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The school is boiling over this week with the excitement of Sundays All-Ireland Hurling Final. This years final is extra special for our school as we will have three past pupils togged out. It also promises to be historic if Conor Fogarty is selected to play for the seniors! Conor has lined out at mid field for the last three games and has done very well. Expectations are high that he will get the “Nod” and start and if he plays any part,  he will be the first Firoda past pupil to play in an All-Ireland Senior Final. Both Conor and his older brother Damien, also a past pupil,  have two senior All-Ireland medals each but neither were fortunate enough to get any game time in the finals.In the minor game expectations are that Conor Delaney will line out at full-back, a position he has distinguished himself in in all the championship games to date, while his good friend and neighbour and former classmate in Firoda, Niall McMahon is also a member of the panel. Current pupils and aspiring hurlers should note that there hardly a day passed by for these stars during their days in Firoda that they were not out pucking a ball against the wall or honing their skills on the field. Practice makes perfect and dedication is a must if you want to succeed in any sport. We wish the three lads all the best on Sunday and hope they will be bringing back the McCarthy and Irish Press cups for another visit to the school in the coming weeks. Other past pupils that represented Kilkenny in  Minor and U-21 All-Irelands were Peadar Healy, Michael and Anthony Owens and Michael Murphy. We hope to be able to add to the list in the years to come. 
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Conor Fogarty in action against Limerick in the All-Ireland Semi-Final
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Conor  Delaney and Niall McMahon with the McCarthy Cup  in 2008 when the victorious Kilkenny Team visited our school.
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Pupils in school “Training” for the All-Ireland Final
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Pupils attending the Draw for All-Ireland Tickets

First Holy Communion

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Congratulations to all in First Class who received their First Holy Communion on May 12th. 2013 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Castlecomer. Well done to James Coogan, Michael Brennan, Amy Slattery, Aidan Brumby, Eamon Power, Eoin Nolan, Shane Holden, Will Healy, Molly Hogan and Kiara Dunny.

Local Author Visits School

Local author Martinl Brennan who writes under the pseudo name Edward Crane recently visited our school with his series of books “The Havishams”. Martin spent the morning with us, giving us some valuable tips on how to write and giving us a wonderful insight into what inspired him to write “The Havishams”. He then read an extract from the first book and finished up with a questions & answers session. Everybody enjoyed the visit and are very grateful to Martin for giving us his time.

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Children join Savings Club in Credit Union

Pupils in our school have recently started a “Savings Club” in conjunction with Castlecomer Credit Union.

Recently the Credit Union dropped out with lovely prizes for members which included pens, pencils, Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies.

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1st. and 2nd. classes Juniors and Senior Infants
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3rd. and 4th. Classes 5th. and 6th. Classes