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St Mary's College
Arts, Drama & Visual Art
The development of our students' musical and dramatic abilities is one of our main extra-curricular priorities.
The College aims to produce a musical every 2 years. In recent years our productions of "Grease" "High School Musical" (link to Gallery) and "Footloose"(link to gallery) were a huge success and played to packed audiences. Another popular musical event is the "School Stars" (link to gallery) national competition. This annual event is a highlight of the school calendar. Irish Traditional music and dance are celebrated in the annual school Ceili (link to gallery) which takes place in December.
Visual Art is also of great importance to us in St. Mary's College - our students have been very successful in National Art Competitions and a high proportion of them continue to study Art at third level.
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Irish Writers of the Future? -
The Irish Writing Society visit the statue of James Joyce at O' Connell Street, Dublin
It has often been said that the literature of Ireland is among the richest in the world. The writing of important authors and poets such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Patrick Kavanagh and Bram Stoker amongst others, put Ireland 'on the map', so to speak, in the last one hundred and fifty years. Fast forward to 2010 and the St. Mary's College Irish Writing Society began exploring the works of these great Irish writers. The group, which was formed this September consisted of Senior students Ali Coyle, Peter Woods, David Dolan, Mark McCabe, Seán McKenna, Simon McGuill, Clodagh Lennon, Debbie Gabriel, Conor Lambe and James Brennan and was coordinated by Mr. Ó Luain. The activities of the society included close studies and discussions of a number of important and challenging Irish texts such as Ulysses, Dubliners, Dracula and the poetry of Yeats, to name a few. Pilgrimages to 'Literary Dublin' and 'Kavanagh Country' were also made throughout the year and were immensely enjoyed by all. Although, some of these students will be leaving the Marist soon, there is little doubt that they will carry off with them a love of Irish writing - who knows, we may even have a future James Joyce or Oscar Wilde on our hands…
SPECIAL GUEST BRINGS THE CURTAIN DOWN ON SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MARIST IRISH WRITING SOCIETY
St. Mary's College Irish Writing Society concluded their activities for the year by welcoming Mr. Paddy Craven, brother of prominent Dundalk poet, Jim Craven, to their final meeting, on Friday 21st May. It was a thoroughly enjoyable occasion for all concerned, as Paddy spoke eloquently about the life of his fascinating brother and enthralled the group with a stirring recital of a number of Jim Craven's most important poems. Fifth year student Seán McKenna, provided musical entertainment, with a rendition of Patrick Kavanagh's famous Raglan Road. Paddy Craven then joined the students and their teacher, Mr. Ó Luain for refreshments, where several interesting discussions took place. Upon leaving, Paddy presented each student with a signed copy of Jim Craven's book of poetry entitled 'Nice One Jim', as a keepsake of a most memorable afternoon.
The Arts
"School Stars" National Competition Participants
Marist Productions of "Footloose"
