MacRory Cup Final awaits St Paul’s!

St Paul’s Bessbrook 1-17 St Ronan’s Lurgan 2-06 from Joe McManus in Athletic Grounds Despite conceding two early goals, St Paul’s kept their cool to emerge comfortable winners in this highly enjoyable all County Armagh derby at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday. Much of the damage had been addressed by the half-way stage when the […]

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Conor stars for Ulster Wheelchair Hurlers!

*Picture from Ulster GAA (www.ulstergaa.ie) Year 14 student Conor Browne was part of the Ulster GAA Wheelchair Hurling team that won the All-Ireland League and Championship. Having recently won the league, Conor was part of the Ulster team that travelled to Dublin on Saturday 12 December to take part in the All-Ireland Interprovincial Competition, were the […]

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Danske Bank All Star Awards for St Paul’s Students!

Pictured above is Liam Kerr, Principal Mr Jarlath Burns, Conor Magennis, Vice-Principal Mr Dáithi Murray and Declan Loye.  Congratulations to St Paul’s students Liam Kerr, Conor Magennis and Declan Loye who received Ulster Colleges All Star Awards for 2015/16. Liam and Declan both received Danske Bank Ulster Colleges All Star Awards, whilst Conor received a […]

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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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Treanor Cup Final defeat for St Paul’s

Pictured above is the St Paul’s team that contested the Treanor Cup Final – (Photo by Maurice McKey). On Thursday 23 April, St Paul’s went searching for their second Treanor Cup in three years when they contested the final against St Michael’s Lurgan. Played at Keady GFC, the game was very tight throughout and a […]

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St Peter’s & Bessbrook Primary compete in ‘Best Ball’

On Thursday 5 March, pupils from both Bessbrook Primary School and St Peter’s Cloughreagh came to St Paul’s for the first BestBall tournament of the year. BestBall is a cross curricular initiative being run by St Paul’s as part of the schools Shared Education Programme. For the past four months, two placement students David McCabe […]

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Junior Dancers are Northern Ireland Champions!

Pictured above is the Northern Ireland Junior Dance Champions, alongside their coach Miss Kevina McGreevey. Congratulations to the St Paul’s Junior Dance team and their coaches Miss Kevina McGreevey and Mrs Catherine Hughes. They are now Northern Ireland Junior Dance Champions. Year 8 Amy Mackin, Holly Loye, Shannon Kelly, Niamh Taylor, Cliodhna Grant, Gemma Smith, […]

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Semi-Final heartbreak for St Paul’s Mac Rory team

St Paul’s Mac Rory team fell short of a place in their second Mac Rory Final in three years, as St Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon came out winners by seven points in the Semi-Final. It has been a great year for the team as they remained unbeaten in the group stages and went on to win […]

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St Paul’s launch ‘Best Ball’ Programme

St Paul’s officially launched a new cross community Primary School sports project known as Best Ball. The programme is a cross community sports initiative aimed around the concept of team-work, mutual respect and cultural appreciation. Through the initiative Primary seven pupils from Cloughreagh and Bessbrook Primary schools are being coached a modified form of Olympic […]

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They are All-Stars at St Paul’s!

Vice-principal, Mrs Siobhán Bradley congratulates the three Ulster All-Stars Friday evening seen a first for St Paul’s, when three of our Senior Ladies football team received Ulster All-Star Awards. Louise Kenny, Aimee Mackin and Blaithin Mackin are without doubt exceptionally talented at sport. Louise, who was part of the senior Armagh ladies panel last year that […]

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