Cumann na mBunscol Cornmarket Annual Awards 2025
Cumann na mBunscol - Cornmarket Annual Awards 2025
Pat Trainor Hall of Fame Award: This award was instigated to remember a friend and colleague Pat Trainor. The object of the award is to honour a fellow teacher who has given years of service to Gaelic Games promotion. The winning nominee will receive two All-Ireland tickets for year 2025.
Nominations for this category can only be made by county or provincial units and must be submitted to Chairman, Mr Joe Lyons by 31st October 2024.
Public Relations: 1st Prize €500 2nd Prize €400 3rd Prize €300
Coistí are asked to submit their PR work for the current year 2023-24 in this category.
The folder may contain twitter evidence, website screenshots, newspaper articles, magazine articles, fixtures booklet, annual publications promoting activities of Allianz Cumann na mBunscol. All entries should consist of a book (scrapbook, presentation folder, ring binder etc.) in which reports, photographs etc. are pasted into the pages. Loose clippings are not acceptable.
Each entry in the submission must demonstrate that the entry was published i.e. twitter date, newspaper date etc.
Social Media Award: 1st Prize €500 2nd Prize €400 3rd Prize €300
Coistí are asked to submit their Social Media Evidence for the current year 2023-24 in this category.
The folder may contain twitter evidence, website screenshots, facebook evidence or other social media platform formats. All entries should consist of a book (scrapbook, presentation folder, ring binder etc.) in which reports, photographs etc. are pasted into the pages.
Each entry in the submission must demonstrate that the entry was published i.e. twitter date etc.
Counties must submit their PR Material into Category 1 and/or 2 to qualify for the Allianz PR Grant.
Cumann na mBunscol Publication: 1st Prize €500 2nd Prize €400 3rd Prize €300
Schools and County Coiste may submit a publication that demonstrates Cumann na mBunscol Activity.
This could be a County’s Annual Publication produced within the previous year i.e. 2023-24 or a Publication from a School that will show case any aspect of their work or to commemorate an occasion, produced within the last five years i.e. From September 2019.
All submissions to this category must not been previously submitted as part of the Awards Process.
Promotion of Gaelic Games & Culture: 1st Prize €500 2nd Prize €400 3rd Prize €300
Schools are asked to show their work in promoting Gaelic Games and Culture since September 2023. This can target a single area or a number of areas – including football, hurling, camogie, handball, rounders, Respect Initiative, Go Games, Table Quizzes, Club School Links, Coaching Initiatives, Culture (Music and Language).
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Submission in this category can only be via a digital submission in one of the following formats; Powerpoint or Short Movie (Compatible with Quicktime) of no more than 5 minutes in duration. This should be posted on a memory stick to the committee member as per below.
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Glacfar le hiarratais as Gaeilge freisin.
School of the Year:
Schools that promote Gaelic games are asked to submit entries to this section. Your work should show how you have promoted and participated in Gaelic games in your school since September 2023 including how the school promotes Cumann na mBunscol Activities. There should also be evidence of the input of children.
The work can be presented through articles /photographs and children’s work via a Powerpoint, 5 Minute Movie (Compatiable with Quicktime) or Scrapbook, presentation folder, ring binder etc.) The submission
Category 5 - School of the Year: 1st Prize as below 2nd Prize €500 3rd Prize €500
Schools with a roll of 200 pupils or less
Category 6 - School of the Year: 1st Prize as below 2nd Prize €500 3rd Prize €500
Schools with 201 or more pupils.
Winning Schools
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Will be invited to Croke Park for a day where their award will be presented.
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Stadium and Museum Tour for 30 pupils per school
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€500 to each school towards bus transport
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Lunch for 30 pupils and 3 staff
**Prize money is the proposed amount and may be increased pending further funding.
Closing Date for all Entries: Wednesday 8th January 2025
Please post entries to your Provincial Delegate
Connacht: Micheal MacThiarnain, Corrin na Coille, Drumaweel, Drumcong, Co. Leitrim
Ulster: Gary Farrell, 75 Annvale Road, Keady Co Armagh
Munster: Joe Lyons 20 Manor Brook Adare Co Limerick V94767W
Leinster: Gerry O’Meara, 35 Beaufort Downs, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14P8F1
Cumann na mBunscol reserves the right to omit categories and/or change prizes pending number and/or standard of submissions received.
