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3rd Year English Trip
Created : 03 Mar 2016, 11:05 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
All 3rd Year students will travel to Iontas Theatre on Friday 11th March from 9.45 - 12.30 to see "Of Mice & Men". Cost is €13 per student.
Brock Cup Game
Created : 03 Mar 2016, 11:01 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Brock Cup play Thursday 10th March (afternoon) against St. Louis, Ballymena. Game takes place in Mid-Ulster Sports Arena, Cookstown.
1st Year Parent Teacher Meeting
Created : 03 Mar 2016, 10:58 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
This is confirm that a Parent Teacher meeting for students in First Year will take place in the college Sports Hall on Wednesday 9th March from
4.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
2nd & 3rd Year Music
Created : 03 Mar 2016, 10:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
2nd and 3rd Year Music classes will be attending a concert in the National Concert Hall on 8th March. The orchestral performance will feature several of the students' Set Works for their JC Examination
U16 out of All Ireland A Basketball
Created : 01 Mar 2016, 8:47 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Read how the later stages of the All Ireland U16 A Basketball competition finished for the Sem team
All Ireland Handball Finals Report
Created : 29 Feb 2016, 9:42 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Read Colm Shalvey's Northern Standard report on the recent All Ireland Colleges handball finals
Outstanding Ulster Colleges Handball Success for Sem Students.
Created : 12 Feb 2016, 8:49 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
St. Macartan's College handball team recorded one of its best ever returns at an Ulster Colleges finals tournament at Kingscourt Handball Club on Saturday last. Juvenile representative Tiarnan O'Rourke (Monaghan Harps H.C.) took the juvenile (U131/2) title with wins in the semi final against Patrick Cowan, St. Colman's Newry and in the final against Jonathan Owens from Omagh CBS. The U15 1/2 singles title went to the very much in form Eoghan McGinnity (Monaghan Harps H.C.). Having already won the 60 x 30 Colleges title in this same age category earlier this year, Eoghan accounted for Daire Savage (St. Colman's Newry) in the quarter final followed by Brian McAleer Omagh CBS in the semi-final. Eoghan went on to defeat the impressive Ronan Curran, Dean Maguirc school in the final. The senior doubles title went to the St. Macartan's pair of Gary McKenna (Truagh Gaels H.C.) and Dermot Boyle (Truagh Gales H.C.) who defeated Matthew Donnelly and Eoin Quinn from Dean Maguirc School. The all Ireland series will take place at Kingscourt Handball Club on Saturday next.
School League Tables
Created : 10 Feb 2016, 8:50 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Read Northern Standard articles on recently published school transfer League tables.
Christmas Newsletter available to download
Created : 16 Dec 2015, 5:04 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Kevin Fitzpatrick wins All Ireland Poetry Aloud Title
Created : 09 Dec 2015, 6:21 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
St. Macartan’s College Student Wins National Poetry Aloud Title
On Friday 4 December, 36 finalists from all over Ireland took part in the final of this year’s Poetry Aloud competition which was held in the National Library Dublin. Poetry Aloud is the nationwide poetry speaking competition which is run by Poetry Ireland in conjunction with the National Library Dublin. This year saw over 1800 students enter the competition with the final 36 representing schools from counties, Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Monaghan, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wicklow.
Students recited a poem by WB Yeats in the first round and a poem chosen from the listed anthologies in the second round. After a period of deliberation, the judges announced the winners and the runners-up in each category. The winners in the Junior Category were: Kevin Fitzpatrick, St. Macartan's College, Monaghan, Intermediate Category: Nuala Whittle, St. Kevin's Community College,, Co. Wicklow. Senior Category: Alice Magorrian, Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, Runners – Up: Junior Category: Róisín Ferguson, Maryfield College,.Intermediate category: Harry Deacon, St Andrew’s College, Dublin. Senior Category: Aisling O’Connell, Notre Dame Secondary School, Dundrum.
The overall winner for 2015 was Kevin Fitzpatrick a first Year student at St. Macartan’s College Monaghan. Kevin is son of Brendan and Michelle Fitzpatrick. He is also active member of Latton GFC and a past pupil of Scoil Mhuire National School Latton. Kevin was presented with the perpetual trophy The Séamus Heaney Poetry Aloud Award by judge, Professor Geraldine Higgins. The judges for the final were Colm Keegan, Poet; Professor Geraldine Higgins, Director of Irish Studies at Emory University and curator of the forthcoming Heaney exhibition and Maureen Kennelly, Director of Poetry Ireland. They commended all the students on their excellent performances. Poetry Aloud at St. Macartan's is coordinated by Ms. Siobhan Colreavy and Mr. Roy Mallon
