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unusual facts about Presentation College, Athenry



1932 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

Stephen Jordan the Athenry-based TD, who had refereed the hurling match did so instead and became the first person to referee All-Ireland senior hurling and camogie finals.

1999–2000 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The championship was won by Athenry of Galway, who beat St Josephs Doora-Barefield of Clare by 0–16 to 0–12 in the final.

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1977

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Athenry from Galway, who defeated Portglenone from Antrim in the final, played at Athenry .

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1978

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Portglenone defeating Swatragh in the Ulster final (with former Ahane player Vera Mackey on their side) and Athenry winning the Connacht championship.

Dominic de Burgo

De Burgo, or Burke, was a native of Craughwell, County Galway, listed by Hugh Fenning as Of the family of Cahirkinvonivy. He was professed at Athenry in 1648 and studied for six years in Segovia, later living in Pesaro, Treviso and Milan.

John de Bermingham

During his lifetime, Athenry began to decline in response to warfare from Clanricarde to the south-east, the Ó Ceallaigh of Uí Maine to the east, and the Ó Conchobhairs and Mac Diarmadas of Síol Muiredaig and Moylurg.

John na Seamar Burke

One of his most notorious acts was the destruction of Athenry in 1572, after which he demolished most of the castles in Clanricarde, afterwards plundering south County Galway, County Roscommon, and crossed the Shannon into County Westmeath, where he buried Mullingar, Meelick and Athlone.

Joyces 365

The supermarket chain has four stores located in four Galway towns: Headford, Knocknacarra, Tuam and Athenry.

Lawrence Scott

Between 1973 and 2006 Scott worked as a teacher (of English and Drama) at various schools in London and in Trinidad, including Sedgehill, London; Thomas Calton Comprehensive, London; Presentation College, San Fernando, Trinidad; Aranguez Junior Secondary, Trinidad; Tulse Hill Comprehensive and Archbishop Tenison’s, London.

Mary Lavin

Initially, Mary and Nora lived with Nora's family in Athenry in County Galway.

Presentation College, Athenry

This is the new Trustee body for the Voluntary Secondary Schools of the Presentation Sisters, The Daughters of Charity, the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Sisters of Mercy and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Presentation College, Chaguanas

Presentation College, Chaguanas is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago and is the brother school of Presentation College, San Fernando.

Slim Barrett

Barrett moved to London from Athenry in 1983 having studied Fine Art in Galway, and has since produced works of contemporary design, with works commissioned by Chanel, Ungaro, Versace, Montana, Lagerfeld, and Galliano.

Stephan Campbell

Campbell attended Presentation College in his native Trinidad, and turned professional in 2009 when he signed for United Petrotrin of the TT Pro League.

Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society

The locations vary from time to time, but there is usually one in Presentation College, San Fernando run by Anthony Lee-Mack, 9Y4AL.

A second TTARS sponsored station with the callsign 9Y4PCS in San Fernando operates out of Presentation College and is managed by Anthony Lee-Mack, 9Y4AL, who is a teacher at the school.


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