{"id":27138,"date":"2025-05-21T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/?p=27138"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:30:23","slug":"edwin-mcgreal-guest-of-honour-at-davitt-college-annual-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/edwin-mcgreal-guest-of-honour-at-davitt-college-annual-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin McGreal Guest of Honour at Davitt College Annual Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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\n \n 🏆 Annual School Event\n <\/span>\n

\n Davitt College Annual Awards Ceremony 2025\n <\/h2>\n

\n 21 May 2025\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Davitt College, Castlebar, proudly hosted its Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 21st May 2025, bringing together students, staff, and families to celebrate outstanding achievement, perseverance, and dedication both inside and beyond the classroom.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n The school was honored to welcome past student, author, and journalist Mr. Edwin McGreal<\/strong> as Guest of Honour. Reflecting fondly on his own school days at Davitt College, Mr. McGreal delivered an inspiring address, encouraging students to pursue their ambitions with hard work, embrace the importance of equality, and cherish the unique experiences of their school years.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n Over 100 students received recognitions across a wide array of categories, including academic excellence, sporting prowess, musical talent, and extra-curricular involvement.\n <\/p>\n\n

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\n “These awards recognise our students in so many vital ways \u2013 celebrating their contributions to the wider community, their student leadership, their commitment to extra-curricular activities, and their academic accomplishments. Today truly encompasses our core values of excellence in education, care, respect, equality, and community.”\n <\/p>\n \n \u2014 Mr. Conor O\u2019Reilly, Principal\n <\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Main Award Winners 2025<\/h3>\n
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\n Honouring the highest pinnacle achievements in character, community dedication, and student leadership across the school year.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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⭐<\/div>\n Highest School Honour<\/span>\n

Overall Students of the Year<\/h4>\n

Female: Maeve Kelly | Male: Marcus Senzel<\/p>\n

Davitt College Annual Awards 2025<\/p>\n

\n Recognising exceptional academic application, character, and school leadership throughout the year.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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🛡️<\/div>\n Special Tribute<\/span>\n

Joe Langan Perpetual Shield<\/h4>\n

Jimmy Nolan<\/p>\n

Perpetual Community Award<\/p>\n

\n Presented in recognition of outstanding community contribution, spirit, and dedicated support of the Davitt College ethos.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Sportsperson of the Year 2025<\/h3>\n
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\n Honouring outstanding athletic prowess, dedication, and sportsmanship across school sporting codes.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Senior Sportsperson of the Year<\/h4>\n
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  • Senior Female:<\/strong> Beth Roache<\/li>\n
  • Senior Male:<\/strong> Colm Lynch<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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    Junior Sportsperson of the Year<\/h4>\n
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    • Junior Female:<\/strong> Ellen Joyce<\/li>\n
    • Junior Male:<\/strong> Sam Loftus<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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      Additional Award Winners & Special Presentations 2025<\/h3>\n
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      \n Recognising core school values, exceptional peer representation, and special recognitions for 2025.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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      Core Values & Special Commendations<\/h4>\n
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      • Tiana Johnson:<\/strong> Ethos Award<\/li>\n
      • Niamh Bourke:<\/strong> Special Recognition Award<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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        Student Community Honour<\/h4>\n
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        • Yaroslav Protsenko:<\/strong> Student Choice Award<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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          2025 Awards Roll of Honour<\/h3>\n
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          \n Explore the complete breakdown of award winners across special honours, academic subjects, sporting achievements, and class recognitions.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          \n \n 🌟 Special Awards & Highest Honours<\/span>\n View Section<\/span>\n <\/summary>\n
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          Ethos & Special Recognition<\/h4>\n

          Ethos Award:<\/strong> Tiana Johnson
          Special Recognition Award:<\/strong> Niamh Bourke<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Student Community Honour<\/h4>\n

          Student Choice Award:<\/strong> Yaroslav Protsenko<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Special Community Tribute<\/h4>\n

          Joe Langan Perpetual Shield:<\/strong> Jimmy Nolan<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Highest School Honour<\/h4>\n

          Female Student of the Year:<\/strong> Maeve Kelly
          Male Student of the Year:<\/strong> Marcus Senzel<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\n \n

          \n \n 📚 Humanities, STEM & Business Awards<\/span>\n View Section<\/span>\n <\/summary>\n
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          Modern Foreign Languages<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Aishling Forkan (German), Grace Needham
          Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Katie Holmes, Rebecca Moran (German)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          History & Geography<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award (History):<\/strong> Dylan Mulchrone
          Senior Cycle Award (History):<\/strong> Iona Concannon-McDonnell
          Senior Cycle Award (Geography):<\/strong> Grace Webb-Floyd, Sarah Dunne<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Politics & Literature<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award (Literature):<\/strong> Daisy Finnerty
          Senior Cycle Award (Literature):<\/strong> Eva Gerayalde
          Senior Cycle Award (Politics):<\/strong> Jacub Zlotek<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Art<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Victoria Denst
          Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Sarah Dunne<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Music<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Clodagh Keane
          Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Diarmuid Swift<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Irish Language (Gradam na Gaeilge)<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Isabella Kearney
          Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Sarah Bright<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Science, Maths & Home Economics<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award (Science\/Maths):<\/strong> Bruno Senzel
          Senior Cycle Award (Science\/Maths):<\/strong> Markus Senzel
          Junior Cycle Award (Home Economics):<\/strong> Isabelle McHugh
          Senior Cycle Award (Home Economics):<\/strong> Ellen O’Donnell<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Technology & Engineering<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award (Woodwork):<\/strong> Grace Butler
          Leaving Certificate Award (Construction):<\/strong> Tresa Conway
          Junior Cycle Award (Engineering):<\/strong> Myles Girling-Moore
          Leaving Certificate Award (Engineering):<\/strong> Alan Nolan
          Leaving Certificate Award (DCG):<\/strong> Diarm\u00faid Swift<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Business, Accounting & Economics<\/h4>\n

          Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Kacper Milewski
          Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Sorcha Murphy<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\n \n

          \n \n 🏆 Sporting Achievements<\/span>\n View Section<\/span>\n <\/summary>\n
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          Overall Sportsperson of the Year<\/h4>\n
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          Junior Female:<\/strong> Ellen Joyce<\/div>\n
          Junior Male:<\/strong> Sam Loftus<\/div>\n
          Senior Female:<\/strong> Beth Roache<\/div>\n
          Senior Male:<\/strong> Colm Lynch<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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          Basketball<\/h4>\n

          First Year Boys:<\/strong> Max Lydon
          Second Year Boys:<\/strong> Craig Neir Sosas-Siose
          U19 Boys:<\/strong> Cian Reddington
          First Year Girls:<\/strong> Aoife Mongan
          Second Year Girls:<\/strong> Beth Murrihy
          U16 Girls:<\/strong> Katlyn Morahan
          U19 Girls:<\/strong> Helen Murrihy<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Gaelic Football<\/h4>\n

          First Year Boys:<\/strong> James Holmes
          Juvenile Boys:<\/strong> Jake Doherty-Sweeney
          Junior Boys:<\/strong> Cian Corley Clarke
          Senior Boys:<\/strong> Martin Graven
          First Year Girls:<\/strong> R\u00f3is\u00edn McHugh
          U14 Girls:<\/strong> Jennifer & Ruth McHale
          Junior Girls:<\/strong> Cliodhna Dowling
          Senior Girls:<\/strong> Eimear O’Donnell<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Soccer<\/h4>\n

          First Year Female:<\/strong> Lauren Connaughton
          U15 Girls:<\/strong> Alannah Bourke
          U17 Girls:<\/strong> Alannah Keavney
          U20 Girls:<\/strong> Emma Duffy<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Athletics<\/h4>\n

          ETB Male Athlete:<\/strong> Sanusi Adiamoh
          ETB Female Athlete:<\/strong> \u00c1ine Kissane
          First Year Athlete:<\/strong> Sarah Scott
          Female Athlete of the Year:<\/strong> Isabella Kearney
          Male Athlete of the Year:<\/strong> Benjamin Byrne-Dempsey<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Badminton & Volleyball<\/h4>\n

          Girls Player of the Tournament & Golf:<\/strong> Daisy Finnerty
          Boys Player of the Tournament:<\/strong> Kacper Milewski
          Senior Volleyball:<\/strong> Adrain Uddin<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Swimming & Chess<\/h4>\n

          Swimming Representatives (2025):<\/strong> Ruby Rennick, Jamie Walsh, Alannagh Curley, Norah Shaw, Saoirse McCaffrey, Clara Kelly, Jack Rice
          Top Player Junior Girls Chess:<\/strong> Kaja Jelinska
          Top Player Junior Boys Chess:<\/strong> Daniel Kuzmics
          Top Player Senior Chess:<\/strong> Dean Lester<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\n \n

          \n \n 📖 Academic Achievement, Effort & Commitment<\/span>\n View Section<\/span>\n <\/summary>\n
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          First Year Effort, Commitment & Dedication<\/h4>\n

          Class 1A:<\/strong> R\u00f3is\u00edn Moran
          Class 1B:<\/strong> Stephen Connor
          Class 1C:<\/strong> Teagan Mekitarian
          Class 1D:<\/strong> Caitlyn Gallagher
          Class 1E:<\/strong> Aoife Mongan
          Class 1F:<\/strong> Jake Duffy Saive<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          First Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          Class 1A:<\/strong> Mateusz Bartoszewski
          Class 1B:<\/strong> Shauna King
          Class 1C:<\/strong> Cathal Staunton
          Class 1D:<\/strong> Sarah Scott
          Class 1E:<\/strong> Michaela Kilcoyne
          Class 1F:<\/strong> Ava Dillon<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Second Year Effort, Commitment & Dedication<\/h4>\n

          Class 2A:<\/strong> Martha Concannon-McDonnell
          Class 2B:<\/strong> Joseph Smith
          Class 2C:<\/strong> Eoin Gordon
          Class 2D:<\/strong> Grzegorz Kubot
          Class 2E:<\/strong> Kyle Conway
          Class 2F:<\/strong> Artur Koba
          Class 2G:<\/strong> Eve Shimozato<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Second Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          Class 2A:<\/strong> Matthew Kelly
          Class 2B:<\/strong> Kyle Kelly-Hanley
          Class 2C:<\/strong> Hanna Zak
          Class 2D:<\/strong> Emily Chen
          Class 2E:<\/strong> Alicja Gizinska
          Class 2F:<\/strong> Catherine Reilly
          Class 2G:<\/strong> Jake Doherty-Sweeney<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Third Year Effort, Commitment & Dedication<\/h4>\n

          Class 3A:<\/strong> Jennis Ann Sarish
          Class 3B:<\/strong> Anees Salim
          Class 3C:<\/strong> R\u00f3is\u00edn O’Malley
          Class 3D:<\/strong> Daisy Finnerty
          Class 3E:<\/strong> Aoife Walsh
          Class 3F:<\/strong> Ava Cunningham<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Third Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          Class 3A:<\/strong> Grace Webb-Floyd
          Class 3B:<\/strong> Bruno Senzel
          Class 3C:<\/strong> Surna\u00ed N\u00ed Cheallaigh
          Class 3D:<\/strong> Abigail Lane
          Class 3E:<\/strong> Ellen Joyce
          Class 3F:<\/strong> Grace Needham<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Fifth Year Effort, Commitment & Dedication<\/h4>\n

          Class 5A:<\/strong> Rachel Heneghan
          Class 5B:<\/strong> Lucy O’Brien
          Class 5C:<\/strong> Ciara Donohue
          Class 5D:<\/strong> Lewis Stirzaker
          Class 5E:<\/strong> Caitlin Loftus
          Class 5F:<\/strong> Anastasia Salnikova
          Class 5A1:<\/strong> Keira Redpath<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Fifth Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          Class 5A:<\/strong> Ciara Loftus
          Class 5B:<\/strong> Mateusz Dobrzynski
          Class 5C:<\/strong> Kate Needham
          Class 5D:<\/strong> Hannah Hauttman
          Class 5E:<\/strong> Amy O’Malley
          Class 5F:<\/strong> Damien Borowski<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Sixth Year Effort, Commitment & Dedication<\/h4>\n

          Class 6A:<\/strong> Yaroslav Protsenko
          Class 6B:<\/strong> Alan Nolan
          Class 6C:<\/strong> Aoibheann O’Donnell
          Class 6D:<\/strong> Darragh Kilcoyne
          Class 6E:<\/strong> Mary McTigue
          Class 6A1:<\/strong> Mathew Blake<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Sixth Year Academic Excellence<\/h4>\n

          Chloe Nally, Markus Senzel, Sarah Bright, Christopher Lennon, Alison Carey, Sorcha Murphy, Jack Ginnelly, Ellen O’Donnell, Sorcha Munnelly, Rebecca Moran, Iona Concannon-McDonnell<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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          \n Congratulations to all 2025 award recipients on their remarkable accomplishments and continued dedication to school life! ✨\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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