2018 MacRory Team

                St Paul’s High School Bessbrook recently teamed up with local company STATSports to launch their new jersey for the upcoming MacRory campaign. As part of the launch STATSports presented their new APEX Athlete Series product using a range of practical workshops and interactive presentations to the A-level […]

Announcements, MacRory, MacRory, News, Sport, Students

St Paul’s launch first ever GAA Academy

The legacy of the development of Gaelic games initiated by former principal at St Paul’s, Mr Oliver Mooney, is being further developed by his successor and highly respected GAA official and television pundit Jarlath Burns in the announcement of the launch of the first second level GAA Academy on the 1st September. This pioneering initiative […]

A Level, Gaelic Football, MacRory, MacRory, News, Sport, Students, Ulster Colleges, Year 12, Year 13, Year 14

Meet the MacRory Management and Squad..

MacRory Cup Panel 2015/16 Management   John Rafferty Success comes in many different levels and formats. Our beaten finalists three years ago may still describe their experiences as failure but I would totally disagree. Yes it was terribly disappointing to lose to that years Hogan Champions, and this year’s opponents again, St Patrick’s Maghera by […]

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Slanes Coach Hire Sponsor St Paul’s MacRory team!

Paul Slane (Slanes Coach Hire) presents St Paul’s vice-captain, Ryan McSherry with a new set of jerseys for the 2015/16 MacRory Cup Campaign. Also in the picture is Vice-Principal, Mrs Siobhan Bradley along with managers Mr John Rafferty and Mr Barry Shannon. Pictured above is the St Paul’s MacRory Cup Panel 2015/16.

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Jersey Sponsorship for St Paul’s MacRory team!

Daniel McCartan (McCartan and McLornan Dental Surgery) presents a new set of Jerseys to St Paul’s MacRory Captain, Cathal Boylan and Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns. St Paul’s Bessbrook 2014/15 MacRory Cup panel. 

Gaelic Football, MacCormack, MacRory, MacRory, Sport, Students

Winning start for St Paul’s in MacRory Cup

The St Paul’s team which defeated Omagh CBS in their first game of the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup.  St Paul’s, Bessbrook, kicked off their Danske Bank Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup campaign with a hard fought win against Omagh CBS. The match, which was played at St Paul’s, Lurgan, opened with St Paul’s flying […]

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Mac Rory Quarter Final set to be a local derby

Jamie Cosgrove from St Paul’s, meets Aaron Beattie from Abbey CBGS Newry, Chairman of Ulster Colleges, Seamus Meehan, and representative from Danske Bank, Danny Stinton, after the draw was made for the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges Mac Rory Cup Quarter Final. St Paul’s are set to play their local rivals Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, […]

Gaelic Football, MacRory, Sport, Ulster Colleges

St Paul’s in MacCormack Final

Pictured above is action from St Paul’s Bessbrook v St Macartan’s Monaghan. St Paul’s confirmed their participation in the MacCormack Cup final at the end of the month with a three points win over St Macartan’s in their final Danske Bank MacRory Cup group game in Culloville yesterday. The first half was a very tight […]

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St Paul’s remain unbeaten in MacRory!

St Paul’s began their third game in the competition with two wins out of two, and although the game ended in a draw, and the Bessbrook men remain unbeaten, they’ll be disappointed to have not secured a victory in this well fought game. Played at Pearse Óg GFC in Armagh, it was never going to be […]

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Gate proceeds donated to Hospice

Cathal Murray (Head of PE & Sport at St Colman’s College), Ciaron O’Hanlon (St Paul’s Bessbrook Captain), Michael Finnegan (St Colman’s College Captain) and John Rafferty (Head of PE & Sport at St Paul’s Bessbrook), present a £1,000 cheque to Sarah Colgan from the Southern Area Hospice. The money was gathered from the entrance fee to […]

Gaelic Football, Hospice, MacRory, Staff, Students