on the beach or even in bed at
night but if you prefer technology you can download books onto kindles and ipads.
Just remember :
‘A room without books is a body without soul’

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Punny Pictures
• If you love something set it free unless it’s a tiger.
• When life gives you lemonade make lemons and life will be all like ‘What?’.
• You can tell a lot about someone from their biography.
• Always look someone in the eye -even if they’re blind just say ‘I’m looking you in the eye’.
• If you ever get pulled over for speeding just tell the police officer that your spouse has diarrhoea.
• The most amazing things that can happen to a human being will happen to you if you just lower your
expectations.
• Dance until your feet hurt, sing until your lungs hurt, act until your William Hurt.
• Take a lesson from parakeets. If you’re ever feeling lonely eat in front of a mirror.
• Older black ladies make the best iced tea.
• Watch the sunrise at least once a day.
• If you’re ever in a jam, a crayon scrunched up under your nose makes a good pretend mustache.
Modern
By Shauna Quinn
Family

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It’s 8.30 am and the crew are ready to go. We have our instruments on board and it’s time to head off to the
Wicklow Mountains on a very exciting three hour trip to perform in the East Meets West Orchestra…
The bus was completely full, and like any other bus journey it was packed with chat and fun. Along the way,
we stopped off at Applegreen. We wandered around, bought lots of baked goods and the like, when suddenly
a Slushy machine appeared. We had to have some. To make it even more fun, it was a ‘serve-yourself’ one, so
naturally we mixed the colours and filled the cups to the brim. And me being me, I also noticed that there was
free water and of course, since it was free, I had to have some. Bad idea :/
East Meets West Orchestra
As we neared our destination, the excitement and nervousness started to kick in big time. Outside the window,
the views were stunning. The Wicklow Mountains looked gorgeous in the glorious sunlight of the day.
On arrival, we were kindly greeted by the orchestra from Wicklow. There was plenty of tea and biscuits for us
and we felt very welcome. Then, we got our instruments and started to practise our songs together. This was
the first time we had performed together as a group. It worked out well, and none of us hit each other with our
instruments either (we just about fitted at the end of the hall).
After that we went to the beautiful Russborough House. All of us ventured through a big maze and looks
around the grounds of the house. We had great fun doing so. We also went for a quick walk and encountered
two women “calling the Gods” (ask any of us who went to Wicklow for the story!)
We then headed back to the community centre where we were performing to have a lovely homemade dinner.
I had a huge helping of lasagne, which was absolutely delicious. Shortly after that we were presented with lots
of homemade cakes and tea. Scrumptious they were.
We then had a quick run through most of the songs, before it was show time! We played a “Låt från Shetland-
söarna & Britches with no Stitches” medley, “Rainbow's Septuple Illusions” by Louise McCarthy, a Michael
Jackson Medley, “Brazil” and Skyfall mixed in with the James Bond tune, amongst others. We also played
“You’ve Got A Friend” (sung by one of the Wicklow singers) and a fantastic rap piece, composed by one of
the Wicklow students! We were very impressed!
The night, I believe, went down very well. Everyone enjoyed it, and so did we! All the musicians/students
played fantasticly!
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On Wednesday 26th of September 60 students from Presentation College Headford, 4 teachers and let’s just
say a lot of instruments travelled to Clifden Community School to perform for the Clifden Arts Festival. There
were many acts including the Big Band, Senior Choir, 9 Ideas and many solo acts. At 11:10 in the morning we
loaded the bus for our journey, surprised to see we would be taking a double decker bus! Once the bus was
filled, we headed for Clifden, going over every little detail we could remember from rehearsals. When we fi-
nally arrived (after the long, bumpy bus journey) we were provided with delicious food kindly prepared by the
school’s staff.
Once fed, we warmed up and tuned our instruments before we went on stage. There were mixed
emotions before our performance from being excited to nervous, to being filled with adrenaline. As we made
our way towards the stage to take our places Mrs. Berril introduced our school, and discussed our opening
song. We began with a Jazz song ‘Jean Pierre’, which got everyone in a light-hearted mood! The show was a
great success, for which we have Ms. Cunningham, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy, Mrs. Berrill and Matt Berrill to thank
for, due to all their hard work and effort to make it a great day out which we all enjoyed.
Jamming in Clifden
BARNA VETERNIARY CLINIC:
During my T.Y work experience I went to five very different and very interesting places, but my favourite
by far was working at the Barna Veterinary Clinic. I learned so much while I was there, from how to handle
different animals, taking X-Rays, how to monitor the animals during surgery, observing consultations, how
to communicate with different patience and customers, to even getting to give an animal an injection! Every
day was exciting and full of new things to do and learn. Everyone in the clinic was very friendly and helpful.
I would definitely be keeping Veterinary as one of my career options. I would definitely reccommend work
experience in this area! – Genna Monahan.
NUIG:
During my work experience I really wanted to get an insight to the working world so I decided to oppose the
norm of going to only 3 places like everyone else & I went to 10 instead! Among them were: A newspaper,
designers, clothes shop, etc...
I have been asked to write about my experience in NUIG. I attended the University for one day only. It was
an amazing opportunity and experience! I got in there through a family friend. I attended several lectures,
observed, took part and got a wonderful insight to the life of a university student! I am greatful for the op-
portunity as well as being very excited and looking forward to college life!
Laura Reddington
iSupply, Ballybane:
Not only was iSupply a terrific 5 days of work experience, it was also a fun week! iSupply are a printers in
Galway. I got a tour of the factory and got a demonstration of the various machines they use for printing,
folding and laminating. The staff were all kind, eager to show me the place and great craic in general!
I spent most of the week in their design deparment, iD3, where I was laying out letters for doctors, taking
photos of restaurant menues and designing tags for clothes.
I got a great insight into the working life of a graphic designer, and needless to say, it’s definetly something
I’m considering doing!
Ruairi McNicholas
TY Work Experience
By Rioghnach
Dunne Ward

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Back in the Bog
On May 8th this year over 100 2nd Year students left PCH for Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre. This
year the boys got the luxury of the top building and the girls were in the dorms. The food was as nice as
always especially the hot soup at lunch. We did a range of water and land based
exercises. The gorge walking was as ever a popular one but others such as raft
building, kayaking and caving also proved popular this year. We arrived on
Wednesday morning, broke into our activity and cleaning groups and then left
on an activity.
That night the group began to become weary but never fear the girls and boys
of second year were still able for a night of talking, whispering and giggling.
This of course meant there were a few people struggling to get up on Thursday
morning. That day the weather was much better and we all enjoyed the activi-
ties more. By Thursday night some rooms had their lights out and were asleep
by 11 o’ clock, and most people seemed worn out. On Friday after our morn-
ing activity and a good clean up we returned the school. This was another successful trip and the group were
a credit to the school, getting compliments from the staff in Petersburg for being very polite and mannerly so
well done to all! Thanks to Ms. Cunningham, Ms. O’Grady, Ms. Concannon and Mr. Farragher for coming on
this trip as it would not be possible without them.
By Eric Healy
This lady loves her
“learning checks”!
THIS SHEEP FARMER
TRAINS THE FIRST YEARS
YOU’D NEVER THINK THIS
FRENCH MAN WAS RAISED IN
THE HILLs OF KERRY.
THIS YOUNG LAD IS
TOTES BESTIES WITH
OUR CLARE BOI.
tHIS CEOLMHAR CLARE
MAN LOVES HIS ABBA.

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Senior Team:
The senior team was strong this year and competed well in the league. Having won their opening champion-
ship game against Kiltimagh, they lost the Connacht semi-final to St. Aloysius Athlone. Headford played
very well in this match and lead by three points with a minute to go. Athlone scored a goal in the last minute
and went on to win in extra-time. This was a great disappointment as many felt the team could have won the
Connacht Championship this year.
5 Headford Players on
5 Headford players on Galway Minor Panel
Five PCH players qualified for the Galway minor football panel this year. Darragh Moran, Stephen Lawless,
Padraic Cunningham, Richard Fahy and Dylan Corbett all made the panel. This was a great achievement
and shows the strength of gaelic football in the school and in the area. Recently the Galway Minor Foot-
ballers captured the Connacht Minor League title.
Best Score:..........................................Conor Casserly v St. Marys
Best Player:.........................................Richard Fahy
Best Team Performance:...................V Kiltimagh
Worst Miss:.........................................Killian McHigh v St. Aloysius
Best Save:............................................Richard Joyce v St. Colman’s
Sorry, I shouldn’t have done that:....Killian McHugh pucking the poor
lad from Roscommon CBS
Best Haircut:.......................................Aaron McDonagh (just cuz of the
effort)
Senior Awards:
Second Year:
The Second Year side had another great year, reaching the Connacht A Final as the Connacht champi-
ons from last year. They beat strong teams from St. Gerald's Castlebar and St. Muredach's Ballina in
the quarter-final and semi-final. However, they lost the Connacht decider to a very strong Rice College,
Westport side. Céin D'arcy performed very well as captain with Nathan McGhee the pick of the for-
wards.
The Junior team went out to St. Nathy's Ballaghderreen and the Juveniles made the quarter-final before
losing to Roscommon CBS.
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The school soccer teams performed very well again this season. Pride of place goes to the U-17 team which won the
championship. The senior team reached the final only to lose to the eventual All-Ireland Champions. The U-15s came
through their group and the First Years competed well in their group but failed to go through. The U-17 team have their
own page as champions. Below is an account of the other 3 sides.
Senior Team
It was clear from the beginning of the season that the senior team was going to be strong. PCH had been in the U-17 and
senior finals in 2012 and the senior team was made up of players from both sides. Richard Fahy was captain and Aidan
O’Sullivan and Padraic Cunningham were scoring freely for Mervue Utd. Aaron McDonagh was the fourth player to
represent Galway at U-18 level. Players such as Kevin Moylan and Conor Canty had already played in several finals.
The first match however showed some flaws in defence as we were held 3-3 by Westport. The second match ended in an
8-4 victory over Davitt College Castlebar. The talent in the team was obvious and Headford went through as group win-
ners but to concede seven goals in two games was worrying.
We beat St. Aloysius Athlone in the quarter final 3-1. In the semi final, Headford beat a tough Athenry team 3-2. Aidan
O’Sullivan, Padraic Cunningham and Kevin Moylan scored the goals with Kevin’s goal coming in the last minute. So
we were in the final again.
The final was played in the Show grounds in Sligo against Summerhill on a beautiful sunny day. Summerhill had an ex-
cellent side and although Headford stayed with them for much of the match. Sligo deserved their 4-2 win. Padraic Cun-
ningham and Aidan O’Sullivan scored again and Aidan had a valid goal disallowed in the first half. Summerhill went on
to win the All-Ireland. So, this group of Leaving Certs came close but failed to win the Connacht Championship. Some
of them played in four Connacht finals in the course of their time in PCH. Once again, they represented the school very
well and well done to Mr Healy who took over the team and brought them this far.
U-15
The Under 15s had a good season coming through their group before going out to a very strong Athenry side in the
quarter final.Their first victory was 6-3 away to Muredach’s, Ballina. They beat St. Gerald’s Castlebar 2-0 and drew 2-2
against an outstanding Ballyhaunis side which eventually got through to the All-Ireland final.
After such a good run in the group they went out 3-2 to a very strong Presentation Athenry side in the quarter-final. An
injury to outstanding player Adam Quirke didn’t help their cause.
First Year
The first years started well with some big wins in challenge games against St.Enda’s and Clifden. In their first group
match in Drum against the Bish they staged a great comeback scoring 3 goals in the last 20 minutes to get a 3-3 draw.
Pierce O’Connor scored two. However, we were outplayed by Athenry in the next group match and lost 5-2. Cian
O’Toole and Eoin Morris scored the goals. We knew we had to win the last match against Ballinrobe. The team played
very well and had several chances but Ballinrobe took their chances to win 2-0. The first year team has several very
good players and will compete well in future years. The First Year B team was involved in three exciting games. In the
first match, we drew 5-5 with Moneenageisha. We beat the St. Enda’s B team 5-4 and lost 3-0 to Ballinrobe who played
many of their first team. Best Performance - Finnan Guy, Best Goal - Mark Conway and Worst Miss -Sean Monaghan.
Awards
Senior:
Best goal: Ciarán Kerin v Davitts
Best Moment: Kevin Moylan in semi
Worst Moment: Conor Casserly’s lack
of movement in goal
Best Player: Aaron McDonagh
Best Looking Player: Conor Canty
Longest in the shower: Aaron McDonagh
Another great season
U-15:
Best goal: Adam Quirke v Ballina
Best save: Daire Doherty ‘scorpion kick’
Best performance: Daire Doherty v Ballyhaunis
Best own goal: Aaron Mulryan
Best moment: Daire Doherty getting sent off
Best impact sub: Colm ‘Fla’ Flaherty
Best quote: ‘Ye have to have the hunger!’
for boys soccer

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You’re looking the
wrong way, Honey!
Jaysus, it’s
heavy!

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Back Row L-R
Isobel Flynn, Stephanie Mofatt, Aisling Derrig, Jessica King, Jennifer Mullin, Aoibhinn Byron, Eimear
O’Kane(Captain), Claire O’Kane, Mary Conneally, Ailbhe Costello, Tara Hennessey, Erin Coyle.
Front Row L-R
Mary Flood, Rachel Cavanagh, Mary Nicole Reilly, Niamh Geraghty, Ciara Devlin, Ciara Kenny, Laura Canty,
Lorraine Newell, Cathy McCole, Lorna Cunningham.

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Dyed
Caoimhe
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Anyone have a
spare shoe?
Chemistry isn’t
that bad, Niamh!

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Seachtain Na Gaeilge
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”. Comórtais filíochta,tráth na gceist – imeachtaí a bhí ar siúl í gColáiste na
Toirbhirte do Sheactain na Gaeilge í mbliana. Bhí sport is spraoi ag na hiomaitheoirí go léir a ghlac páirt sna
cómortais.
Scríobh an cúigiú agus an dara bliain dánta agus ghlacamar páirt I gcomórtas filíochta. Scríobh na daltaí danta
faoi go leor abháir, mar shampla nádur, spórt, teaghlach agus na séasúir. Bhí cúirt filíochta sa rang, léigh gach
‘file’ dán os comhair an ranga. Bhí gach dán dea-scríofa.
Buaiteoirí sa dara bliain: Buaiteoirí sa chúigiú bliain:
Meghan Nic Aodha Tadhg Ó Gliasáin
Séamas Mac an Bhearsúiligh Lusaí Ní Chopingéir
Stiofán Ó Néill Stephanie Breathnach
Chuireamar na dánta isteach ar an gComórtas Náisiúnta filiochta eagraithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge do
Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Nuair a fuaireamar na torthaí bhí gach duine bródúil gur bhuaigh Tadhg Ó Gliasáin an
chéad áit sa chomortas Náisiúnta agus bhuaigh sé seasca euró agus teastas dá dhán. Bhuaigh Seamus mac an
Bhearsúiligh duais fresin sa Chomórtas ‘Blagáil’. Comhghairdeas libh.
Ó mhí na Samhna ghlac na daltaí sa chúigiú bliain páirt í dtrath na gceist. Freagraíodh ceisteanna ar iliomad
téamaí- stair, spórt, cúrsaí reatha, scannáin is ceol. Bhí foirne de cheathrar againn. Bhí an craobh bhabhta ar
siúl I rith Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tar éis cúig bhabhta bhí foireann E sa chéad áit leis an scór 186 agus bhí
foireann C sa dara háit le 177. Comhghairdeas libh go léir.
Buaiteoirí: Dara háit:
Tadhg Ó Gliasain Aoife Ní Mhairtín
Amy Ní Argadán Emma Ní hAllmhuiráin
Eilis Seoighe Ciara Ní Sheaonín
Ciarraí Ní Thuathail Stephanie Breathnach.
By Stiofánín Breathnach & Ms. De Bhrún
F

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• It’s quiet in class and your stomach decides to sound like a dying whale.
• Someone takes your sarcasm seriously.
• You still can’t understand someone after they have repeated something 4 times, so you just smile and nod.
• You start telling a hilarious story and burst out laughing, while everyone else is like “you already told me
that”.
• You’re walking and then start thinking about how you’re walking, and suddenly feel like you’re walking
weird.
• You press a button on a toy in a store and it won’t stop making noises and you’re just like… ‘Walk away,
walk away’.
• You accidently accept a compliment that wasn’t meant for you.
• You say goodbye to someone and both end up walking in the same direction.
• A package says “easy open” and you end up using scissors, a knife, a hammer, a gun and pliers to open it.
• You try to spell a word correctly, but it looks wrong, so you stare at it forever, questioning its existence.
• Someone says, “Hello” and you reply, “Good thanks!”
• You’re tired and sleepy, but as soon as you go to sleep your body is like ‘ha-ha just kidding’.
• You try to step out of someone’s way and you both step the same way…twice.
• You wave and smile at someone enthusiastically and they don’t see you.
• Someone wears more make-up than clothes.
• You shout the wrong part of a song with confidence.
• You feel like you’re about to sneeze, make a weird crinkly nose face, end up not sneezing and looking like
an idiot.
• You take a shower in the middle of the day and you’re not sure if you should put on normal clothes, or
pyjamas.
• Your laugh is funnier than the joke.
Awkward Moment WhenBy Genna Monahan
Formula 1 is a competition run by ICS skills & Engineering Ireland in Secondary schools across 34 different
countries aimed at getting students interested in engineering. The main concept of the competition is to de-
sign a miniature f1 car and race it against other students. There was one team this year, and they were “Team
Supernova” in the senior category. Team Supernova is comprised of Eva Cotter, Rory Cradock, Conor Big-
gins, Rory McNicholas, and Laura Cradock.
Our team got through the first stage of the competition and then made it to the western regional final, held in
GMIT in Castlebar on March 5th. Out of the 30 teams at the regionals, 7 teams proceeded to the National
finals in Griffith College on April 30th. Although we put a lot of effort into our portfolio, website and car
design, we didn’t proceed to the next stage of the competition. The team’s that advanced to the National finals
from that day were from Donegal, Sligo and Mayo. The day in Castlebar was a highly enjoyable day where
the team met several other teams that were in the competition and talked to them about our different ideas.
Although we were highly disappointed when we didn’t advance to the next stage, we still enjoyed the com-
petition and the time that we put into the entry. The team also had a class day down in Castlebar and had mad
banter during the few months before the official race. The team would like to thank their teacher Mr. Ryder
for giving them lots of help and advice throughout the competition and urge other students to take part in this
interesting and enjoyable competition.
F1 in SchoolsBy Laura Cradock

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Poetry Competition
Céard tá sa mhóin?
An fásra dlúite í,
Thar na mílte bliain?
Nó an morán cuimhní í?
Cuimhní de na daoine a bhí
Ag breathnú uirthi
Sular leasaíodh go luaith agus deatach í.
Smaoinimís ar na coirp
Á bhaint as na portaigh,
Na rudaí a chonaic said,
Na botúin go léir a rinne an cine daonna,
Agus iad á gcaomhnú
Sa talamh.
A bhuí leis an mhóin,
A thug teas dúinn agus muidne fuar,
A d’fhan comhsheasmhach nuair a ghearr muid í.
Ach anois, is í ag rith amach
Tá rud éigin le déanamh againn:
Meas a thabhairt don mhóin.
An Mhóin Ag Fáil Bháis
le Tadhg Ó Gliasáin (211 – 5ú Bliain)
Buateoir Sinsearach
Ciontacht
Rud uafásach í
Lán le brón
Lán le cealg
Is cosúil le haer te í
A leathnaíonn amach go choinnítear í
Is cosúil le timpeallán í
A thóghann tú le haghaidh casadh
Is cosúíl le slí bheatha í
Ceann nach raibh tú ag iarraidh,
Ag obair go dian gach lá
Chun í a choinneáil uait.
Le Seán Mac Guilla Mhuíre (821 – Dára Bliain)
Buateoir Soisearach
Nostalgia
It is sad to think I will never
Be able to go back, looking at
The photos stacked in my room.
Nostalgia is something I usually
Lack, trying to hide my
Secret gloom.
My cheeks so young and fresh,
Hair so much longer than it is
Now, I remember trying to open
The cupboard and having to
Stretch, now things are easier to
Get down.
Back in the good old days when
The food was cheap and so were
The clothes. Things have changed
In so many ways, now the “good old”
Shops are closed.
By Isobel Mc Mahon (2nd Year)
Junior Winner
I’d Throw You...
I’d throw you if I saw you,
But I’d probably just ignore you;
For Beauty is nothing without you,
Yet you and I are nothing at all;
Just passing strangers,
Perhaps a little eccentric,
Something odd, maybe,
A coloured feather on your hat,
Or a guitar on my back.
I guess there was never anything,
Just dreams and hopes and
Thoughts about the future;
But the future is nothing,
Without the past, the present,
And everything in between,
And I am nothing without you,
Just flesh and bones and nothing more.
By Clara Jestin-Thoraval (5th Year)
Senior Winner

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Maude O’Connell inhaled deeply as she stepped outside her front door. It was a bright, fresh spring morning and although her house was located
deep in the suburbs, she could hear birds singing. This lifted her spirits as she eased her creaking limbs across the short walk to her purple Nissan
Micra. She fumbled in her handbag for her keys, before opening the door and sitting in heavily. She realised sadly that she was out of breath.
Her eighty-two year old body was beginning to let her down. Still, Maude was a fiercely independent old woman. When her daughter Susan had
suggested earlier in the week that she would drop round to pick her up for lunch, Maude was having none of it. “Your old mother is still well able
to drive”, she had told her over the phone. “I’ll see you at eleven-thirty”. As far as she was concerned, thought Maude, pulling slowly out of her
driveway that April morning, it was just going to be a perfectly normal day. How wrong she was.
To reach Susan’s house, Maude had to take one of the minor, less-used roads leaving the city. Well, in truth, she could have taken the new
motorway, but she deeply distrusted it as it had only been built in recent years, and Maude had always used her own route to get to Ballykirwan.
She didn’t feel comfortable on the big, new road either; everyone drove too fast. As the houses began to die away, Maude pushed the car towards
twenty miles per hour. Just as she rounded a corner, she saw it. Another car (a bigger, rather flashier model) was stalled at the side of the road.
There was smoke pouring out of the engine and a man was gazing forlornly into the bonnet of the car. Maude pushed her glasses further up her
nose and squinted at the scene. Her eyesight wasn’t the best, but she could tell he was a young man. He had a very tight haircut and was wearing
a black polo-neck sweater. He kept throwing agitated looks over his shoulder. He was the sort of person that one did not offer lifts to. ‘Poor chap’,
thought Maude. ‘He looks like he’s in a spot of bother’.
She brought her car to a trundling halt alongside his and slowly rolled down the window. “Alright dearie?” she called. The man shot her what can
only be described as a poisonous look. Misinterpreting it as a plea for help, Maude tried again. “Do you need a lift, honey?” The other motorist
cast a critical eye over Maude’s small car. He looked back in the direction Maude had come. A distant hum indicated that another vehicle was ap-
proaching. After a brief hesitation, the man spoke in a deep gravelly voice. “Yeah, thanks”. Maude beamed at him and gestured at the seat beside
her. “Hop right in”. “One sec”, muttered her soon-to-be travelling companion as he flung open the rear door of his vehicle. He thrust something
large and bulky in his pocket, which glinted in the sun as he did so, and grabbed a large backpack. To Maude’s amazement, he also deftly removed
the registration plates from the front and back of the stricken automobile. “Don’t want anyone stealin’ ‘em” he grunted to the bemused old
woman. These, along with the backpack, were flung into the back and without a further word, he settled himself in the front passenger seat.
Five minutes later, the hitchhiker was gritting his teeth as he stared incredulously at the needle on Maude’s speedometer, which despite the
expanse of open road ahead of them, continued to wobble around the thirty miles-per-hour mark. He sighed and threw yet another glance at the
rear-view mirror. Oblivious to her companion’s agitation, Maude tried to make small talk. “So Frank”, she began cheerily. “If you’re not headed
back into the city, where do you want to go?” It seemed to take the man a second to realise she was addressing him. “Em, wherever you’re headed
yourself” he replied. “I’m going to Ballykirwan” she said, “but that’s some distance from here. Do you want me to drive you somewhere closer?”
The man replied that he had family there, and that her destination suited him.
“But what about your car?” continued Maude, worried for the young man. “’S grand, a mate’s takin’ care of it”, he mumbled, brandishing the
mobile phone in his hand. Seeing that their conversation was going nowhere, Maude reached to turn on the radio. The end of a news report came
through the tinny speakers. “….Bank of Ireland branch on Main Street. One cashier has been rushed to hospital, and over £40,000 was taken.
Gardaí are seeking one man of medium build ….” But the end of the report was lost as ‘Frank’ succumbed to an almighty fit of coughing the only
receded when an ad break began. Maude’s kindly face was wrinkled with concern as she turned to him. “Do you want a drink of water? I’ve got a
bottle in the boot”. He assured her that would not be needed, but he did have a bit or a headache, so would she mind turning off the radio?
In the silence that followed, ’Frank’s’ mind raced. He was going to need to get rid of this little old lady. They were going far too slow, and soon
the police in the surrounding areas would be on the lookout for him. His hand automatically went to the pistol in his pocket as he considered his
options.
Maude hummed cheerily to herself as they made their way slowly along the country lanes. Out or the corner of her eye she saw her companion
shift restlessly in his seat, but she only smiled to herself. “He’s probably uncomfortable in my company”, she thought.
They were about twenty miles beyond the city when Maude, without warning, pulled in on a deserted stretch of road. “I’m sorry, dearie”, she
wheezed, “but it’s getting rather cold. Would you mind getting my jacket out of the boot?” ‘Frank’ could not believe his luck. This was the op-
portunity he needed. Nodding in agreement, he slid out of his seat and walked around to the back of the car. There, he removed the pistol from his
pocket. The flight tickets were also there. Within a few hours he’d be leaving the country for good. It looked like the cashier he’d been forced to
shoot in the bank was not going to make it, so what difference would a second corpse make?
Maude smiled to herself. With a movement so deft that it seemed almost impossible for a woman of her age, she put the car in reverse. Then she
slammed her foot down. There was a sickening thud, a sharp cry, and then silence. Slowly, Maude got out of the car to admire her handiwork.
She could tell from the way that the man was sprawled on the road with his neck at a bizarre angle that he would not be getting up. She tutted to
herself as she noticed a small dent in the back of the car. Carefully, using the tip of her shoe, she rolled the body over into the ditch. Then she sat
swiftly into the car and drove off.
Maude O’ Connell was not stupid. She had been listening to the news as soon as she’d left her house. She knew exactly who she had picked up. In
her opinion, he deserved to die. She was doing society a favour. And, she thought, as she eyed the bulging backpack in the rear-view mirror, she
would accept this as her reward.
Road Rage By John Moroney
Winning Essay

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Recipe for Success
As we all know being a student in PCH requires quite a bit of homework and study but sometimes you need a
tasty treat to get you through. What if you don’t have much time to create a delicious snack? Well, never fear
this recipe is quick, tasty and mess free (almost)!
Brownies in a mug
Ingredients
½ cup of self-rising flour
¼ cup of sugar
1tbsp of oil
3tbsps of water
Pinch of salt
1 scoop of vanilla ice cream or
cream (optional)
Finark
The search for truth
Congratulations to Mrs Mcloughlin on the publication of her book, “Finark: The Search for Truth.
The book can be purchased in the Sunflowe Café in Headford, Dubray in Tuam, Charlie Byrnes in
Town, and on E. Kindle
Finark is a young man from the West of Ireland who
becomes embroiled in the affairs of another world.
He discovers human influences there that result in him
becoming a bridge between many worlds.
The bonds Finark forges through battles and adventures will
challenge his strongest allegiance.
Method:Sieve all the dry ingredients into a mug andmake a well in the centre.
Add remaining ingredients and stir with aspoon until you get a smooth mixture.
Pop into the microwave for about 3 minutes(Watch it closely so it doesn’t explode!)Allow to cool and enjoy with ice cream,cream or marshmallows’ etc.

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Lily-Mae Morrison is now 5 years old, she likes dinosaurs and dancing, she lives in Claregalway with her par-
ents Jude and Leighton (who also like dancing). Lily-Mae also likes her little brother Evan, she is very sick at
the moment but hopes with your help to be dancing again soon. Last summer she was diagnosed with stage 4
neuroblastoma. This is a rare form of cancer that affects 1 in 100,000 children in Ireland.
Her uncle Paul set up the Sunni Mae Trust to help Lily-Mae’s family with the cost of caring for a seriously ill
child. One of the trust’s main projects last Christmas was to release a single to get to Christmas number 1. With
the help of the organiser Stephen Macken, they gathered a chorus of over 200 people and amazingly got the
single to number 2 in the Irish charts and most importantly raised so much money and awareness for this evil
cancer.
Tiny Dancer in My Hand
Lily-Mae’s mum Judith is my bal-
let teacher at Corrib Dance Academy.
Because of Lily-Mae’s treatment is
in Dublin, she can no longer work in
CDA while Lily-Mae is sick. She came
back for a few days to re-choreograph
a dance and even though she was must
have been stressed out, she looked so
happy just to be back teaching again.
When I heard about the Sunni-Mae
Trust, I wanted to help out as much as I
could. I organised a music gig called “A
Day for Lily-Mae” to raise some money.
The day was a great success and it raised
nearly €500. I was blown away by the
willingness of people to give anything they
had to help the cause and give up their time
to help me organise it. Lily-Mae is indeed
a fighter and her mother is one amazingly
strong woman.
I love you to the moon and back.
By Caoimhe Kennedy
Comic Strip Competition
By Conor Biggins - TY - Winning COmic
By Eoin O’Toole

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