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Donegal students receive Trinity College Entrance Awards

written by Staff Writer March 7, 2022
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A record number of students from every county in Ireland including 13 from Donegal have been awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin. 

The awards go to the students accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieve the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school, above a minimum of 500 CAO points (or equivalent).

Many former awardees have gone on to make a significant contribution to the economic, cultural, and political life of Ireland and beyond. Past Exhibitioners include Tánaiste and former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar.

Of the 2021 entrants to Trinity, 686 students qualified for an award, up from 527 in 2020. The students come from a record 497 different schools, 458 schools on the island of Ireland (up from 438 in 2020) and 39 schools from overseas (up from 17).

The awards were delivered in a virtual ceremony (view here).

Provost of Trinity, Linda Doyle, said:

We are delighted to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our talented students, especially in a year when their lives and studies were so badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are pleased that, since we revised the Entrance Exhibition Awards in 2018 as part of our commitment to boosting diversity, more and more schools are being represented, including a growing number from overseas. We wish them all the best in their studies at Trinity. Maith sibh go léir!

Awardees receive a certificate and a €150 book token. The Donegal students include:

LILY MARIA CORRY Finn Valley College Donegal
ELLIE CURRAN Mulroy College Donegal
CAITLIN WARD Abbey Vocational School Donegal
ANNE-MARIE CUNNINGHAM Coláiste Ailigh Donegal
KATELYN SANDRA MC DAID Carndonagh Community School Donegal
EBONY GIBBONS Loreto Secondary School Donegal
MAEBH KELLY Crana College Donegal
SOPHIE DOHERTY Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada Donegal
FERDIA MC GUINNESS St. Catherine’s VocationalSchool Donegal
EABHA GALLAGHER St Columba’s Comprehensive School Donegal
DANIEL KELLY St Eunans College Donegal
ROISIN DALY Colaiste Cholmcille Donegal
CHLOE BONNER-MC BREARTY Colaiste Na Carraige Donegal

Changes made to the awards scheme in 2018 meant that students who achieve the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school with a minimum of 500 points in the Leaving Certificate (or its equivalent second level final examinations) are eligible for an Entrance Exhibition Award. This includes bonus points for Mathematics.

Previously, any students receiving 560 or more points (excluding bonus points) were awarded Entrance Exhibition Awards, which meant that up to 20 students from any one school could qualify.

The Entrance Exhibition Awards were awarded to 426 students from Leinster, 97 from Munster, 63 from Connacht and 61 from Ulster.

Awards also went to 29 international students from Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece , Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UAE.

 

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