May Festival 2019
The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games had fantastic results at the Community Games May National Finals in U.L. over the weekend (24th -26th May). One hundred and ninety five children from twenty eight areas across the county participated in a wide variety of sporting and cultural events - Swimming, Duathlon, Chess, Mixed Distance Relay, Cross Country, Marathon, Gymnastics, Handball, Choir, Handwriting. Art, Model Making, Projects, Music, Singing, Dancing, Drama, Quiz, Debating. Clare got Gold in Six events, Silver in Fourteen, Bronze in Fifteen and fourth in Five. Some children brought two medals both individual and team. Clare children brought home 115 medals. The standard was extremely high and some were unlucky not to be amongst the medal winners.
See full album of photos on Facebook courtesy of Mary Loughnane.
gold
- Sean Conway – Ennis St John’s - U10 Backstroke
- Saoirse Kent – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly – U12 Solo Dance
- Jack Leahy – Cratloe – U16 Model Making
- U12 Group Drama/Comedy – Tulla – Eabha McNamara, Zoe Quinn
- U12 Group Music – Newmarket-on-Fergus – Diarmuid & Gearoid Crowe, Emma & Kate Jones
- Marathon Boys Team – Barry Conway – Ballynacally/Lissycasey, Luke Griffin – Ballynacally, Niall Murphy – Quin/Clooney, CianO’Boyle – Ennis St Johns
Silver
- U16 Chess – Ennis St John’s – Naem Haq, Diarmuid Kilroy, Ronan Marren, Sam Montwell, Dylan Murphy, Ronan Kilroy, Cian Pyne
- U13 Cross Country Team – Aidan Considine – Cooraclare/Cree, Gemma Galvin – Kilrush, Nicole Keane – Inagh/Kilnamona/Cloonanaha, Aoife Lillis – Cooraclare/Cree, Joe Mannion – Doora/Barefield, Colm McMahon – Doonbeg, Lisa Nicholas – Tulla, Ian Ryan – Doonbeg, Lucy Shannon – Doora/Barefield, Darragh Townsend – Cooraclare/Cree
- U14 Girls Mixed Distance Relay – Avril Lillis – Doora/Barefield, Holly O’Boyle – Ennis St John’s, Grace Rynne – Ennis St John’s, Ciara Frawley – Doora/Barefield, Ellen Mannion – Doora.Barefield, Louise O’Mahony – Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry
- U14 Boys Mixed Distance Relay – Sean Fennell – Kilrush, Charlie Hannon - Doora/ Barefield, Fionn O’Mara – Killanena/Flagmount, Daire Culligan – Ballynacally/ Lissycasey
- Niall Murphy – Quin/Clooney – Marathon Individual
- Tiernan Slattery – Derg – U16 Handball
- Leanne Liddane – Carrigaholt/Cross – U14 Butterfly
- Sybil Perkins – U16 Butterfly
- Leah O’Connor – Doora/Barefield – U10 Freestyle
- U12 Group Dance – Doora/Barefield – Olwyn Keane, Sofie Keane
- Debating Team – Tommy Brooks – Quin/Clooney, Roisin O’Dwyer – Lisdoonvarna/D/K/K., Muiris Quinn – Moylussa, Caden Smith – Moylussa
- Group Singing U16 – Quin/Clooney – Saoirse Brennan, Lily Hawton, Aoife McHugh, Ciara O’Dwyer, Sive Timmons, Aoife Toher
- U13 Boys Squad – Ennis St John’s – Tadgh Conway, Rhys Flynn, Ferdia Hayes, Leo Liu, Stephen Wang
- Marathon Girls Team – Katy Arthur, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Grace Carmody, Inch/ Kilmaley/Connolly, Saoirse Crowe – Kilrush, Mary Ann Murray – Killanena/Flagmount
Bronze
- Tiernan Nijs – Derg – U16 Back Stroke
- James Rochford – Ennis St John’s – U13 Gymnastics
- Cormac Byrne – Miltown Malbay – U16 Solo Singing
- Morgan Leahy – Cratloe – Model Making U12
- Evie Quinn – Tulla – U12 Model Making
- Holly Downes – Kilmihil – U10 Handwriting
- Saoirse Crowe – Kilrush – Marathon Individual
- Tadhg O’Leary – Inagh/Kilnamona/Cloonanaha – U14 Art
- Muavia Ujaz Ghazi – Doora/Barefield – U16 Art
- Gemma Galvin – Kilrush – Individual U13 Cross Country
- Mixed Distance Relay U12 Boys – Jack Dilleen – Doora/Barefield, Gabriel Fennell – Cooraclare/Cree, Joseph McMahon – Kilrush, Tom Arthur – Moylussa, Finn Duignan – Ennis St John’s, Luke Reid – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly
- Choir U16 – Clarecastle/Ballyea – Ava Courtney, Alma Carey, Aoibhinn Corbett, Ivanna Costelloe, Caoimhe Francis, Sarah Gorman, Alannah Hayes, Derrin Healy, Mairead McNamara, Katelyn Talty, Saoirse Talty
- Chess U13 – Ennis St John’s – Egor Galyants, Najib Haq, Conall McCarthy, Odhran Murphy, James Rochford, Dylan Rush, Leo Liu
- Quiz – Tulla – Finn Boyce, Cathal Culloo, Katelyn Leamy, Liam Moroney, Lisa Nicholas, Evie Quinn
- Project U13 – Tulla – Joanna McCarthy, Maeve Rochford
Pewter
- Aoife Lillis – Cooraclare/Cree - U13 Cross Country Individual
- Luke Griffin – Ballynacally/Lissycasey – Marathon Individual
- Tadgh Conway – Ennis St John’s – U12 Back Stroke
- U16 Group Dance – Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly – Leilani & Saoirse Kent
- U11 Project – Lisdoonvarna/D/K/K. – Aidan Garrahy, Ben Spencer Schefzig, Alfie Whelan, Patrick Byrne O’Connell
Full List of Clare Participants
EVENT | AREA | PARTICIPANT |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Caoimhe Byrne O' Connell |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Ailbhe Connor |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Sean Og Creedon |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Laura Dunne |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Flynn Egan |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Aine Kelly |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Caoimhe Kelly |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Michaela Kelly |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Eilidh Lawless |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Eva Lynch |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Ciara Mcdonnell |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Elizabeth Mcmahon |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Ailbhe Moyles |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Cara Moyles |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Clodagh Moyles |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Niamh O' Loughlin |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Casey Tuohy |
CHOIR U13 | L.D.K.K. | Aisling Vaughan |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Ava Courtney |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Alma Carey |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Aoibhinn Corbett |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Ivanna Costelloe |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Caoimhe Francis |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Sarah Gorman |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Alannah Hayes |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Derrin Healy |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Kiya Healy |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Mairead Mcnamara |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Katelyn Talty |
CHOIR U16 | Clarecastle/Ballyea | Saoirse Talty |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Saoirse Brennan |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Lily Hawton |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Aoife Mchugh |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Ciara O Dwyer |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Sive Timmons |
GROUP SINGING U16 | Quin/Clooney | Aoife Toher |
GROUP DANCE U16 | Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly | Leilani Kent |
GROUP DANCE U16 | Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly | Saoirse Kent |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | Cormac Keogh |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | Ronan Kilroy |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | Sergie Partic |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | Cian Pyne |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | Gavin Ryan |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Ennis St John's | John Touhy |
DRAMA COMEDY U12 | Tulla | Eabha Mcnamara |
DRAMA COMEDY U12 | Tulla | Zoe Quinn |
DRAMA COMEDY U16 | Feakle | Emma Mcmahon |
DRAMA COMEDY U16 | Feakle | Maria Moloney |
GROUP MUSIC U16 | Quin/Clooney | Aisling Egan |
GROUP MUSIC U16 | Quin/Clooney | Doireann Egan |
GROUP DANCE U12 | Doora/Barefield | Olwyn Keane |
GROUP DANCE U12 | Doora/Barefield | Sofie Keane |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Lauren Brett |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Lucy Crean |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Isabella Logue |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Lauren Mccarthy |
GROUP MUSIC U12 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Diarmuid Crowe |
GROUP MUSIC U12 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Gearoid Crowe |
GROUP MUSIC U12 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Emma Jones |
GROUP MUSIC U12 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Kate Jones |
GROUP SINGING U12 | Quin/Clooney | Molly Gardiner |
GROUP SINGING U12 | Quin/Clooney | Ellen Mccarthy |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Elin Blake |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Ella Bohannon |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Olivia Cosgrove |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Saoirse Davis |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Kate Moran |
SWIMMING SQUAD U16 | Doora/Barefield | Ciara Mulligan |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Tadgh Conway |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Rhys Flynn |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Ferdia Hayes |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Leo Liu |
SWIMMING SQUAD U13 | Ennis St John's | Stephen Wang |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Finn Boyce |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Cathal Culloo |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Katelyn Leamy |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Liam Moroney |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Lisa Nicholas |
QUIZ U14 | Tulla | Evie Quinn |
PROJECT U11 | L.D.K.K. | Patrick Byrne O' Connell |
PROJECT U11 | L.D.K.K. | Aidan Garrahy |
PROJECT U11 | L.D.K.K. | Ben Spencer Schefzig |
PROJECT U11 | L.D.K.K. | Alfie Whelan |
PROJECT U13 | Tulla | Joanna Mccarthy |
PROJECT U13 | Tulla | Maeve Rochford |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Egor Galyants |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Najib Haq |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Conall Mccarthy |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Odhran Murphy |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | James Rochford |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Dylan Rush |
CHESS U13 | Ennis St John's | Leo Liu |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Naem Haq |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Diarmuid Kilroy |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Ronan Marren |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Sam Montwill |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Dylan Murphy |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Ronan Kilroy |
CHESS U16 | Ennis St John's | Cian Pyne |
U 13 HANDBALL | Kilkishen - OCallaghan Mills - Oatfield | Darragh Baker |
U 13 HANDBALL | Kilkishen - OCallaghan Mills - Oatfield | Eadaoin Moroney |
U 16 HANDBALL | Derg | Tiarnan Slattery |
U 16 HANDBALL | Lisdoonvarna | Sadbh O' Loughlin |
U 10 HANDWRITING | Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry | Tommy Healy |
U 10 HANDWRITING | Kilmihil | Holly Downes |
U 12 HANDWRITING | Derg | Max Mckenna |
U 12 HANDWRITING | Ballynacally-Lissycasey | Saoirse Conway |
U 10 MODEL MAKING | Quin - Clooney | Seamus Mcguire |
U 10 MODEL MAKING | Doora Barefield | Roisin Murphy |
U 12 MODEL MAKING | Cratloe | Morgan Leahy |
U 12 MODEL MAKING | Tulla | Evie Quinn |
U 14 MODEL MAKING | Ennistymon - Lahinch - Liscannor | Darragh Lambe |
U 14 MODEL MAKING | Tulla | Lisa Nicholas |
U 16 MODEL MAKING | Cratloe | Jack Leahy |
U 8 ART | Ballynacally/Lissycasey | Aoife O'Rourke |
U 10 ART | Ruan | Eryn Moroney |
U 12 ART | Ruan | Tara Moroney |
U 14 ART | Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry | Joanna Grzybkowska |
U 16 ART | Broadford/Kilbane/Kilmore | Kathy O'Farrell |
U 8 ART | Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry | Jack Monahan |
U 10 ART | Tulla | Sean Og Murphy |
U 12 ART | Ennis St John's | Conor Coffey |
U 14 ART | Inagh/Kilnamona/Cloonanaha | Tadhg O'Leary |
U 16 ART | Doora/Barefield | Muavia Ljazghazi |
U 15 DUATHLON | Moylussa | Diarmuid Coleman |
U 15 DUATHLON | Ennis St John's | Ruth Leyden |
U 9 GYMNASTICS | Ennis St John's | Adam Rochford |
U 9 GYMNASTICS | Meelick/Coonagh | Bridget Maloney |
U 11 GYMNASTICS | Doora/Barefield | Finian Lynam |
U 11 GYMNASTICS | Tulla | Zoe Quinn |
U 13 GYMNASTICS | Ennis St John's | James Rochford |
U 13 GYMNASTICS | L.D.K.K. | Ciara McDonnell |
U 15 GYMNASTICS | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Aoife Fahy |
U 10 Backstroke | Ennis St Johns | Sean Conway |
U 10 Backstroke | Doora Barefield | Laoise Moore |
U 12 Backstroke | Ennis St John's | Tadgh Conway |
U 12 Backstroke | Ennis St John's | Isabelle Logue |
U 8 Freestyle | Kilkishen - OCallaghan Mills - Oatfield | Filipe Wodjak |
U 8 Freestyle | Ennis St Johns | Charley Tess Duggan |
U 10 Freestyle | Doora Barefield | Shane Dilleen |
U 10 Freestyle | Doora Barefield | Leah O' Connor |
U 14 Backstroke | Ennis St John's | Leo Liu |
U 14 Backstroke | Quin - Clooney | Jodie Perkins |
U 16 Backstroke | Derg | Tiarnan Nijs |
U 16 Backstroke | Tulla | Laura Nolan |
U 12 Breaststroke | Ennis St John's | Stephen Wang |
U 12 Breaststroke | Doora Barefield | Honor Murphy |
U 14 Breaststroke | Ennis St John's | Ferdia Hayes |
U 14 Breasstroke | Kilrush | Gemma Galvin |
U 14 Butterfly | Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry | Oisin O' Grady |
U 14 Butterfly | Carrigaholt-Cross | Leanna Liddane |
U 16 Butterfly | Tulla | Sam Purcell |
U 16 Butterfly | Quin - Clooney | Sybil Perkins |
U 12 Freestyle | Doora Barefield | Graham Ball |
U 12 Freestyle | Doora Barefield | Ingrid Murphy |
U 14 Freestyle | Doora Barefield | Darragh Ball |
U 14 Freestyle | Doora/Barefield | Elin Blake |
U 16 Freestyle | Ennistymon - Lahinch - Liscannor | Kyran Droney |
U 16 Freestyle | Ennis St Johns | Grainne Hayes |
U 12 Music | Clarecastle Ballyea | Conor Parry |
U 16 Music | Feakle | Edel Cusack |
U 12 Recitation | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Amy O' Rourke |
U 16 Recitation | Clarecastle Ballyea | Hannah Morrissey |
Solo Singing U 12 | Quin - Clooney | Keelin Clune |
Solo Singing U 16 | Miltown - Malbay | Cormac Byrne O' Connell |
Solo Dance U 12 | Inch Kilmaley Co | Saoirse Kent |
Solo Dance U 16 | Inch Kilmaley Co | Leilani Kent |
DEBATING | Quin - Clooney | Tommy Brooks |
DEBATING | Lisdoonvarna | Roisin O' Dwyer |
DEBATING | Moylusa | Muiris Quinn |
DEBATING | Moylusa | Caden Smith |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Cooraclare-Cree | Aidan Considine |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Kilrush | Gemma Galvin |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Inagh - Kilnamona | Nicole Keane |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Cooraclare-Cree | Aoife Lillis |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Doora Barefield | Joe Mannion |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Doonbeg | Colm Mcmahon |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Tulla | Lisa Nicholas |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Doonbeg | Ian Ryan |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Doora Barefield | Lucy Shannon |
CROSS COUNTRY U13 | Cooraclare-Cree | Darragh Townsend |
MARATHON U16 | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Katy Arthur |
MARATHON U16 | Inch - Kilmaley - Connolly | Grace Carmody |
MARATHON U16 | Kilrush | Saoirse Crowe |
MARATHON U16 | Killanenaaaa-Flagmount | Mary Ann Murray |
MARATHON U16 | Ballynacally-Lissycasey | Barry Conway |
MARATHON U16 | Ballynacally-Lissycasey | Luke Griffin |
MARATHON U16 | Quin - Clooney | Niall Murphy |
MARATHON U16 | Ennis St Johns | Cian O' Boyle |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Doora Barefield | Jack Dilleen |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Cooraclare-Cree | Gabriel Fennell |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Kilrush | Joseph Mcmahon |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Clarecastle Ballyea | Hayley Barrett |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Corofin-Kilnaboy | Tara Carey |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Doonbeg | Allisha Ryan |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Moylusa | Tom Arthur |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Ennis St Johns | Finn Duignan |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Inch - Kilmaley - Connolly | Luke Reid |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Carrigaholt-Cross | Clara Keogh |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Killanena - flagmount | Caoillinn O' Mara |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U12 | Doonbeg | Aoibheann Ryan |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Doora Barefield | Avril Lillis |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Ennis St Johns | Holly O' Boyle |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Ennis St Johns | Grace Rynne |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Doora Barefield | Ciara Frawley |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Doora Barefield | Ellen Mannion |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Sixmilebridge-Kilmurry | Louise O' Mahony |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Kilrush | Sean Fennell |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Doora Barefield | Charlie Hannon |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Killanena - flagmount | Fionn O' Mara |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Ballynacally-Lissycasey | Daire Culligan |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Doonbeg | Gerard Dunne |
MIXED DISTANCE RELAY U14 | Inch - Kilmaley - Connolly | Harry Hamel |