{"id":27479,"date":"2024-05-21T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/?p=27479"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:32:21","slug":"mayo-gaa-star-padraig-ohora-guest-of-honour-at-davitt-college-annual-awards-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davittcollege.ie\/dev\/mayo-gaa-star-padraig-ohora-guest-of-honour-at-davitt-college-annual-awards-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo GAA Star Padraig O\u2019Hora Guest of Honour at Davitt College Annual Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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\n Mayo GAA Star Padraig O\u2019Hora Guest of Honour at Davitt College Annual Awards 2024\n <\/h2>\n

\n 21 May 2024\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Davitt College, Castlebar, proudly hosted its Annual Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 21st May 2024, gathering students, staff, and families to celebrate an inspiring year of achievement across academics, sport, music, and extracurricular activities.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n The school was honoured to welcome Mayo GAA star Mr. Padraig O\u2019Hora<\/strong> as Guest of Honour. Sharing words of encouragement and motivation, he spoke with students about dedication, teamwork, and resilience before helping to present the awards to over 100 students who received well-deserved recognition for their hard work, commitment, and positive contributions to school life throughout the year.\n <\/p>\n\n

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\n \u201cThese awards are a mere stepping stone to greater achievements in the future. I sincerely hope that the students will go on to achieve their life\u2019s dreams and ambitions, and I encourage all students to aspire to achieving awards in the future.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u2014 Mr. Conor O\u2019Reilly, Principal\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

\n Congratulations to everyone recognised during a truly special and memorable celebration of the Davitt College community!\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Main Award Winners 2024<\/h3>\n
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\n Honouring the highest pinnacle achievements in character, community dedication, and cherished school tributes.\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: Hannah Prendergast | Male: Daniel Tigue<\/p>\n

Davitt College Annual Awards 2024<\/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 Memorial Tribute<\/span>\n

Joe Langan Perpetual Shield<\/h4>\n

In Loving Memory of Kacper Swierkowski<\/p>\n

Presented to & Accepted by the Sixth Year Class<\/p>\n

\n A deeply moving and poignant tribute awarded in honour and cherished memory of Kacper, accepted on his behalf by his Sixth Year classmates and friends.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Sportsperson of the Year 2024<\/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> Hannah Prendergast<\/li>\n
  • Senior Male:<\/strong> Lucas Kenny<\/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> Cliodhna Dowling<\/li>\n
    • Junior Male:<\/strong> Ronan Loftus<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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      Additional Award Winners & Special Presentations 2024<\/h3>\n
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      \n Recognising core school values, student voice, and exceptional perseverance.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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      Ethos & Personal Resilience<\/h4>\n
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      • Ethos Award:<\/strong> Yaroslav Protsenko<\/li>\n
      • Resilience Award:<\/strong> Mark Dawson<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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        Student Community Honour<\/h4>\n
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        • Student Choice Award:<\/strong> Felix Rowland-Earls<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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          2024 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> Yaroslav Protsenko
          Resilience Award:<\/strong> Mark Dawson<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Student Community Honour<\/h4>\n

          Student Choice Award:<\/strong> Felix Rowland-Earls<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Special Memorial Tribute<\/h4>\n

          Joe Langan Perpetual Shield:<\/strong> In memory of Kacper Swierkowski (Received on his behalf by the 6th Year Class)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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          Highest School Honour<\/h4>\n

          Female Student of the Year:<\/strong> Hannah Prendergast
          Male Student of the Year:<\/strong> Daniel Tigue<\/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

          \n Junior Cycle Award (French):<\/strong> Katie O’Malley
          \n Junior Cycle Award (German):<\/strong> Ruby Moran
          \n Senior Cycle Award (French):<\/strong> Jack Roache
          \n Senior Cycle Award (German):<\/strong> Jasdeep Kaur\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          History & Geography<\/h4>\n

          \n Junior Cycle Award (History, Geography & Politics):<\/strong> Aaron Cafferkey
          \n Senior Cycle Award (History, Geography & Politics):<\/strong> Sean Moran\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Politics & Literature<\/h4>\n

          \n Junior Cycle Award (Literature):<\/strong> Matthew Walsh
          \n Senior Cycle Award (Literature):<\/strong> Saoirse Hauttmann\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Art<\/h4>\n

          \n Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Zofia Swierczek, Surna\u00ed N\u00ed Cheallaigh
          \n Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Sarah Dunne, Iona McDonnell\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Music<\/h4>\n

          \n Junior Cycle Student of the Year:<\/strong> Niamh Moran
          \n Senior Cycle Student of the Year:<\/strong> Jack Roache\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

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

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

          \n Senior Cycle Award (Science\/Maths):<\/strong> Katlyn Nally
          \n Junior Cycle Award (Home Economics):<\/strong> Joseph Loftus\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Technology & Engineering<\/h4>\n

          \n Junior Cycle Award (Woodwork Project):<\/strong> Nicola Janda
          \n Junior Cycle Award (Engineering Project):<\/strong> Marie Lydon Everard
          \n Senior Cycle Award (Engineering Project):<\/strong> Lucas Kenny
          \n Senior Cycle Award (Construction Project):<\/strong> Dylan Rice\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

          \n Junior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Ois\u00edn Butler
          \n Senior Cycle Award:<\/strong> Mark McVann\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\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> Cliodhna Dowling<\/div>\n
          Junior Male:<\/strong> Ronan Loftus<\/div>\n
          Senior Female:<\/strong> Hannah Prendergast<\/div>\n
          Senior Male:<\/strong> Lucas Kenny<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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          Basketball<\/h4>\n

          \n U19 Boys:<\/strong> Cian Reddington
          \n First Year Girls:<\/strong> Clara Kelly
          \n Second Year Girls:<\/strong> Ellen Joyce
          \n U16 Girls:<\/strong> Eabha Donnelly\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Gaelic Football<\/h4>\n

          \n First Year Boys:<\/strong> John Connor
          \n Juvenile Boys:<\/strong> Brian O’Donnell
          \n Junior Boys:<\/strong> Conor Loftus
          \n Junior Boys (Most Improved):<\/strong> Daniel Matthew
          \n Senior Boys:<\/strong> Kylum Chambers
          \n First Year Girls:<\/strong> Aoife Gannon
          \n U14 Girls:<\/strong> Anna Mangan
          \n Junior Girls:<\/strong> Hannah Hauttmann
          \n Senior Girls:<\/strong> Roisin Duffy\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Soccer<\/h4>\n

          \n First Year Male:<\/strong> Zac Bristow
          \n U16 Boys:<\/strong> Ricardas Seskus
          \n First Year Female:<\/strong> Beth Murrihy
          \n U15 Girls:<\/strong> Grace Carroll
          \n U17 Girls:<\/strong> Treasa Conway
          \n Senior Girls:<\/strong> Rebecca Moran\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Athletics<\/h4>\n

          \n ETB Athletes:<\/strong> Clara Kelly & Allanagh Bourke
          \n First Year Athlete:<\/strong> Benjamin Byrne-Dempsey
          \n Female Athlete of the Year:<\/strong> Ciara Philbin
          \n Male Athlete of the Year:<\/strong> Ben Fitzsimons\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Badminton & Volleyball<\/h4>\n

          \n Girls Player of the Tournament (Badminton):<\/strong> Abigail Lane
          \n Boys Player of the Tournament (Badminton):<\/strong> Evin Jose Saji
          \n Senior Volleyball:<\/strong> Yaroslav Protsenko\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Table Tennis, Swimming & Chess<\/h4>\n

          \n Swimming Representatives (Connacht Silver 4x50m):<\/strong> Saoirse McCaffrey, Clara Kelly, Ruby Rennick, Charlotte Langan
          \n Senior Chess:<\/strong> Markus Senzel
          \n Junior Boys Chess:<\/strong> Kacper Milewski
          \n Junior Girls Chess:<\/strong> Victoria Denst\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\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

          \n Class 1A:<\/strong> Grace Holmes
          \n Class 1B:<\/strong> Kaya Jelinska
          \n Class 1C:<\/strong> Saoirse McCaffrey
          \n Class 1D:<\/strong> Paul English
          \n Class 1E:<\/strong> Cian McDonnell
          \n Class 1F:<\/strong> Andrii Filipovskyi
          \n Class 1G:<\/strong> Jake Doherty-Sweeney\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          First Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          \n Class 1A:<\/strong> Alannah Bourke
          \n Class 1B:<\/strong> Zac Bristow
          \n Class 1C:<\/strong> Sam Loftus
          \n Class 1D:<\/strong> Tiana Millar
          \n Class 1E:<\/strong> Dorothy Stepkowska
          \n Class 1F:<\/strong> Guilherme Osterne Boer Silva
          \n Class 1G:<\/strong> Ruairi Connor\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

          \n Class 2A:<\/strong> Jennis Sarish
          \n Class 2B:<\/strong> Kayla Gibbons
          \n Class 2C:<\/strong> Clodagh Keane
          \n Class 2D:<\/strong> Daniel Kuzmicz
          \n Class 2E:<\/strong> Katie Cusack
          \n Class 2F:<\/strong> Grace Zhang\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Second Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          \n Class 2A:<\/strong> Grace Webb-Floyd
          \n Class 2B:<\/strong> Beatrice Dobre
          \n Class 2C:<\/strong> Aisling Forkan
          \n Class 2D:<\/strong> Daisy Finnerty
          \n Class 2E:<\/strong> Alannah Curley
          \n Class 2F:<\/strong> Kayla Cummins Santo Domingo\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

          \n Class 3A:<\/strong> Cian Corley Clarke
          \n Class 3B:<\/strong> Ava Duffy
          \n Class 3C:<\/strong> Aoibheann Conway
          \n Class 3D:<\/strong> Maya Fahy
          \n Class 3E:<\/strong> Katie O’Malley
          \n Class 3F:<\/strong> Sarah Jane Burke
          \n Class 3G:<\/strong> Ryan Quinn\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Third Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          \n Class 3A:<\/strong> Emma Fahey
          \n Class 3B:<\/strong> Tara Kelly
          \n Class 3C:<\/strong> Grace Coyne
          \n Class 3D:<\/strong> Kate Guilfoyle
          \n Class 3E:<\/strong> Ruby Moran
          \n Class 3F:<\/strong> Daire Hughes
          \n Class 3G:<\/strong> Keelan O’Neill\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

          \n Class 5A:<\/strong> Yaroslav Protsenko
          \n Class 5B:<\/strong> Alan Nolan
          \n Class 5C:<\/strong> Mark McVann
          \n Class 5D:<\/strong> Darragh Kilcoyne
          \n Class 5E:<\/strong> Treasa Conway
          \n Class 5A1:<\/strong> Mathew Blake, Sebastian Gregorczyk\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Fifth Year Academic Achievement<\/h4>\n

          \n Class 5A:<\/strong> Chloe Nally
          \n Class 5B:<\/strong> Marcus Senzel
          \n Class 5C:<\/strong> Alison Carey
          \n Class 5D:<\/strong> Eva Garayalde
          \n Class 5E:<\/strong> Katie Holmes\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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

          \n Class 6A:<\/strong> Niamh Spellman
          \n Class 6B:<\/strong> Ian O’Riordan
          \n Class 6C:<\/strong> Dean Ralph
          \n Class 6D:<\/strong> Basmala Abbas
          \n Class 6E:<\/strong> Ryan Garvey
          \n Class 6A1:<\/strong> Charlotte Cleary\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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          Sixth Year Academic Excellence<\/h4>\n

          \n Class 6A:<\/strong> Amanda Connor
          \n Class 6B:<\/strong> Aimee Barry
          \n Class 6C:<\/strong> Katlyn Nally
          \n Class 6D:<\/strong> Lily Kelly
          \n Class 6E:<\/strong> Caoimhe Irwin
          \n Class 6A1:<\/strong> Cian Togher\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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          \n Well done to every award recipient, and a sincere thank you to Padraig O\u2019Hora, the staff, and school families who made the 2024 ceremony such a resounding celebration of excellence! 🏆🔴🟢👏\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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