In a weekend of competitions in Limerick, Tullamore/ Killeigh Macra; Carrigaline Macra and Durrow/ Abbeyleix Macra have all secured themselves a place on the annual prizewinners trip this Autumn.
Pictured at the Macra na Feirme All-Ireland Debating Final are winners, Carrigaline Macra, Seandun, County Cork. L-r: David O'Sullivan, who also won the Peter Murphy Memorial Trophy for Best Debator; Eilis Ahern; Kieran O'Dowd, National President Macra na Feirme; Trisha Delahunty and Rona Coughlan.
Pictured at the NDC Macra na Feirme All-Ireland Basketball final are Tullamore Macra na Feirme, Co. Offaly, winners of the mens competition. Back (l-r) Ciaran Buckley, Darren Buckley and James Buckley. Front (l-r) Nicholas Berry, Kieran O'Dowd, National President Macra na Feirme, and David Ward.
Pictured at the NDC Macra na Feirme All-Ireland Basketball final are Durrow/Abbeyleix Macra, winners of the womens competition. L-r: Rachel Cass, Brid Walsh, Elma Walsh, Catherine Walsh, Keiran O'Dowd, National President Macra na Feirme, Cathy Downey, Sarah Delaney and Majella Delaney.
Two national competitions saw clubs go head to head to take home a national title. First up was the All-Ireland debating competition, where Carrigaline Macra, Seandun, Co Cork, beat East Laois to be named Macra’s top debaters for 2015. Carrigaline’s David O’Sullivan also took home the Peter Murphy memorial trophy for the best debater, in honour of Macra’s former national organiser and host of RTE’s Cross Country Quiz. The National Dairy Council basketball final was divided into a men’s competition and a women’s competition. Twenty-six teams took part in the University of Limerick Arena but there could be only one winner in each category.
Tullamore/Killeigh Macra, Co Offaly, were winners in the men’s final while Durrow-Abbeyleix Macra, Co Laois, took the top prize in the women’s competition.
Runners up in the competitions were, for the second year in a row, Whitechurch Macra, Seandun, Cork, in the men’s and, in the women’s, last year’s overall winning team South Sligo Macra.
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Title: Macra competitions shake up Limerick
In a weekend of competitions in Limerick, Tullamore/ Killeigh Macra; Carrigaline Macra and Durrow/ Abbeyleix Macra have all secured themselves a place on the annual prizewinners trip this Autumn.
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Two national competitions saw clubs go head to head to take home a national title. First up was the All-Ireland debating competition, where Carrigaline Macra, Seandun, Co Cork, beat East Laois to be named Macra’s top debaters for 2015. Carrigaline’s David O’Sullivan also took home the Peter Murphy memorial trophy for the best debater, in honour of Macra’s former national organiser and host of RTE’s Cross Country Quiz. The National Dairy Council basketball final was divided into a men’s competition and a women’s competition. Twenty-six teams took part in the University of Limerick Arena but there could be only one winner in each category.
Tullamore/Killeigh Macra, Co Offaly, were winners in the men’s final while Durrow-Abbeyleix Macra, Co Laois, took the top prize in the women’s competition.
Runners up in the competitions were, for the second year in a row, Whitechurch Macra, Seandun, Cork, in the men’s and, in the women’s, last year’s overall winning team South Sligo Macra.
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