Whole School Feis Success

St. Clare's Abbey worked very hard at the Feis this year. Our pupils took part in Fireside singing, Choir, Creative music, Choral Speaking, and individual poems.  

In the Music section of the Feis, The Fireside Singers achieved 1st in their section. They won the Miss Mary Murphy Irish Folk Song Choirs' cup.  

The P2 classes participated in the creative music section of the Feis. Miss Rocks' class and Miss Mc Caughey's class came joint 1st. 

Finally, the School Choir sang in Hymn Singing. The adjudicator was very impressed with our choir for their secure harmony, good dynamics, and balance of voices. The choir got on extremely well and came second in the competition! 

In the Speech and Drama section of the Feis, Miss Duffy’s primary 3 class came second in their choral speaking with 87 marks. They performed “You can’t stop me” by Miriam Moss and “The three little pigs” by Marian Swinger.
Miss Jones' class came 2nd in their choral speaking and got 84 marks. They performed “The creak” by Sue Hardy Dawson and “The pirates are walking the plank” by Wes Magee. They got 84 marks. They were wonderful.

Primary 7 choral group came 1st with 88 marks. They performed “Literacy Hour” by Clare Bevan and “I will not tease Rebecca Grimes” by Dave Crawley. They won the Kevin P. Neary Memorial cup.

Our school drama group performed “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde. They came 1st with 86 marks. They won The Billy Locke Memorial cup. Jayne Mc Court, who played the character of Winter won the Kathleen Harrington Perpetual Challenge cup for the most promising actor. 

Well done everyone for such talent, hard work and commitment. Our children were wonderful for attending the Feis and we are so proud of them all. There were children who won medals or got a highly commended certificate in their individual poem competition. 

Well done to Monica Davey for coming 4th and Shea Gribben for coming 1st in P1. 

For Cillian Duffy getting 4th in P2. 
 
To Emily Mc Kearnan for coming 2nd and Ashlene Havern for highly commended place in P3. 

To  Benedict Davey for coming 4th in P4. 

For Treasa Mc Coy and Emma Malone for coming 3rd, Caoimhe B Murphy for coming 2nd and Sophie Mc Kernan for coming 1st in P5. 

For Sophie Black for Highly Commended, Lucia Davey 3rd and Roise Mc Coy 2nd in P 7. 

The rest of the school was well represented by children who spoke their poem with great understanding and conviction. We have such amazing and talented children in our school which we are so proud of.