1. Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare

2. Hurling Camogie Gaelic Football Girls Football

3. Each year we compete in the following competitions: Cumann na mBunscol Clare Primary Schools INTO Seven a Side Indoor Hurling Cora Chaitlín annual Primary Schools League

4. Nervous boys before last year’s indoor hurling tournament!!

5. Each year we compete in the following competitions: Cumann na mBunscol Clare Primary Schools INTO Seven a Side Competition Indoor Camogie Competition School Indoor League (Internal Competition)

6. Keep your eye on the ball !! This is how to take a free.....

7. Team photo prior to the start of the INTO Seven a Side Competition !!

8. Teamwork is what we are all about !!

9. Friendship !! Another of our key values

10. Last year we organised an internal indoor camogie league in our school. The aim was to promote camogie within the school. We ran two separate leagues:  The Leinster League for 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th classes  The Munster League for 5 th and 6 th classes Each girl was placed on a team – 46 girls participated in these leagues These leagues were run at lunch time in the School Hall with each days’ fixtures being posted on our School Sports Notice Board

11. This is a sample of our fixture schedule for the Leinster League

12. And our Munster League.....

13. Clare and TipperaryLaois and Kilkenny

14. We participate in the Clare Primary Schools Gaelic Football Competition each year. This runs from September to Christmas. We compete in Division 1 of this.

15. A group of young emerging Gaelic Footballers....

16. We participate in the Clare Primary Schools Girls’ Gaelic Football competition each year. Like the boys, this runs between September and Christmas. This year, we are participating in Division 1 of the competition having won Division 2 in 2005.

17. Our panel of girls before a match this week.....

18. Team huddle before the match.....

19. “girls just wanna have fun.....”

20. Our fantastic group pose for a photo during training on our new training area behind the school.

21. Working hard in training....

22. In Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire, we have set aside a space specifically for our school sports. On to this goes any upcoming fixtures, training schedules, any posters from e.g. Cumann Camogaiochta na nGael, Ladies Gaelic Football and the GAA. We also put photos from our sporting endeavours on to our notice board. The players check this board regularly for updates.

24. The Clare Junior Camogie team that recently won the All Ireland Junior title in Croke Park. We had 3 past pupils on the panel.

26. In September 2008, the Ladies Gaelic Football Association ran a poster competition in each county that was participating in the All Ireland finals on final day on Sept 28. The task was to design a poster in support of your county. (Clare played in the Intermediate final) Lucy Cotgreave (5 th class) won first prize in the competition and as a result, received 20 tickets for the final and 5 footballs for our school!!! Well done Lucy and you can see her winning poster on the next slide.... And so on Sunday the 28 th of September, we headed to Dublin and had a fantastic day.... (but Clare didn’t win)

27. Here is Lucy’s winning poster which is proudly displayed on our Sports Notice Board... Well Done Lucy! To view our trip to Croke Park, click here. (This is a Windows Media file and will open in Windows Media player or Real Player)here

28. In the next two weeks, both the Senior Camogie team and the Senior Hurling team of our GAA club (Cora Chaitlín) are competing in their respective county finals. Scoil na Maighdine Mhuire has nurtured the talents of many of those players competing. We wish them all the best of luck in their quest for glory!!! UP THE BLUES!!!!!!! Tá súil againn gur bhain tú taitneamh as an dturas timpeall ár scoil. Slán agus go raibh míle maith agat.