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Sem Win Corn na nÓg Title
Created : 09 Dec 2015, 6:18 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Late Lappin point wins first Corn na nÓg for Sem December 3, 2015 Danske Bank Ulster Colleges Corn na nÓg Final St Macartan’s College Monaghan 2-8 St Patrick’s College Maghera 0-13 By Colm Shalvey for Irish News St Macartan’s College, Monaghan won the Corn na nÓg for the first time ever in a thrilling final against St Patrick’s College, Maghera at Garvaghey yesterday evening. Goals by Karl Gallagher and Lochlainn Power kept the Sem in touch in the first half, at the end of which the teams were level, and although the Monaghan side fell behind after the re-start, they finished strongly. The Sem kicked three of the last four scores to edge a game where the sides were never separated by more than two points. St Macartan’s were first off the mark through a Karl Gallagher point, but scores by Callum Murray and Enda Downey (2) moved Maghera ahead. A loose ball then fell for Gallagher to sweep home the opening goal on 13 minutes and although Maghera threatened to respond a couple of times, managing points from Saoirse Lagan and Ethan Doherty, Niall McKenna got one back for the Sem. Points from Seán Kearney and Shea Murray kept St Patrick’s firmly in touch. But Conor Lappin replied from a free, before a foul on McKenna allowed Lochlainn Power to continue his goal-scoring form from the penalty spot. Maghera had a goal by Callum Murray disallowed for a square-ball infringement when a Downey free dropped short, but Downey then converted a brace of frees to level it up at 0-9 to 2-3 at half-time. Downey landed the first point of the second half and Shea Murray doubled Maghera’s lead, but well-taken efforts from Conor Devlin and Bradley Maguire brought the Sem back on level terms. A fine score by Lagan was then cancelled out by Maguire and although Downey tapped over a free for his sixth point, an inspirational equaliser by Christopher Flood left the sides on terms in the 58th minute. Lappin edged the Sem ahead just past the hour-mark and they remained in front throughout the six added minutes, with Maghera going close to a last-gasp leveller. Exuberant celebrations greeted the final whistle for St Macartan’s, who will now get their name on the Corn na nÓg for the first time. St Macartan’s College: C Caulfield; M Meehan, J McAdam (Capt.), R Boyle; A Brennan, C Flood (0-1), C Devlin (0-1); O Fagan, J McPhillips; C Lappin (0-2, 1f), K Gallagher (1-1), L Power (1-0, pen); C McHugh, B Maguire (0-2), N McKenna (0-1). Subs: T Moyna for McHugh (36), D Murray for McKenna (40), M Carville for Lappin (60 + 4). St Patrick’s College: C McGilligan; S Turner, A McGuckin, J McWilliams; O McClafferty (Capt.), C Milne, PJ McAleese; S Murray (0-2), S McKenna; E Downey (0-6, 4f), E Doherty (0-1), S Kearney (0-1); C Higgins, C Murray (0-1), S Lagan (0-2). Subs: J McGurk for Higgins (46), F Murphy for C Murray (52). Referee: P Coyle (Tyrone). Report By Colm Shalvey
Parents Association AGM
Created : 08 Dec 2015, 11:41 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Reminder: Parents Association AGM takes place on Wednesday 9th December in College Theatre at 7 p.m. Students are also welcome to attend. Guest Speaker: Mr. Conor McManus. Topic will be "Goals for Life". Please make a special effort to attend.
Christmas Jumper Day
Created : 07 Dec 2015, 10:42 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Christmas Jumper Day for whole school will take place on Friday 18th December in aid of St. Vincent De Paul.
Christmas House Exams
Created : 30 Nov 2015, 9:05 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
1st & 2nd Year Christmas Exams will take place from Thursday 3rd December until Wednesday 9th December
Short video on a day in the life of a Sem boy
Created : 04 Nov 2015, 12:53 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uceQI8NtLzw
TY Musical - Joseph ready to go on stage.
Created : 03 Nov 2015, 12:54 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Joseph the Musical going on Stage at St. Macartan's College. St. Macartan’s College Transition Year students proudly present ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat'. Beginning next Tuesday and running for four nights this year's eagerly anticipated musical sees Patrick Mc Carron play the part of Joseph, Niall Crawley as Narrator, Ronan Gallagher as Jacob, Stefan Mc Quaid as Potiphar and Sean McKenna as Pharaoh’. With lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber the story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis and follows Joseph’s rise to fame and power despite the best efforts of his begrudging 11 brothers. The 2015 Sem Transition Year musical version is a little less biblical and a lot more musical. Tickets are on sale at St. Macartan’s College office, Rocks of Monaghan and St. Louis Secondary School. Tickets are €10 per person or €30 per family. Doors open each night at 7.30 pm with the show on stage at 8.00 pm from Tuesday 10th of November- to Friday November 13th.
Rannafast team into final
Created : 03 Nov 2015, 12:50 PM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Rannafast Cup Semi-Final St Macartan’s 2-9 St Ronan’s Lurgan 1-8 St Macartan’s have qualified for the final of the Rannafast Cup for the 2nd year in a row following a superb 2nd half performance against St Ronan’s Lurgan. The defending champions now await the winners of St Pat’s Maghera and Patrician High School Carrickmacross who meet this Thursday in the other semi-final. The prospect of a possible ‘all-Monaghan’ final will certainly whet the appetite of Gaels throughout the county. This St Macartan’s victory adds to what was already a fantastic weekend for Monaghan teams in Ulster following the success of Scotstown, Doohamlet and Rockcorry in the Club Championships. It is yet another sign that football is going from strength to strength in the county at the minute. This victory marks the 9th successive win for this group of Sem players. This achievement is all the more impressive when you consider that they only managed one victory in the 10 games prior to this run. After losing their first two group games in last year’s Brock Cup campaign, they won their last group game against Abbey CBS to advance to the Brock Shield competition. They then recorded victories over St Michael’s Enniskillen and St Patrick’s Downpatrick before defeating Omagh CBS in the final. In this year’s Rannafast Cup, victories against St Mary’s Belfast, St Pius Magherafelt and St Mary’s Maghafelt saw us advance to the quarter-final as group winners. A thrilling last-gasp victory against St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon earned a spot in the competition semi-final against Lurgan who reached this stage following an extra-time victory over St Pat’s Cavan. Played under the floodlights of the Tyrone centre at Garvaghy, this was certainly a game of two halves. St Ronan’s were much the better team in the opening half as the Sem struggled to get to the tempo of the game. However, despite St Ronan’s dominance, they failed to make this count on the scoreboard. In fact, at half time, they went in two points behind. The St Macartans goal-machine that is Michael O Brien was at his predatory best once again when he bagged himself 2 goals in the opening 16 minutes. His second goal was particularly important as it came following 2 quick Lurgan points in the 14th and 15th minutes that had drawn them level after the concession of O Brien’s first goal in the 4th minute. These two goals bring O Brien’s tally to an impressive 9 goals in just 5 games. We eagerly await his first point of the competition. A Robbie McAlister point in the 18th minute was cancelled out by a point by Lurgan in the 22nd minute. McAlister put the Sem 4 points clear with a superb score from distance in the 25th minute but two points from Lurgan left the score at 2-2 at to 0-6 at the break. The half time whistle was met with relief from the Sem management team. The first half was probably the team’s worst performance of the year so far and but far the heroic defending of Cormac McKenna and Tommy Croarkin, the Sem should have found themselves behind at the break. If the 2nd half was our worst half of the year, it is fair to say that the 2nd half was up there with our best half of the year. It was a half in which each player stood up and were counted. In the opening 15minutes of the half the Sem boys hit 4 unanswered points. Two of those points came through the boot of Aaron Mohan whose pace was intelligent running was causing all sort of panic in the Lurgan defence. Cormac McKenna emulated the form of his brother James on the MacRory cup team when he made his way up from full back to hit an inspirational point. It has become such a regular occurrence to see Cormac and James making these forays forward for both the Sem and their club Truagh Gaeils, that the subsequent scores have become known as “screamers from the sheem-ers” amongst the school community. The Sem’s 4th point during this period came through team captain Paudie Meehan who was superb in the second half of the game. A point by Lurgan in the 16th minute was immediately cancelled out by a monster of a free by Aaron Mohan. Mohan had to retire temporarily from the field due to a blood injury and was replaced by his fellow clubman Cillian Woods. Woods has already made huge contributions from the bench this year and today was no different. He immediately won the Lurgan kickout and the ball was off-loaded to an on-rushing Paudie Meehan who split the posts once again. The Sem defence showed wonderful defiance as the game entered the last ten minutes. The full-back line of Cormac McKenna, Jamie Shields and Tommy Croarkin were outstanding during this period. Even when Lurgan hit back with a goal in the 23rd minute that was sandwiched by Sem points from McAlister and Mohan, the full back line held strong. It was without doubt Shields’ most complete performance of the year. His double block in the 2nd half was only eclipsed by two ferocious shoulder-to-shoulder hits that stopped Lurgan in their tracks as they went searching for a goal. When the final whistle went, it was met with scenes of jubilation from the Sem boys. The character, bravery and courage showed in the 2nd half made them full value for their victory. The style of play of the team was one that embodied all that is good about Monaghan football – tough, aggressive, fast open football. Whilst it truly was a team effort, credit must go to the 2 youngest players on the Sem team – Scotstown’s Gavin McPhilips and Tyholland’s Sean Treanor. Both these players had huge second halves in the middle of the park for the Sem. Aghabog’s Oisin Gleeson gave another warrior-like performance in the Sem half forward line whilst Ronan King had his best 60 minutes of the year and was probably the Sem’s best player in a difficult first half. With the date of the final unknown, the opportunity now exists for the team to address the poor performance in the first half at training over the next couple weeks. Credit must go the Sem’s 16th man on the night. It was a great lift to the team and a fantastic display of school-spirit to see many students travel to the game to support the lads. The ‘Sem Brigade’ were in full voice throughout the game and we hope that more students will make the trip to the final. Sem Panel: Oisin Gleeson, Conor MacLeod (Aghabog), Sean Treanor (Tyholland), Eoghan Treanor, Michael O Brien, Robbie McAlister, Ryan Treanor (Emyvale), Gavin McPhillips, Mark Maguire, Padraig Meehan, Ronan King, Ryan O Toole, Dylan McCarey, Patrick McCarron (Scotstown), Aaron Mohan, Cormac McKenna, Finbar McGinn, Cillian Woods (Truagh), Tommy Croarkin, Jamie Shields, Conor McCrystal (Monaghan Harps), Tiarnan McSkeane, Klaudiusz Kolaszewski (Ballybay), Ryan McElvaney, Oisin McKenna, James Clerkin (Sean McDermotts)
Rannafast Cup - Quarter Final
Created : 23 Oct 2015, 9:36 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Rannafast Cup – Quarter Final St Macartans 5-8 St Patrick’s Dungannon 3-12 St Macartan’s qualified for the Rannafast Cup Semi Final following an exhilarating finish against St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon. As the darkness fell on the Tyrone Training Centre at Garvaghy, it was the Monaghan lads that finished strongest to secure a two point win following a hugely entertaining contest. Emyvale’s Michael O Brien will grab all the headlines following his incredible four goal haul but this victory was truly a result of a massive team effort. As is always the case at Garvaghy, the game was played in very windy conditions. With Dungannon winning the toss, the Sem were forced to play against the wind in the first half. That said, the Sem lads made a very impressive start to the game and were 1-3 to a point up after just 15 minutes. The goal came through Michael O Brien whilst Robbie McAlister (2) and Aaron Mohan bagged the points. Dungannon reduced the lead to 5 points before The Sem scored their second goal of the game through the most unlikely of sources. It was a case of those present having to do a “double take” when Tommy Croarkin found the top corner of the Dungannon net after a marauding run forward. Only Croarkin knows for sure whether it was a deliberate attempt at goal or whether his attempt at a point fell short. The Sem almost found the net again when Robbie McAlister’s attempt was superbly saved by the Dunngannon keeper. It was a key moment in the game as Dunngannon immediately went up to field to score a point. They then followed this up with a further 1-5 without reply in an 11minute period that saw them take a 2 point lead. However, the Sem finished the half strongly and reduced the deficit to the minimum when Cillian Woods landed a huge free against the wind. On the stroke of half time, Woods was in the thick of the action again when he combined brilliantly with McAlister to win a free that Aaron Mohan converted to leave the score at 2-5 to 1-8 at the break. The first score of the half went to the Tyrone men when they converted after just 30 seconds. Aaron Mohan hit back with a score from a difficult angle after 2 minutes. Ronan King, who was growing into the game at this stage, hit a monster of a point from all of 45 metres to edge the Sem ahead again. After 10 minutes, Michael O Brien grabbed his second goal of the game when he outmuscled the Dungannon full back and calmly slotted the ball past the Dungannon keeper. Dungannon responded well and over the next ten minutes scored 2-3. The Sem only managed a point during this period through Aaron Mohan. At this stage of the game, the Monaghan men were finding it difficult to penetrate a well organised Dungannon defensive system. Between the 20th and 26th minute of the game, neither team managed a score and with the Sem squandering a number of good chances, it looked like Dungannon would see the game out as they sat back and defended a four point lead. However, ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’, and with the clock ticking down, Robbie McAlister forced a superb turnover on the Dungannon corner back. McAlister darted along the end line and squared the ball across the face of the goals where his club mate O Brien arrived on cue to fist the ball to the net for his hat-trick. Suddenly there was a change in the momentum of the game as the Sem pushed up and put pressure on the Dungannon kickout. With just one minute of normal time remaining, it was a case of déjà-vu as McAlister again cut in across the endline to once again for O Brien to crash the ball to the back of the Dungannon net. The drama wasn’t to end there as Dungannon won the subsequent kick-out. In frantic scenes, they worked the ball to within 30 metres of the Sem goal and as the ball was lobbed into the square, the world paused, only to see Ryan O Toole rise heroically to claim the ball. As soon as O Toole landed, there were scenes of jubilation from the Monaghan bench as the referee blew the final whistle. This result marks a huge step forward in the development of these young Sem players. Having failed to make the quarter final stage of the Dalton Cup, Corn na nOg and Brock Cup, they can now count themselves as one of the top four teams in the province. They have built on their success in last year’s Brock Cup Shield and are now on an 8 game winning streak. In what was an excellent team performance, credit must be given in particular to the performances of Tommy Croarkin, Jamie Shields and Cormac McKenna. When the pressure came on, these players in particular stood up and were counted. Another notable performance was that of Sean Treanor at midfield who continues to go from strength to strength. Treanor had to be withdrawn from the game after dominating the game for the first 20 minutes when he suffered a wrist injury. However, he returned to the fray with 10 minutes left and gave an inspirational display despite the obvious discomfort he was feeling in his wrist. St Macartans now await the winners of St Pat’s Cavan and St Ronan’s Lurgan in the semi final. Follow us on twitter @sem_gaa for details as to when the semi-final will take place
Corn na nÓg
Created : 21 Oct 2015, 10:21 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
Sem Corn na nÓg team off to winning start St. Macartan's 8.06 Omagh CBS 5.10 The Sem's 2015 Corn na nÓg campaign got off to a winning start with a tense and exciting encounter against a much fancied Omagh CBS side. The game played in excellent conditions at Truagh Gaels grounds afforded an opportunity for a number of locals to see how Mark O'Connor and Garreth McQuaid's charges would match up against their Tyrone based opposition. Scoring opened with a well taken point by Conall McHugh (Castleblayney Faughs) followed by another from Karl Gallagher (Emyvale). An exchange of goals from both sides followed - the Sem's from Karl Gallagher, Niall McKenna (Emyvale) and Lochlann Power (Monaghan Harps). Omagh began to dominate from towards the end of the half with a number of unanswered points seeing them go in at halftime five points to the good. St. Macartan's dominated from the start of the second half. A spirited performance from fullback and team captain James McAdam (Castleblayney Faughs) and from Third Year Conor Lappin (Scotstown) saw St. Macartan's dominate the early second half encounters. Christopher Flood (Truagh) was excellent at centre half ably assisted by the very solid Michael Meehan (Scotstown). Omagh struggled to counter the physical strength of Monaghan Harp's Lochlainn Power who finished the game with a tally of four goals -one a well taken penalty early in the second half. Oisín Fagan (Monaghan Harps) was excellent throughout. Playing in midfield Oisín was also charged with marking Omagh's captain Ryan McKenna. Oisín's playing partner at midfield was Jamie McPhillips who acted as an excellent link between the Sem's defence and forwards. Although unwell prior to the game Conor Devlin (Monaghan Harps) proved himself to be one of the most improved players on the team since last year's Dalton Cup campaign. In all a very solid start to an Ulster Colleges Corn na nÓg campaign for the St. Macartan's boys.
Maths Week
Created : 21 Oct 2015, 10:20 AM
Archived : 08 Sep 2017, 5:56 AM
A group of Second Year Maths students taking part in Maths Week activities with their teacher Ms. Kierans. Caption 2 Kjartan Poskitt in full flight at Santa Sabina College as part of Maths week activities Maths Week Celebrations at St. Macartan’s College Maths Week Ireland is an all-Ireland celebration of maths and is a partnership of over 50 groups including universities, institutes of technology, schools, colleges, museums, libraries, visitor centres, professional bodies - basically any group that sees the importance of maths and the importance of promoting maths. Maths Week Ireland promotes awareness, appreciation and understanding of maths through a huge variety of events and activities. St. Macartan’s College is once again involved in this celebration with a wide range of Maths related events in the school during the week. These events include maths puzzle trails, the PRISM maths competition in association with the Irish Maths Olympiad, maths/music quizzes to name but a few. As part of the week’s activities a group of Second Year students accompanied by two of their teachers Ms. Catherine Kierans and Ms. Sharon O’Shaughnessy travelled to Santa Sabina College in Sutton Co. Dublin to a presentation by Kjartan Poskitt, the renowned mathematician and author. Poskitt is also an author and TV presenter who is best known for writing the Murderous Maths series of books for young people. He demonstrated magic tricks, interesting facts about Pythagoras, an interactive tortoise and hare puzzle, his infamous hexaflexagon and the very cool self-assembling dodecahedron. He also got the students involved in lots of number puzzles including how to remember the 1089 times tables! A maths trip to remember.