West Side Story October 2006
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West Side Story October 2006 Headmaster’s Welcome A very warm welcome to our Annual Prize Giving. The Abbey school community gathers tonight to celebrate the many outstanding successes of the past year in terms of academic achievements and also in terms of extracurricular activities and our involvement in the wider community.This evening the graduates celebrate that they achieved the best ‘A’ Level results in the school’s history. We continue to glow in the success of the MacRory and Hogan Cup wins and we applaud all who continue to contribute to the disadvantaged, locally in our social outreach programme and internationally in immersion projects to India, Kenya and Zambia. I would like to extend a warm welcome to our graduates. It is great to see you back in the Abbey – many, many congratulations on all your achievements.Also a special welcome back to the Abbey to our distinguished guest speaker tonight Brother Edmund Garvey. Brother Garvey taught in the Abbey from 1970 – 1984 leading an innovative religion department. He was also the community leader in Newry before joining the Province Leadership Team. In 1990 he was elected as assistant to the Congregation Leader in Rome and in 1996, the year of the beatification of Blessed Edmund Rice, he was elected Congregation Leader. During these twelve years Br Garvey travelled to all twenty six countries in which the Christian Brothers had missions. Br Garvey returned to Ireland in 2002 and has served as Director of Communications for the Christian Brothers. We are delighted he accepted our invitation to return to the Abbey and be with us once again in the school which remembers him so fondly. On behalf of the Board of Governors I offer our thanks and appreciation to all associated with tonight’s celebration, past pupils, parents, staff and students. I wish to thank in a particular way the parents of all the students gathered tonight. I thank them for their continued support and loyalty. I also wish to thank and congratulate the entire staff of the Abbey for all their best efforts, commitment and dedication. In conclusion I hope that you all enjoy the presentation evening and I invite you to join us for light refreshments in the school canteen at the end of the evening. Mr Dermot McGovern Headmaster ANNUAL PRIZEGIVING 2006 Page 1 Order of Events Introduction and Welcome Music Department Headmaster’s Address Guest Speaker’s Address The Presentation Ceremonies Academic Awards ‘A’ Level Certificates Best in Subject - AS Best in Subject - A2 100% Modules - A2 3 Grade A Passes - A2 Best in Modern Languages - A2 Best in School - AS Best in School - A2 Special Awards Christina Fitzsimmons Trophy John Grant Memorial Award T.P.Murphy Award Head Boy Award Pat Mooney Award Endeavour Award Headmaster’s Bursaries Art, Drama, Music and Sport Science & Technology Headmaster’s Presentations and Conclusion Platform Party Mr Dermot McGovern Headmaster Bro. L. S. Kelly Chairman – Board of Governors Bro. E. Garvey Guest Speaker Mr Arthur Morgan Board of Governors Mr Sean McAteer Board of Governors Mr Michael Brady Board of Governors Mr Danny Gillespie Board of Governors Mr Gervase Patterson Teacher’s Representative Mr Peter Creegan First Trust Bank, Newry Mrs Margaret Lane Teaching Staff Ms Annelise Reynolds Teaching Staff Mr Desmond Tennyson Teaching Staff Mr Pat O’Neill Teaching Staff Mrs Rosella McCormick Abbey Parent Teacher Association Mr Aidan O’Rourke Abbey Sports Association Mr Ronan Ruddy Vice Principal Page 2 ANNUAL PRIZEGIVING 2006 Guest Speaker: Brother Edmund Garvey Brother Edmund Garvey was born in Drogheda, Co. Louth. He was second youngest of a family of seven. For his education, he attended the local Christian Brothers Primary and Secondary Schools. He completed his Leaving Certificate in Colaiste Chiaráin, Bray, Co. Wicklow. He graduated from University College Dublin and did post-graduate studies at The Queen’s University, Belfast and Mount Oliver Institute of Religious Education, Dundalk. He received a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Iona College, New Rochelle, New York. He made his Perpetual Profession as a Christian Brother in 1970. He taught in Belfast and at Abbey Grammar School, Newry, 1970-1984. He was Community Leader in Newry before going to Dublin to join the Province Leadership Team of St.Mary’s. In 1990, he was elected an Assistant to the Congregation Leader in Rome and in 1996, the year of the beatification of Blessed Edmund Rice, he was elected Congregation Leader. In those twelve years Brother Garvey travelled from Rome to all twenty six countries in which the Christian Brothers had missions. He returned to Ireland in 2002 where he has served as Director of Communications for the Christian Brothers and has chaired a number of committees for the re- organisation of the Christian Brothers Congregation in Ireland and England. In 1999, Brother Garvey attended the second Vatican Synod on the Church in Europe and more recently he has been a member of the Religious Life Commission of the Conference of Religious of Ireland. He has the happiest of memories of life and work in the city of Newry. He remembers his stay here as something like being at home because his father, who came from south Armagh, often spoke of Newry. He remembers The Abbey as one of the friendliest and most creative educational environments in the network of Christian Brother Schools. ANNUAL PRIZEGIVING 2006 Page 3 Destinations of Year 14 Pupils NAME OF STUDENT COURSE CHOSEN LOCATION David Barron Gap Year Deferred until 2007 Stephen Begley Natural Sciences Cambridge University Thomas Best Pharmacy John Moore Liverpool Andrew Boyle Environmental Science UUC Coleraine David Boyle Finance QUB Belfast Francis Boyle Pharmacy QUB Belfast Sean Bradley Gap Year Deferred until 2007 Michael Brady Irish/Celtic Studies QUB Belfast Patrick Brogan Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Darren Byrne Architecture UUJ Belfast Paul Byrne Mechanical Engineering UUJ Belfast Daniel Carroll Mathematical Science U.CD. Dublin Eugene Campbell Accountancy/Spanish QUB Belfast John Clarke Law Brunel University Rodney Conway Gap year Deferred until 2007 Steven Corcoran Law with French Trinity College Dublin John Corless Psychology QUB Belfast Shaun Cinnamond Management & Information QUB Belfast Thomas Courtney Construction Engineering UUJ Belfast Ali Chaudhry Gap Year Deferred until 2007 Ruairi Cunningham Gap Year Deferred until 2007 Niall Devlin Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Gerard Dickson English/Film Studies QUB Belfast Mark Digney Teaching St. Mary’s College Belfast Ciaran Dinsmore Civil & Common Law/Spanish, Deferred until 2007 QUB Belfast Austin Donnelly Law QUB Belfast Christopher Donnelly Bio-Medical Science UUC Coleraine Eoin Duffy Law QUB Belfast Kevin Dunne History QUB Belfast Kevin Dyas Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Rhian Ellison Modern History/Politics QUB Belfast Darren Fegan Accountancy QUB Belfast Ruairi Gillen Law & Criminology UUJ Belfast Richard Gilmore Law John Moore Liverpool Rory Grant Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Seamus Grant Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Daniel Guiney Urban Planning/PD UUJ Belfast Caolan Hollywood Veterinary Glasgow University Stephen Hudson Civil Engineering UUJ Belfast Enda Hughes Accountancy UUJ Belfast Conor Jackson Environmental Health UUJ Belfast Donal Kane Law & Accountancy QUB Belfast Shane Kerr Sports & Exercise Science Loughborough University Marc Kerrin Radiography UUJ Belfast Philip Knox English Lit./Lang. Oxford University Declan Lennon Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Steven Love Ethnomusicology QUB Belfast Page 4 ANNUAL PRIZEGIVING 2006 Destinations NAME OF STUDENT COURSE CHOSEN LOCATION Cathal Magee Construction NKIFHE Michael Mallon Environmental Health UUJ Belfast Patrick Malone Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Andrew Marshall Environmental Health UUJ Belfast Shane Marron Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Neil Marley Optometry UUC Coleraine Danny McAlinden Law with Politics QUB Belfast Christopher McAllister Psychology QUB Belfast Cathal McAnuff Urban Planning/Prop.Dev. UUJ Belfast Conan McAteer Geography QUB Belfast John McAteer Geography QUB Belfast Sean McClory Law Oxford University Kenneth McConnell Accountancy QUB Belfast Edward McCullagh Journalism/Spanish Stirling University Scotland Mark McDowell Law & Criminology Stirling University Scotland John McEvoy Law QUB Belfast Ryan McGivern Construction Engineering UUJ Belfast Mark McGuigan Occupational Therapy York University Conor McKevitt Modern History Q.U.B. Belfast Kevin McKernan Liberal Arts St. Mary’s Belfast Gareth McPolin Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Matthew McPolin Dentistry Trinity College Dublin Kevin McManus Mathematics Oxford University Ronan McStay Transport Specialism UUJ Belfast Daryl McShane HND Foundation Art & Design NKIFHE Patrick McVeigh Mechanical Engineering QUB Belfast Paul Moran Technology & Design St. Mary’s Belfast Declan Morgan Construction Engineering UUJ Belfast Colm Murney Gap Year Deferred until 2007 Andrew Mullan Drama Q.U.B Belfast Ian Murphy Irish/Journalism UUC Coleraine Enda 0’Brien Quantity Surveying UUJ Belfast Ryan 0’Hare Computer Science QUB Belfast Michael 0’Hare Engineering Trinity College Dublin Damian 0’Rourke Communications UUJ Belfast David Patterson Environmental Planning QUB Belfast Cailam Quinn Civil Engineering QUB Belfast Francis Quinn Irish/Celtic Studies QUB Belfast Aodhan Rafferty Law Trinity College Dublin Mark Rodgers Drama/Sociology QUB Belfast Brendan Rooney Psychology QUB Belfast Darren Rowland Engineering UUJ Belfast Aidan Rush Sports Science/Management