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Soroptimists International Local Winners
01 December 2011 - 12:54
Well done to Rachel Tierney & Olivia Divilly who won the Local Final of the 'Ballinasloe & District Branch' of 'Soroptimist Internationalo last night in Ballinasloe.

The girls now go forward to the Regional Final in Drogheda on the 4th of February 2012.

Well done also to Katie Kirrane, Aisling Kirrane, Laura Raftery, Ciara Kilgarriff and
Chloe Donnellan who also did us proud on the night.



















From L to R: Deputy Principal M Griffiths, Olivia Divilly & Laura Raftery


























Back L to R: Olivia
Silver Gaisce Awards
05 May 2011 - 21:38
Dunmore Community students were presented with their Silver Gaisce Awards by Ray D’Arcy at a presentation ceremony in Trinity College,Dublin. They achieved their awards as a result of taking on a 26 week challenge in the areas of Personal Skill,Physical Recreation and Community Involvement. Their final task was to complete an adventure journey which covered a distance of 60km over 3 days. The students are very proud of their achievements and a number of them are taking on the Gold
All Ireland Scholarships 2010
28 February 2011 - 14:27
Congratulations to past Student, Charlotte O' Sullivan on been awarded an All Ireland Scholarship recently.
She is pictured here, been congraulated by J.P. McManus, Peter Power (TD) and Mr. Gay McManus, Principal of Dunmore CS at the University of Limerick in Nov 2010.
Irelands Got Talent
17 February 2011 - 08:44
Best wishes to Richard Cunningham, who is competing on the Irelands got Talent show this weekend. Richard completed his LC here last June.

Richard won the Dunmore CS X Factor Competition on March 26th 2010 with his fantastic rendition of 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra. Best of Luck Richard.
Scholarship to GMIT
31 January 2011 - 21:53
Congratulation to Declan Glennnon who recently was awarded a GMIT Academic Scholarship in recognition of his excellent achievement in the 2010 Leaving Certificate. Declan is from Pollea, Williamstown, is a past
pupil of Dunmore Community School, and is studying a B. Eng in Civil Engineering.

He was presented his award by Mr Michael Hannon, GMIT Registrar.


Declan is pictured here with his parents after the award was presented to him.
School Musical
24 November 2010 - 10:02
Well done to all involved in the School Musical - 'Thank you for the Music' which was held on the 5th, 6th and 7th of November.

Further information and photos are available on our webside musical.dunmorecs.ie
Entrance Scholarship to NUI Galway
04 November 2010 - 20:42
Kevin Clesham from Annefield, Hollymount, Co.Mayo who attended Dunmore Community School, Co. Galway and is now studying First Medicine at NUI Galway was recently awarded an Entrance Scholarship to NUI Galway. Presenting the Entrance Scholarship scroll and a cheque for €1,700 is NUI Galway President Dr. James J. Browne.

Kevin Clesham and President Dr. James J. Browne


A select group of first-year students at NUI Galway have received a total of €83,300 in recognition of the high
Dual Record for Attendance
03 June 2010 - 21:26

Congratulation to students Emma Gleeson and Fiona Comer who have not missed a day at school since starting playschool 14 years ago.



The girls will be sitting their Leaving Cert at Dunmore Community School next week.

The girls have clocked up an impressive 2,299 days each in primary and secondary school.

X Factor Results
14 April 2010 - 12:48
Congratulations to Richard Cunningham on winning the X Factor on Friday 26th March.
Dunmore Student named one of top 20 in 'All-Ireland Youth Volunteers'
10 February 2010 - 07:43

4th ANNUAL PRAMERICA SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS

Susie McGagh, a sixth year student at Dunmore CommunitySchool, was named one of 20 finalists today in the annual Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards.


Front Left to Right: Gay McManus, Principal Dunmore CS, Tom McHugh, Mayor of County Galway, Susie McGagh & Henry McGarvey, Managing Director of Pramerica

The awards programme, now in its fourth year, honours young people on the island of Ireland for outstanding acts of

Christmas Hamper Draw.
21 January 2010 - 12:59
Congratualtions to the winners of The Parents Council Christmas draw. We also would like to take this opportunity to thank all that supported us this year.


The following are the winners:-

1. Vincent Lyons, Abbeylands, Dunmore.2. Brian Kirrane, Cloonfad.

3. Marty Reddington, Dunmore.

4.Meabh Sheridan, Milltown.

5. Stephen Burke, Dunmore.

The Anne Flynn Room
09 December 2009 - 10:36
The Science Room was recently dedicated to the memory of dear colleague and friend, Mrs Anne Flynn, who sadly died last year.

Anne was a much loved and dedicated teacher of Science and Biology in Dunmore Community School since 1986, and as a result of her passion and committment has inspired many students to pursue a career in Science.

She is sadly missed by her family, colleagues, past and present students and many friends.

May she rest in peace.






Photographed here at the dedication cermony is
Texting Service
09 December 2009 - 10:23
The school has recently set up a texting service to notify parents of last minute information, upcoming events etc.

This is now in operation for all years. If you havn't received a text notifying you of the school being closed on Tuesday 8th December, please notify the school as we may not have an up to date mobile number for you.

Please note: It is important that you notify the school if you change your mobile number, as we will be using this service instead of sending notes home
Irelands Got Talent Show.
01 December 2009 - 09:34
Congratulations to Paul Clesham (5th Year) & Joy Watson (TY) who got recently participated in the Wests heats of Irelands got Talent show.

Joy, along with her group, are going on to the next stage. We wish her well.
Poetry Aloud Competion - Oct 2009
26 October 2009 - 10:48

The National Library is committed to fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of poetry in younger people. To this end, the Library, in association with Poetry Ireland, organises and hosts an annual poetry speaking competition, Poetry Aloud.

Originally entitled Yeats Aloud, this competition first ran in 2006 to coincide with the launch of the Library's exhibition Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats. The competition seeks entries from students attending post-primary schools on the

Excellence In Woodcraft Award from 2009
30 May 2009 - 10:27
Congratulations to Ruairi Moran who was awarded the Declan Joyce Excellence in Woodcraft Award, based on his Junior Cert Materials Technology Project.

Also Congratulations to Glen Forde & Niall Ruane for their nominations for the award.


                            Mr & Mrs Joyce, pictured with Ruiari Moran.

2009 Student of the Year
26 May 2009 - 07:27
Congratulations to Tara Haverty who was awarded the Student of the Year Award.
2009 Art Award
26 May 2009 - 07:26
Congratulations to Sunn De Francesco who was awarded the Padraic Gilmore Art Appreciation award.
Art Appreciation Award 1993 - present
26 May 2009 - 07:23
2009 - Sunn De Francesco
2008 - Kira Kelly
2007 - Lucy Wright
2006 - Marie Clare Lyons
2005 - Norah Cassidy
2004 - Kieran Brash
2003 - Ann Hession
2002 - Anne Marie Cassidy
2001 - Siobhan McNulty
2000 - Joanne Hussey
1999 - ???
1998 - Paul Fitzgerald
1997 - Breda Greaney
1996 - Terri Mitchell
1995 - Marie Fleming & Deirdre Warde
1994 - Marie Howley & Sinead Quinn
1993 - Breda McHugh

Student of the Year 1995- present
26 May 2009 - 07:22
2009 - Tara Haverty
2008 - Jacinta Regan
2007 - Lisa Mullarkey & Emily Straeter
2006 - Hubert Murray
2005 - Amanda Donnellan
2004 - Sarah Ronayne & Paul Gleeson
2003 - Zoe Bane
2002 - Dorothee Staeter
2001 - Derek McConville
2000 - Tracey Bruen
1999 - Laura Fagan & Elaine Gannon
1998 - Donna Daly
1997 - Bernie Hosty
1996 - Martina Reddington & Eileen Flaherty
1995 - Adrian Greene
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