Mayo

Our first destination of the week was St. Pats, Castlebar, where our team and participants were warmly welcomed. With a total of 24 pupils taking part the standards were set high from the outset. Sintayehu Killeen from our host school was crowned our Mayo County Champion. Sintayehu loves reading and especially enjoyed the Darkmouth series by Shane Hegarty. Sintayehu will now represent Mayo in the Connacht Final on Tuesday 28^th May.

 

Mayo County Final – Group Photo

 

 

Mayo County Final Winner – Sintayehu Killeen

 

Galway

Our second trip of the week brought our Spelling Bee Team to Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha, Tuam, Co. Galway. Our team were warmly greeted and made feel at home ahead of our Galway competition. Competition to be crowned Galway County Champion was very stiff with 43 pupils from all over Galway taking part. Caoimhe Whyte from Cooloo National School battled her way through to be crowned our Galway Spelling Bee Champion. Caoimhe is an avid reader and loves David Walliams, she is currently reading ‘The Ice Monster’. Caoimhe will now represent Galway in the Connacht Final on Tuesday 28^th May.

 

Galway County Final – Group Photo 

 

Galway County Final Winner – Caoimhe Whyte

 

Clare

Half way through the week and our Spelling Bee Team made their way down to County Clare. Our host school was Scoil Chroíst Rí, Inis, Co. Clare and they were more than accommodating. A total of 17 of young spellers were put through their paces and Seán Franks from our host school came out on top to be crowned our Clare County Champion. Seán is an avid reader and is currently loving non-fiction books on genetics. Seán will now go to represent Clare in the Munster Final on Thursday 6^th June.

 

Clare County Final – Group Photo 

 

Clare County Final Winner – Seán Franks

 

Limerick

Our final Spelling Bee of the week and our Spelling Bee Team made their way down to County Limerick. JFK Memorial School were our hosts and our Spelling Bee Team and participants were warmly welcomed. The standard of the competition was set very high with some excellent spelling throughout the competition. A total of 23 spellers took part with Ailbhe McManus scooping the top prize and becoming our Limerick County Champion. Ailbhe loves reading the Harry Potter series. Ailbhe will now move on to the Munster Final on Thursday 6^th June.

 

Limerick County Final – Group Photo 

 

Limerick County Final Winner – Ailbhe McManus

 

Check out below to see where else we are heading in 2019!

 

Spelling Bee Schedule 2019
County	Day	Date	Location
Dublin	Tues	2nd Apr	Carlton Hotel Dublin Airport, Old Airport Rd, Cloghran, Co.Dublin
Meath	Wed	3rd Apr	St.Mary's P.S, Patrick St. Trim, Co.Meath
Louth	Thurs	4th Apr	Monastery NS, Drogheda Rd, Ardee, Co. Louth
Cavan	Tues	9th Apr	Knocktemple N.S, Virginia, Co. Cavan
Fermanagh	Wed	10th Apr	Holy Trinity PS, Derrin Rd, Enniskillen, Co.Fermnagh
Tyrone	Thurs	11th Apr	Sacred Heart PS, 6 Letfern Avenue, Tyrone
Monaghan	Mon	29th Apr	Scoil Naomh Padraig, Corracrin, Emyvale, Monaghan
Armagh	Tues	30th Apr	Poyntzpass PS, 1Tandragee Rd, Poyntzpass, Newry, BT35 6SL
Down	Wed	1st May	St.Colmcille's Primary, Glebetown Drive, Downpatrick, BY30 6PZ
Antrim	Tues	7th May	Templepatrick PS, 5 Lylehill Rd, Templepatrick, Antrim
Derry	Wed	8th May	St.Canices PS, 34 Glendra Rd, Feeny, Co.Derry BT47 4TW
Donegal	Thurs	9th May	Scoil Phádriag, Drumkeen, Ballybofey, Co.Donegal
Leinster	Tuesday	21st May	Eason, O'Connell St. Dublin
Ulster	Thursday	23rd May	Eason, Donegall Place, Belfast
Connacht	Tuesday	28th May	Eason, Galway S.C, Headford Rd.
Munster	Thursday	6th June	Eason, Patrick St, Cork
Final	Thursday	13th June	The Space @ The Helix, DCU, Collins Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9